THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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TRADE CONDITIONS. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Your favor of Jan. 2d, received, and we beg to state that 
every indication is that this section of New England at 
least, is going to call for increased quantities of ornamental 
nursery stock as the general movement toward beautifying 
grounds both large and small is already under way. Some 
activity is showing itself along the line of reforesting the 
New England hills also some good size apple orchards are 
being planted. Many peach growers, however, have been 
discouraged with the results within the last few years. In 
our line of business w r hich is largely ornamental the last 
year has been a most prosperous one notwithstanding the 
general condition of the money market. 
New Haven, Conn. The Elm City Nursery Co. 
Trade conditions this last' year have been very satisfac¬ 
tory with us, with the exception of a light fall business, but 
our spring sales are ahead of last season. Our collections 
have been as good as usual and we feel that the outlook is 
bright for the grower of good'trees, for the coming season. 
Manchester, Conn. C. R. Burr. 
TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS. 
Our trade for 1908, though not as large as usual, was, on 
the whole, quite satisfactory. We make a speciality of a 
few ornamental trees and shrubs, bulbous roots, etc. We 
raise the Sugar Maple by the acre and generally sell to the 
various tree wardens and town committees for street trees, 
parks, etc. This trade has been considerably curtailed 
of late but orders came in from other quarters, often quite 
unexpectedly, and we disposed of most of our stock at fair 
prices. 
West Newbury, Mass. T. C. Thurlow & Co. 
I have a feeling that we are going to have a good business 
the coming year. Business was a little off last fall, but with 
the increased volume of business that is general throughout 
the country, w r e know of no reason why the nursery business 
should not come along with everything else. We believe 
that such will be the case. 
North Abington, Mass. W. H. Wyman, 
TRADE IN ORNAMENTALS STRONG. 
Trade with us the past fall has been very good in the 
ornamental line. Fruit trees, however, have not been in as 
good demand as could be desired. This is due more to 
the poor fruit crop throughout this section. Indications 
for spring trade, are very good, and we hope to do our 
usual amount of business. 
Nurserv, Mo. F. A. Weber & Sons Nursery Co. 
AVERAGE OUTLOOK IN KANSAS. 
In regard to trade conditions for the coming season, we 
have had here this year one of the unfavorable crop seasons 
that sometimes comes to us in this part of the country. We 
had a light crop of corn and the price is unusually high. We 
had an abundant crop of hay and the price is rather low. 
In general, trade prospects I should call rather moderate. 
Stocks or trees I think are all rather light. Apple trees 
especially are very scarce and the price out of reach. Our 
retail trade is doing moderately well and we hope to clean 
up what we have this spring in fairly good shape. The 
plant of apple we made last year was a fair success. The 
plant of peach we made was quite poor. The crop of apple 
and peach we dug last fall were both very light. All around 
I should estimate prospects for next spring in the way of 
trade as fair and for the year to come as hopeful for im¬ 
provement. 
T.opeka, Kan. - A. Willis. 
NORTHWEST PACIFIC PROSPEROUS. 
I may say that there never has been a time since we have 
been doing business on the Pacific Coast that there has been 
such a demand for nursery stock as there is at the present 
time. All over the entire Pacific Northwest there seems to 
be a boom in land to be planted in orchards, which is 
probably responsible for the unusual demand this past year. 
We do not know of a single line of nursery stock that is 
being held in surplus at this time on the Pacific Coast. 
AVe, ourselves, have been compelled to turn down orders 
for thousands of trees of the commercial varieties. 
The outlook for next year’s business is very hopeful. 
Personally, I am of the opinion that this great increase in 
the sale of nursery stock will drop off very suddenly when 
the sale of lands that are being subdivided and sold to non¬ 
residents stops, wffiich condition will undoubtedly come 
about within the next year or two. 
At the present time, the whole United States seems to 
have its eyes on the Pacific Coast with a view of becoming 
interested in some one or other of the orchard projects that 
are being developed out here, and so long as this condition 
lasts, sales for nursery stock will be in excess of the actual 
supply. 
Oregon Nursery, Salem. M. McDonald. 
MIAMI VALLEY NURSERYMEN MEET. 
The Miami Valley Nurserymen’s Association held their 
annual meeting and banquet at the Phillips House, Dayton, 
Ohio, Feb. 18, 1909. A business meeting was held in the 
afternoon, at wnich the old officers were i-e-elected and an 
informal conference held over trade conditions and pros¬ 
pects. 
Promptly at six o’clock the banquet hall was thrown 
open and the nurserymen and their wives and friends sought 
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