THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Business ^Movements 
Mr. Wm. Satter, of Ebbinge & Van Graas, Boskoop, Holland, 
called at the office of the National Nurseryman the first part .of 
May. He also visited nurserymen in Rochester and Western New 
York. 
J. W. Manning, of the Reading Nurseries, at Reading, Mass., is 
planting fifty acres of additional area this spring. These nurseries 
are in the fifty-fifth year of their existence, and have developed rapid¬ 
ly during the last three or four years N —Exchange 
John E. Dwyer, formerly manager of the Burr nursery, in Man¬ 
chester, Conn., has leased four acres of land on Strickland Place, in 
that city, and is constructing a nursery plant.— Ex. 
H. Frank Darrow reports that Philippe de Vilmorin, of Vilmorin, 
Andrieux & Co., Paris, France, has been recently appointed by the 
French government a councilor of the foreign commerce of France. 
•— Ex. 
A miscreant cut and slashed a large amount of stock at W. H. 
Wyman’s Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass., April 26. 
— Ex. 
“An ambrosial tree Eden’s exotic somehow smuggled in to keep 
the thorns and thistle companv.”— Whittier. 
Correspondence 
NURSERY INSPECTION IMPORTANT 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
Dear Sir:—I noted with regret the attitude toward “Nursery 
Inspection” as expressed in your May issue and must conclude that 
the writer did not realize the full import of his words. 
We, in this state, can demonstrate, with facts and figures, the 
value of inspection of both orchards and nurseries. Our fruit 
growers and others who grow only a few trees for the family garden 
are well pleased with the results and are constantly expressing them¬ 
selves along this line, both personally and by correspondence. They 
appear to believe thoroughly in the principle involved. 
The writer does not care to enter into a general discussion of this 
subject but does wish to call attention to a few important facts. 
One of the most important points is, that there are many troubles 
other than San Jose scale, and that there are large sections of the 
country where many orchards are free from this insect. A reasonable 
effort should be put forth to prevent the spread of these serious 
troubles. 
Your correspondent states: “Have we not arrived at the time 
when each grower must attack his individual problem himself? He 
should know what he wants in nursery stock and know how to care 
for it after it is planted. The nurserymen supplying poor stock will 
soon be weeded out by a process of natural selection.” 
Why have our pure food and drug laws, fertilizer inspection laws, 
etc., etc., developed? Simply because when one purchases goods 
one wants to be assured that it is not adulterated, that the article is 
what it purports to be and neither the small nor the large user of 
materials can protect himself from a few unscrupulous dealers. 
If we agree to your correspondent’s views, it means that our 
whole fabric of inspection for whatever purpose'collapses. If there 
are cases where the inspection is but a form, the method of procedure 
should be to improve the inspection. The grower “Supplying poor 
stock” and diseased stock instead of being weeded out by his system, 
is in many cases, where inspection is not thorough, better able to go 
on with his business, especially by changing his field of operations 
from time to time, than the reputable nurseryman. He can pick up 
the poor stock at very small prices and in that way make a better 
profit than the firm which handles only good stuff. It must be con¬ 
ceded by all, that thorough inspection, not the kind that is “Little 
more than a form” is'greatly-to the advantage of the reputable 
nurseryman and to the disadvantage of those who are irresponsible. 
There can be no reason why the best nurserymen should not be fully 
in sympathy with conservative inspection work, carried on with the 
view of protecting the interests of both the nurserymen and the 
grower of fruits. 
J. L. Phillips, 
State Entomologist. 
HOW THE FRENCH CROPS LOOK TO AN AMERICAN 
Mr. J. McHutchison of McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., 
New York, is making his annual tour of European nurseries and 
sends us the following interesting note on the condition and outlook 
of French crops. Mr. McHutchison writes from Angers, and says: 
The nurserymen around Angers have made an average plant. 
Apples will be more plentiful than last year, but they are suffering a 
severe drought at present. There has been no rain for four weeks, 
just when they need it most to start off the seedlings and transplanted 
stock. 
All available means are being used for watering the seedlings and 
transplanted stock. This is of course, done by hand with watering 
pots handicaps further transplanting—already much delayed by a 
long, severe winter. 
The French nurserymen are naturally much alarmed, but a little 
of the rain in their section that has been falling for weeks past in 
Holland, Germany, Belgium and Eastern France will change every¬ 
thing and brighten crop prospects considerably. 
Coming down on the train, T noticed many fields of wheat and 
rye turning yellow for want of rain. 
All exports from reliable nurserymen will be entirely free of 
browntail-moth the coming season. Indeed, had the French nursery¬ 
men received any adequate warning that this moth was a 
serious pest with us, steps would have been taken to prevent the 
trouble we had this spring.. 
It is sincerely to be hoped that the new Federal law which is to 
be formulated this.summer will not further hinder shipments from 
reaching destination promptly. 
J. McHutchison. 
Obituary 
GARRETT E. RYCKMAN 
It is with deep regret that we annourtce to you the death of a 
prominent member of this Association, Mr. Garrett E. Rvckman, 
who died at Melbourne Beach, Florida, on Sunday, April 18th. 
Mr. Ryckman was one of the pioneers of the American wine 
industry. He was born in Brocton, N. Y., in 1835, and his work 
began in 1854, when he first made a small quantity of wine. In 
1859, with his two associates he built the Brocton Wine Cellars, and 
thus for 50 years he has been actively identified with viticulture and 
the wine business. 
Mr. Ryckman was one of the organizers of this Association, 
being present at the first meeting. He was deeply interested in the 
work of this Association which, he believed, to be of great value in 
promoting the wine trade, and in making American wines better and 
more widely known and appreciated. 
Mr. Ryckman was a fine type of an honest and straightforward 
business man. He was a liberal and public spirited citizen and 
highly esteemed in the community in which he lived so long. We 
feel that our industry has lost a good man. 
The Executive Committee, and the members of this Association 
will take suitable notice of our loss at the next meeting. 
Respectfully yours, 
W. E. Hildreth, President , 
L. J. Vance, Secretary, 
American Wine Growers’ Association. 
HUGH A. HILL 
We regret to learn of the death of Hugh A. Hill, brother of J. W. 
Hill, which occurred at Corpus Christie, Tex., from heart trouble on 
March 18th. 
Hugh was a young man, being born in Salisbury, N. C., in 1874, 
came to Des Moines fifteen years ago and for ten years served as 
