. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 182 The American Florist. Feb. 2j, The Nursery T^^J^^e. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. N. W. Halb, Knoxville, Tenn., Pres.; Frank A. Wkbkb, St. Louis, Mo., Vioe-Pres.; George C. 6EAGEB, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-ninth annual convention, Atlanta, Ga., June, 1904. Pipestone, Minn.—F. A. Ward, of the Northwestern Nursery Company, is in South Dakota on business. Reading, Mass.—Charles S. Pratt has filed a bankruptcy petition. He owes $2, with no assets. Haverhill, Mass.—Ralph S. Hosmer has assumed the duti
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 182 The American Florist. Feb. 2j, The Nursery T^^J^^e. AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. N. W. Halb, Knoxville, Tenn., Pres.; Frank A. Wkbkb, St. Louis, Mo., Vioe-Pres.; George C. 6EAGEB, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y. Twenty-ninth annual convention, Atlanta, Ga., June, 1904. Pipestone, Minn.—F. A. Ward, of the Northwestern Nursery Company, is in South Dakota on business. Reading, Mass.—Charles S. Pratt has filed a bankruptcy petition. He owes $2, with no assets. Haverhill, Mass.—Ralph S. Hosmer has assumed the duties of superintendent of forestry at the Hawaiian Islands, to which he was recently appointed. The present winter with its deep snow and severe temperature offers conditions liable to result in extensive damage to young nursery stock and loss to nursery- men, from the gnawing of the bark by the mice whose usual winter food is inac- cessible to them. Much anxiety is felt as to what the disappearance of the snow will disclose. Sherman, Tex.—Conditions were never more favorable than just at this time and the outlook for an abundant fruit crop is highly gratifying. The successive cold snaps are the best things that could happen for the fruit growers of Texas. The weather has not been severe enough to kill the trees but the cold has been sufficient to keep down the sap and retard the growth of buds. HuntsTllle, Ala. The bulk of the shipments of nursery stock from here to the north and west move in car lots to St. Louis and are dis- tributed from there. The bulk of these shipments has gone forward. Plowing and planting operations are now being pushed forward vigorously while some stock is still being dug. The strong alluvial soil seems especially adapted for the free growth of fiSrous roots and the showing of roots on young peach and privet trees just loosened by the digger leaves nothing to be desired. It is reported that Stark Brothers will invest a large sum in establishing
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