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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly 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. 
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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., June, 1909. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—Charles J. Brown, president of Brown Bros. Co., Rochester; vice- 
president, C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O.; E. M. Sherman, Charles City, 
la.; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 
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 
O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in Tune, 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio— President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, C. Malmo, Seattle, 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, Henry B Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 
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—T. B. Baker, Ft. Worth, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, Tohn S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, E. P. Bernardin, Parson, Kans. 
secectary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
Apple growers of the Northwest Pacific 
REFRIGERA- h ave been very much interested in the 
TION EXPERI- experiments in methods of preparing 
MENTS fruit for shipment -by railroad to eastern 
markets, which have been carried on for 
some time in that region. It has been found that fruit 
which is thoroughly cooled before being placed in an iced 
car, will carry through to New York markets without the 
necessity for re-icing the car. Under ordinary circumstan¬ 
ces and methods, refrigerator cars must be iced three or four 
times between the Pacific Coast points and St. Paul. In the 
case of a car shipped from Yakima, Wash., late in October, 
which had its fruit thoroughly cooled before placing in the 
car and which had been previously well iced, it came through 
in perfect condition and without requiring re-icing en route. 
This car started with 1000 pounds of ice in the bunkers and 
it reached New York with a considerable share of this ice 
unmelted and the fruit in excellent condition. This is quite 
in line with the experience of refrigerator experts who have 
studied the keeping of fruit and constantly advise the 
immediate cooling of the fruit on being taken from the tree. 
In the Deceniber issue of Nut Grower , Mr. 
J. B. Wight of Georgia, presents an 
interesting article on pecan growing prof¬ 
its. In this article he deplores some of 
the methods which are being employed by 
Pecan companies in exploiting enterprises of this kind which 
have little actual foundation and less promise. He very 
properly says that there is no more reason for salting pecan 
companies than for salting gold mines. 
As to an estimate of the value of pecan groves, he offers 
the following as in his judgment a fair standard, although of 
course these will vary very much with locality, kind of 
stock planted and character of treatment given. At the 
end of the first year he estimates that an acre of planted 
pecans is worth a hundred dollars, and that it will increase 
in value at the rate of $50 per acre for tw'enty to twenty-five 
years. At the end of five years it will be worth $300 per acre 
ro years, $550 per acre, and 15 years, $800 per acre. “While * 
varieties differ as to age at which they begin to bear, yet 
these may be safely put at from five to six years from the 
time the trees are transplanted.” 
Our judgment is that these figures are too low for the 
ten year old orchard. We think it would be very difficult to 
find an orchard properly cared for, planted with good grafted 
varieties, that could be bought for twice that amount. 
Apple orchards in Oregon and the west, which will in the 
nature of things be short lived as compared with the pecan, 
are selling at from $1200 to $2000 per acre, and exchanging 
hands quite rapidly. If this represents real value in the 
case of the apple, then our judgment is that the pecan should 
be rated somewhat on the same basis, and would certainly 
give a good return on an equal capitalization. There is no 
doubt that many of the claims made for pecan culture are 
absurd and extravagant, but so it can be said of apples, 
oranges and grapes. The whole question is one of manage¬ 
ment coupled with varieties and soil. It is true that we 
know less of the behavior of grafted pecans than we do of the 
PECAN 
VALUES 
