THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,.THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor,.JOHN CRAIG 
Sercetary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery 
Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
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Address, Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
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Rochester, N. Y., February, 1912. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —^J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; vice-president, W. H. Wyman, North 
Abington, Mass.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —E. M. Sherman, Charles City, la.; H. B. Chase, Hunts¬ 
ville, Ala.; J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Ex-Officio, Painesville 
Ohio; John Hall, Ex-Officio, Sec'y, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la,; Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River —Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation West of Mississippi River —Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-Operation with Entomologists —L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga 
Program—C. J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y. 
Exhibits —A. E. Robinson, Bedford, Mass. 
Arrangements —^John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; W. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass.; 
H. P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
Entertainment—J. Woodward Manning, North Wilmington, Mass. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities —W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
Root-Gall —E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, J. W. Hill. Des Moines, la,- 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually in June. ’ 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester. N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President. J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Oklahoma; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. ’ 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President, E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls. Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, Paul M. Hubbard, Bristol, Conn.; 
Secretary, C. H. Sierman, Hartford, Conn. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, Wm. C. Barry,-Rochester, N. Y.- 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in January.’ 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, E. S. Osborne, Rochester', 
N. Y;; secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio.—President. J. W. McNary, Dayton O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; secretary- 
treasurer, C. F. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa.; secretary 
Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President. W. A. Easterly, Cleveland, Tenn.- 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. ' 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; secre 
tary-treasurer, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, Geo. A. Marshall, Arlington, Nebr. • 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth. Kan. Meets annually secon'd 
Wednesday in December. 
This question was asked by the writer 
THE DELICIOUS the other day of an eminent physieian 
APPLE who is a dietetic specialist, in other words, 
one who makes a study of the influence 
of food on the human body. “Do you recommend the free 
use of uncooked apples by a patient who is able to eat acid 
fruits, but who may have what is called a sensitive digestion?’’ 
“Yes, if I know my patient and my apple,’’ was the reply. 
He then went on to explain that there was a vast difference 
in the relative digestibility as between an apple with a but¬ 
tery, melting texture, and a specimen which was high in 
flbre. The presence or amount of fibre in the apple was an 
exceedingly important factor in his judgment. In this con¬ 
nection, we recall testing several years ago a number of 
varieties of apples with a view of ascertaining their value for 
evaporating purposes. We found that the factor of variabil¬ 
ity ranged from five to fifteen per cent in the amount of solids 
in different varieties. 
The reasoning of our friend the physican appealed to us 
very strongly; for we have keen and unpleasant recollections 
of the effect of the fibrous, corky specimens which did not 
“set well,’’ in fact, rested so uncomfortably as to remind 
the eater of sodden biscuits or an overload of pork and beans. 
This leads us to say that an apple which makes the right 
sort of appeal to us as a before breakfast or after luncheon 
fruit is the Delicious. We are free to say that this variety 
needs little help of ours in the way of extolling its merits; 
for it is being popularized by the most active publicists in 
the nursery world, the Messrs. Stark Brothers of Louisiana, 
Missouri. They, like good advertisers, realize that nothing 
speaks quite as convincingly as a sample of “the goods’’ 
themselves, and we are glad to affirm that a box of Delicious 
is about as an attractive looking object as the artist can 
imagine, and as an appetite teaser, after the first bite, is 
practically unexcelled. 
Its shining, mottled crimson and yellow coat is under¬ 
laid with a melting, delicate flavored flesh that stands as a 
perennial temptation to overeating. We must admit, how¬ 
ever, that for many years, perhaps because of boyhood’s 
associations, our affections have been centered on that king 
of dessert apples., the McIntosh. Yet now in these our days 
of maturer judgment, we are wont to feel that Miss McIntosh 
has a strong rival, and if we were to offer a verdict of our 
better half, at the moment an invalid, it would be unquali¬ 
fiedly in favor of Delicious. 
The experiments conducted by the Horti- 
WHITE WASH culturist of the Dominion Experimental 
VERSUS OYSTERFarm at Ottawa appear to prove con- 
SHELL SCALE clusively that white wash is a simple 
and effective remedy for oyster shell 
scale, or frequently called oyster shell bark louse. The 
method of procedure is to make a wash using forty potmds 
of lime, forty gallons of water, and eight pounds of salt. 
This should be sprayed on the tree immediately after the 
leaves fall, and another application made as soon as the first 
has dried. The salt does not seem to be an absolutely 
necessary constituent of the formula, but has the effect of 
making the bark of the tree cleaner and brighter. 
