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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, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION , 1900. 
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Six months. -75 
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quested by the Business Manager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nur¬ 
serymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y.; January, 1909. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—Charles J. Brown, president of Brown Bros. Co., 
Rochester; vice-president, C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secre¬ 
tary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Forestry—J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. 
Transportation—F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas 
Tariff—-Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Program—-Jas. M. Pitkin, Newark, N Y. 
Publicity—J. M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Exhibits—-Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. 
Arrangements—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—Geo. C. Seager. Rochester, N. Y. 
Entertainment—Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Council of Horticulture—Chas. J. Maloy. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually 
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, Okla. Terr.: 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Okla. Terr. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President—E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, John S. Barnes. Yaleville; 
secretary, Frank E. Conine, Stratford. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in 
. January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association—President, N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, 
O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in June 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O • 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, W. D. Ingalls, North Yakima, 
Wash.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Thos. B. Meehan, Dreshertown 
Pa., secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President-, Charles T. Smith, Concord, Ga • 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—E. W. Knox, San Antonio, Texas- 
secretary-treasurer, Tohn S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—-President, E. P. Bernardin, Parson, Kas.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
West Virginia Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. A. Gold, Mason City 
secretary, R, R. Harris, Harrisville, W. Va. 
This is chiefly to wish the patrons and 
THE friends of the National Nurseryman 
NEW YEAR. a cheerful, piofitable and prosperous 
new year. The management generally 
joins the editor in presenting this senti¬ 
ment in the heartiest manner possible. 
The past year may not have been all that we could have 
wished. Some occurrences we might have avoided, others 
we could not. We didn’t make the weather and we agree 
that grumblings and recriminations in this direction' are 
vain. We didn’t cause the money squeeze, but we felt it, 
though probably less than many others in the industrial 
field. Perhaps the experience was useful and will stand us 
in good stead another time. Let us hope “another time’’ 
won’t come in our day. 
The nurserymen have much to be thankful for. Despite 
financial conditions the outlook in almost all parts of the 
country was never brighter than at the beginning of 1909. 
It is our prediction that more fruit trees will be planted 
during the next decade than have ever been planted in any 
similar period in the United States. The Pacific North 
West is just finding itself as a fruit growing country. The 
Government irrigation projects are opening great areas in 
present time arid districts; the south and south west though 
temporarily checked will renew planting. Nut growing is 
taking hold where formerly peaches were dominant, and 
finally vast tracts of the rough lands of New England and 
Eastern New York will be planted to hardy fruits in this 
coming period. This is no dream but a practically assured 
certainty. Trees and plants for ornament in home making 
will be wanted in larger numbers each year. For all these 
things may we not then say “for what we are about to re¬ 
ceive may the Lord make us truly thankful.’’ 
In our last issue we drew attention to the 
ADULTERATED important movement being pushed by a 
SPRAY joint committee of the Association of 
MATERIALS. Economic Entomologists and the manu¬ 
facturers of chemicals for spraying for the 
passage of law regulating the degree of adulteration of 
substances. This matter is clearly presented by the chair¬ 
man of this joint committee, Professor Sanderson of New 
Hampshire in another place in this issue. 
Nurserymen are vitally interested in this measure and 
should take an active part in securing its passage. The 
orchardist and nurseryman should know when he is buying 
Paris green, arsenate of lead, or other insecticide what per¬ 
centage of the essential poison each brand contains. This 
is in line with fertilizer examination and also in line with 
the more recently enacted pure food laws. It is a federal 
measure, therefore write to your congressman and senator 
urging them to support the bill, copies of which may be 
obtained by writing to this office, or to Professor Sanderson, 
Durham, N. H. 
With the rapidly developing orchard 
ORCHARDING interests in the Rocky mountain region 
IN and the Pacific north west, the question 
NEW ENGLAND. arises where is the New Englander to 
come in as time goes on. Is he to fall out 
of the race and if so why ? Why should he fall out ? Has he 
