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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO. t Inc. 
205 Cox 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 Nursery Stock 
of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
A WARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance, . .$1.00 
Six months,... -75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,.1 50 
Six Months, ..... i ... . .1 00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter- 
Rochester, N. Y., June, 1905. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex.; vice-president, C. L. 
Watrous, Des Moines, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; M. McDonald Sa.em, 
Ore.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y. 
Transportation — E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.; M. McDonald, Salem, Ore.; 
Herbert S. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; W. H. Moon. 
Committee to meet Western Freight Classification Committee at Manitou, Col.— 
Peter Youngers, E. Albertson. 
Committee to meet Eastern Freight Classification Committee in New York—Wm. 
H. Moon, Howard Davis, James McHutchison. 
Committee to meet Southern Freight Classification Committee—Herbert S. Chase, 
R. C. Berckmans. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; 
H T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Legislation — C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, O.; 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; George A. Sweet, 
Uansville, N. Y. 
Programme—Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston; Herbert S. Chase; Huntsville, Ala.; John 
I s - S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Exhibits—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; M. B. 
Fox, Rochester, N. Y. 
To edit report—J. Horace McFarland, C. L. Watrous, George C. Seager. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
Amkuican Nurserymen’s Protective Association President, R. C. Berckmans* 
Augusta. Ga.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke, secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually in June. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association— President, N. H. Albaugh, 
Phoneton, O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 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. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen —President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in Jan¬ 
uary. 
Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen. President, Peter Young¬ 
ers Geneva, Nebraska; Secretary, D. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kansas. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va.; 
vice-president, Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, Winchester, 
Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1904. 
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association— President, J. W. Preston, King¬ 
fisher, Okl. Terr.; secretary, J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, Ind. Terr. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Tex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, S. A. Miller, Milton, 
Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
PennsylvaniaINurserymen’s Association— President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville, 
Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual’meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen— President. William Pitkin 
Rooheater, N. Y.; aecretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y. 1 
INVESTIGATING 
QUALITY OF 
STEEL WIRE 
AND NAILS. 
We note that there is a disposition.on the part of Californi a 
nurserymen to copy in some measure, the customs of f the East¬ 
ern planters in regard to mixed and double planting in orchard¬ 
ing. In California, the walnut tree, which 
planting j s s j ow j n coming into bearing, is set as a 
mixed standard, or permanent, while apricots, 
orchards. peaches or prunes are used as fillers. Arp 
instance of the success of this method is 
furnished by the experience of W. C. Eyrnan of Anaheim, 
California, and.chronicled in a recent number of the “Pacific 
Fruit World.” Mr. Eyrnan planted walnut trees fifty feet 
apart and apricots between. He harvested this year, on six 
acres, seventy-two. tons of apricots, for which he received the 
sum of $1,740. The plan of course is to remove the apricots 
when the walnuts come into bearing or when the former begins 
to crowd the latter. 
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There has been much complaint in recent years of the qual¬ 
ity of fence wire and wire nails, made under the auspices of 
the great steel companies of the country. Several of the 
agricultural papers have been agitating 
a movement which was expected to cul¬ 
minate in a critical examination of the 
quality of these industrial -products., It 
is now announced that Sec. Wilson of the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture has 
taken the matter up. Samples of wire and nails are being 
collected from the farmers throughout the country. These 
samples are to be forwarded to the Division of Tests, Bureau 
of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Apriculture, Washington. 
Each sample should be accompanied by a statement of its 
age and history. This looks as if the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, as well as the Department of Commerce and Labor, was 
going to keep an eye on the steel trust. 
Circular No. 60 issued by the office of Experiment Stations 
at Washington gives a report on this subject by Director True. 
This report is timely, and emphasizes the advance that-is being 
made in this direction. Not only are 
people gradually being educated to the: 
idea of agriculture having a place in the 
rural schools, grammar and high, but 
steps are actually making for the early 
introduction of agriculture in the schools 
of many of the states. New York State is taking a prominent 
position in the movement. Arrangements are now making 
whereby agriculture will be placed in high schools of the state 
as an optional study, and will be open to students on the same 
basis as the natural sciences. It is probable that before long- 
definite agricultural courses will be offered by high schools. 
When this is done the high schools will become important 
feeders to the colleges of agriculture. Students ..will be .di¬ 
rected towards them, instead of being led away from them to 
the arts and classical courses. 
Each year sees the region of adaptation of the alfalfa plant 
gradually widening. It is only a short time since it was rele¬ 
gated exclusively to the arid and semi-arid regions of the Pacific 
Coast and the middle West. Experiment 
the alfalfa Stations have of late demonstrated its 
plant. usefulness in' the East, and now we learn 
from Bulletin 114 of the Vermont Ex- 
periment Station that it has been grown successfully in a few 
THE TEACHING 
OF AGRICULTURE 
IN THE RURAL 
SCHOOLS. 
