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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
THE NEW ENGLAND FRUIT SHOW 
INCEPTION OF A NEW INSTITUTION 
With comparatively little heralding and certainly no 
sounding of trumpets there has come and gone an exhibi¬ 
tion of the fruits of New England that was at once a surprise 
to commerce and an educational agent of great value. 
This show was held in the hall of the Massachusetts Horti¬ 
cultural Society, in Boston, the week beginning October 
eighteenth. The commission men of Boston, who have 
been accustomed to think that the only highly colored, 
perfect apples obtainable were those which came from the 
west saw hundreds of plates and boxes of as handsome, 
unblemished specimens as the world can produce, displayed 
in systematic order and artistic arrangement. The show 
was a result of the Governor’s conference of last year, a 
tangible product of the discussion bearing upon the oppor¬ 
tunity for fruit growing in New England. It was a joint 
effort participated in by the six New England states. It 
was moreover a worthy effort. 
The display of plate apples was excellent. Owing to 
limited space the exhibits were concentrated as much as 
possible, so much so in fact, that it is safe to say, the display 
could easily have been expanded to cover twice the amount 
of space it occupied without any danger of “spreading it 
on too thin.” 
While the plate competition was large, handsome and 
instructive the really impressive part was the box fruit 
section. This was a surprise and a triumph. The packing 
of apples in boxes is something of an art, acquired by 
experience. The New Englanders with a car lot or more 
in boxes showed that they were rapidly “catching on.” 
The packing was not perfect, but it marked a fine beginning 
in the small package method. 
The fruit show was managed by a board composed of 
the following persons: President, J. Lewis Ellsworth; 
secretary Massachusetts Board of Agriculture assisted by 
representatives from each of the other New England States. 
THE PRIZE LIST 
This was arranged to emphasize quality, to stimulate 
the planting of commercial varieties and encourage more 
attractive and careful packing. The exhibit from Maine 
was excellent, Massachusetts surpassed all expectations 
while New Hampshire and Connecticut were strongly in 
evidence. The beautiful color, excellent finish of McIntosh, 
Gravenstein, Jonathan and the like won sources of con¬ 
tinual comment. The fruit was mainly judged by Mr. 
W. A. Taylor, Washington and H. S. Wiley, Cayuga, N. Y. 
In the New England student judging contest, Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural College team secured first place for 
excellence in judging, New Hampshire second, Maine third. 
In the packing contest New Hampshire came first, Massa¬ 
chusetts second and Maine third. This contest excited 
considerable interest besides being productive of serious 
thinking and study on the part of the students. 
NURSERY EXHIBITS 
A prominent supplement to the show proper consisted in 
the comprehensive exhibits of trees, plants, nursery and 
orchard supplies. Among the prominent exhibitors were 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., who showed a fine line 
of nursery stock; the New England Nurseries, Bedford, 
Mass., had a fine exhibit of conifers, deciduous ornamentals 
and fruit trees. The Van Dusen Nurseries, W. L. McKay, 
proprietor, Geneva, N. Y., a good display of fruit trees, 
ornamentals and roses. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
Among these displays were instructive collections by 
the following: Frost Insecticide Co., Arlington, Mass.; 
Rockland-Rockport Lime Co., Boston; The Coe-Mortimer 
Co., 24 Stone St., New York; Thos. Phosphate Powder; 
Thomson Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md., spray materials;' 
Goulds Mfg. Co., represented by Smith & Thayer Co., 236 
Congress St., Boston, spray pumps; Bowker Insecticide 
Co., 43 Chatham St., Boston, spray materials, fertilizers; 
Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio, arsenate of lead 
and Paris green; the Vreeland Chemical Co., Little Falls, 
N. Y., spray materials; Grasselli Chemical Co., New York, 
Insecticides; exhibit of injurious insects; B. G. Pratt Co., 
New York, scalecide, also a demonstration of the value of 
sulfocide as a fungicide. 
DINNER BY THE BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE 
The dinner given to the promoters of the New England 
Fruit Show enterprise and the representatives of the dif¬ 
ferent states proved to be an interesting and significant 
event. Over three hundred of Boston’s business men 
presided over by Banker Storrow, sat down to a substantial 
dinner, with their guests the fruit growers of the New 
England states. The after dinner speakers were Dr. G. M. 
Twitchell, of Maine; J. H. Hale, Connecticut; Professor 
John Craig, Cornell University; President Butterfield, 
Massachusetts Agricultural College and Secretary Ellsworth 
of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. 
The keynote w r as one of optimism and faith in the future. 
Fruit growing is taking on a new meaning. It is attracting 
capital. Men with the science, the practice and the 
business ability are now needed to further orcharding in 
New England. 
WHITING NURSERY COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS., 
GENEVA, N. Y., NORTHPORT, ME. 
Thirty-four years ago Mr. H. M. Whiting founded the 
business now known as the Whiting Nursery Company. 
The head office is at Boston and small nurseries are main¬ 
tained there and at Belmont. The stock is grown mainly 
in Geneva, New York. The.packing grounds are in the 
latter city and all the packing and shipping is done from 
there. 
