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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., 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 PARTS EXPOSITION , 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance,.. $1.00 
Six months,.75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,.1.50 
Six Months.100 
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., April, 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 Salem 
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, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
Programme—Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston; Herbert S. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; John 
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. 
American 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 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association— President, W. H Moon MorrLville 
Pa.; secretary Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual’ meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen— President 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y, ’ 
William Pitkin 
INTEREST IN 
THE ANNUAL 
MEETING. 
All indications point to a convention of surpassing interest 
and pleasure. The members of the program committee, 
headed by the resourceful and active 
Harlan P. Kelsey, have arranged a mighty 
tempting bill of fare. It is now up to the 
the members of the association to show 
their appreciation by attending the meet¬ 
ing, and taking a live part in the discussions. Don’t let the 
speakers have it all their own way. Challenge speculative 
or dubious statements, and make them “show the goods.” It 
is not always desirable, but sometimes well, to have a man 
attend a session in the spirit of the deacon who, on walking 
down the street, was asked by a friend where he was going. 
“Jistdoon to the mectin,” he answered. “And what for?” 
inquired the friend. “ Ah, jist to contradeek a bit,” responded 
the deacon. Everything may not be gospel that is exploded 
at a convention, even though fired off by an expert or a pro¬ 
fessor. The amount of good a man gets out of a convention 
is often accurately measured by the amount of personal inter¬ 
est he has taken in it. 
“Coopers are jubilating over the fact that statistics com¬ 
piled by the Western brewer show that the consumption of 
beer in the United States,” says theBAR- 
the cooperage REL AND Box, “exceeded that of the 
industry. previous year by 1,557,403 barrels.” Just 
think of it! Wood used up to the amount 
necessary to make the enormous number of 48,208,133 beer 
barrels in 1904, more than a barrel to each two persons, men, 
women, and children in the United States! The increase has 
been steady and rapid since 1899, and if signs do not fail, many 
more thousands of barrels of beer will be consumed in 1905 
than in any previous year. It is interesting to note that 
among the states that have not shown an increase in the 
consumption of beer are Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, 
New Hampshire, and Texas. Missouri shows the largest 
increase. We suppose that this is to to be credited to the 
influence of the World’s Fair. 
A remarkable instance of the passing of an industry is fur¬ 
nished us by the report of the Bureau of Soils on the Survey of 
the Long Island area, New York. In 
transition 1885 Long Island was a milk-producing sec- 
OF farming tion of considerable importance. It made 
industries. annual shipments of milk at that time to 
New York City to the amount of 1,661,260 
gallons. In 1890, the amount had fallen to 1,236,570 gallons; 
in 1895 to 503,800; and in 1899 to 3,890 gallons, since which 
time railroads have not reported the shipments, owing to the 
extreme smallness of the quantity. A great transition has 
occurred. From dairying, farmers have taken to trucking, 
and as there has been a marked decline in general farming on 
the island, there has been an equally marked increase in 
market gardening and vegetable growing. This is a natural 
response to changed economic conditions produced by the 
influence of the great New York market. Farmers can no 
longer afford to produce milk on their high priced lands. The 
sandy soils are well adapted to gardening and trucking, and 
the’possibilities of a well tilled acre are extraordinarily large. 
In the best market section of the Island, ten acres of land, well 
managed, bring the owner much larger net returns than farms 
