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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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. 
Secretary-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 
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Rochester, N. Y., vSeptember, 1912. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; vice-president, J. B. Pilkington, 
Portland, Ore.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, 
Iowa; P. A. Dix, San Antonio, Tex.; T. B. Meehan, Ex-Officio, Dresher, Pa.; 
John Hall, Ex-Officio, Secretary, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —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 —Samuel Miller, Milton, Oregon. 
Exhibits— 
Arrangements —^John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; J. B, Pilkington, Portland. Ore. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities— iV. 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.; James M. 
Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Membership —James McHutchinson, New York City. 
CoNSERVATicfN —^John Craig, Ithaca. N. Y. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President. J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meetsannually 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. 
Figures regarding the production of ap- 
A SERIOUS pies, obtained in the preparation of the 
DECREASE IN thirteenth census, are interesting and 
BEARING perhaps a little surprising, in that they 
FRUIT TREES show a decrease of 54,471,000 apple trees, 
or 33.4 per cent from 1900 to 1910. The 
value of apples produced in 1910 was $83,231,000, the 
number of bushels being 147,522,000, a large decrease since 
1900. Of the nine main geographical divisions of the United 
States, the east north central division reported the largest 
number of trees of bearing age. Our great apple states are 
Missouri, New York, and Illinois; for in 1910 they con¬ 
tained nearly one-quarter of all the apple trees of bearing 
age in the country. A decrease of 16.8 per cent in the num¬ 
ber of pear trees of bearing age is chronicled. Of about 
fifteen million trees in bearing in 1910, 1,411,000 were claimed 
by California. In spite of the fact that the number of trees 
in bearing was much smaller, 2,216,000 more bushels of 
pears were produced in 1909 than in 1899, or 33.4 per cent. 
It is often said rather carelessly that 
STONE AND such and such a variety of fruit comes true 
OTHER from seed. We have yet to see the 
FRUITS FROM variety which will reproduce with satis- 
SEED factory certainty. The statement is fre¬ 
quently applied to peach, and sometimes 
to plum and cherry trees. There is no doubt that some of 
the old strains of plums, as, for instance, the Damsons, 
which represent one of our oldest groups of cultivated 
European plum, will reproduce with reasonable exactness, 
but no one can say that it will come true; for there is sure 
to be variation in character of tree, in quality, size, and 
season of fruit. It is certainly a good thing to encourage, 
namely, the growing of fruit from seed. We have in these 
later days, when the production of fruit by budding and 
grafting has developed, as it were, into a type of manufacture, 
lost sight of the older fashioned methods of growing our fruits. 
If the pioneers of this country had not planted seeds brought 
by them from the older lands, we would certainly be with¬ 
out many of the valuable varieties which we now possess. 
Work in this direction, that is, through seedling production, 
has come more or less to a standstill, except such lines of 
scientific effort as are being prosecuted by experiment sta¬ 
tions and other institutions of that kind. 
Our point is that, though the grower may not expect to 
reproduce with exactness the variety which he plants the 
seed of, this should not deter him; for he has all the specula¬ 
tive possibility of securing something better than that which 
he planted, and in this way improving that particular race 
of fruit. It is an old and worthy maxim which says, “Plant 
the seeds of the best and largest fruits, and hope for some¬ 
thing which will be a distinct improvement over the 
parent.’’ 
This is certainly a relative question. It is 
THE QUES- dependent largely upon the factor of 
TION OF climatic environment, and in discussing 
HARDINESS whether plants are hardy or tender in a 
given locality, one must keep the factor 
of environment constantly in mind. Otherwise, such 
