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THE NATIONAL 
NURSERYMAN 
The following gentlemen appeared before the legislative committee 
to urge the passage of the bill: Messrs. Hoopes of West Chester, 
Meehan of Dreshertown, Harper of Andorra, Moon of Morrisville. 
The bill was first intended to benefit not only the nurserymen but 
its scope has been enlarged and it carries an appropriation of $30,- 
000 to employ inspectors, etc. Will try to have a copy of it sent to 
you while not as originally offered by our association it is better than 
the amendment submitted. 
Regret I have not more time to write you at present, but spring’s 
work is rushing us just now. 
Morrisville, Pa. The Wm. H. Moon Co. 
Editor National Nurseryman. 
While our trade was only moderate during the winter, on account of 
the extreme cold we believe, it opened up nicely with the spring and 
we have had a very satisfactory business. Our trade runls argely to 
apple trees. 
Winfield, Kansas. Cooper & Moncrief. 
I IOWA. 
This finds us in the midst of a very successful spring’s business. 
While the season opened early with us apparently, it has turned cool 
enough to stop vegetation from putting forth very rapidly; in fact has 
held it in a very dormant condition which has been a great factor in 
continuing our late sales. From the calls on us from small nurserymen, 
we believe the surplus in stock will be nearly all taken up. 
Trusting that we may meet you at our coming convention. 
Waukee. J. Wragg & Sons Co. 
Editor National Nurseryman. 
We are still doing more or less shipping, and have not had a 
chance yet to get our books posted, or get up an estimate of the season’s 
business. Our impression is that the receipts are in excess of last year, 
and we know our stock has been sold out closer than for many years, 
for the surplus left on our hands is very small, especially of the leading 
kinds of stock. There is of course quite a lot of surplus in the light 
grade apple and a few light grade peach, but it represents only a small 
part of the value of that, of the past three or four years. Cherry, plum 
and pear have been sold out very close. Excepting a light surplus in 
Iveiffer pears there is nothing of much value in either of the above, and 
we think this is the experience of other nurserymen in our section. 
From their reports to us they have sold out closer than for many years, 
and all are looking forward to our next meeting in June, and feel they 
can go there with much to be thankful for the past year, and hope to 
welcome to our state full twice as large a delegation as have ever at¬ 
tended our meetings in the past. 
Bridgeport, Ind. Albertson & Hobbs 
MICHIGAN. 
The Monroe nurseries have finished shipping stock and all report 
that the volumne of business was about the same as last year. Every¬ 
thing indicates that they wall have a good growing season and there 
will be a good supply of all kinds of nursery stock. More cherries 
will be marketed next spring then for some years past. There will also 
be a nice lot of Silver Maple ranging from 1 to 2 inches in caliper and 
from 10 to 12 ft. in height. 
Monroe. C. J. McCormick. 
KANSAS. 
The volumne of trade in this part of Kansas has been a little lower 
than of former years, owing mainly to the few orchards that have been 
planted this year. Most people must be convinced before they will 
do a thing. The apple crop in the north of our State has not shown 
the people any crop for a few years, hence the decline in planting. The 
general retail trade has been about as usual. 
The clean up in apple seedling has been better than was expected. 
About all the two upper grades have gone to a good market and most 
of the lower. 
North Topeka. A. L. Brooke. 
MARYLAND. 
We have had a very good season’s trade. Peach, apple, pear, plum 
and cherry trees have been cleaned up very close, most every thing that 
is salable. Our strawberry plant trade has been quite heavy, and we are 
shipping out at this time one hundred to one hundred and fifty thous¬ 
and plants daily. We have been having cool weather and have been 
able to get out plants in most excellent condition. 
Taking it as a whole, we have had a very satisfactory spring trade. 
Berlin. J. G. Harrison & Sons. 
MINNESOTA. 
We do not remember more ideal packing weather. Our short spring 
season here in the North necessitates crowding shipments into a very 
short period, and good weather is therefore thankfully appreciated. 
Frost out and season opened a week earlier than 1904. April has 
been uniformly cool and clear, thus holding undug stock back and giving 
free swing to the field work. Collections have been good—exceptionally 
so—except in the Wheat Smut districts which nurserymen have gen¬ 
erally avoided since last summer. The prairie country continues its 
interest in forest tree planting and, as last year, there is a marked 
increase in the call for ornamental stock. As far as we can learn the 
nurserymen of this section are propagating heavier in all classes than 
in 1904 and indications for the summer’s sales are promising. 
Lake City. Jewell Nursery Co. 
We are awfully rushed just now or would give you a more careful 
report. Will give you some ideas we have evolved in the rush for next 
number if you want them. J. N. Co. 
THE COLD STORAGE QUESTION AGAIN. 
Noticing your inquiry in your issue of April, and the reply thereto, 
by the Stark Brothers Nursery Co., concerning cold storage buildings, 
we write to give the nurserymen such conclusions as may be drawn 
from an experience of the writer. 
Before coming here, I resided in Pittsburg, in an exceedingly well 
built frame house, with one serious defect. It was three stories high, 
with a garrett, into which there was no entrance, with nothing be¬ 
tween the garrett and “all out of doors” but a slate roof. Of course 
the garrett was as cold as the outside. Space between the upright stud- 
dings of the house was open, and each space a flue for the cold air to 
to descend. The effect was, that in reality there was nothing between 
the rooms and this cold air, but the lath, plaster, and wall-paper,mak¬ 
ing of an otherwise finely built house, a very cold one. In erecting 
our office here, we had the floors double, with tarred paper between 
the layers and the upright studdings covered with paper outside and 
in. The office is sealed, sides and overhead; we had carpenters fit 
in a board tighly between the studding on a level with the over-head 
ceiling, which effectually cuts off the down draft of the cold air from 
the attic. Thus we find rooms, surrounded with a body of dead air 
on all sides, resulting in a very warm office in the winter, and cool 
one in smmer. 
We don’t claim to be authority on cold storage, (although the Pitts¬ 
burg house was an experience in that line), but we believe in the efficacy 
of the plan advocated by Messrs. Stark Bros, and recommend it to 
everybody building a dwelling house at least. The principle is the 
same for all buildings. Your very truly, 
Indiana Harbor, Ind. W. C. Dickey, 
Secretary and Treasurer Ward-Dickey Steel Co. 
Hmong the Growers. 
The contract for furnishing trees and shrubs to the Department of 
Parks, New York, was secured by Frederick W. Kelsey, 150 Broadway, 
New York. The contract calls for a large assortment of deciduous 
trees, of conifers, and hardy shrubs. 
The Park Commission of Chicago contemplates the enlarging of 
Lincoln Park by the filling in of 245 acres of water front along the lake 
shpre, at an estimated cost of a million dollars. In order to protect 
this low tract, a breakwater will be necessary. The work is in charge 
of O. C. Simonds of Chicago. 
An important occurrence is taking place at the old headquarters of 
the Peterson Nursery in Chicago, and the building occupied by the 
city office by the late Mr. Peterson in 1871 is to be torn down on May 
first. The city office will then be removed to 108 LaSalle Street 
Nurserymen and others will favor this company in the future by send' 
ing their catalogues and addressing their correspondence to Lincoln & 
Peterson Avenues. 
