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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
DERRICKS FOR LIFTING TREES. 
The interest in the transplanting of trees of considerable size in the 
development of park and city property is increasing. There are 
many who cannot wait for trees to grow, who can afford to buy the 
ready-made article. This is so much the case that it is developing 
a special type of planting business which includes lifting and 
handling of partly grown or fully matured specimens. Various 
types of lifting machines have been devised for the transplanting 
of trees, of considerable size. The Parker Derrick described below is 
one of those which is coming into quite general use. It is manu¬ 
factured by the Parker Hoist and Machine Company of Chicago, 
whose offices are located in the Old Colony Building, Chicago. 
Branch offices of this company are also maintained in Minneapolis, 
Pittsburg, New Orleans, New York and San Francisco. 
The special features of this derrick are described in the following 
article taken from Municipal Journal and Engineer: 
The Parker Derrick No. x is a device which is designed to be of 
special service in handling water or sewer pipe for the removal of 
material from trenches or for.any purpose where the weight to be 
lified does not exceed 1,500 pounds. The derrick itself weighs only 
500 pounds and the heaviest piece but 160 pounds, so it is possible 
for two men to erect it in fifteen minutes. 
The derrick is very simple, consisting of only five parts, mast, 
boom, winch for operating boom, gear frame -and post with frame. 
The mast and boom are made of selected Norway pine, l'anging in 
length from 12 to 18 feet. The winch for operating the boom is 
needed only where a load of 1,000 pounds or more, is to be set in place 
with care. 
The gear fi'ame or body of the derrick is made of gray cast iron. 
All shafts are made from cold x'olled steel and rest in babbited bear¬ 
ings. The post on the No. 1 derrick is ixiade of three-inch extra 
heavy pipe. The gear frame and hollow post are the patented 
features, and the hollow post affords a passage for the rope to the 
bottom when it is desii-ed to use other than hand power. 
In erecting, the post, attached firmly to its base, is set in place 
and the gear frame slipped into place. The light mast with the four 
guy lines, blocks, hoisting and boom cables is then raised up and set 
in its socket in the gear frame. The boom is fastened to the gear 
frame with a steel pin. 
Some of the advantages claimed for this derrick are that it will 
stand upright without guys when not loaded. When held in place 
with guys the boom can turn in a complete circle, and when held with 
stiff legs can turn three-fourths of a complete circle. 
When it is desired to uSe other than hand power, the base is 
raised on blocks and shieve brackets are attached to the boom and 
to the bottom of the hollow column and the cable run through these. 
Either horsepower or mechanical winding drums can be used. 
If loads heavier than 1,500 pounds are to be handled, the No. 4 
derrick, which handles loads up to 4,000 pounds, can be used. This 
is somewhat heavier than the other and has sticks 6x6 instead of 
4x6. 
Business JVIovements. 
Henry S. Dawson, son of Jackson Dawson, the well known 
pi'opagator of the well known arboretum, has taken over the 
management of the Eastern Nurseries located at Jamaica Plain, 
Mass. Mr. Dawson expects to make a specialty of high grade 
ornamentals. 
FRUIT GROWING CO. INCORPORATED. 
The Perry Plantation Company, Town of Union, has been 
incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. The company is 
incorporated to cultivate, etc., citrus and deciduous fruits, pine¬ 
apples, vegetables, etc., in Puerto Pi'incipe Province, Cuba, and 
elsewhere. The incorporators are David H. Garrison, Duane C. 
Perry and John H. Ehlers.— Fruit Trade Journal. 
RAILWAY LITIGATION. 
A verdict has been rendered in favor of the Leonard Seed Co., 
Chicago, amounting to $255.25, against the Big-Four Railroad, 
growing out of a suit for damages to a shipment of onion sets made a 
year or two ago over the line of the defendant. The shipment was 
sent to an Indiana point and upon arrival at destination the con¬ 
signee declined to accept the shipment, claiming that the onion sets 
has been damaged by delay. Thereupon the Leonard Seed Co. 
instructed the railroad to return the shipment and verdict was given 
for the full amount of the claim.— The Weekly Florists' Review. 
A SECOND GENEVA NURSERY COMPANY. 
John M. Twoomey formerly of the Reliance Nursery Company 
of Geneva, N. Y. has recently reorganized and incorporated under 
the name of The Geneva Nursery Company. This selection of 
name does not appear fortunate or happy for the new organiza¬ 
tion as the W. & T. Smith Company of Geneva have been doing 
business for over fifty years under the name of The Geneva 
Nursery and have established a national reputation that is likely 
to continue to direct and very deservedly, trade intended for The 
Geneva Nursery or Company into the old channels. 
Delicious Apple: Anjou Pear. 
The editorial office of the National Nurseryman wishes 
to remark that there are few finer fruits than Delicious 
apple and Anjou pear. We do not say this simply because 
our good friends Messrs Stark Bros, of Louisiana, Mo., 
sent us a couple of boxes of the former for Christmas and 
Messrs Ellwanger & Barry a box of the latter for Thanks¬ 
giving. These two varieties are certainly the upper crust 
of their respective and aristocratic pomaceous families. 
Said an English friend who dined with us a day or two 
ago speaking of the Delicious, “This is the finest apple I 
have eaten in America.” We are divulging no family secret 
when we say, it is the madam’s favorite and she is a good 
judge. The flavor certainly contains a pleasanter mingling 
of pear and apple qualities than is found in few, if any other 
apple. 
The good points of the fine old Anjou pear are so well 
known as to make mention unnecessary. It is truly pear 
like and that is good enough. These two fruits should be 
in every home maker’s garden where apples and pears can 
be made to grow. 
