Oc-tober 16, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual fruit exhibition of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, October 19 to 24, inclusive. 

 This exhibition will be held in connec- 

 tion with the New England Fruit Show 

 at which every New England state will 

 present the best products of its orch- 

 ards. 



The main object of this combined ex- 

 hibition is to demonstrate the superior 

 quality of New England fruit; to en- 

 courage better methods of production 

 and marketing, and to call attention 

 to the possibilities of commercial fruit 

 growing in the New England States. 



On account of the orchid show in 

 May, 1910, for which extensive prepar- 

 ations are being made, the usual 

 spring exhibition at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, will be omitted next 

 year. The January show will also be 

 omitted, but there will be an exhibi- 

 tion in February which, if the pro- 

 posed plan of amalgamating the mar- 

 ket shows with it should be adopted, 

 will be a very extensive and interest- 

 ing affair, especially from the florists' 

 trade standpoint. The dates set for 

 this show are February 20, 27 and 28, 

 and not February 19 and 20, as has 

 been announced elsewhere. 



New England Fruit Show. 



The several New England States will 

 hold a Fruit Show at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, Mass., from October 19th 

 to 24th, 1909. 



This proposed show is one of the 

 results of the meeting of the Gover- 

 nois of the New England States in 

 Boston, November, 1908, at which 

 meeting questions relative to the pro- 

 moting of New England's fruit inter- 

 ests were discussed. This will not only 

 be a collectii.'U of fine fruit, grown en- 

 tirely in New England, but it is to be 

 of educational value, for besides ex- 

 hibits of fruit, orchard tools, spraying 

 outfits, and materials, there will be 

 lectures by the best experts in the 

 country on all matters pertaining to 

 fruit growing, and problems which the 

 orchardist will encounter will be dis- 

 cussed. New England has a wonder- 

 ful future before her in fruit growing, 

 for, contrary to the general opinion, 

 her soils are not run out nor her farms 

 abandoned fo-r lack of soil fertility. 



Lack of knowledge and industry are 

 largely responsible for the present con- 

 dition of fruit growing here. New 

 England can produce as good looking 

 apples as the West. This has been 

 proved beyond a doubt by the few men 

 who are really caring for their or- 

 chards, and the quality of New Eng- 

 land grown apples surpasses that of 

 apples grown in any other section of 

 the country. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Owing to the New England Fruit 

 Show occupying all the halls in the 

 Horticultural building on October 19, 

 the regular club meeting will be held 

 on Tuesday evening, October 26 at 

 8 o'clock. J. K. M. L. Farquhar will 

 favor us with a stereopticon lecture 

 on "Hardy Bulbous Plants." He will 

 also show a number of views of in- 

 teresting horticultural sights as seen 



Trophies to be Competed for in the Professional Classes at the Portola 

 Flower and Fruit Show, San Francisco, Cal. 



during his late European trip. Numer- 

 ous exhibits are planned and the 

 meeting will undoubtedly be very 

 largely attended. 



At the meeting on Nov. 16 Miss 

 Louise Hetzer of the Lowthorpe 

 Ladies' School of Horticulture, Groton, 

 Mass., will speak on "Jottings of a 

 Journey Abroad." Ladies will be made 

 welcome at both the October and No- 

 vember meetings. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



At the joint exhibition of this So- 

 ciety and the American Institute of 

 the City of New York, to be held in 

 New York on November 10, 11 and 12 

 the following special prizes are of- 

 fered, open to all unless otherwise 

 stated. 



Class A— C. S. A. prize. Best 10 

 blooms of any one variety, long stems, 

 Silver Cup. 



Class B— H. W. Buckbee prize, Best 

 12 blooms 12 varieties American seed- 

 lings, 12-inch stems. Silver Cup. 



Class C — J. C. Vaughan prize, (open 

 to private gardeners only). Best 

 specimen bush plant, any variety. 

 Sliver cup. 



Class D — Stumpp & Walter prize. 

 Best 10 blooms of Miriam Hankey, 

 long stems. Silver cup. 



Class Ea— W. Wells & Co. prize, 

 6 blooms Pockett's crimson, long 

 stems, first, gold; second, silver; 

 third, bronze medal. 



Class Eb— W. Wells & Co. prize. 

 Vase of single varieties, assorted col- 

 ors. 12 sprays to constitute the vase, 

 first, silver; second, bronze medal. 



Class F — F. R. Pierson Co. prize, 

 (open to private gardeners only). 

 Best 12 blooms in 4 varieties, 24-inch 

 stems, 3 blooms in a vase, $10. 



Class G — Peter Henderson & Co. 

 prize, 12 vases of Ostrich Plume 

 chrysanthemums, 12 varieties, 3 

 blooms to a vase, first, $10; second, 

 $5. 



Class H— Elmer D. Smith & Co. 

 prize, 12 vases Anemone varieties, 12 

 varieties, 6 of which to be introduc- 



tions of 1909, 5 sprays to each vase, 

 first, $15; second, $10. 



Class I— Chas. H. Totty prize, 6 

 blooms, one variety, introduction 1909, 

 long stems, first, $15; second, $10. 



Class J — Skidelsky & Irwin Co. 

 prize, 12 sprays Pompon varieties, 12 

 varieties, first, $2; second, $1. 



Class K — Foley Manufacturing Co. 

 prize, Best undisseminated seedling, 6 

 blooms — white, pink or yellow; purity 

 of color to be chief factor in judging, 

 $10. 



Class L — Traendly & Schenck prize, 

 Vase 12 blooms Col. D. Apple- 

 ton, long stems; open to commercial 

 growers only, first, $6; second, $4. 



Class M — William Duckham prize, 

 12 blooms, 12 varieties, not over 12- 

 inch stems, first, $10; second, $5. 



New York Florists' Club prizes, Six 

 blooms of chrysanthemum seedling or 

 variety never before exhibited in this 

 country. To be judged under both the 

 exhibition and commercial scales, the 

 highest total number of points under 

 both scales to decide the winner, first, 

 silver medal; second, bronze medal. 



ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. 



The floricultual department of the 

 Illinois Stale Fair was exceptionally 

 large and creditable this year. Prom- 

 inent among the prize winners in the 

 ornamental plant classes were G. M. 

 Brinkerhoff, George Van Horn, Wirth 

 & Gaupp, Geo. A. Kuhl, A. C. Brown 

 and Vaughan's Seed Store. Roses 

 made a fine showing. Among the ex- 

 hibitors in the various rose classes 

 were Poehlmann Bros. Co., A. 0. Can- 

 field and A. C. Brown. The same ex- 

 hibitors and the Chicago Carnation 

 Co. showed carnations. Bassett & 

 Washburn showed O. P. Bassett carna- 

 tions not for competition, and Peter 

 Reinberg a general collection of roses. 

 Design work of artistic excellence was 

 shown by Schiller and A. Lange of Chi- 

 cago; Geo. A. Kuhl, Wirth & Gaupp, 

 A. C. Brown and others. Among the 

 combination designs of noticeable qual- 

 ity were the following: Bridal bou- 

 quet of Kaiserin roses, spray of Den- 

 drobium formosum and shower of lily 



