Gbe National nurseryman 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
Copyrighted 1909 by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated. 
Vol. XVII. ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1909 No. 2 
A REVIEW OF BUSINESS CONDITIONS 
North; South; East; West. 
The Nurserymen Have Had Their Share of the World’s Business. They Have Been Affected Less by 
the Money Panic than any Other Class of Business Men, and They are Warranted in Taking 
Up the Work of the New Year with Cheerfulness and Confidence. 
IOWA. 
DEMAND BRISK. 
From the present outlook it would seem that trade con¬ 
ditions could scarcely be better. The demand for stock is 
very keen and we have booked at the present time more 
than twice the business that we had last year at this time. 
While the season’s growth was somewhat backward on some 
classes of stock still on the whole it was satisfactory. It is 
our opinion that there is not stock enough to fill the demand 
for first class apples in the Northwest and sales are heavy on 
almost every line of stock carried in this section. 
C. G. Patten & Son. 
Charles City, Iowa. 
Trade conditions in the west, from what I can learn, are 
very favorable for an unusually heavy demand for stock 
next spring. 
The sale of many of the retail men is from 20 to 50% 
more than it was January 1st, 1909, and most of us expect 
good business from now until spring. 
There is an unusually heavy demand for certain classes 
of stock and the supply in some lines is becoming quite 
scarce. The west had a great crop the past year, the banks 
are full of money and the prospects for the future are bright.. 
J. W. Hill, 
Des Moines Nursery Co. 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Trade has been in the last year in this region better 
than common. There is no surplus in stock of any sort 
except it may be European and Japan plums. Retail sales¬ 
men have taken more orders within the past year and are 
yet doing so, than during.any other preceding year. In 
short, the banker’s panic has in no wise affected the far¬ 
mers in this region. They are more prosperous than ever 
c.nd their prosperity sets the pace for everything else. 
I have not before in forty years known apple trees to 
be so much in demand or to bring so high a price. The 
same is true of other things. 
C. L. Watrous. 
MINNESOTA. 
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Trade conditions are fairly good in this section of the 
country—about the same as one year ago. The effect of 
the panic has not been felt here very seriously. 
Jewell Nursery Co. 
Lake City, Minn. 
MISSOURI. 
Trade Conditions are most favorable and encouraging. 
There is an active demand for all stock for the spring mar¬ 
ket ; apple trees as well as apple seedlings are so scarce as to 
amount almost to a famine. Perhaps the only stock in 
over-supply, judging by bargain offers, are Kieffer pears, 
and even these should be marketed if reasonable prices are 
maintained, rather than offering them at less than cost of 
production. Generally speaking, the day for low prices 
is a thing of the past. Nurserymen have realized that they 
have been doing business on too close a margin, sometimes 
failing to make ends meet. Cost of production has in¬ 
creased all along the line, and stricter and higher grading 
necessitated by the inspection laws, has decreased the out¬ 
put. Planters are demanding and are receiving a higher 
standard of stock, and are willing to pay for quality. 
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. 
Louisiana, Mo. 
NEBRASKA. 
Trade for Spring delivery promises fully as good as it 
did a year ago. We believe that the demand for apple 
trees is probably a little bit less, as owing to the apple 
failure the past season, there will be very few commercial 
orchards planted the coming spring. We notice in parti¬ 
cular an increased demand for ornamentals of all kinds, 
which are adapted to the North West. There has been an 
increased demand each year for several years back on orna¬ 
mental stock as well as a very noticeable increased demand 
for some kinds of small fruit, especially strawberry plants. 
We would say that on the whole, the trade prospects are 
fully as good now as they have been here any previous year. 
Marshall Bros.. 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Arlington, Neb. 
