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THE NATIONAL NURvSERYMAN 
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 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, igoo 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One year, in advance,. $i.oo 
Six months. 75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,.1.50 
Six months,.I.OO 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements should reach 
this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts on New York 
or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the Business Manager, Rochester, 
N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nurserymen and horti¬ 
culturists are cordially Solicited. 
Address, Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., March, 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, W. W. McCartney, New Haven, 
Conn.; Secretary, F. L. Thomas, Manchester, 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, E. W. Chattin, Winchester, 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 second 
Wednesday in December. 
The memory of almost the youngest of us 
assoeiated with fruit growing or tree 
SPRAYING growing runs back to the time when 
spraying as an orchard practice had no 
standing. Today the up-to-date orchard- 
ist considers it as essential to the successful management of 
his orchard tracts as fertilizing and pruning. The nursery¬ 
men are not quite as far advanced. Nevertheless, it is fair 
to say that we are in a spraying era. The nurserymen have 
been somewhat slow to adopt spraying methods, for the reason 
that machinery suitable to their needs has not been evolved. 
It is felt, however, that it is really a proposition of dollars and 
cents in many sections. The orchardists who spray represent 
the survival of the fittest. In o,ther words, the man who 
does not spray is the man who goes out of business. The 
nurseryman is perhaps not affected to an equal extent, but 
nevertheless his situation is not widely different from that of 
the orchardist. 
It is interesting to note that a type of spray machines 
suitable for nursery operations is now being devised and 
largely through the efforts of the nurserymen themselves. 
Progress in the past in this direction has been somewhat slow, 
because the demand has been slight. But this is increasing, 
and as demand grows, it will be met by a supply of suitable 
machinery, as is the case in other lines of farming and fruit 
growing. The problem of spray machinery is largely one 
which concerns the nurserymen themselves. They are the 
persons who understand the requirements best, and to the 
mechanically ingenious in the fraternity of plant growers we 
shall have to look for aid in the development of a type of spray 
machines adapted to nursery requirements. 
A very popular theme being freely dis¬ 
cussed at conventions and meetings at 
the present time is the high cost of food 
products. At a recent convention in 
Albany, more than half the time of the 
meeting was devoted to this subject. 
The cost of producing nursery stock has been considered by 
various persons who have appeared before the annual con¬ 
ventions of the society from time to time. This subject, we 
believe, is also being agitated at the present time by a farm 
journal noted for its efforts to regulate the morals of the 
public. We learn that it is just about ready to brand as 
“daylight robbery’’ the selling of fruit trees at figures higher 
than twenty-five cents per tree, and this is based upon the 
innate knowledge and inside information which this journal 
has secured. 
In considering this question, that is, the cqst of produc¬ 
tion, and studying the methods of these good people who 
know nothing about the nursery business, one is very much 
struck by their unsophisticated system. They usually 
capitalize the soil at so much per acre. They charge for seed 
or seedlings, for cost of cultivating, for fertilizing, for pruning, 
possibly spraying, digging and packing. The total of these 
items is to represent the cost of the tree. But is this true? 
What is the nurseryman’s time worth? How often is this 
considered? How often does the office calculator leave a 
margin for loss by climatic vicissitudes—frost, hail, and so 
COST OF 
PRODUCING 
NURSERY 
STOCK 
