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better flavor than that of the West, prove it, don’t just talk 
about it. About a year ago I attended the National Corn 
Exposition. Virginia had a display of tobacco and apples 
and the display was a good one. It was not only good, but' 
the gentleman in charge had under the counter fifteen or 
twenty boxes of Virginia apples, so that whenever a visitor 
would come up, he would give him one. It was the most 
attractive exhibit in the whole place, the people coming not 
only to see, but to test it. In another part of the building 
there was Western fruit for sale; the man was alone. 
Now this meeting is an advertisement of cooperation; 
it is a gathering of practical men—of nurserymen, fruit 
growers, and beekeepers. Let us cooperate all along the 
line, and when you have these mountains and ridges dotted 
with coiTimercial orchards, you need not fear that you are 
going to glut the markets. All this cooperation had its 
origin in necessity. Cooperation means the widening of the 
world, not only North and South, but all over; and by public 
cooperation we can sell our fruit in the best markets of the 
world, at the best prices. 
THE CONVENTION 
Hotel Somerset, Headquarters for the 37th Annual Convention of the 
American Association of Nurserymen 
The American Association of Nurserymen, will make their 
headquarters at Hotel Somerset, Commonwealth Ave., Bos¬ 
ton, for their thirty-seventh annual convention. Common¬ 
wealth Avenue is the most aristocratic thoroughfare in New 
England; over two hundred feet in width, with fine shade 
trees and elegant residences on either side. 
The Hotel covers an area of nearly fifty thousand square 
feet. The architecture of the “Somerset” is modern and 
pleasing, the construction substantial and thoroughly fire 
proof. 
The rooms are commodious and conveniently arranged, 
the closets are unusually large. Telephones, electric lights, 
steam heat, open fire places and four elevators complete the 
detail of modern hotel equipment. Some idea of the excep¬ 
tional facilities for entertaining is afforded by the fact that 
the hotel contains two ball rooms, with their full complement 
of reception and smoking rooms. In the two ball rooms 
suites are held the noteworthy social and public functions of 
Boston. 
The clientele of the Hotel Somerset includes not only 
Boston’s most exclusive set, but also the Nation the Common¬ 
wealth, of Massachusetts, and the Coty of Boston have 
selected this hotel for all the entertainments, banquets and 
hospitalities accorded to notable visitors, both national and 
international. 
The “Sorcierset” is both a family and transient hotel, and 
is favored as a winter residence. 
Ten minutes ride from either the Back Bay or Trinity 
Station; all Boylston street and Massachusetts Avenue cars 
pass within a short distance of the hotel. 
Automobile parties will find the Hotel Somerset a most 
convenient place to stop, it being on the direct route to and 
from New York, also White Mountains, Bar Harbor, North 
and South Shores. Only a short distance from the Automo¬ 
bile Centre of Boston. 
REPORT OF PROGRESS FROM PROGRAM 
COMMITTEE 
Judging from the beginnings which have been made by 
Mr. C. J. Maloy, Chairman of the Program Committee for 
the Boston convention, a treat is in store for those attending 
the meeting; for already the names of some of the well 
known authorities along the lines of plant growing from 
various sections of the United States have been placed on the 
program. Papers are expected from Jackson Dawson of the 
Arnold Arboretum, D. S. Lake of Iowa, J. B. Pilkington of 
Oregon, and Wm. C. Barry of Rochester, New York. 
A feature of the meeting will be the question box, presided 
over by J. M. Pitkin of Rochester. This has long been a part 
of the program of many horticultural society meetings, but 
is a new thing with the American Association of Nurserymen, 
and the popularity which it gains will no doubt have some¬ 
thing to do with the question of its continuance in subsequent 
conventions. 
The friends of Mr. P. Ouwerkerk of Weehawken Heights, 
N. J., will regret to learn that he received a cable conveying 
the sad news that his only brother and partner, Mr. Ads 
Ouwerkerk died suddenly in Boskoop, Holland. The 
deceased was 65 years old and leaves a widow, three daughters 
and five sons, from which four are in the nursery business in 
Boskoop. 
PROFESSOR HUME IN HOSPITAL 
Professor H. Harold Hume, manager of the Glen Saint 
Mary Nurseries, is in the Post-Graduate Hospital, New 
York, recovering from an operation. 
VARIETIES RECOMMENDED BY HEDRICK AND 
WILSON AT NEW YORK NORMAL INSTITUTE 
The following lists of apples were recommended for com¬ 
mercial orchards in the different sections of the state. 
Other varieties may be desirable for family use or a nearby 
trade. It is very unwise to plant—except experimentally— 
varieties originating in a more southern section: 
For Western New York, in order of ripening—Permanent 
trees. Fall Pippin, Greening, Baldwin and Northern Spy; 
permanent or fillers. Twenty Ounce, Pippin, T. C. Kings 
and McIntosh; fillers, Alexander, Oldenburg, Wealthy, 
Rome Beauty and Wagener. 
For Hudson River district—Omit Northern Spy, Twenty 
Ounce and Wagener and add Sutton’s Beauty to fillers; on 
heavy land and in high altitudes the Spy often does well. 
For Lake Champlain region—Permanent; Greening, 
McIntosh and Northern Spy; fillers, Alexander, Oldenburg, 
Wealthy and Fame use or Snow. 
For Catskill and Schoharie district—Permanent, Fall 
Pippin, Greening, Baldwin, Esopus Spitzenberg, McIntosh 
and Northern Spy; fillers, Alexander; Oldenburg and 
Wealthy. 
Mr. P. D. Berry of Dayton, O. has been ill for nearly three weeks. 
Latest reports are that he is on the road to recovery. 
