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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Busincse JVIovcmentQ- 
A KNOXVILLE NURSERY COMPANY PEACH TREE SUIT. 
A Knoxville paper of recent date announces that a suit brought 
against the Knoxville Nursery Company, growing out of the pur¬ 
chase of a quantity of peach trees has been decided against the 
company. Damages to the amount of $2,616.27 have been awarded 
the plaintiff. This represents an appealed case, and the verdict is 
said to be practically the same as the first one. The defendants, 
however, may ask for a new trial. 
TAKANAP SOAP. 
This spray material has the endorsement of several prominent 
entomologists as a specific to be used against sucking insects. 
Charles Howard, formerly of the Chase Rose Company, has pur¬ 
chased a tract of land at Hemet, Cal., where he will conduct a nur¬ 
sery business in the future. Mr. Howard was formerly secretary of 
the Chase Rose Company, of Riverside. 
The T. S. Hubbard Company of Fredonia, are much pleased 
with the growth made by their grape vines the past season which is 
generally ^considered to have been an unusually favorable one. in the 
Chautauqua district. 
NEW ORCHARD COMPANY INCORPORATED. 
Among the incorporations authorized recently was that of 
Martin’s Mountain Orchard Company, of Paw Paw, Hampshire 
county, W. Va., authorized capital stock, $30,000. Incorporators: 
H. W. Miller, of Paw Paw; G. P. Miller, O. R. Pancake and H. B. 
Gilkeson, all of Romney, W. Va. 
SNYDER NURSERIES. 
S. E. Smith and W. K. Eastes are preparing to engage in the 
nursery business at Snyder, Texas, at an early date. They are 
planning to grow a general line of nursery stock suitable for that 
section and for the country in general. All communications intended 
for them should be addressed to the Snyder Nurseries, Box 57, 
Snyder, Texas. 
STARK BROTHERS EXTENDING HOLDINGS IN DANS- 
VILLE. 
The local papers of Dansville record the purchase of fifty-five 
acres of the Morey farm by the Stark Brothers Nurseries and 
Orchards Company, of Louisiana, Mo. 
This tract will be added to the present holdings of this company. 
The area adjoins the present nursery of this enterprising firm and 
gives them a piece of nursery land admirably adapted to the growth 
of trees. The Dansville people are welcoming this extension of the 
Stark Brothers enterprise very warmly. It may be noted that this 
firm has also a considerable tract of land in Chautauqua county, 
New York, which is practically exclusively devoted to the growing 
of high-grade grape vines. 
THE CHASE BROS. COMPANY OF ONTARIO. 
The Chase Brothers Company, Ltd., of Ontario, Canada, was 
established in 1857, and was incorporated in 1898. The Colborne 
Express of November 26th contains a very interesting article 
descriptive of the business of this firm and its influence as an indus¬ 
trial organization on the life of the community. 
It appears that the firm was originally the Canadian branch of 
the Chase Brothers Company of Rochester, which company has had 
much to do with educating the nurserymen of today. The incorpor¬ 
ators of the Ontario Company are James McGlennon, his wife and 
his three sons, J. Austin Shaw McGlennon, A. C. McGlennon and W. 
W. McGlennon. The president of the company is the senior mem¬ 
ber and the secretary-treasurer is J. Austin Shaw McGlennon. 
Doings of Societies 
At the annual meeting of the Connecticut Nurserymen’s Associa¬ 
tion held in Hartford on Feb. 1st, the following officers were elected: 
C. R. Burr, Manchester, Conn., president; C. W. Atwater, Collins¬ 
ville, Conn., vice-president; W. W. Hunt, Hartford, Conn., treasurer 
J. Vidbourne, Hartford, Conn., secretary. 
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 
The annual convention and spring exhibition of this society will 
be held in Buffalo, March 17-19. President, August T. Poehlmann, 
Morton Grove, Ill.; secretary, Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on- 
Hudson, N. Y. 
TENNESSEE NURSERYMEN AND FRUIT GROWERS 
MEET. 
A joint meeting of the State Horticultural Society and the 
Tennessee State Nurserymen’s Association was held at the Tulane 
Hotel, Nashville, January 26-27. The officers of the Association 
are: 
Tennessee State Nurserymen’s Association. 
President, F. G. McCord, Nashville; secretary-treasurer, G. M. 
Bentley, State University, Knoxville. 
State Horticultural Society. 
President, R. A. Wilkes, Culleoka; secretary-treasurer, Charles 
A. Keffer, State University, Knoxville. 
NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROWERS. 
The use of lime-sulphur washes, either of the home made or 
proprietary description, formed the most interesting topic of dis¬ 
cussion at the meeting of the New York State Fruit Growers at 
Medina, January 6th and 7th. 
The sulphur washes are taking a more important place in the 
spraying practices of the fruit grower each year. The fact that the 
lime-sulphur combination is a fungicide as well as an insecticide give 
it considerable advantage over other mixtures which are remedies 
against sucking insects, but have lacked fungicidal value. 
The point was brought out that the lime-sulphur mixtures in 
diluted form could be used as summer washes, and when employed 
in this way is a specific against such injurious diseases as brown rot 
of the peach, black spot of the peach, and the ordinary scab of the 
apple and pear. 
The discussion brought out other interesting points, viz.: that 
lime-sulphur was useful in controlling the blister mite affecting apple 
trees, and the common mildew which attacks the peach. It also 
appeared that arsenate of lead appeared to be growing in popularity. 
While the society through its selling agency disposed of only about 
one ton of arsenate of lead in 1907, they sold more than ten tons in 
1908. 
The officers of the society for the coming year are as follows: 
President, B. J. Case, Sodus; vice-presidents, Clark Allis, Medina, J. 
W. Bell, Portland, H. L. Brown, Carlton, and Luther Callomer, 
Hilton; executive committee, Frank Bradley, L. L. Morrell, Samuel 
Smith, T. B. Wilson and W. Ray Teats; secretary, E. C. Gillett, 
Penn Yan; treasurer, C. H. Darrow, Geneva. 
CLASSIFY TARIFF. 
We are in favor of leaving the tariff about where it is, 
with the exception of a more definite classification. We 
believe it to the best interests of the business to maintain a 
reasonable tariff on import stock, especially such lines as 
are grown by American nurserymen and Florists. 
Nursery, Mo. F. A. Weber & Sons Nursery Co. 
