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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Crade Jottings. 
North Texas is in reasonably good condition. Cotton, the 
money crop, is opening late, but promises a better yield than 
was expected, though by no means a full crop. 
The Nurserymen of this section, are prosperous. Owing to 
good rains stock is in good condition for digging. Stock is 
now moving and sales have been heavy. The next sixty days 
will show a large movement of nursery stock. 
Sherman, Texas. Jno. S. Kerr. 
All of these I did business with long before I took G. D. Mc- 
Kisson in with me. I dislike very much to rush into print with 
my business affairs, and would not in this case if Mr. McKisson 
had not published this libel in regard to my responsibility. 
In conclusion, will say that I am doing business at the old 
place, 504 St. John St., Fairmont, Minnesota, and am not 
worrying about the “proceedings now pending.” 
Fairmont, Minn. B. E. St. John. 
personal and General. 
AMONG THE IMPORTERS. 
“The business of the season averaged very fairly with an 
undertone of conservatism in the nursery line. Collections 
were quite satisfactory with only very few exceptions, showing 
that the trade must have been quite prosperous of late. I 
think the demand for ornamentals is a growing one. ” 
New York. August Roelker & Son. 
Gentlemen—Our 
import business, 
which has been 
averaging during 
the past year, 
about the same as 
in former years. 
Aug. Rhotert. 
New York. 
[Information furnished 
by correspondents for 
which the National 
Nurseryman Pub¬ 
lishing Co. accepts 
no responsibility.] 
A QUESTION 
OF VERACITY. 
National N u r- 
SERYMAN. 
Gentlemen— In 
reply to the article 
in the October 
number of the 
Nurseryman, • fur¬ 
nished you by G. D. McKisson, I wish to state that I estab¬ 
lished the Fairmont Nursery in 1895, and used this name, 
and the name of the Fairmont Nursery and Greenhouse 
Company for some time after taking G. D. McKisson in 
with me (Oct. 1900). Previous to this he was a jobbing 
agent, buying his nursery stock wherever he saw fit. At 
the time of my taking him in as a partner, he did not put in 
a dollar or buy any of the nursery stock that I had growing at 
that time. He never at any time owned any of my stock, 
buildings, or land that the nursery stock grew upon, and does 
not own any land in this county unless he has acquired same 
very lately. His statement in regard to the ratings in Dunn 
& Bradstreet I pronounce absolutely false As he has at¬ 
tacked my financial standing, I refer the buying and selling 
trade to the following parties in regard to paying my bills: 
First National Bank and Martin County Nat'onal Bank, Fair¬ 
mont, Minn.j.C. G. Patten & Son, and the Sherman Nursery 
Co., of Charles City, Iowa; D. Hill, Dundee, Ill.; Vaughn’s Seed 
Store, Chicago, Ill.; and Storrs & Harrison of Painsville, Ohio, 
NURSERYMEN CANDIDATES FOR STATE LEGISLATURES. 
Nurserymen are coming forward as legislators. We have noted the 
nomination of Orlando Harrison in Maryland whose election is conceded 
and now we are informed that our progressive nurseryman, Elmer Sher¬ 
wood, of Odessa, Schuyler county, N. Y., is a candidate for the state 
legislature on the Republican ticket. Mr. Sherwood is an all around 
business man and farmer. He conducts an extensive nursery business, 
is a large farmer, and 
a handler of farm 
products. Mr. Sher¬ 
woods’ election seems 
quite assured. 
A fine specimen of Cutleaved Beech is found on the home grounds of W. & T. Smith Co 
flanked by Arborvitae and Cutleaf Maple. 
THE PORTLAND 
EXPOSITION. 
The Lewis & Clark 
centennial has come 
to a close, and there 
is reason for jubila¬ 
tion all around. Most 
people who went to 
the neat, attractive 
little fair came away 
well satisfied, and 
more important than 
all, the men who hold 
stock in the concern 
have received a div¬ 
idend which is the 
next thing to phe¬ 
nomenal and unheard 
of. The attendance 
was exceptionally 
and unexpectantly large. Approximately 2,500,000 people visited the 
show. The circular letter says that the admissions and money collected 
from other sources of revenue will enable the directors to pay a fair 
percentage of the stock subscription. 
A New Jersey man who recently lost two prize shade trees through the 
leakage of gas from the street main, has recovered $50 from the gas com¬ 
pany in lieu of damage sustained. 
Geneva, N. Y. It is 
HONORING EMINENT POMOLOGISTS. 
It is common knowledge in horticultural circles, at least should be, 
that a movement is on foot to raise a fund for the purpose of erecting a 
suitable monument to the memory of Ephraim Bull, the originator and 
introducer of Concord grape. It is the accepted custom to eulogize men 
who have been prominent in letters, art, or in the industrial world; but 
how often men in relatively humble walks in life, who have done much 
more to minister to the material w T ants of the people at large, are over¬ 
looked or forgotten. Treasurer Richardson of the Massachusetts Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, will act as receiver and custodian of a fund for the 
purpose noted above. It is not desired to erect anything pretentious or 
elaborate, but something appropriate and substantial should record the 
memory of a man who has gi ven to the world such a valuable gift as this 
grape for the million, 
