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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
was largely composed of the employees ol the Childs 
establishment. 
The large buildings devoted to this business, together 
with acres of flowers grown every season, have made 
Floral Park one of the beauty spots of this section ol 
Long Island. 
Mr. Childs remained in charge of the business until 
his death in March, 1921. 
Mrs. John Lewis Childs and her sons will retire from 
this business to devote themselves to their property inter¬ 
ests at Floral Park and in California and to their whole¬ 
sale flower business at Flowerfield, Long Island. 
Mr. Arthur H. Goldsmith, who has been identified with 
the Floral Park concern for many years, will continue 
with the new administration. 
Mr. Edward T. Bromfield, who has purchased the 
Childs business at Floral Park, is proprietor of the Ed¬ 
ward T. Bromfield Seed Co., of Garden City, L. I., which 
he proposes to consolidate with the Floral Park concern 
July first next and to continue the seed, bulk and plant 
business at Floral Park under the name of John Lewis 
Childs Seed Co., along the same lines as heretofore which 
has long been recognized as one of the largest mail order 
seed houses in the country. 
William J. Flemmer, Jr., Princeton Nurseries, N. J., 
writing under date of April 24th says: 
We are head over heels in the largest spring season we 
have ever had. It sure keeps us stepping with a shortage 
of help, but we see daylight ahead now. 
Everything points towards continued good business if 
conditions keep within season in other trades. 
CAYUGA, A NEW PEAR FOR NEW YORK 
.4 Seedling of Seckel, Which It Resembles 
May Be Blight Resistant 
A high quality pear with more resistance to blight than any 
of the standard commercial sorts now grown in the State has 
long been the aim of the pear breeding work in progress at the 
New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva. The Sta¬ 
tion horticulturists announce that out of more than 2,000 seed¬ 
lings tested by them only 8 Seckel seedlings have given suffi¬ 
cient promise to merit further testing. One of these, named 
Cayuga by the Station workers, is now being distributed by the 
New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative Association, Inc., 
for further trial. 
“As grown on the Station grounds, Cayuga seems to he about 
all that could he desired in tree characters,” says the Station 
horticulturist. “The young trees are vigorous, healthy, and 
free from blight, altho this does not necessarily mean that the 
new variety is blight proof. It will take years and plantings 
under many conditions to determine this point. 
“The fruit of Cayuga averages as large as that of Bartlett, 
altho in shape it resembles Seckel and in color Clairgeau. The 
quality of the new variety is better than that of any standard 
sort except Seckel. The flesh is firm and fine in texture quite 
to the center, and the flavor is the rich, delectable flavor of 
Seckel, altho Cayuga is not quite so spicy as Seckel. 
“Of all fruits, it is most difficult to predict whether a new 
pear will make its way in commercial culture, and about all 
that can be said of Cayuga is that it is well worth trying.” 
GROWERS WARNED BY WIRELESS 
A new and probably the first use oi wireless lor liorli- 
cultural instruction was made from London, on April 7, 
when Mr. Laurence Cook, of Stuart Low and Co , Bush 
Hill Park, gave a huge audience a lecture on Roses, pay¬ 
ing special attention to town gardens and asking his 
hearers to prune the 11. T. section hard. He warned them 
also against the Dutch roses being dumped into this 
country, as on account of the moist, sandy and peaty 
soils of Holland, their trees die back badly and never suc¬ 
ceed in this country. The fact that horticulture returned 
the best value for time and money as a hobby, was point¬ 
ed out by the lecturer, a fact which should always be re¬ 
membered by our trade. Horticultural Trade Journal. 
PLAN TO PLANT ANOTHER TREE 
April 18, 1923. 
Fellow Nurserymen: 
$5,395.00 has been subscribed toward the $10,000.00 
fund for 1923. Let us make up this balance now. Send 
your check in today to Wm. A. Peterson, 30 N. La Salle 
street, Chicago, Ill. 
Every nurseryman, large or small, is expected to sub¬ 
scribe something. Help put the nursery business on the 
map Mail your check today. The money is needed 
badly right now. 
Yours very truly, 
Pi .an To Plant Another Tree Campaign. 
Finance committee, Paul Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; F. J. 
Littleford, Downers Grove, Ill.; E. C. Hilborn, Valley 
City, N. Dak.; Roy F. Wilcox, Montebello, Cal.; C. H. 
Perkins, Newark, N. Y.; V. D. Hill, Dundee, III.; W. A. 
Peterson, Chicago, Ill.; A. E. Nelson, Chicago, III. 
Mail your check to Wm. A Peterson, 30 N. La Salle 
street, Chicago, Ill. 
April 19, 1923. 
The National Nurseryman, 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Gentlemen : 
Reading the article published in April number of our 
valuable paper “The National Nurseryman” regarding 
folks buying nursery stock from 5 and 10c stores. I 
happen to know of one person in particular who bought 
from one of these stores in Baltimore City, rose bushes 
at the impossible price of 10c. They advertised this in¬ 
formation to several of their friends who also bought of 
this stock. 
Now I know that it would be detrimental for any nur¬ 
seryman to offer his nursery stock found on the count¬ 
ers of these stores and l cannot help but believe that he, 
even though we know not his name, is doing himself 
harm rather than creating a demand for his products. 
No real nurservman would do this sort of thing and I sin¬ 
cerely hope that he awakens to the fact, that he is not 
only getting rid of dead stock, but he is dead himself as 
a nurseryman. 
Very truly yours, 
H. J. IIOHMAN. 
