THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Doings of Societies 
NATIONAL NUT GROWERS MEET IN GEORGIA 
That increasing interest is being taken in Nut Culture 
and especially Pecan Culture was strikingly evidenced at the 
eight annual convention of the National Nut Growers Asso¬ 
ciation held at Albany, Ga., Oct. 12, 13 and 14. The atten¬ 
tion of the convention was centered almost exclusively on the 
pecan. There was a moderate display of the better varieties 
of this nut and many valuable facts were brought out in the 
discussion on varieties. Various points of culture including 
deep vs. shallow cultivation, insects and diseases attacking 
the pecan were also discussed. The general feeling among 
the nut growers regarding insects and diseases is a very 
optimistic one. They are not troubled over the fact that a 
few insects and fungi like nuts. Rather they congratulate 
themselves that their enemies in nut culture are fewer and 
less formidable than in any other line of horticulture. 
As the guests of the city of Albany the nut growers were 
shown by special train thru some of the larger nut interests 
along the Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Stops were made at 
various points of interest as at the South Georgia and 
Albany-Georgia company’s and conveyances provided for 
more thorough inspection. An old time Barbecue at Dewitt 
proved a most agreeable feature of the day’s program. A 
smoker and theatre party at night ended the pleasures of 
the last day. 
Forty new members were added to the roll of the associa¬ 
tion. Substantially the same officers continue to serve the 
association the ensuing year. Next convention at Monti- 
cello, Fla., 1910. 
G. H. Tomlinson. 
OREGON STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Gentlemen: 
The annual meeting of our Society will be held in Port¬ 
land, Dec. 7, 8 and 9. Along with our program we always 
have a very large exhibit of apples and other fruit. 
The society was recently incorporated. Life membership 
fee $10, annual dues $1. 
Through the settlement of the Haskin bequest we have 
recently received about $2 500, cash which will be a great aid 
to our society. 
Frank W. Power, Sec. 
NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY 
The largest exhibit of dahlias ever made in the United 
States was shown in Horticultural Hall, Boston, September 
10-12, at the second annual exhibition of the New England 
Dahlia Society. Many of the exhibits numbered blooms of 
five hundred to one thousand, and about one-half of the 126 
classes scheduled were entered for. The largest exhibit, 
W. W. Rawson & Co.’s was displayed in a garden plot 
arranged in the center of the hall, while the loggia was 
beautifully arranged with R. & J. Farquhar & Co.’s exhibit 
of dahlias and speciosum lilies with Clematis paniculata 
draping the walls. 
Awards of seven special prizes were made besides seven 
awards of recognition for new seedlings. The certificate of 
the Society was awarded to W. W. Rawson & Co., for cactus 
dahlia “Marblehead.” The regular prize list was divided 
into open and amateur classes. A number of displays of 
miscellaneous material were also put up under the auspices 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The exhibit 
was a big success despite the unfavorable weather, as the 
good attendance on all three days witnessed. 
NATIONAL APPLE SHOW 
As announced in a previous issue of our journal the date 
of this show has been changed from Dec. 6-11, to Nov. 15-20. 
The change has been made in the interest of the growers of 
the North West. 
The judges at the show are: H. E. Van Deman, 
Washington, D. C.; George J. Kellogg, Lake Mills, Wis., 
H. N. Dunlap, Savoy, Ill.; A. P. Bateham, Mosier, Ore.. 
The prize list has been considerably extended over that 
of last year. The score card method of the American 
Pomological Society will be used as a basis for making the 
awards. 
ILLINOIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
The 54th annual convention of the Illinois State Horti¬ 
cultural Society will be held in Champaign, Dec. 7-17, 1909. 
This Society is doing a type of distinct institute work. The 
first week of the convention will be devoted to lectures and 
discussions upon general horticultural subjects. The last 
three days will cover the meeting proper.—W. B. Lloyd, 
Kinmundy, Secretary. 
MINNESOTA CONDITIONS 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
We are in the midst of our fall digging at this time. 
The season has been very peculiar and not the best for 
nursery work in this section. Up to the tenth of October 
we had a continuation of warm, dry summer weather, and 
then the sudden cold wave, with severe freezing. However, 
that is over now and indications are that we will be able to 
get the autumn work well out of the way before winter sets 
in. The business outlook for spring 1910 is very good. 
With a continued business prosperity and anything like 
good prices for grain, the Northwest ought to plant more 
trees than ever before. 
The Jewell Nursery Co., 
Lake City, Minn., Oct. 20, 1909. R. D. Underwood, Secy. 
IMPORTERS MEET 
The National Nurseryman, 
Gentlemen: 
A regular meeting of the New York Horticultural Impor¬ 
ters Protective Association was held on Thursday, October 
7th, at the Astor House, New York, a full attendance being 
present. 
This organization was formed about two years ago, pri¬ 
marily for the purpose of regulating credits of buyers of 
plants, seeds, bulbs, etc. It includes practically all of the 
large wholesale importers and agents. 
J. McHutchison, 
Sec. and Treas. 
