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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 PARIS EXPORT ION, 1900. 
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Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
In general, the nurseryman at the close of the growing sea¬ 
son of 1905, has no reason for complaint. It is true that there 
have been dry streaks in New England, and wet streaks in the 
middle west, southern Pacific and south 
the season Atlantic coasts that have not been conduc- 
FOR GROWTH. ive to the production of strong, vigorous 
trees; but in the averaging up, nurserymen 
are generally well satisfied. Business has come, as it always 
will, to the nurserymen in proportion as industry, square 
dealing, activity and intelligence were displayed. 
ACTION OF 
JOINT 
The initial movement of the joint committee of nurserymen, 
seedsmen and florists reported in our last issue, augurs well for 
the future of co-operative legislation. The personnel of this 
committee is strong; the objects are so im¬ 
portant and numerous as to furnish adund- 
committees an t j us tifi ca T° n for aggressive action. The 
National Nurseryman hopes that this 
committee will hold such ad interim meetings as circumstances 
may warrant, and that it will have the undivided support of 
the respective executive committees of the societes rep¬ 
resented. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter , 
Rochester, N. Y., October, 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—W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind.; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.: A. L. 
Wood, Rochester, N. Y.; C. T. Smith, Concord, Ga. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; H. T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J.; II. P. 
Kelsey, Boston, Mass. 
Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va.; N. W. 
Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; William Pitkin 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Programme—John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex.; H. S. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; C. J. 
Brown, Rochester, N. Y. 
Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; John C. Chase, Derry, N. H.; 
Stanley H. Watson, Houston, Tex. 
Exhibits—J. H. Skinner, Topeka, Kas., J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; C. C. 
Mayhew, Sherman, Tex. 
Editing Report—J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. J. Maloy, Rochester, 
N. Y.; George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
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; vice-president, A. Willis, Ottawa, Kansas; 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, 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. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Texas; vice-president, B. L. Adams, Bonham, Texas; secretary-treasurer, John 
S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurseryman —President, S. A. Miller, Milton, 
4 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, 
A/HE RICAN 
POIHOLOGICAL 
CONVENTION. 
This important society held its twenty-ninth biennial meet¬ 
ing at Kansas City, Mo., September 19 to 21. Notwithstand¬ 
ing the western freshets which so seriously crippled the 
railroads running into Kansas City. The 
meeting was well attended and will go 
down into pomological history as one of 
the most successful held by this society. 
The east was not as well represented as it should have been. 
The attendance from the west and southwest was excellent. 
T. V. Munson, of Texas, and Parker Earle, of New Mexico, 
represented some of the okl guard. Hon. E. W. Kirkpatrick 
ex-president of the American Association of Nurserymen took 
a prominent part. Mr. A. Willis, of Ottawa, was the official 
delegate. In the absence of President Hale, Chairman 
Watrous, of the Executive Committee, presided with fairness 
and ability. 
The program was packed full of good material, but the 
thing that will long linger in the memory of those who par¬ 
ticipated was the complimentary excursion over the Kansas 
City Southern and Frisco Railroads through the great fruit 
growing regions of Missouri and Arkansas. For five days 
the visitors to the number of 65 in their special train of Pull¬ 
man cars were entertained by the railroad officials and the 
fruit growers of this interesting and promising section. Drives, 
receptions and banquets followed each other with strenuous 
rapidity during the five days of the excursion until the 
visitors were inclined to beg off. We can only mention at 
this time the warm hospitality of these good people, the 
beautiful climate, picturesque country and the great natural 
resources but hope to speak of it at greater length in our next 
issue. The trip was at once the most enjoyable comprehen¬ 
sive and instructive that we have ever taken. The Missouri 
Horticultural public was honored by having Mr. L. A. Good¬ 
man of Kansas City elected president. Mr. T. V. Munson 
of Texas is first vice. The other officers were reelected. To 
Mr. Goodman more than any one else belongs the credit of 
successfully engineering the magnificent excursion. 
