THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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fruit and plant Notes. 
The selection for the place of meeting for 1906, and the election of 
officers had elements of intense interest this year. Dayton, Ohio, was 
chosen by a large majority, in response to an invitation which came as a 
surprise to most of the members. The presidency was won by W. F. 
Kasting, of Buffalo, in an energetic three-cornered struggle. H. M. 
Altick, of Dayton, was unanimously elected vice-president. For the 
nineteenth consecutive time Wm. J. Stewart, of Boston, won out as 
secretary, receiving three-quarters of the entire vote cast. For treas¬ 
urer none of the candidates could show a majority and, there being no 
election, H. B. Beatty, of Pittsburg, who has held the office for ten 
years, holds over for another term. Mr. Beatty’s name had been 
placed on the ticket for president without his consent and was with¬ 
drawn therefrom at the last moment when it was too late to renom¬ 
inate him for the treasurership. 
It is probable that an out-door exhibition of ornamental planting will 
be included in the program for the Dayton event, which will take place 
in August, 1906. 
NEW YORK APPLE GROWERS TO ATTEMPT CO-OPERATIVE 
SELLING. 
For some time it has been felt by the members of the N. Y. State 
Fruit Growers’ Association, that the growers themselves should take 
some active steps to better their conditions in regard to the sale of their 
fruit whereby they may receive a larger direct return in both the do¬ 
mestic and foreign markets. In pursuance of this object a special 
committee on plans for marketing was appointed to thoroughly inves¬ 
tigate the various systems of marketing, and to advise the members as 
to the most advantageous methods, says Thos. W. Campbell, in a cir¬ 
cular letter recently sent to members of the New York State Fruit 
Growers’ Association. 
The Committee presented a report at the Summer Meeting of the As¬ 
sociation, and the following resolution was adopted unanimously: 
whereas, the commercial success of the Apple Growers of New York, 
in competition with other localities, is imperiled, unless the products can 
be maintained at such a standard and of such uniform quality as to in¬ 
spire and hold the confidence of the market, and, 
whereas, some method of co-operative packing, under a centralized 
and expert supervision, appears to be the only feasible method of secur¬ 
ing a proper grading and uniform quality of No. 1 fruit. 6* 
resolved, that in view of the opportunity opened by the Committee 
on Plans for marketing fruit, an effort be made in twenty or more local¬ 
ities, to secure the packing, under competent local supervision, of not 
less than a total of 50,000 barrels of apples, to bear the brand of the 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Association, and to be placed on the 
market through the American Cold Storage & Shipping Company, and 
that a committee of five be appointed to determine whether the neces¬ 
sary quantity can be secured for this season, and if so, to perfect and 
carry out the arrangements for packing, inspecting, branding and ship¬ 
ping. 
In accordance with this Resolution, the following Committee was 
appointed to attend to all the details connected with the operation of 
this plan: T. W. Campbell, Albert Wood, S. W. Wadhams, J. B. An¬ 
derson, W. C. Rogers, and T. B. Wilson. 
“It is the desire of the Committee to establish as many central packing 
houses as possible, where the fruit will be gathered, graded, packed and 
branded, with the Association’s brand. If you know of suitable build¬ 
ings which can be secured for this purpose, we wish you would let us 
know of them. When it is not possible to handle the fruit in this way, 
other arrangements can be made. We can arrange to market every 
barrel of good fruit you have in such a way as to secure the best possible 
returns, and all profits will be received by the grower. 
Nothing but No. 1 fruit will be exported, the No. 2 grade will be re¬ 
ceived, with the better quality, and sold to the very best advantage in 
New York and other domestic markets. 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
The finely illustrated catalogue of the Continental Plant Co., has been 
issued and may be secured by those interested, by addressing the firm 
at Kittrill, N. C. 
Folder of the Jamestown Exposition. 
Sarcoxie Nurseries, J. B. Wild & Bros., Sarcoxie, Mo., wholesale and 
retail catalogue. 
The Tree Breeder: The Rogers Nurseries, Dansville, N. Y., describes 
a list of high class apples grown from selected scions. 
THE GOLDEN PRIVET. 
Within the last year or two this has become quite a favorite 
plant in London, and in the market we see plants in pots in all 
sizes from dwarf bushy little plants in thumb pots, up to quite 
laige specimens, and they sell readily. Those properly estab¬ 
lished in pots retain their leaves all through the winter, but 
those taken up from the ground, soon get bare of leaves. As 
a plant for town gardens there are few more attractive sub¬ 
jects. I have recently noted many gardens where it has been 
doing remarkably well, and forming quite a nice contrast to 
the green lawns and the darker leaved shrubs. For window 
boxes it also does well, and for this purpose there will always 
be a large demand, for in most instances when they are taken 
out to make room for summer flowers, they are never used for 
the same purpose again, When grown in pots they give but 
little more trouble than they do in the ground, for the pots 
may be plunged in the ground and will require but little at¬ 
tention for watering, if some of the roots do get out into the 
ground, they will not suffer when taken up if they are well 
watered; but I find if they are taken up from the ground and 
potted, even if the greatest care is taken, they lose their leaves. 
If growing, this is not altogether so profitable as some things ; 
they come in at a time when there is not much else to fid the 
stands, and there is little difficulty in keeping up a regular suc¬ 
cession of stock. This Privet is also extensively used for cut 
foliage, and at the price it makes, it should be a profitable crop, 
and it is in use all the year round. 
From the Horticultural Advertiser of August 30th, 1905. 
GONZALES PLUM. 
The Gonzales is one of the most interesting of the recently introduced 
hybrid plums. It represents better than almost any other variety the 
large group of hybrids now coming into notice and derived from cross¬ 
ing of the Japanese plums with the Wildgoose and Chickasaw types in 
America. The fruit is large and fine. The tree, however, seems to be 
rather a poor grower, and is not reliably hardy as far north as Massa¬ 
chusetts. The variety seems to be at its best in the central and south 
central latitudes. This seems to be about the best range for this class 
of plums in general, but the Gonzales is perhaps a trifle more tender 
northward than others. 
Here is a technical description of the variety as grown at the Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural College, where it ripens the last week an August 
and the first week in September. 
Fruit, Form irregular, round, oblate; size, large, 41x42mm; Cavity, 
small rounded.; stem, short slender; Suture, obscure; Apex, round; 
Color, bright red, mottled; Dots, Two kinds, yellow; bloom, heavy; 
Skin, thin; flesh, soft; Stone, medium size, oval; smooth, cling; Flavor, 
sweet and sprightly; quality, good to best; Season, just after Burbank; 
Tree, not hardy, poor grower. 
General notes: A splendid fruit, but seems not to be a tree suited to 
this climate. 
Massachusetts Agri’l. College. F. A. Waugh. 
HERBERT RASPBERRY. 
Keep your eye on this variety. The editor of the Nurseryman has 
known it for a number of years, and his experience with it has impressed 
him very favorably. E. W. Barnes, Middle Hope, Orange Co., New 
York, is offering plants for sale. 
WESTERN APPLE SEEDLINGS INJURED. 
It has been estimated that the floods which visited Topeka and vi¬ 
cinity about the middle of September reduced the plant of apple seed¬ 
ling from 60 to SO acres in extent . This should have a very apprecia¬ 
ble influence upon the price of the product. 
