Nursery

in horticulture, an establishment for the rearing of plants, especially fruit trees. The following statistics are taken from the census report: Number of nurseries. . . . . 4,510 Acres of land. . . . . 172,806 Capital invested. . . . . $52,500,000 Men employed. . . . . 45,657 Women employed. . . . . 2,279 Animals, horses, etc. . . . . 14,200 Young trees and plants. . . . . 3,386,858,778

The center of the nursery business for the United States is Rochester, New York, but is likely to move westward, possibly into Illinois. Various local associations of nurserymen are made effective by a national organization known as the American Association of Nurserymen, with a movable annual meeting. In 1908 we imported nursery stock to the value of $2,000,000. See Grafting; Spraying; Grape; Apple, etc.