Why is new jersey called the garden state?

Because it always smells like it has just been fertilized.

Why is new jersey called the garden state?
Its called the "garden state" because it's like a huge barrel, with both ends open, one of which is plucked by New York and the other by Pennsylvania
Reply:Because Newark smells like a rose.
Reply:There is no definitive explanation for New Jersey's nickname of "The Garden State."





It is on NJ license plates as the result of legislation passed over Governor Meyner's veto in 1954.





His veto message says in part "My investigation discloses that there is no official recognition of the slogan 'Garden State' as an identification of the State of New Jersey."





Alfred M. Heston, in his two-volume work, Jersey Waggon Jaunts, published in 1926 ( Camden, NJ, Atlantic County Historical Society, 1926), twice credits Abraham Browning of Camden with coining the name at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia on New Jersey Day, August 24, 1876.





On page 310 of volume 2 he writes: "In his address Mr. Browning compared New Jersey to an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and the New Yorkers from the other.





He called New Jersey the Garden State, and the name has clung to it ever since." The problem with this is that the image of a barrel tapped at both ends dates back at least to Benjamin Franklin, so this statement crediting Browning with naming the Garden State can not be taken at face value.
Reply:Jack B...you totally cracked me up!