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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
any point of view, and could not, if his existence de¬ 
pended upon it, perhaps, make bond for $500.00, yet he is 
there in competition with men who stand pledged to pro¬ 
gressive methods and to the policy of non-replacement. 
I say this because 1 believe, and I want you to know, 
that the fight is a long one, and while I believe that in the 
end the principles that are right and that are progressive 
will win, let us not become discouraged if the end is 
not reached in a year. 
When adjournment was had at Detroit the nurserymen 
carried home with them a feeling of optimism such as 
had not characterized a meeting for many years. I be¬ 
lieve that this spirit of optimism was worth all that the 
S. Lake as I do that of few men, and to have him bear 
testimony to what had been accomplished, together with 
many others, stimulated me to believe the Detroit conven¬ 
tion had been worth while. 
But I feel sure that what you want me to tell you is 
what can we, as nurserymen, reasonably expect in the 
way of benefits from the reorganization. As I have 
intimated to you, this is destined to he a long drawn out 
fight, and the basis of all we may hope to accomplish 
must be education. I therefore believe the most impor¬ 
tant thing we have to do at this particular time is to in¬ 
augurate a vigorous and intelligent campaign along the 
lines of publicity. The people, who are densely ignorant 
This Orchard produced 6000 bushels of Yates Apples. J. 0. Kelly & Sons, Jeff, Alabama. 
J. 0. Kelly & Sons, nurserymen, Jeff, Alabama, are in 
the nursery and orchard business. This year they have 
had the best apple crop in their experience. Over 7000 
bushels including both the late and early varieties. No¬ 
vember the 8th they were harvesting their late apples. 
While their orchards may compare hut poorly with those 
in the apple states and after learning more from failures 
than success, they are convinced that with a proper 
knowledge to begin with and the proper care of the trees, 
apples can be grown in Alabama to an advantage. 
Detroit convention cost and I believe that upon this 
foundation we are to build a more serviceable organiza¬ 
tion. 1 was impressed with a statement that came from 
one of the western nurserymen, and by the way one of 
the most prominent nurserymen in the United States, 
'that in his opinion the Detroit convention had accom¬ 
plished more than had been accomplished in the past 
twenty years. I value, and so do you, the opinion of D. 
of all questions pertaining to our business, must he taken 
into our confidence and must lie taught to discriminate 
against inferior methods and inferior policies, and in 
favor of the nurserymen whose business is'built upon 
service. To my mind there is no way to reach the shy¬ 
ster except to turn on the search lights—to reach him 
through public opinion. Just how long it will take to 
accomplish this is a question, and I am candid enough to 
