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THE NATIONAL 
NURSERYMAN 
C. W. Stuart & Co., of Newark, N.Yk, are now a corporation, 
having been incorporated in 1902, with the following officers: 
C. W. Stuart, president; C. H. Stuart, secretary, and J. M. 
Pitkin, Jr., treasurer, and manager of the company. 
C. W. Stuart & Co., now own 
about one thousand acres of land, 
in the vicinity of Newark, and 
near Orleans, Ontario county. 
The main nursery is located at 
Orleans on a farm of 337 acres. 
In addition to this nursery there 
is a stock farm of 200 acres which 
aids in solving the fertilizer prob¬ 
lem. Stuart & Co. grow a.general 
assortment of nursery stock,— 
from bulbs, perennials, fruit, or¬ 
namentals and small fruits, to a 
full line of standard orchard 
fruits. They have in a limited . “ getting down 
J Fig. 5. Secretary C. H. 
in this firm has been reduced to its simplest form consistent 
with intelligent knowledge. Each department is kept sepa¬ 
rate as to cost of maintainence, revenue and service. Com¬ 
parative statements of profits and losses of different depart¬ 
ments are maintained "and pre¬ 
pared periodically. 
The business has increased rap¬ 
idly in recent years and the suc¬ 
cess of this firm is due, primarily, 
to the care exercised in growing 
a good product. When the land 
on the old homestead at Newark 
refused to produce stock of the 
quality desired by the' firm, the 
growing end of the business was 
promptly moved to Orleans where 
on deep, fertile, rolling land, ideal 
conditions prevail for the pro¬ 
duction of high-grade fruit trees. 
The various photographs accom- 
TO BUSINESS. 
Stuart of Stuart & Co. 
Fig. 6. Foundation work in growing good stock—Draining the 
land in the Stuart nursery. 
way experimented in the growing of 
fruit stocks for a number of years. 
As introducers of new varieties 
they are known to the trade by hav¬ 
ing given to the public the Newark 
Currant, Stuart Biggareau Cherry, 
a light colored sweet cherry ripening 
two weeks later than other standard 
sorts; the Black Diamond Rasp- 
berry, Richard Peach, and several 
other varieties of standard merit. 
Another side issue of the firm has 
been the introduction of the Pure 
Gold Oat. As a general indication 
of the extent of their business we 
may note that their shipments in 
1904 amounted to over seven thous¬ 
and boxes. 
Fig. 8. A good tree digger is essential to the 
satisfactory digging of nursery stock. 
—Stuart & Co. 
Fig. 7. The result of good soil preparation and good tilling 
is good trees, C. W. Stuart & Co. 
panying this sketch illustrate the qual¬ 
ity of the stock and the lay out of the 
establishment. The energy and re¬ 
sourcefulness of the officers of the com¬ 
pany has had much to do -with the 
recent rapid development 'and marked 
business success and may be regarded 
as an imporant secondary cause. In 
the retail business dealing with a great 
number of salesmen, executive quali¬ 
ties are of prime importance. We 
predict for this firm a place of increas¬ 
ing influence among the nurserymen of 
the East. 
The Jachson Perkins Co., 
WHOLESALERS ONLY. 
The firm of Jackson & Perkins has 
had an interesting history. It was 
established by A. E. Jackson and C. H. 
Perkins about 1861. The business 
began as a market gardening concern, 
thrift of the proprietors soon 
outgrew 
OFFICE MANAGEMENT. 
The management of a large retail 
nursery establishment, where thousands of salesmen are em- The energy and 
ployed, calls for a thoroughly practical system and a good ex- the original conceptions of the firm, and an active aggressive 
ecutive. There are fifty-two individuals employed in the business in small fruit and vegetable plants and grape-vines 
office and the fact that of this [number nineteen are type- was commenced in 1873. A general line of nursery work wae 
writers suggests the volume of correspondence. Bookkeeping continued from 1873 to 1885 when ornamentals and indoor 
