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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
I believe I voice the sentiment of this Society, When I 
state that all we want is a square deal and we are perfectly 
willing to give the orchardists as much. We, as nurserymen, 
should acquaint ourselves more thoroughly with the orchards 
and vineyards of the country. In other words, we should 
be in closer touch with the fruit-growers. We should be 
careful not to advertise and push worthless things. There 
are far too many varieties of fruit on the market now, there¬ 
fore, we should never add another unless it is superior and 
decidedly so. Our country has gotten to the age where 
varieties of poor quality are not desired, and should be 
removed from the orchards entirely and dropped from the 
nurseryman’s list. If there were no poor fruit on the 
market at all, there would be a great deal more fruit eaten, 
and when more fruit is eaten, there is a better demand for 
it; where there is a better demand, there is more planting 
and where there is more planting there is more business for 
the nurseryman. Therefore, when we encourage this, we 
not only benefit the country at large, but we benefit 
ourselves. 
)Votc and Comment 
THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST 
Volume I, Number i, of The American Horticulturist, 
a monthly magazine, appeared in November, 1911. It makes 
a very attractive showing, the large number of half tones 
being a noticeable feature. Articles are presented by well 
known authorities on general and special subjects connected 
with fruit growing. Benjamin W. Douglass is the editor, 
and the paper is published at Fowler, Indiana. The sub¬ 
scription price is $1.50. We wish the new journal success. 
APPLES MOVING SLOWLY 
The apple situation was unsatisfactory during the autumn 
months. Prices have been lower than for several years. 
In New York during the forepart of December, good Baldwins 
were sold for $2.50 per barrel, while Greenings dropped as 
low as $1.50. Boxed apples also brought unsatisfactory 
prices. The output of fruit seems larger this year than 
indicated by the estimates of either the producer or the 
purchaser. 
ORCHARD HEATING 
Secure a copy of the November, 1911, issue of Better Fruit. It 
is the special orchard heating edition, arid' contains valuable accounts 
of experiences in orchard heating -where fine crops of fruit were matured 
as a result of vigilance at the right time. ' The use of coal and oil heaters 
is discussed, as well as the practice of smudging, and many illustrations 
show orchards where the fires are burning or are ready to be lighted. 
Obituary 
OSCAR P. NICHOLS 
On December 15, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, 
there passed away a striking figure from the ranks of the 
nurserymen of the Middle West in the person of Oscar 
Palen Nichols of the firm of Nichols & Lorton, Davenport, 
Iowa. Mr. Nichols was one of the oldest residents of Daven¬ 
port, having passed seventy-three years of his life in that 
city. He was a partner in the firm of Nichols & Lorton 
for over forty years, and during that period this nursery 
firm was one of the leading organizations of its kind in the 
country known at that time as the “West.” They were 
extensive growers of nursery stock, and did much to advertise 
the city of Davenport. Mr. Nichols . retired from active 
work in the business in i go6. He is survived by one daughter 
and two brothers. 
exhibitions 
INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION 
In a paper read before the Royal Horticultural Society, 
Mr. Edward White, managing director of the Royal Inter¬ 
national Horticultural Exhibition, to be held in May, drew 
the attention of the audience to the benefits which may be 
derived by horticulturists from such an exhibition. The 
last one of international scope in the British Isles took place 
in 1866. 
Mr. White noted the importance of the horticultural 
industry in England, with its many tributary lines of work. 
Further, he mentioned the interest which is taken in things 
horticultural by the Royal family. This is indicated by 
King George’s willingness to open the exhibition on May 
twenty-second at noon. The site for the exhibition covers 
twenty-one acres of the grounds of the Royal Hospital at 
Chelsea, and is reached by two broad entrances. Ample 
financial support is assured, and the total prize fist will 
amount to several thousand pounds. 
TENNESSEE STATE NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
AT NASHVILLE 
The Nurserymen’s Association of this state will meet 
at Nashville on January 26, 1912, and on the preceding 
day the State Horticultural Society will convene at the 
same place. 
Program 
Morning Session, g:jo o'clock. 
Call to Order 
Invocation.Dr. James I. Vance, Nashville 
Address of Welcome, 
Captain T. F. Peck, Commissioner of Agr. 
Response.J- H. Austin, Antioch 
The Labor Question in the Nursery, .... Robert Twitty, Taft 
Cooperation in Selling Nursery Stock and Marketing Fruit, 
T. B. Thackston, L. & I. Agt. Sou. Ry., Bristol 
Grasses.H. A. Clarke, Wartrace 
Appointment of Committees: Nominations—Auditing— 
Resolutions. 
President, Percy Brown, Spring Hill. 
Vice-president, Robert Morris, Ridgetop. 
Secretary-Treasurer, C. A. Keffer, State University, 
Knoxville. 
Sectional Vice-Presidents, East Tennessee—W. M. Wood, 
Bristol; Middle Tennessee—Prof. John Daniels, Nashville; 
West Tennessee, W. H. Rochelle, Jackson. 
We are in receipt of an elaborate calendar from E. T. Dickinson, 
I Broadway, New York, entitled, “The Dicken’s Calendar,” which 
portrays Mr. Weller, Sr., in Pickwick Papers, giving advice to his son: 
“Take example by your father, my boy, and be very careful o’ widders 
all your life.” 
