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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Mr. jesse George the other senior partner retired a number 
of years ago and has since passed away. 
Vice-president, Robert George. Mr.George's connection 
with the company of which he is now general manager 
covers a period of over forty years. During that time his 
services have been absolutely unremitting. From 6:30 in 
the morning when the round up (See illustration) of the 
working force occurs, till the close of the day at six with a 
short intermission for luncheon, Mr. George is “on tap.’’ 
His horse and 
buggy are on the 
constant move 
for at least ten 
hours a day and 
his watchful eye 
covers the entire 
range of field 
operations, 
Secretary. J. 
H. Dayton. In 
Mr. Dayton, the 
company has an 
active and effi¬ 
cient office man¬ 
ager and one 
who keeps in 
close touch with 
the movements 
of trade and the 
J. J. Harrison, President. 
demands of the 
times. Mr. Dayton has been a valued member of the 
American Association of Nurserymen for many years and 
has for a long time occupied important offices in that body. 
Treasurer, W. C. Harrison. The financial records are 
cared for by a son of J. J. Harrison, a young man whose in¬ 
clinations and tastes are essentially horticultural. 
Green-house superintendent,Mr. Ed George. The herbace¬ 
ous plants and green-house stock come under the direction 
of Mr. George, Jr., and how well he cares for this depart¬ 
ment may be gathered from the remarks already made re¬ 
garding condition of stock. 
The homes of the members of the firm are right 
on the grounds close to headquarters where office, 
packing houses 
and green¬ 
houses are loca¬ 
ted. The well 
kept lawns with¬ 
out separating 
boundaries com¬ 
bine to form a 
park like effect 
excellent from 
the utilitarian as 
well as aesthetic 
aspects. 
Here then we 
have an interest¬ 
ing example of 
the development 
of a great nur¬ 
sery company 
having as its 
basic idea the 
production of-its own stock. How well this has worked 
out in practice may be competently attested by the appear¬ 
ance of expansive nursery areas, and the evidence of the 
packing houses. 
J. H. Dayton, Secretary. 
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON FRUIT-GROWING IN THE ROCKY 
MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PACIFIC. 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
In response to your query as to how matters are faring 
with nurserymen in this region I regret to say that I am not 
in very closely touch with local trade conditions. For the 
past six weeks the writer, in company with Mr. James M. 
Irvine, editor of the Fruit Grower , has been visiting the 
orchard valleys of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washing¬ 
ton and Montana; but though not prepared to express 
opinions on local conditions, perhaps a review of our ob¬ 
servations of that wonderful western fruit country will be 
of interest to nurserymen. 
The Growing West. 
It is a wonderful country—-no one after visiting it could 
come away with any other impression. Great things are 
being done there and even greater projects are under way. 
It is our opinion, however, that the extreme high prices of 
last year have proven a misfortune rather than a blessing, 
for necessarily,there must be a readjusting, with a firmer and 
surer foundation of values as a basis upon which to build the 
orchards of the future. From the nursery point of view, 
we believe western trade conditions warrant a more con¬ 
servative policy. Planting on a prospective demand is a 
most uncertain proposition. Too much orchard planting 
has been done, the chief object of which has been to plant 
and grow to sell the orchard, rather than to develop for 
personal management—a most hazardous speculation for 
all involved and these plantings have consumed vast 
quantities of trees. However, such orchards will never 
come in very strong competition with the man who develops 
his own orchard and markets the fruit. Orchard planters 
who plant as an investment and not as a speculation and 
who mean to stay with the proposition are the ones who 
are showing a great willingness to pay good prices for good 
sorts. They have had more than enough of cheap stuff. 
Some Evils. 
Western nurserymen tell us that one of the greatest 
draw-backs to the nursery and orchard business, in their 
