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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published montly 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. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance.$1.00 
Six months, . .. .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance. 1.50 
Six months. 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertise¬ 
ments should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous 
to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. 
Drafts on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are re¬ 
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., March, 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 1 
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, John 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. 
Our December and January issues have a 
WORK OF THE report of the work of the Tariff Commit- 
TARIFF tee. This committee taking advantage 
COMMITTEE. of the invitation presented by the Ways 
and Means Committee of the House of 
Representatives, drew up a statement embodying desired 
changes in the tariff and presented it on the_ 18th of 
November. The regular committee of the American 
Association was supported by a delegation from the Penn¬ 
sylvania Nurserymen’s Association, and a strong presenta¬ 
tion of the tariff needs of nurserymen of the country was 
made by Mr. Pitkin, in the absence of Chairman Rouse. 
The schedule offered presents a number-of important 
changes and it is now the duty and privilege of nurserymen 
affected to express their views to the members of this com¬ 
mittee and urge any modification of the proposed schedule 
that seems desirable. The whole matter has been very 
carefully weighed by the committee in charge and it is 
probable that in its present form it embodies in the most 
desirable way possible the needs of the nursery interests of 
the country. However, opinions favorable or adverse 
should be filed promptly with the chairman of the tariff 
committee so that in the event of a new schedule being 
adopted in whole or in part no aftermath of regrets should 
be forthcoming. Register approval or kicks without delay. 
A letter from a prominent firm of retail 
HIGH GRADE nurserymen in the Middle West calls 
NURSERY attention to the serious competition 
STOCK. which they as retailers have with the very 
firms from which they buy their stock. 
This firm says that wholesalers are frequently in the habit 
of sending to large planters, to superintendents of parks and 
cemeteries, price lists at rates equal to those which they 
offer to the retailer himself; that in this way the local man 
is being cut out of business, and the writer contends that if 
the retailer is to remain in business he must be protected by 
the firms with which he deals. 
This writer also says that the only way to meet this com¬ 
petition is to stock up with as cheap a grade of goods as 
possible, and then to offer this at a price somewhat lower 
than the wholesaler is offering. But, he observes, in doing 
business “in this cut-throat way we do not get very much 
out of it other than moving a surplus.” 
It would seem that here is an opportunity for the large 
grower and the retailer to get together and come to an 
understanding on the question of prices. An understanding 
of this kind will work to the benefit of all concerned. 
One of the principal efforts of the horti¬ 
culturist is to study the finer adaptations 
A VALUABLE of fruits to soils and localities. Un- 
BULLETIN. doubtedly the greatest successes of the 
future will come to those who have most 
nearly solved these problems of adapta¬ 
tion. The energies of the stations and a few interested fruit- 
growers are being directed towards the solution of this 
many sided problem. Comparatively little real progress 
has been made thus far. Our knowledge of the adaptation 
of varieties to the varying soils and conditions is in a frag¬ 
mentary state. 
