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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
losses this winter, Avhich will cause many lines of stock to 
be short of supply. 
Vincennes, Ind. W. C. Reed. 
The wholesale price on most lines is too low. In view of 
the increased cost of labor and everything in the way of 
supplies which go to make up the cost of production, it 
should materially advance. 
Vincennes, Ind. H. M. Simpson & Sons. 
I am inclined to think that some kinds of nursery stock 
are plenty high at the present time—while other items are 
too low; but no doubt prices will adjust themselves. When 
there is a surplus in a certain line, priees are bound to go 
down; and when there is a scarcity, they will go up. 
Shenandoah, Iowa. D. S. Lake. 
This is something that pvill be largely controlled by the 
supply and demand. Usually, when there is a sufificient 
demand for a variety or line of stock, a profitable price can 
be secured. There is no doubt but what a good many varie¬ 
ties of stock are being sold too low, and that the cost of 
producing good stock increases each year; and oftentimes 
the prices do not advance in proportion to the increased cost. 
Shenandoah, Iowa. E. S. Welch. 
There should be, but nurserymen do not seem to hang 
together. 
Charles City, Iowa. Sherman Nursery Co. 
Yes. 
Topeka, Kans. J. H. Skinner & Co. 
There will have to be a general advance in the price of 
nursery stock if progress keeps apace in that line with other 
lines of business, and if the planters are furnished with the 
quality that they are willing to pay for and anxious to re¬ 
ceive. 
Winfield Kans. The Winfield Nursery Co. 
Yes, we think there should be a general advance in prices 
of stock, especially of apple and cherries. Apples have been 
rather high, but with the strict grading that is required now, 
the prices should be much higher to fully compensate the 
grower. 
Cleveland, Tenn. Easterly Nursery Co. 
Prices should correspond with those of produets, and I 
believe stock in some lines is selling for less than it should. 
Harrisville, W. Va. R. B. Harris. 
I think in many lines there should be an advance in 
nursery prices, as there is quite a percentage of growers of 
small fruit plants, as well as other lines of nursery stock, 
that are trying to sell it below the cost to produce and prop¬ 
erly pack first-class stock. 
Salisbury, Md. W. F. Allen. 
Prices on some lines are good, and on others too low. 
Prices should be kept up. 
Baltimore, Md. Franklin Davis Nursery Co. 
I think it will bear but slight advance, if any. 
Salisbury, Md. Chas. M. Peters. 
We feel that there should be a general advance in prices 
for good nursery stock, especially cherry and pear trees. 
Westminster, Md. The Westminster Nursery. 
We think there should be a general advance in the prices 
of nurscr}' stock, but don’t think wc will get it as long as the 
wholesalers try to sell to dealers all they can, and then flood 
the country with chca]) price lists or very little in advance of 
what thev sell to nurserymen or dealers for. 
Richmond, Va. W. T. Hood & Co. 
We believe there should be. 
Glen St. Mary, Fla. Glen St. Mary Nurseries Co. 
The increased cost of labor and material, in fact, an in¬ 
crease all along the line, must necessarily cause an advance 
in the price of nursery stock. Many growers are selling 
many items of nursery stock below the cost of production. 
Augusta, Ga. P. J. Berckmans Co. 
DO NOT REPLACE, GENERALLY SPEAKING 
7. What are Your Views on the Replacement Ques¬ 
tion? 
We have gone over this a number of times, and we come 
to the conclusion that while it should not be, we feel some¬ 
times it is our fault, and stock should be replaced; but when 
you get down to make an exception and not carry out your 
replacements, you get into trouble. So ofir contracts read 
that if your sale.smen find the customers’ stock is not living, 
they shall replace it, although we find it should not generally 
be done. 
Manchester, Conn. C. R. Burr & Co. 
Replace only when the nurseryman is responsible. 
S. Framingham, Mass. American Forestry Co. 
Very pronounced against it. 
S. Framingham, Mass. W. B. Whittier & Co. 
Guarantee stock alive and healthy when it goes from the 
nursery—beyond that nothing. 
N. Abington, Mass. W. H. Wyman. 
Have never been called upon to replace. Think there 
might be a better wa}^ to handle this matter. 
Hyde Park, Vt. F. H. McFarland. 
That it should be cut out entirely. 
Rochester, N. Y. Charlton Nursery Co. 
If it is the fault of the shipper, stock should be replaced, 
if the shipper is notified in due time. 
Callicoon, N. Y. Chas. G. Curtis. 
Nurserymen should put out good first-class stock that has 
had proper care, and positively refuse to replace stock that 
fails to grow for certain reasons over which they have no 
control. 
I have always replaced stock, but will give one instance. 
One of my agents sold a dozen fruit trees and when stock 
was delivered, the party was sick; and he told me himself 
that the trees lay in an out-shed for over a week, with nothing 
but an old sack over them. And when the trees were planted 
the bark was all shriveled up. Was this the nurseryman’s 
fault ? Of course they all died. 
Johnstown, N. Y. L. M. Empie. 
Unnecessary; but we are wholesalers and not affected. 
Geneva, N. Y. W. & T. Smith Co. 
We believe that nine out of ten times it is the fault of the 
planter that he loses any stock. Here at the nursery we plow 
in hundreds of small plants, many with barely a trace of 
roots, and in a hurry, so that often we feel we are not giving 
them a fair chance. Yet the loss is hardly noticeable. So 
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