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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Among the roses, the hybrid perpetuals as a class lead in 
sales, Frau Karl Druschki, Mrs. John Laing, Paul Neyron, 
Ulrich Brunner, General Jacqueminot, and Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria being the most important. Of the climbers, the 
hardy varieties like Crimson Rambler and Dorothy Perkins 
are good sellers. 
California Privet is gaining each year in use for hedges. 
Berberis Thunbergii still holds its place. 
A vast assortment of shrubs are being sold this year. 
Spirea Van Houttei deservedly holds first place, with Hy¬ 
drangea paniculata grandiflora, second, followed by Spirea 
Anthony Waterer, Syringa, Forsythia, and the Viburnums. 
Probably maples, including the Norway and the Silver 
leaf, take the lead in ornamental trees. The Carolina poplar 
is ranked next in sales, but not in value. Ellwanger & Barry 
report good sales also in lindens. Oriental planes, oaks and 
American elms. 
Glen Brothers are making a specialty of nuts. They have 
complete control of an especially large, sweet chestnut known 
as Sober Paragon. 
THE R. G. CHASE COMPANY, GENEVA, N. Y. 
(Omitted from Geneva sketch last month) 
An Up-to-Date Establishment 
Mr. R. G. Chase, the senior member of the R. G. Chase 
Company, called for the representative of The National 
Nurseryman in an automobile, and over snow covered roads 
the extensive plantations of the Chase farms three miles out 
were reached. These contain varied assortments of fruits 
and ornamentals, including 700,000 apple trees of thirty to 
forty varieties, about one year out in the fields. Mr. Chase 
finds that Mclntoshes are most in demand of the apples at 
present and “wishes he had 50,000 of them.’’ So do the 
other growers! He believes that the Geneva grown trees 
weigh more than the western trees do, due to her favorable 
climate. Of a seven acre eight year Montmorency cherry 
orchard Mr. Chase is particularly proud, and considers it 
to be one of his best paying investments. On some other 
cherry orchards observed the Mahaleb stock was being used, 
although the Mazzard was preferable; for it seems that some 
disease has attacked the Mazzard cherry stocks in Geneva. 
At least, that has been Mr. Chase’s experience in the last 
three years. He has profited by his experience and is now 
using Mahalebs only. 
The peach seedlings in the fields observed were grown, as 
seems to be the custom generally, from the natural peach pits, 
growing wild in North Carolina and bought in great quantities 
by northern nurserymen. 
Storage and Packing Houses and Offices 
The executive offices and storage and packing houses 
were next visited. These occupy a three acre plot of ground 
behind Hobart College and are well arranged and well 
placed frame houses. Twenty-seven men make up the crew 
in the storage houses during the winter, while sixteen are at 
work in the office. In the busy seasons 150 to 200 men are 
engaged. The Chase Company have a large retail and whole¬ 
sale business besides. 
The packing and storage houses comprise one acre of 
roofing, including a modern up-to-date concrete fumigator 
which allows the fumigation of a wagon load of stock, as it 
comes in from the field. In the packing house three men are 
busily engaged all winter renovating and repairing the 
machinery to be used in the spring. Besides the renovating 
of plows and harrows, even tree diggers are repaired. The 
plant is equipped with modem conveniences; a complete 
telephone system which connects the packing shed with all 
parts of the plant is in evidence; electric lights are available 
conveniently for lighting and allowing the men to work in 
the busy storing season when it gets dark so early. 
The storage houses were in extremely good order. The 
different trees, arranged according to kind, variety and grade, 
were stored on racks in a broad shed-like frost proof building, 
supported by concrete posts which have displaced the old 
rotting wood variety. Scientific management and efficiency 
is just as much in evidence here as in other great businesses. 
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An Innovation in Heating 
Most of the varieties of fruit trees as well as ornamentals 
have their roots covered with excelsior, which is kept moist 
by occasional sprinklings. And yet the earth floor was dry. 
Mr. Chase has originated a novel innovation which he thinks 
protects his trees better than using simply the oven alone. 
He surrounds his coal stoves with high zinc collars which pre¬ 
vent the heat from radiating near the bottom and throws 
it up where it does not injure the roots. Little heat has 
been required thus far, the temperature remaining around 
32°, supplemented with air spaces and double doors. 
Fruit Trees in Storage 
Of the number of fruit trees, the following figures were 
available. Of peach trees there were the most, 121,000; 
of apples 70,000; of pears, 13,000; dwarfs, 8,000; of 
cherries, 23,000; of plums, 19,000. Of grapes there was a 
good quantity, of which the Concord has proven the best 
seller. 
A certain number of plants were not stored in racks and 
covered with excelsior, but were stored in sand. Among 
these were the junipers, cedars, and evergreen varieties. 
Although this method gives more trouble, it is most desirable. 
Storage of Small Fruits 
A new method of keeping berries and small fruits over 
the winter is being tried. It was not attempted to keep 
them from the frost. Mr. Chase likes to have them freeze 
and protects only the roots with sand which is pushed be¬ 
tween layers of plants, facing each other. On the other 
hand, difficulty is found in keeping asparagus over the winter. 
This was packed in sand and nailed in a wooden box. 
Poplars seem to be a great favorite with the Chases, 
and they And the demand for their fast growing decorative 
ornamentals a steady one. A large quantity is being win¬ 
tered, of which there are a great nmuber, sprinkled with 
sulphur to prevent mildew forming. 
Seedlings 
A separate house, with a cellar, is devoted to the trim- 
