May S, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



843 



Peter Reinberg. 



AMONG THE GROWERS. 



Peter Reinberg, Chicago. 



A recent automobile ride through the 

 sixteen acres of glass at Summerdale 

 (walking is too slow if you expect to 

 see it ail in one day) revealed the fact 

 that Peter Eeinberg has faith in Lib- 

 erty. He is largely increasing the space 

 devoted to it and will this season bench 

 30,000 plants. These will include quite 

 a few old plants that he will bloom an- 

 other season, merely lifting and replant- 

 ing in fresh soil. The carried-over 

 plants did finely this season and he will 

 try it again on a larger scale. He is 

 also carrying over many of his Beau- 

 ties, replanted in fresh soil of course. 

 The plants carried over from last sea- 

 son furnished the finest flowers this sea- 

 son and lots of them. The old plants 

 are lifted, primed back and established 

 in 4-inch pots before being replanted 

 on the bench. 



Referring to Liberty Mr. Geo. Collins, 

 the able foreman, says this variety 

 seems to do best in a temperature of 5.5 

 to 56 degrees. 



Several houses are being planted with 

 the new rose Sunrise, for which Mr. 

 Eeinberg thinks there will be a place. 

 Several houses of Perles were looking 

 well and we were told that the blooms 

 had been in excellent demand all the 

 season. It certainly is strange that 

 Perle has been so generally discarded 

 when there is no other yellow rose to 

 take its place. 



ilme. Chateuay has made a favorable 

 impression here and the ' ' acreage ' ' will 

 be increased this season. Ivory will 

 be on trial and its parent, Golden Gate, 



will have fully as much room as before. 

 The usual immense quantities of Beau- 

 ties and Brides and Maids will be 

 benched, many of the last two being 

 grafted plants. Experience to date in- 

 dicates that the grafted plants are de- 

 cidedly worth the additional expense 

 and labor, much more than making this 

 up by the increased value of the cut. 



Tn white carnations Mr. Eeinberg 

 will this season bench about the same 

 number of Flora Hill as last year, but 

 the number of White Cloud will be 

 much reduced, the color not being pure 

 enough and other faults lessening its 

 value. The space devoted to Peru will 

 be largely increased, and he considers 

 this the best paying white on the place. 

 Norway is still on trial and about the 

 same number will be planted as last 

 year. Hoosier Maid is considered fa- 

 vorably and will have a little more room, 

 as is also Bon Homme Eichard, which 

 is certainly a very free bloomer. 



In pink sorts Lawson will have more 

 room than before, as will also Guardian 

 Angel, the pink sport from Armazindy. 

 And by the way this variety has held 

 its color up to date better than any of 

 the other pinks, as well as being a won- 

 derful bloomer and very fragrant. Mr. 

 Reinberg considers it the biggest money 

 maker among the pinks. Genevieve 

 Lord has been very free, in fact almost 

 as free as Guardian Angel, but it does 

 not keep or hold its color as well. Mar- 

 quis will have as much space as before 

 and would receive more favorable con- 

 sideration if it began business earlier 

 in the season. Joost will be dropped en- 

 tirely, while Morning Glory will be more 

 largely planted than before. Mrs. Hig- 

 inbotham, the new light pink, is well 



thought of and considerable space will 

 be given it. 



In reds, Chicago heads the list here, 

 and the blooms class with Lawson as to 

 price in the market. He will go in 

 heavy on Estelle and will plant as many 

 Crane as ever, but will largely reduce 

 the quantity of America. Mrs. L. Ine 

 is a popular variety here. While not 

 as large as other reds it is a great pro- 

 ducer and quite profitable. Mrs. Potter 

 Palmer, the new red, will have consid- 

 erable space. Evanston has been 

 dropped. 



Mr. Eeinberg grows no yellows op" 

 crimsons. 



In the variegated class he will plant 

 Mrs. Bradt more largely than ever. 

 Prosperity will be tried another year. 

 Some fine blooms have been jiroduced 

 this season and there were usually many 

 buds in sight, but the cut of blooms 

 was decidedly not what it should have 

 been. As a fancy, however, it is needed 

 and will be tried again.' 



He will also have on trial all the 

 leading new sorts and hopes to find 

 some good ones among them. 



M. Weber is in charge of the carna- 

 tions here and the immense number of 

 them must keep him busy. 



Jlr. Eeinberg is now filling out an 

 odd corner of his sixteen acres with five 

 new houses, each 27x250. The Gar- 

 land iron gutter and post construction 

 is used and we noted that the benches 

 were supported by 4 to 6-inch tiles on 

 end, resting on a brick foundation, ex- 

 cept where the stringers met, and here 

 the usual wooden post was used. These 

 houses will have to be the last new 

 houses here unless additional land is 

 purchased. 



Just south of them is a field of eleven 

 acres of carnation plants, the planting 

 out having just been completed, but it 

 is leased land, Mr. Eeinberg having now 

 covered his I6I/2 acres solid with glass 

 except a half acre reserved for his resi- 

 dence and lawn. He may be building 

 greenhouses over that next year just to 

 keep his hand in. 



But he still has a field in the building 

 line in New Castle, Ind. He is senior 

 member of the firm of Eeinberg & Weil- 

 and, which now has at New Castle ten 

 houses each 27^4x300, and there is 

 the state of Indiana supplying excel- 

 lent building sites all around them. The 

 New Castle establishment is in charge 

 of Mr. Peter Wieland, who has a few 

 ideas on building himself. 



Mr. Eeinberg is still a young man, 

 being only 42 years of age. We present 

 an excellent portrait herewith. Nearly 

 all this great range of glass has been 

 erected since 1887, when the brothers 

 started with a range of houses contain- 

 ing about 20,000 square feet of glass 

 that had formerly been devoted to the 

 growing of vegetables. 



As a mere incident ilr. Eeinberg has 

 this year pi-oduced and sold about $10,- 

 000 worth of rooted rose and carnation 

 cuttings, doing the largest business in 

 this line of any year so far. This is of 

 course a trifle compared to the returns 

 from the cut flower output, but is inter- 

 esting as showing the continued increase 

 in the call for this stock. 



.Joakley — Budds, the florist, has a big 

 inquisitive plant on exhibition. 



Coakley — What's an inquisitive plant? 



Joakley — Rubber! — Philadelphia 

 Press. 



