The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-05-01
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT


is the nursery business. l take pleas
ure in laying before our readers the
following circular. which is self-ex-
planatory: s,..seSse
"The various committees which are
at work for the convention OF the
American Association of Nurserymen
at Milwaukee, in June, report that this
meeting will likely be one of the larg-
est and best in the history of the or
ganization. The programme committee
is arranging an excellent programme,
and the entertainment committee will
have plenty of diversion for those who
attend One feature of the entertain
ment will likely be an excursion to
Lake Geneva, near Milwaukee, where
are located many beautiful summer
homes, and where some very fine orna-
mental planting may be seen.
"In arranging the programme, all
parts of the country are to be repre-
scented. M. Mcdonald, Salem, Ore, will
discuss Horticultural Inspection Laws
as They Affect Nurserymen," and H.
Harold Hume, Glen st. Mary, Fla, will
read paper on "Semi-Tropical
Thoughts for the Nurseryman." The
luCTCdSluS lutCICSI III pCCdA SulIuAS,
especially in the Southern states, will
be recognized by paper by H. d.
Simpson, Vincennes, Ind, on the sub
ject of '"The Pecan" Others who have
been asked to take places on the pro-
gramme are Judge Eugene w. Stark,
Louisiana, Mo-; ]. M. Pitkin, Roches.
ter, N. Y; D. Hill, Dundee, ILL.,; DR..
Jordan, of the Geneva IN. W Expert
ment Station; J. B. Pilkington, Port
land, Ore, and others, so that 1t is
expected that the programme will be
complete with most excellent papers.
"Nurserymen of the Northwestern
states are particularly interested in
this meeting, and will likely attend in
large numbers, for an effort will be
made to secure the meeting for Seattle
in 1909.
George G. Seager, Rochester, N. Y,
is the secretary of the American Asso-
citation of Nurserymen, and will be
pleased to furnish information regard
ing membership, which is open to all
interested in the nursery business, or
allied industries"
The fruit grower, in most cases, is
dependent on the nurserymen. 1t is
true that some few growers raise their
own trees. l did that myself but my
experience would lead me, if l were
in the same, or a similar position
again, to buy my trees from good,
reliable nursery. We saved money in
the cost of trees but we lost money in
our first crops of fruit. BY raising
our own trees we were put back two
years. Some of my neighbors bought
trees and set out their orchards the
same spring in which we began our
nursery business. | found that the
two years that we lost in this way cost
us two paying crops after few years.
We lost ten dollars in these crops
where we saved one in using our own
trees Whenever a man decides to go
into the growing of fruit, the sooner
he can get his trees set in the orchard
the better, provided his ground is in
suitable condition. The time when the
fruit grower is sorely tried is when he
is waiting for his trees to come into
bearing. Trees must be pruned, the
soil must be cultivated, in some cases
spraying must be done and damage
from rabbits must be warded Off. l
have known persons to get so discOur-
aged that they gave up and quit the
business. | know one case where a
man sold out for ridiculously low
price and the purchaser sold enough
fruit the first year after buying to
more than pay for the place. In any
line of business any one to succeed
must have stick-to-itativeness, but this
is prominently so in fruit growing.
1t may be thought that we are more
certain in getting trees true to name
If we grow them ourselves. 1t was not
so with us. We. bought our gratis
already put up and in some few cases
they proved not true to name. There