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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. 
AWARDED 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,.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., February, 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 Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association —President, F. H. Stannard* 
Ottawa, Kan.; secretary, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City, Mo. 
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, 
y re -J secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association— President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville, 
Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Ml. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen— President William Pitkin 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, JohnB. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y, ° 
THE TRANS¬ 
PORT A TION 
QUESTION. 
We wish to call attention to the letters appearing in the 
columns of this journal from time to time on the freight question. 
Mr. Kelsey, of New York, Mr. Rouse, of Rochester, and 
others, have expressed themselves very 
forcibly upon this exceptionally important 
matter. It appeal’s that the burden falls 
with greatest weight upon wholesalers and 
those who ship in less than car lots. 
Whether the federal investigation now pending will when 
finished afford any relief is an open question It would seem 
that the most hopeful outlook is along the line of united action. 
Support the Transportation Committee with suggestions as well 
as by your moral influence. 
Are the members of the association laying their plans to at¬ 
tend this meeting? We are informed by the chairmen of the 
different committees in charge of the affair 
the WEST that it will be a record breaker in point of 
baden interest and we hope attendance. Chair- 
MEE ting. man Kelsey of the program committee 
promises a juicy as well as meaty bill of 
fare. If the half which has been told in regard to the glories 
of the retreat be true we would better save our pennies and 
join the procession for West Baden. 
The first of this series was presented last month. That it 
has met the approval of many of our readers we have ample 
evidence. That it is not an ideal effort we willingly admit. 
That a larger and more important centre 
for this our first article might have been 
selected we cannot deny. But it is a be¬ 
ginning and that’s what counts. In tackling 
a new proposition we like to see a man take 
hold of the thing which is nearest at hand. While deliberation 
and carefully systematized plans are excellent, yet we have met 
men who spend so much of their time in surveying an enter¬ 
prise that it never got finished. The Newark region with its 
nurserymen have played an important part in the development 
of Western New York. There are many regions elsewhere 
whose history should be recorded. This we hope to do during 
the year. As soon as the snow leaves the ground so that at¬ 
tractive pictures can be obtained we shall be ready to resume 
the series. In the mean time we shall be glad to hear from 
those who are interested. 
The origin of Banks’ Red Gravenstein is a well known case in 
point. This appears, however, as a sport on a tree of the 
ordinary variety. Buds were taken from the varying branches 
and reproduced a highly colored form, which 
propagate FA- in some respects, is an improvement over 
VORABLE varia. the original. Not long ago, the Nursery- 
TiONS OF man office received a box of apples which on 
standard opening were pronounced Northern Spies ) 
fruits . though they differed in some minor respects. 
On cutting, examining and testing the flesh, 
it was found that it was not Northern Spy and further investiga¬ 
tion brought to fight the fact that this variety appeared as a 
chance seedling in a pasture adjoining an apple growing section. 
The variety struck us as one of the most desirable variations of 
the “Spy” that we had seen. In flavor it was greatly superior, 
while in form and appearance it was fully equal to the old and 
well known variety. Here was a case of seedling variation, 
OUR SKETCHES 
of IMPORTANT 
NURSERY 
SECTIONS. 
