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something unforeseen oeeurs we believe our business will 
THE GENEVA NURSERY, 
W. & T. SMITH CO., GENEVA, N. Y. 
Looking back over our Spring’s business, we feel that 
we have had a longer shipping season than the average 
and partly for this reason and partly for the unusual 
demand we have sold nearly all of the surplus stock we 
had to dispose of. With the exception of plums, we can¬ 
not think of any stock which appeared to be a drug and 
even plums were pretty well closed out at the last. 
From our view point, the prospects are very encouraging 
for next year as we cannot see any surplus in sight, 
providing the demand is about as averaged for the last 
few years. 
DES MOINES NURSERY, COMPANY, 
DES MOINES, IA. 
We have had some very cold weather for the past 
week (May 7) which has very greatly damaged our fruit 
prospects, and nursery stock is very slow about starting 
this spring. We had snow flurries and freezes the fore 
part of the week. 
The nurserymen throughout the West have done a very 
satisfactory business this spring. Their collections have 
been good, and no one seems to have felt the effects of the 
recent panic. Stock is well cleaned up, and very little 
consigned to the brush pile. 
Spring plantings by the nurserymen were made early in 
the season, as we had a few days of warm weather about the 
middle of April, but unfortunately these were followed by 
ten days of frost and ice, with the thermometer frequently 
in the neighborhood of 28 to 3o° Fahrenheit. 
In consequence of the cold spell, the stock has been a little 
slow in starting, but we are now receiving copious rains, and 
anticipate rapid and satisfactory growth. 
The cold spells referred to were thought to have very 
seriously injured the fruit, which promised an unusually 
heavy yield. We find, however, that it is not as badly hurt 
as at first thought, and we shall have one-half to three- 
fourths crop unless something unforeseen should occur 
later. 
The nurserymen, in short, throughout the west are feeling 
good, and are “buckling on their armor,” for another sea¬ 
son’s business, but it is hoped that all will take a little vaca¬ 
tion about the 10th of June and attend the annual meeting 
of the Association at Milwaukee. 
I have read with a great deal of interest your May 
( issue of the National Nurseryman, and thank you for 
the effort put forth in boosting for the Milwaukee 
convention. 
J. W. Hill, Pres. 
KNOX NURSERIES, 
VINCENNES, IND. 
We have more wholesale orders on our books now than at 
this time last year. However, we are unable to make a true 
comparison with last years business because we have decided 
to enter the wholesale trade and we do not expect to do any 
retail business. We enter the wholesale trade as a Cherry 
nursery as nearly all of our stock consists of Cherry trees. 
So far as we can see the outlook for fall is good, and unless 
exceed that of last year. 
We had intended writing you about our entering the 
trade as a wholesaler of Cherry trees. Practically all of 
our stock consists of Cherry, one year and two years, fhough 
we have some few Peach, Plum and Pear. 
H. M. Simpson & Sons. 
TOPEKA NURSERIES, 
TOPEKA, KAN. 
Spring .sales were very satisfactory. Owing to.miM win¬ 
ter and early spring we were pretty well cleaned up by time 
shipping season usually opens. We found but very little 
call for Kieffer Pear and Plum, but as these two articles are 
grown by us in small way only, we weren’t troubled by this 
fact. Other lines of stock cleaned up unusually well, so 
that the size of our brush pile this spring was smallest in 
years. Fruit prospects were materially hurt by frost latter 
part of April; but the outlook is for considerable fruit in 
this vicinity. With fair crops, we believe the outlook for 
fall is favorable to doing good business at good prices owing 
to small supply, there being less stock in all lines in sight at 
this point for fall than for years. 
L. R. Taylor & Sons. 
AMERICAN NURSERY COMPANY. 
The American Nursery Company, New York, reports a 
heavy business this season, the orders thus far being largely 
in excess of the combined business of the separate concerns 
at this time last year. The Company’s large wholesale 
business, at both the Bloodgood Nurseries Department, 
Flushing, L. I. and the F. & F. Nurseries Department, 
Springfield, N. J., although constantly growing does not 
show so large an increase. However, the orders for Public 
Grounds and private estates have in all of the Departments, 
far exceeded expectations and seem to fully justify the claims 
made by the Company in the public announcement soon 
after the organization early in the year. The favorable 
location of the sales department at No. 150 Broadway, 
New York is a great convenience to the Company’s patrons. 
NEW HAVEN NURSERIES, 
NEW HAVEN, MO. 
The season for spring sales closed here May first, hence, 
we are able to report in full in comparison with last year. 
The demand was better in a general way and altogether 
the season’s business was satisfactory. We see no reason 
why we should not take an optimistic view for fall trade 
and next spring’s business. While the late frosts have 
retarded the growth, considerably and things are just now 
getting started, we have had an abundance of moisture and 
with bright warm weather from this time on, and the usual 
quantity of rain, to follow, the growing season should be all 
that we hope it will be. 
The stand of stocks set, grafts; etc., is especially good. 
Indications are that there will be less loss than for many 
years. Owing to the mild winter, everything that was 
imported came through in perfect condition and starting 
right off. 
