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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
HON. N. H. ALBAUGH 
Mr. Albaugh, president of the Albaugh Nursery and 
Orchard Company, of Phoneton, Ohio, was born in Ohio in 
1834, and has the unique dis¬ 
tinction of having attended all 
the meetings of the Nursery¬ 
men’s Association, except one, 
for twenty-nine years. He 
was President of the Association, 
and on various occasions pre¬ 
sided over the meetings in the 
absence of the executive. Mr. 
Albaugh was actively engaged 
in the nursery business for forty- 
nine years, and at one place. 
OLIVER ALBERTSON 
Oliver Albertson, father of 
Emory Albertson, of the firm of 
Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport, 
Ind., established in 1845 the busi¬ 
ness which this well known firm 
has so splendidly developed. 
The first nursery was located in 
Washington county. It was re¬ 
moved to Marion county in 1875, 
when it started with five acres. 
It is now the oldest, as well as 
the largest nursery in the state. 
J. J. HARRISON 
J. J. Harrison was born in the County of Kent, England, 
August 20, 1829. In the summer of 1831 his parents moved 
from Margate, England, to Painesville, Ohio. He was 
educated at Kirtland Semi¬ 
nary and in Bryant & Lusk’s 
Cleveland College. Gradua¬ 
ting from it, he went to Mil¬ 
waukee and entered the estab¬ 
lishment of Lansing Bonnell 
as bookkeeper. Later, he en¬ 
tered into partnership with 
his brother, William Harrison, 
and Orlando Root, to engage 
in the business of apple 
shipping from Ohio and west¬ 
ern New York to Milwaukee. 
This was continued for three 
years, with a change in one of the partners. The 
fruit business occupying fall and winter only, the spring 
seasons were devoted to itinerant tree-top grafting, work¬ 
ing in New York, Canada, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas 
and Ohio. Not being able to obtain scions of the newer 
varieties in Ohio, he had recourse to Rochester nurseries, 
to which he made personal visits. It was here that he 
acquired the idea of making the nursery business his pro¬ 
fession. In 1857-8 he made a start on Menton avenue, 
afterward known as the Avenue Nurseries, conducted by, 
Loomis & Brainard. In 1858, he entered into partnership 
with Jesse Storrs, who had established the Painesville 
Nurseries some five years previous. On December 31, 
1858, he was united in marriage with Rachel A. Tuttle, who 
passed away August 16, 1899. The only surviving children 
are Alice A. and Willard C. Harrison. The latter is now 
treasurer of the Storrs & Harrison Company. The subject 
of this sketch was one of the charter members of this Society 
and served as president 1878-79. Mr. Harrison has traveled 
extensively abroad and is member of many horticultural 
societies. 
In 1881 the Painesville Nurseries incorporated as the 
Storrs & Harrison Company, with J. J. Harrison as presi¬ 
dent, which office he still holds. The nursery has grown 
from ten or twelve acres in 1858 to as many hundreds at the 
present time. 
ROBERT DOUGLAS 
Robert Douglas was bom 
in England, April 20, 1813. 
He came to America in 
1836, explored the eastern 
states quite thoroughly, and 
settled in Waukegan, Illinois, 
in June, 1844. Mr. Douglas 
was for many years the most 
noted grower of coniferous 
seedlings in the United States. 
He it was who first made a 
success of growing this class 
of evergreens in the open air. 
He was also a pioneer in the 
growing of apple and pear seedlings in this country. He 
was the introducer of the Colorado Blue Spruce, and a 
popularizer of many other valuable native trees. Mr. 
Douglas was a charter member of the American Association 
of Nurserymen and a constant attendant at its meetings. 
His two sons, who now continue the business, attended 
the first meeting of the Association with him. 
REMINISCENCES OF EARLY MEMBERS. 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
I have a letter from you this morning asking me to go 
back into the chambers of my memory and tell the younger 
members of the Association something about the first meet¬ 
ings, which happened so long 
ago that they seem like dreams. 
The first meeting which I 
ever attended was in the 
seventies, in Chicago. The 
pictures in my mind of the 
meetings of those early days are 
made up of faces which are no 
longer seen in our councils. A. 
R. Whitney, of Illinois, was for 
many years treasurer; D. Wil- 
mot Scott, of the same state, for 
almost as many years secretary. 
The first presidents were from 
Hon. N. H Albaugh 
Oliver Albertson 
Robert Douglas 
Wm. Robert Prince, at age of 72 
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