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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
worked according to schedule and the tree wilt probably 
never show any visible effects of the operation inflicted 
on it. 
TREE REPLACEMENT 
Address of R. W. Haygood, Keithville, La., before the 
Southwestern Association of Nurserymen 
Fellow Nurserymen:— 
Allow me to take up just a little of your valuable 
time in discussing the subject of free replacing of nur¬ 
sery stock. 
The question arises whether it is good policy for nur¬ 
serymen to replace indiscriminately, trees that fail to 
grow the first season. 
1 believe that nurserymen will not argue the question 
or the justification of replacing of trees free of charge 
or refunding money paid where the nurseryman is to 
blame. However, when it comes to a point where the 
blame for losses in nursery stock after planting rests 
with the customer, that is another question. Can we 
nurserymen afford to gamble on conditions arising 
through carelessness in cultivation, exposure and neg¬ 
lect, poor planting, often crowded in small holes, im¬ 
proper pruning, injury done by domestic animals and 
through carelessness in cultivation, or where stock is 
planted on hard, heavy and dry soil? 
The Clingman Nursery, that has had some forty-five 
years experience in the pursuit of the retail nursery 
business, having for a period of fifteen to twenty years 
tried out the system of replacing free of charge, chang¬ 
ing later to replacing at half price for the two years 
have entirely quit the practice of replacing free of 
charge excepting in cases on account of delays or other 
causes where the losses could be traced to our firm, be¬ 
ing at fault. 
Under our present system we actually find that we 
are making more friends by occasionally giving our 
customers a tree where one dies, although we had not 
obligated ourselves to do it when the order was taken. 
We find that under the old plan of replacing free of 
charge they seemed never to be satisfied and we were 
always kept under obligations to them more or less, es¬ 
pecially with the careless planter. Under the old plan 
we have often found that the careless planter and es¬ 
pecially one, who would be inclined to be a little bit 
tricky would call for replacement of the same trees sev¬ 
eral times over. 
Shall the nursery business endure? Shall it occupy 
an equally high standard with other industries of this 
country? Are not our productions among the most use- 
iui and beautiful of all things produced? We must aim 
to build it up to a higher standard. 
We must not only cease to encourage careless plant¬ 
ing. We must educate our customers to plant carefully 
so as to prevent losses. We must not only cease to ed¬ 
ucate our agents and customers on the thought that our 
goods are a cheap article and that we can not afford to 
give things away, we must teach them not to make un¬ 
reasonable promises lor which we are not responsible. 
We must encourage a policy that will put the stamp of 
quality on our goods and enhance the character of our 
nursery business. 
A Doctor cannot guarantee to keep a man well for a 
year after collecting a large fee or a man afford to give 
a guarantee when selling a horse, that it would keep in 
good healthy condition for an indefinite time. Neither 
should a nurseryman guarantee continued life of nur¬ 
sery stock after it is delivered to the purchaser in good 
condition. 
MONTHLY CROP REPORTER 
Estimated From Value September 15th 
Apples Peaches Pears 
per per per per 
State bushel barrel bushel bushel 
1921 1920 1921 1920 1921 1920 1921 1920 
Cts. Cts. Dolls Dolls Cts. Ots. Cts. Cts. 
Maine . 107 135 4.09 3.50 400 ... 256 267 
New Hampshire . 175 135 3.21 4.00 317 ... 225 190 
Vermont . 134 150 4.50 4.60 . 275 200 
Massachusetts . 243 175 6.25 3.75 357 ... 325 210 
Rhode Island . 268 186 5.50 4.75 357 415 300 230 
Connecticut . 175 192 5.00 5.50 371 425 237 225 
New York . 145 75 4.40 3.00 255 225 195 150 
New Jersey . 185 115 5.15 3.10 335 220 235 170 
Pennsylvania . 195 85 5.35 2.75 345 250 260 190 
Delaware . 180 100 . 300 225 . 
Maryland . 218 95 6.20 3.04 200 147 
Virginia . 175 95 6.50 3.10 200 140 
West Virginia . 265 130 7.00 4.00 300 225 300 250 
North Carolina . 160 114 5.14 3.06 235 184 173 194 
South Carolina . 133 170 4.00 5.00 130 178 
Georgia . 150 164 4.75 6.41 160 171 150 195 
Florida . 120 200 
Ohio . 190 120 . 365 215 250 175 
Indiana . 192 138 5.95 3.96 352 258 241 153 
Illinois .226 163 6.41 4.89 371 317 266 197 
Michigan . 140 80 4.25 2.50 290 230 190 140 
Wisconsin . 184 146 6.20 4.70 255 
Minnesota . 190 164 5.70 . 
Iowa . 241 144 6.00 5.50 341 347 306 280 
Missouri . 270 149 . 
North Dakota. 
Nebraska. 275 184 6.00 4.87 ... 403 ... .!. 
Kansas. 240 290 7.60 ... 320 400 375 400 
Kentucky . 165 125 5.00 3.00 300 225 265 200 
Tennessee . 160 100 4.75 3.40 230- 180 165 150 
Alabama . 135 150 4.35 5.80 165 175 135 160 
Mississippi . 193 . 
Louisiana . 100 250 3.90 6.00 250 275 160 256 
Texas . 155 298 165 310 130 230 
Oklahoma. 140 215 130 250 
Arkansas. 160 165 175 215 
Montana . 140 200 200 
Wyoming . 400 318 . 
Colorado . 170 150 175 250 200 260 
New Mexico .140 210 325 ... 225 230 
Arizona . 300 280 300 350 300 300 
uta]l . 115 175 171 250 203 260 
Nevada . 240 230 . 250 . 
I da]l0 . 120 150 175 290 185 320 
Washington . 138 160 182 280 122 160 
Oregon . 125 145 250 330 200 160 
California . 150 150 165 200 160 240 
United States - 171.4 134.8 5.15 3.70 227.5 219.8 175.1 197.9 
A surplus list issued by the Westbury Rose Co., Inc., 
Westbury, L. I., offers some good stock, such as Rosa 
multiflora Japonica for grafting and budding Taxus, 
Ruxus and other choice evergreens. 
