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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Stark Brothers Satisfied with Crop Outlook at their 
Various Plants 
Since June 17th I have been visiting the various plants 
of the Stark Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co., and also go¬ 
ing over some of the fruit lands of New York and Ohio. 
Although they had a late spring at Dansville, the stock 
there is as fine as I have ever seen. The foliage on cherry 
and pear is practically perfect. Everything is making a 
very good growth. 
At Portland, New York, they have a splendid stand of 
grape cuttings. They turned out a fine lot of roots last 
year, but I believe they will be as good or better this year. 
I visited a number of vineyards and farms in the Grape Belt, 
and they are expecting a better crop than last year, and 
that was a good one. I noticed that a few vineyards are 
being planted in the hill lands back of North East. This is 
not in the gravel belt, and is quite a distance from the lake. 
Pear and cherry at Perry, Ohio, are as clean and vigor¬ 
ous as any I have ever seen. They seem to have no pests 
at this place, and all the stock has to do is to grow. The 
apples and other stock in the Ozarks are making a good 
growth. 
All trees at Rockport, on the Illinois side of the river, are 
making an exceptionally fine growth. This rich land 
which lies just between the hills and the river bottom is 
particularly adapted to growing strong stock. 
The farmers in all sections of the country have prospects 
of large crops, and with the stock which we expect to have, 
this will be the best year we have ever had. 
Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchard Co. 
Louisiana, Mo. W. H. Stark, Ass’t treas. 
The season here has been fairly favorable for a good 
growth. Up to the present time, we have had no difficulty 
in holding the foliage on all of our stock, and indications 
are, at the present time, that we shall have a good growth. 
The budding season is now on. Stocks are working well, 
and while we are having a spell of hot weather, it is not 
having any unsatisfactory result on the growth of the stock. 
Apple grafts have made about the usual stand and the 
entire absence of wind storms leaves us with a less loss on 
peach and other one year budded stock, than usual. 
New Haven Nurseries, 
New Haven, Mo. R. J. Bagby, Treas. 
KENTUCKY 
Conditions Ideal 
We have had an ideal growing season, all stock looking 
fine. We have the best lot of stock that we have ever 
grown, and as it is now getting cool at nights and the ground 
getting a little dry we believe that our stock will ripen up 
early. We also have the best lot of seedlings that we ever 
had; small sizes will be scarce. 
Our sales are about as usual, but from the number of 
inquiries we are”getting it appears as though the demand 
will be extra good. On the whole, things look very bright 
and we are sure that this will be one of the best seasons for 
the nurseryman they have ever had. 
Farmers have the best crops in this section that they 
have grown for over 15 years. 
Willadean Nurseries, 
Warsaw, Ky. The Donaldson Co. 
NORTH CAROLINA 
Our season has been wet and warm and the result has 
been heavy, well grown stock. Although scale exists in 
many counties of Missouri we have not been bothered at all 
in our locality. Not only are nursery crops good but farm 
crops are the biggest in years. This is Missouri’s banner 
year. 
Sales have been brisk since June and we hope to place all 
our stock before long. Our specialities are evergreens, 
magnolias, blackberries and shade trees. 
W. W. Stanley 
By H. L. Stanley 
Best Season on Record 
We have had a very wet season up to about two or 
three weeks ago, but most all our stock being on fresh land 
it has put on very fine growth and all our stock for fall 
will be by far the finest we have ever had. 
We have over half a million each in California and Amoor 
River privet and most of it has been twice cut back, mak¬ 
ing it well branched and shapely from the ground, which 
is very important in the planting of a hedge. Most of this 
stock is two-year-old, besides a fine lot of each kind in 
one-year-old. We last year shipped to twenty-eight states 
and Canada and from the outlook now this immense stock 
will be sold long before the close of the shipping season in 
the spring. 
We also have in quantity Silver Maple, also Sugar and 
Norway Maple, Sycamore and Carolina Poplar as well as 
Roses, Hydrangeas, Dahlias, Cannas, etc. Our shipping 
season begins October the first and since the completion of 
our splendid basements and packing house near the depot 
in Bostic we are enabled to make shipments any day from 
October first to the last of May. 
We are now building a five-room cottage on our nursery 
plantation one mile north of Bostic soon to be occupied by 
our foreman. 
The outlook is by far ahead of anything yet and we 
expect to increase our plantings considerably another 
season. 
Bostic, North Carolina, Valdesian Nurseries, 
Bostic Department. 
