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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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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., November, 1909. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—F. H. Stannard, President of F. H. Stannard & Co., Ottawa, Kas; vice 
president, W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; secretary, John Hall, 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. 
Transportation—W. P. Stark Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Chas. J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Program—J. W. Hi 11 , Des Moines, Iowa 
Publicity—John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Exhibits—E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kans. 
Arrangements—John Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—John Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 
Entertainment—Jas. A. Weber, Nursery, Mo. 
Forestry—C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Inch 
National Council of Horticulture—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, Iowa. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckman 
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 June. 
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, R C Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
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, John 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. 
The Rural New-Yorker has been unsuc- 
THE RURAL cessful in raising a “peep” from the Pacific 
NEW-YORKER Coast “wizard” on the matter of the iden- 
AND BURBANK tity of the “Wonderberry” and the “black 
nightshade.” The editor then rises to 
remark as follows: 
“Burbank ! ! ! If there is any smaller man in the 
country, will some one take a microscope and find him? 
We have proved that his “Wonderberry” is a black night¬ 
shade. We are now ready to show that the plant has been 
growing for years in Mexico, and that “Wonderberries” 
have been on sale in Mexican cities. Yet Burbank stood 
by with the money in his pocket, while John Lewis Childs 
printed the following: 
We shall offer for the first time in our next spring cata¬ 
logue the greatest novelty ever introduced by us or any 
one else. It is a plant of such startling novelty, merit and 
usefulness that it must be in the possession of every one 
who has a garden, or grows a plant at once. Nothing like 
it, or one-half so valuable ever known. 
Some men will crawl through a pin hole and save their 
face, but there is not even a pin hole for Burbank. He has 
now been convicted by his own silence. Thousands who 
formerly took whatever he said as horticultural gospel 
without an argument now hail from Missouri, and you will 
have to show them. If Burbank had come out man fashion 
and fought for his “Wonderberry” the public would have 
had respect for him. When he runs from his offer to give 
$10,000 and chases himself into silence he proves that he 
is not a “wizard,” but a very common piece of clay.” 
There is probably no instance in the history 
of fruit growing which presents a case 
similar to that of the Elberta peach. A 
variety comparatively unknown twenty 
years ago, it is now the most extensively 
planted of all peaches. It is probable that there are more 
Elberta peaches in many (if not in most) peach sections of 
the country at the present time than there are off all other 
varieties combined. It is the great mid-season standard. 
A somewhat serious question arises as to whether it will con¬ 
tinue to be profitable when planted in this extensive way. 
Growers in New York and the East are beginning to feel 
that the mid-season period is a good one to avoid, and that 
if an orchardist can secure a variety which will ripen a little 
ahead, or a little after the great peach glut, he will obtain 
larger profits than if he continues to plant the kind which in 
the main is most reliable by reason of its assured produc¬ 
tivity. Of course in the case of the peach it does not take 
many years for a variety to drop out, for the life of the peach 
orchard in any part of the United States runs but little over 
a decade. In the more favorable parts it may exceed this a 
trifle but the orchard in the average region will have run its 
course in that time. We are quite willing to admit there are 
many persons who can say they have profitable orchards 
much older, but we are now speaking in terms of broad 
averages. The peach of the future then, it seems to us, is 
one that will anticipate, or follow the Elberta season. 
A few weeks ago when discussing varieties of peaches 
with growers in British Columbia we were told that nothing 
but yellow flesh peaches were wanted in their markets. 
This would seen to strengthen the need of seedlings of the 
Elberta type for the coast region, but they should be earlier 
or later in season. Give us an early Elberta and make it 
a little better in quality. 
THE 
ELBERTA 
PEACH 
