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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, . . . . .THOM AS 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,.SI.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., July, 1905. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.: vice-president, Orlando 
Harrison, Berlin, Md.: secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.: 
treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; Theo. Smith, 
Geneva, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
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.— 
PeterYoungers, 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 r . . 
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 Youngers, 
Geneva, Nebraska; secretary, D. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kansas. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va. 1 
vice-president, Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, Winchester. 
Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1905. 
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 Nurseryman —President, S. A. Miller, Milton, 
Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’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 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y. 
We take this means of acknowledging the many kind ex¬ 
pressions which the issuance of our modest convention sou¬ 
venir has called forth. The little pamphlet was only intended 
to mark the passage of the thirtieth 
OUR souvenir milestone in the life history of this im- 
booklet portant association and to connect with 
such passing the names of some of the 
men who have helped make its history. While the facts 
were hastily gathered and the records of individual credits 
are necessarily incomplete, yet we arc glad to' feel that the 
effort made in collecting the data has met with the 
warm approval of the supporters of The National 
Nurseryman. While we arc forced to keep an eye on the 
practical, technical and business issues let us not entirely 
overlook the historical and sentimental. 
In the meantime it is the pleasure and purpose of The 
National Nurseryman to serve in the best possible manner 
the nursery interests of the United States and Canada. 
This respected, venerable, yet vigorous organization, will 
hold its 29th biennial session in Kansas City, August 8-10 
1905. The meeting will be held in that city in direct response 
to the urgent solicitations of the various 
Mississipi Valley state horticultural so¬ 
cieties. The Missouri State Horticul¬ 
tural Society has taken the initiative 
in presenting the invitation, and will stand 
sponsor for a good attendance, and for providing facilities 
for a meeting place and a hall for the exhibition of fruit. 
The American Pomological Society has always been closely 
affiliated through its membership with the American Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen. A number of the same men have served 
in the executive chair of both societies, and have furthered 
the purposes of the respective organizations by willing and 
unselfish sacrifice of much time and labor. The names of 
Berckmans, Barry, Campbell, and Watrous have always 
been associated with the general progress of both of these 
efficient organizations. Every effort is being made by the 
Mississippi Valley Fruit Growers’ Associations to bring about 
a meeting which will have in every way full and unqualified 
success. A meeting in Kansas City, one of the gateway cities 
of the transcontinental lines should halt all travellers to the 
Pacific Coast and should draw heavily upon the fruit growers 
of the middle West. An attractive and instructive program 
is being prepared. Let nurserymen keep this convention in 
mind, anti make a point of 'dropping in during the August 
meeting. 
Excursions to the fruit regions of Arkansas and Missouri are 
being arranged. Full information may be had from the 
chairman of the local, committee, Mr. L. A. Goodman, Kansas 
City, or the secretary, John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 
It is safe to say that all who attended the West Baden 
meeting came away with a feeling that it was good to have 
been there. The program committee was active and efficient. 
The presiding officer courteous and firm; 
the the papers pointed and timely; the place 
CONVENTION. comfortable and convenient. All went 
well and when changes pf program became 
imperative, the change was made without confusion and 
everything moved forward like a well oiled mechanism. 
AMERICAN 
POMOLOGICAL 
SOCIETY 
MEETING. 
