The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-28
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trip of some three weeks duration, and
taking up copy of the weekly NEWS OF
March eth saw an article under the
above heading signed by N. III. Albaugh
Il Son, in which the writers express re-
greet that their agents had seen fit to emit
er into newspaper war with me.
Were it not that there is much more
involved in this controversy than is ap-
parent to the casual reader, and that many
persons are constituting my silence into a
virtual Acknowledgements of error on my
part, would not at this late date care to
again refer to the matter.
AS there is an effort by state organi-
cation for the purpose of protecting the
people of our state against fraud in this
matter of tree dealers, and as this is only
one of those that are being investigated,
it is but justice to the people who are in
vesting several thousand dollars in stock
at the hands of these parties in the Ne
oshO valley that the true state of the case
be laid before them.
This is not personal matter between
these parties and myself, but one of pub
lie interest; although instead of consid-
ering the question on its true merits
these parties make a personal and abusive
assault upon me, not only by the agents
through your valuable paper, but through
the proprietors of the nursery by private
letters to the officers of the Ohio state
horticultural society, nurserymen and
others
The aforesaid n. H. A. s. Son, in their
communication, hypocritically regret
that 'our agents have seen fit to enter
&c. Perhaps it would have suited them
better if their agents had gone to writing
letters to leading hOrticulturists to inform
them as to what kind of person am
and hcw much property own, thereby
establishing the fact that they will deal
squarely and honestly with the people
of this and Coffey counties.
Their regrets, l am of the opinion, are
more that they have been caught in their
attempts to defraud this community /
need not repeat that they scarcely at
tempt to refute my charges of humbug,
although they say "some controversy ap-
pears to have arisen among horticultur-
alists regarding the 'Conover' grape. 1t
seems now, upon investigation in our
nurserymen's association here, that the
'ConOver' will prove to be synonym of
the Lady n very fine white grape" This
is too transparent, and is really amusing.
l could cite dozens of parties to show the
thinness of this disguise. When the sec
rotary of the Ohio state horticultural So
cIety will write as he has under date of
Feb. 81, 81 am convinced they are prac-
ticing fraud, at least in the matter of the
COnover grape" And Geo. w. Camp
bell of Delaware, Ohio, 81 have no knowl-
edge of any grape called the Conover
Seeding. There is no grape known to
the trade, or in any book or list that /
have or have seem" And DIR. j. A. War.
du, "Why have not seen or heard of it
1t is too good to be true" n. dinner OF
Dayton, Storrs, Harrison & Co., the most
extensive nurserymen in the state, Pains
vile, and dozens of others by the exist
ence of the grape What conclusion are
we to come to?
From all the best evidence that we can
get, the whole and only stock seems tc
be in the hands of N. H. A. s. Son, Tad
more, o., and now is likely to be a syno
hymn of Lady" And this is not all
The plate made by J. w. Thompson, Ro
chester, N. Y, for some Ohio partie:
does not represent the Lady, and the large
oval berries and immense bunch carried
about Lyon county were as different from
Lady as Conover is different from wiIG
frost grape.
The firm, now that they are caught in
this fraud, have written to the secretary
OF the Ohio society, that they propose tt
supply the orders here at Emporia will
Lady vines.
If our citizens are willing to accep
and pay $3.50 to So. each for Lady vines
which our local nurserymen would b,
very glad to furnish at one third the mon
ey, they may do so, as it is their owl
loss.
In letter to N. A. Stevens, of Law
renee, editor of the Spirit of Kansas, N
II. A. & Son admit the mistake, but say
"such errors are constantly creeping in,
etc. Let me ask by whom are those eI
rors allowed to creep in? There is n
evidence that this error ever crept int
any nurseryman's business except this
and if our committee had not been o.
the alert, perhaps would have been a
lowed to remain in. This is only one @
the fancy articles oflittle use, sold at ey
travagant figures. There are tree rose.
thornless blackberries, srododendron
standard pears guaranteed to bear frui
in two years, and many other thing
, which no local nurseryman having
reputation at stake would allow his Gu
toners to buy except under protest
This ought to be enough to convlnc
the most skeptical that the people ma
expect very little for their money.
The stock Is guaranteed, but did an
person ever know one of those easter
agents to fulfil the guaranty?
Il To show how these parties keep thei
promise in that respect, I quote a lette
from a friend of mine IN Labette count,
near Parsons.
THE Hill Home nursery, of Tadmor
Ohio, was represented here a year {
more ago, and delivered about $500
8 worth of stock. The same could hay
been bought of any responsible nurseT
in the state at one-half the money The
:, sales were of such stock as had nevt
!, been tried in this part of the state, an
/ in most every case proved of little or n
account here. They sold largely of IRE
roses, to have from five to seven kInC
of roses, not one of which had more tina
!, one when they bloomed, and every or
of which Is dead now; the Utah Hybri
l. cherry, the Lady grape, sold as seedle:
|, grape. Monarch of the West strawberr
the only good thing they sold. The
sold II as bush strawberry without rul
ners, and bore the fruit in clusters like
currant bush. Next, the Hoosaek thor
!. less blackberry-a gooseberry with 1
thorns-and pears on imported stool
+, which are to be free from blight"
I. "Ip some cases they warranted the stoC
and gave written BaFaptee to that effeC
huf I have failed m learn of a Sin Ode %