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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
205 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,. THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor.JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
• States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
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The growing of cherries has become a 
somewhat specialized part of the nursery¬ 
man’s business. Not all soils, not all 
nurserymen are capable of growing good 
cherry trees. The question of the kind of 
stock to be used seems to demand less attention now than it 
did a few years ago. Formerly, a nurseryman considered 
Mazzards as well as Mahalebs. Now, the Mahaleb seems to 
be the popular stock, and the question hinges more on 
whether home grown or foreign grown. We are of the 
opinion .that there is a field for other stocks than the 
Mahaleb. There is a growing demand for dwarf fruit trees, 
and the question arises whether we cannot use the sand 
cherry of the West as a dwarf stock for Morello cherries 
and perhaps for sweet cherries, with advantage. We know 
of Morello cherries fruiting on this stock, although as a mat¬ 
ter of fact it seems more closely related to the native plum 
than to the European cherry. We know of cherry orchards 
fruiting on the bird cherry or pin cherry stock. There is no 
special advantage in this except where great hardiness of 
root is desired. We are of the opinion, however, that 
sweet cherries will do better on Mazzard stocks in the long 
run than on the Mahaleb, and raise the question with 
nurserymen as to whether they should not make a point of 
propagating more sweet cherries on the Mazzard stock than 
is now their custom. 
CHERRY 
STOCKS. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class fnatter. 
Rochester, N. Y., June, 1908. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; vice-president, C. M. 
Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; E. M. Sherman, Charles 
City, la.; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 
Transportation—F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Inspection Law—Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la. 
Program—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Publicity—J. M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Exhibits—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Montg. Co., Pa. 
Arrangements—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. , 
Editing Report—J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Mutual Fire Insurance—-Judge Eugene Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Peter Youngers, 
Geneva, Nebr.; Harry Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Okla. Terr.; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Okla. Terr. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President—-E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—-President, John S. Barnes, Yaleville; 
secretary, Frank E. Conine, Stratford. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—-President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in 
January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association—President. N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, 
O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in June. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, W. D. Ingalls, North Yakima, 
Wash.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, W.' H. Moon, Morrisville, Pa.; 
secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, Charles T. Smith, Concord, Ga.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—-President, J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—-E. W. Knox, San Antonio, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, Tohn S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, E. P. Bernardin, Parson, Kas.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
West Virginia Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. A. Gold, Mason City; 
secretary, R. R. Harris, Harrisville, W. Va. 
The month of June sees the nursery tree, 
SUMMER the orchard tree, and the lawn shrub mak- 
WORK IN THE ing its most vigorous growth. It is the 
NURSERY. time when the top of our nursery tree 
should be shaped, when the orchard tree 
should receive attention at the hands of the pruner, and 
when many of our lawn shrubs can be pruned to advantage. 
It is the time when leaf-eating insects and fungous diseases 
begin their work, and need close watching. It is the period 
when the spray cart should be kept going industriously, 
and when the superintendent of spraying should have both 
eyes open all the time. Attention at this period may 
mean much in the caliper of your nursery stock by the end of 
the season. It may mean the difference between good 
stocks for budding and stocks which cannot be budded at 
all, or with difficulty at the right period. 
HEADING OF 
NURSERY 
STOCK. 
A few years ago there was considerable 
difference of opinion as to the proper 
height at which to head nursery trees. 
This question has in more recent times 
resolved itself largely into a geographical 
problem. Certain regions of the country have more or less 
fixed ideas in regard to the requirements of the nursery 
tree in this respect, and these requirements are adhered to 
by the nurserymen of that region. In the West the ten¬ 
dency has of late been towards the lowering of the head of 
the tree. This is the outcome of a study of the influence of 
climate on the health and vigor of the tree. It has been 
found that trees with long, unprotected stems are likely to 
suffer from sun-scalding and other attending troubles in the 
prairie and Northwest states. In the East these difficulties 
