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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Corn is usually the first crop in the rotation when new land is brought into 
shape for nursery stock* Storrs & Harrison Company. 
can safely be kept eighteen months in dormant condition, 
which means four sale seasons in the nursery trade. In prac¬ 
tice it would usually be necessary only to carry over stock 
left on hand in the spring to be used in filling early fall orders 
and stock so held "would in my opinion be in much better con¬ 
dition to transplant successfully than if dug in the unripe 
condition of the early fall. A comparatively small room in 
the storage plant of most nurserymen, if provided with 
artificial refrigeration, would carry through the summer all 
unsold matured stock and enable him to convert into cash 
the following fall that which now goes to the brush heap for 
his Fourth of July bonfire. 
Since this experiment was made we have had no oc¬ 
casion to avail ourselves of what it taught us, but should the 
need arise we would not hesitate to 
repeat it on a much larger scale with 
entire confidence of success. 
ONTARIO PROSPERING. 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
In regard to the nursery business 
here, the season was a favorable one 
in the early part, but excessive drought 
stopped the growth early and we shall 
probably not dig as heavily out of our younger blocks as 
usual. Heavy frosts early in the season have cut the foliage 
of grape vines so that we can dig them at any time when 
the ground is in condition, but up to this date, October 
27th, we have not had enough rain to enable us to dig 
anything. We have simply let all our Fall business go by 
the board as it would have cost us as much to dig as the 
stuff is worth. I never saw the ground quite so hard at dig¬ 
ging time. 
Sales are fully up to the mark. In fact our sales are 
heavier than they ever were before at this date. 
. E. D. Smith. 
CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA. 
National Nurseryman, 
Gentlemen: 
We are unusually busy with out fall packing at the 
present time. Our fall business will exceed that of last fall, 
and every indication points to an unusually large springs 
business. Apple and cherry trees did not make up as we 
anticipated. Plum, peach and all other lines of stock have 
done unusually well. We have no reason to complain at 
the outlook and prospects in the west. 
Our Booh "Cable. 
“Another Hardy Garden.” Helena Rutherfurd Ely. 
x 7%'". 243 pages,illustrated. The Macmillan Co., 
New T York. 1905. 
This book has the flavor of the true garden lover. It is 
written from the standpoint.of personal experience. This is 
unmistakable, and as a record of garden experience deserves 
careful reading. 
The vegetable garden and fruit garden are accorded a 
place in separate chapters. The discussion of trees and 
shrubs is presented in a fresh, original, and taking manner. 
It gives their value from the standpoint of the experience of 
the author. No less important nor less attractive than the 
foregoing chapters, are those on perennials, bulbs, autumn 
work, and the flower garden in spring. The whole work is, 
while unassuming, yet convincing in its directness. The 
illustrations are halftones from excellent photographs. 
The type is large and clear, and the whole make-up very 
attractive. There are few books that have come to our 
table in recent years that we feel like commending to the 
beginner in gardening so unqualifiedly as this last work 
from the pen of Mrs. Ely. 
“Successful Fruit Culture.” By Samuel T. Maynard. 
Illustrated. 5x7 inches. 265pages. 
Cloth. Price, $1.00. Orange Judd 
Co., New York. 
Mr. Maynard, who was for many 
years professor of horticulture in the 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, 
writes from the standpoint of first 
hand, practical experience. The 
book contains very much that is use¬ 
ful to the amateur as well as the 
commercial grower. The leading orchard fruits are 
discussed in eight chapters. Following this, there are 
as many more chapters on the so-called smaller fruits. 
In addition, sub-tropical fruits, the propagation of fruit 
trees and plants, fruit under glass, insect pests, and 
fungus diseases are each treated in a separate chapter. 
The book is illustrated with line drawings and half 
ones. Unfortunately many of the latter are of poor 
quality and not well executed, and some of the former 
bear the ear marks of the trade catalogue. No doubt this 
book will be appreciated, and find a place among the 
thousands of small fruit growers throughout the United 
States. We are yet in need of a good book combining 
practical and systematic pomology in such a way that it 
may be used for class rooriYpurposes. 
Youngers & Co. 
Good shipping facilities is half the battle in wholesale business. 
The Storrs & Harrison Company, Painesville, Ohio. 
