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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. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, /goo' 
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Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nur¬ 
serymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., July, 1908. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—Charles J. Brown, president of Brown Bros. Co., 
Rochester; vice-president, C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secre¬ 
tary, 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—T. M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Exhibits—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Montg. Co., Pa. 
Editing Report—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Mutual Fire Insurance—Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebr.; Judge Eugene Stark, 
Louisiana, Mo.; 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. 
Paciffc 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 problem of what to select from the 
NEW many new kinds of fruits appearing and 
VARIETIES. being pressed upon the public by ardent 
and enthusiastic plantsmen is very 
difficult of solution. The planter as 
well as the propagator is continually attracted to that 
which is new and novel. The very fact that its ultimate 
behavior is a conundrum, that it is in the speculative stage, 
adds zest and interest to the thing itself. The very human 
desire of wanting to know, desiring to find out, searching 
for something different, impels the introduction and the 
planting of many varieties which are in no wise improve¬ 
ments over the old, and in many cases poor imita¬ 
tions. 
The real question is in what terms should we pass upon 
the new-comer and aspirant for public favor. We are of 
the opinion that the merits of these new varieties should 
usually be studied in terms of local adaptation. As time 
goes on the finer adaptations of fruits and flowering plants 
will be studied with more care than at present. Questions 
of soil, climate, and other environmental conditions will 
receive closer study. Because a variety succeeds, or is 
reported to be doing well, five hundred miles from one’s 
home is no guarantee that it will behave equally well when 
transplanted to our surroundings. But on the other hand, 
the nurseryman finds little profit in propagating and intro¬ 
ducing a variety merely for local planting, and if this prin¬ 
ciple were carried to its entirety the stimulus for the pro¬ 
duction of new kinds would be greatly curbed. As a fad 
this is interesting but not profitable. In our opinion 
the widespread planting of certain popular varieties has not 
advanced the interests of the fruit growers the country over. 
It is a question whether the furore which attended the 
introduction of the Kieffer pear, and resulted in the planting 
of thousands of acres over a widespread territory has 
benefited the propagator of fruit trees, and the grower of 
fruits to any extent. Reactions set in and interest is 
diverted from fruit growing by reason of partial or total 
failure of these wddely advertised and much lauded varie¬ 
ties. It is safe to say, then, that more conservatism should 
be exercised and less of the speculative spirit,in the introduc¬ 
tion of new varieties. 
This question which, for twelve years, 
NATIONAL has annually been brought to the atten- 
INSPECTION. tion of nurserymen has at last been laid 
at rest. When account is taken of the 
obstacles in the way of uniform national 
inspection there can be no doubt of the wisdom of the move. 
How a national law can be enforced wffien the states’ laws 
directly contradict its provisions is a problem not to be 
solved by one decisive step on the part of nurserymen. It 
seems the part of wisdom to wait for a favorable opportun¬ 
ity to strike. The forces that must be combatted in bring¬ 
ing about the repeal of obnoxious state laws are many and 
formidable; it is well to make a study of them before ad¬ 
vancing against them. Meanwhile, let the attention of 
nurserymen be turned to the inspection of imported stock; 
this is a matter that can be settled by united effort. 
