THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
2 i S Livingston 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. 
All'ARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, igoo. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
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quested by the Business Manager, Rochester, N. Y. 
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., October, 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. 
Forestry—J. W. Hill. Des Moines, la. 
Transportation—F. H. Stannard. Ottawa, Kansas. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse. Rochester. N. Y. 
Legislation—Wm. Pitkin. Rochester. N. Y. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Program—Jas. M. Pitkin. Newark, N Y. 
Publicity—T. M. Irvine, St. Toseph. Mo. 
Exhibits—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. 
Arrangements—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—-Geo. C. Seager. Rochester. N. Y. 
Entertainment-—Wm. Pitkin. Rochester. N. Y 
National Council of Horticulture-—Chas. J. Malov. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans 
Augusta, Ga.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually 
in Tune. 
American Retail Nurserymen's Protective Association—President, Charles T. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—^resident, T. 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. MoHen, Niagara Falls Oot. 
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 
Tanuarv. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
secretary. F. E. Gro'-er, Rochester, N. Y. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association—President, N. H. Alhaugh, Phoneton, 
( T; secretary, GeorCTf C Seager. Rochester. N. Y. Meets annually in Tune. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, J. W. McNarv, Davton, O • 
secretary. W. R Cole, Painesville. 0. 
Pacihc Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, W. D. Ingalls, North Yakima, 
Wash.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
Tune. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen's Association—President, W. H. Moon, Momsville, Pa.; 
secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs. Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, Charles T. Smith, Concord Ga.- 
secretary-treasurer. A. T. Smvh. Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—^resident, J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.- 
secretary, G. M Bentlev. Knoxville. Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—E. AY. Knox, San Antonio, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer. Toho S. Kerr. Sherman. Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, E P. Bernardin, Parson, Kas.; 
secretary-treasurer. E T. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas Citv. 
West Yirginia Nurs“rvmen’s Association—President, W. A. Gold, Mason Citv 
secretary, R. R. Harris. Harrisville, AV. Va. 
On the morning of September seA’en, 
Labor Day, the good ship Menominee of 
A PERSONAL the Red Star Line brought us into Boston 
WORD. Harbor after an absence of se\ r en months 
and seA'en days. We were eager to get 
aAvay ; Ave Avere mightily pleased to get back. The familiar 
lines of the city illuminated by the light of a typical 
September sun Avere pleasant to look upon. The madam 
said that it did her heart good to be able to talk without 
using her hands! 
While away the editor has read the National Nursery¬ 
man with as much interest as the citizen his daily. 
We are sure that our readers A\ T ill agree AA’ith the editor 
that the business manager and his editorial assistant, Mr. 
John C. Gallagher have set such a pace that it will not be 
easy to maintain the high standard established. Ne\ T erthe- 
less, Ave will try and expect the same hearty support from 
our good friends the nurserymen in the future that we hav-e 
thankfully received in the past. 
It Avas gratifying to find in England, France, Germany 
and the Netherlands or Low countries that the National 
Nurseryman Avas read and appreciated; that, in fact, it Avas 
an international Journal. 
We know little of the character of the season in the 
United States, but hope it AA r as fa\mrable. We Avere fortu¬ 
nate enough to meet “Papa Josselyn” at the South Station 
in Boston, the day after landing but could gain no informa- S 
tion on this line from him as he had been too busy fishing to 
notice such every day matters! EA r en then he was hurrying 
Cape Cod Avay with a sheaf of fishing rods on his shoulder 
and a sporty look in his eye, to make a raid on deep sea 
denizens. 
Well, here’s hoping that the season has been propitious, 
the collections good and the outlook promising. 
The interest in the box package seems to i 
be increasing. There is no question at all 
about the stability of the barrel as a , 
standard package for the staple varieties. 
Neither is there any question about the 
increasing popularity of the box as a package for high grade 
kinds. Not long ago we Adsited a fruit grower in the Lake 
Champlain Valley, and found him packing his highly 
colored, even sized, and altogether beautiful fameuse apples 
in boxes. A little later A\ T e found a shipper of NeAvtOAvn j 
pippins in the Hudson region doing the same thing. But go 
into Western NeAv York, and the box package is the excep¬ 
tion, the barrel is the rule; for here the standards, like 
BaldAvin, Greening, TAventy Ounce and Roxburv, prev T ail. ;■ 
Son et ir e ago Ave Avere in the Ozarks of Arkansas, and there ‘ 
found one of the large groAA'ers packing his Ingram and j 
Huntsman in the approA’ed box package. These apples \ 
would probably find their Avay into the St. Louis and Kansas s 
City markets. In the same geological area, but farther 
north in the Missouri Ozarks AA T e found the barrel the faA'orite 
package for the Ben DaA'is, and its near kinsman, the Gano. > 
This differentiation of package based on intrinsic quality 
of the fruit seems to be just. Varieties of medium quality 
produced in great quantity are destined to be handled in the 
BOXES 
VERSUS 
BARRELS. 
