. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 560 The American Florist. Sept. 21, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. Thomas B. Meehan. Dresber. Presi- dent: J. B. Pilkington. Portland, Vice- President; John Hall. Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Thirty-eighth annual convention to be held at Portland. Ore., June. 1913. 4 Eatox Rapids, Mich.—A summer orchard meeting was held August 21 by the State Horticultural Society. SOUTH Bexd, Ikd.—The St. Joseph Horticultural Society met August 31 at the home of C. P. Bradely and dis- cussed the mark


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 560 The American Florist. Sept. 21, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. Thomas B. Meehan. Dresber. Presi- dent: J. B. Pilkington. Portland, Vice- President; John Hall. Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Thirty-eighth annual convention to be held at Portland. Ore., June. 1913. 4 Eatox Rapids, Mich.—A summer orchard meeting was held August 21 by the State Horticultural Society. SOUTH Bexd, Ikd.—The St. Joseph Horticultural Society met August 31 at the home of C. P. Bradely and dis- cussed the marketing of apples. St. Joseph, Mo.—At a meeting of the Missouri Board of Horticulture, held here August 31, it was announced that a "fruit census" of the state was being taken. A count of the fruit trees and the owners, with a view to put- ting the grower in touch with the buy- er, Is being made. Augusta, Ga.—The Southern Nurs- erymen, representing fourteen states, adjourned August 29. after a splendid meeting in this city. The officers elect- ed for the ensuing year are: O. Joe Howard, Greensburg, N. C, president; R. C. Chase, Huntsville, Ala., vice- president; A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn., secretary-treasurer. The next meeting will be held in 1913 at Mont Eagle, Tenn. American Apple Growers' Congress. The American Apple Growers' Con- gress held their annual convention at the Planters hotel, St. Louis, Mo., August 22, in conjunction with mem- bers of the state board of horticulture. Where spraying was practiced big crops are reported. Poorer grades of apples wU be used for cider. Sen- ator Dunlap of Illinois expects 40,000 to 45,000 barrels from his orchard and J. Mack Lanner, of Springfield, 111., ex- pects 50,000. Louis Erb, from the Ozarks, also expects a big yield. All officers of 1911 were re-elected as fol- lows : J. W. Stanton, Richview, 111., president; Louis Erb, Cedar Gap, Mo., vice-president; T. C. Wilson, Columbia, Mo., secretary; Wesley Greene, De


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