THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
329 
IDAHO ORCHARDING 
The Industry and Its Prospects as Seen by E. F. Stephens 
Mr. E. F. Stephens writes us interestingly regarding his 
orchard enterprises, those which he has recently undertaken 
in Idaho, and those in Nebraska already established for some 
years, in which he still has an interest. In Nebraska, part of 
his work was in planting partnership orchards, the expense 
and profits of which he shared for a tenn of years. Of these 
Mr. Stephens now has twelve, which will bear some fruit 
this season. 
Three hundred eighty-five acres of orchard in Nampa, 
Idaho, is the story of but some five years’ residence. The 
system of cultivating after a rain to prevent the formation 
of a crust is carried out faithfully in these areas, for Mr. 
Stephens, writing June 18, said he had cultivated the orchard 
both ways fourteen times this season. He uses the Acme 
pulverizer and Baker’s Tower cultivator. One result of 
this treatment is that he is not able to find a bushel of weeds 
in the whole extent of the orchard. 
The Trustee Company of Idaho has purchased nearly a 
third of these orchards. This company counts among its 
members several practical horticulturists, and a large number 
of business men of sound judgment. 
Mr. Stephens, in writing for The*^ Idaho Statesman, 
emphasizes the importance of planting in any section of the 
country varieties which are adapted to that section. Figures 
of actual production show that Jonathan and Rome Beauty 
produced nearly twenty boxes of commercially packed apples 
per tree, while in the same orchard Oregon Red, Ben Davis, 
Delaware Red and Arkansas Black ranged from ten and one- 
half to thirteen and one-half boxes. 
FRUIT AND INSPECTION IN IDAHO 
That horticultural inspection is being carried on in-Idaho 
is witnessed by the fact that some arrests have been made 
this summer as a result of non-compliance with the spraying 
laws. Idaho has large orchard plantings, being fourth among 
the northwestern states in acreage planted, and her officials 
mean to keep pace with some of the other sections of the Far 
West which are noted for the perfection of the fruit shipped. 
It was estimated by an eastern buyer that Idaho’s yield of 
apples the present year would be two thousand cars. 
F. W. MENERAY NURSERY CO. 
Charles W. McDonald, Omaha, has been appointed 
receiver for the F. W. Meneray Nursery Co., Council Bluffs, 
Iowa. The First National Bank of that city was responsible 
for the appointment, claiming they hold more than $50,000 
in notes against the company, which are secured by chattel 
mortgages on the nursery stock and machinery, also mort¬ 
gages on the real estate owned by the corporation. 
Plans for the future operation of the business have not 
as yet been completed, according to members of the nursery 
company who were interviewed Tuesday. It is the hope 
of the owners of the business, however, to pay off the heavy 
indebtedness within a few months, and again assume charge 
of the business. 
A. C. Meneray ascribes the present straightened condi¬ 
tion of the company’s resources to poor seasons which have 
been the rule for the past three years. Three years ago, 
Mr. Meneray explained, late frosts caused the company 
heavy losses, and the following summer and again last 
summer these losses were increased by drouths. 
“This year our stock is in fine condition,’’ he continued, 
“and I see no reason why we should not pay out as soon as 
it can be marketed. A large portion of our nursery stock 
has not matured, but with any kind of an even break it 
will yield as a goodly profit when it is sold .’’—The Nonpareil, 
Council Bluffs. 
Business jVIovements 
INCORPORATED 
Clinton, Iow.\.—J. R. Bather Co., florists, nursery and seedsmen, 
capital stock, $15,000.— Horticulture. 
Wilmington, Del. —St. Andrews Bay Nursery & Orchard Co., 
capital stock, $250,000. Incorporators, William J. Malone, Herbert E. 
Latter and E. E. McvShinney .—Horticulture . 
The Fish Nursery Co., of Worcester, Mass., recently purchased the 
farm of J. Fred Searle, at Auburn, Mass. George Morton, manager of 
the nursery, will reside at the Auburn place. 
• GEORGE S. JOSSELYN’S NURSERY STILL TO 
CONTINUE 
The nursery stock consisting of grape vines, gooseberries 
and currants, together with all the real estate and root cellars 
of the late George S. Josselyn, has been sold to Fredonia 
parties and will be hereafter known as The Josselyn Nursery 
Company. The management is in the hands of capable 
men having over thirty years’experience growing grape vines. 
The same office help and heads in other departments who 
have been so long with the business'have been retained by 
the Company. 
Mr. J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Oregon, vice-president of 
the American Association of Nurserymen, has just returned 
from Europe, where he has been visiting the nursery centers 
of Holland and other European countries. On his way home 
he stopped off at Rochester and Dansville, visiting the 
nurseries at those points. 
Samuel Newman Baxter, for eleven years in the employ of Thomas 
Meehan Sons, has accepted a position with the Fairmount Commission 
of Philadelphia. 
See the Neiv York Packer, August 3, for estimates of the apple 
crop the country over. 
“Enclosed And a dollar for another year’s subscription to the 
National Nurseryman. I don’t want to do without it. It is an 
excellent paper.” 
Ohio. W. A. Ellinger. 
Robert Pyle, president and treasurer of the Conard & Jones Com¬ 
pany, West Grove, Pa., called at the office of the National Nursery¬ 
man and on Rochester nurserymen the last week of August. 
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