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recognized as a connoisseur on “eats” and proved to be 
all that one could expect under the circumstances. 
The Menu 
President’s address. “Chase Alabama Grown.” R. C. 
Chase. 
“Top Notch Barberry. Why are they so damm low?” 
C. R. Burr. 
“The Quantity Stock. Nothing goes on the Brush Pile.” 
F. J. Rippen. 
“The Preferred Stock. We Prefer Yours to Ours. See 
our Exchange offer.” C. H. Perkins, 2nd. 
“How to get a Square Q Deal.” J. W. Fraser. 
The Wholesale Nurserymen’s Traveler’s Protective 
Association. C. R. Burr, J. W. Fraser, Robt. C. Chase, 
F. J. Rippen, C. H. Perkins, 2nd. 
“Our Motto” 
“We never tell. Protection always.” 
The following officers were elected: 
R. C. Chase, President. 
C. R. Burr, Vice President. 
C. H. Perkins, 2nd, Secretary. 
F. J. Rippen, Treasurer. 
J. W. Fraser, Goat. 
At the conclusion of the dinner, the meeting went into 
Executive Session, excluding all but the members and 
the Orchestra, in order that “Boh Chase,” affectionately 
known as “Sifted Seed,” might read his paper, entitled, 
“What I don’t know about New York.” 
After coming out of the trance into which “Bob’s” rev¬ 
elation had thrown them, they closed by singing the fol¬ 
lowing ditty, entitled, “Will we come or are we sent. 
We’ll go to Phil a del pliia 
For our next Annual Meet, 
We’ve been there many a time before 
And know it can’t be beat. 
There’s “Kugler’s” and the “Walton” 
And “Willie Suey Sain,” 
We will go and raise the dickens, 
For “Meehan” says we can. 
We won’t forget the “Fairmount Inn” 
We will try old “Riverside” 
(at this point, the “Bouncer” was seen approaching, and 
one of the cardinal principles of the Association, being 
“Safety First,” the meeting adjourned to the “Free Ice 
Fund.”) 
THE NURSERYMEN’S SPECIAL 
The special car, reserved to carry tin; nurserymen to 
the Convention, was due at tin* Central Railroad Depot 
at Rochester 5.20 p. in. Monday. It is customary for 
country people to he at the depot at least an hour before 
train time, and a few lone travelers from Philadelphia 
complied with the time honored custom, and spent their 
time admiring Rochester’s new station, and incidentally 
looking for familiar faces or whiskers, a bright eye and a 
healthy tan, that supposedly bespeaks tin* nurseryman. 
It looked to the lone travelers, a few minutes before 
train time, as if they would have to occupy the w hole car 
themselves, hut things do change these days. A nur¬ 
seryman is just as likely to have manicured nails, and 
travel with a night shirt and tooth brush, and so it 
proved they were really there, hut you could not tell 
them from regular travelers. 
The car was comfortably filled, and it does not take 
long, when nurserymen gel together and leave business 
behind, to get the fun going. 
For genuine kindness and sociability, the nurserymen 
are “it.” Now that liquor is tabood, the smokes are all 
they have left to emphasize their good feeling. Each had 
a pocket full, and they were all yours. It was very 
touching to see Mac accept a big one. with a green belly 
hand, from Adolf and resignedly light it. after bidding 
farewell to his friends. Rut Mac’s brain is active, he 
glanced at his wife and thought of I lie babies al home, 
and decided he did not want to die yet. any more than to 
hurt the feelings of the donor, so he quietly launched 
into a most interesting account ot his travels in Japan. 
Weeds were forgotten, and all began mentally figuring 
when their profits would permit of a trip to the "Flowery 
Kingdom.” 
The genial “Jim” Pitkin wore an American (lag. and 
what time there was to spare, In* put in bewailing tin 1 
fact “that now so many countries were at w ar then* was 
no place for a peaceable man to stay. 
The party arrived about noon the day before the Con¬ 
vention opened and found a hearty welcome from those 
already there. 
PEACH LEAF CURL 
The cold wet weather has been very conducive to the 
prevalence of Peach Leaf Curl in the lake distiicts and 
other northern sections. Many orchards aie badl\ 
affected. 
In the south the disease is almost unknown. Lime- 
sulphur spray applied about two weeks before the buds 
begin to grow in spring is said to he an elloctual pi* \< n 
tative. 
