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HOKTICULTU R t 



August 13, 1910 





WELCH BROTHERS 



ONE THIRD OF A CENTURY IN BUSINESS 



Can furnish high-grade flowers packed for shipment in the most skilful 

 manner, at all seasons. 



GROWERS OF FLOVERS 



Who wish to consign their total product for sale the coming season 

 would do well to communicate with us. We charge 20 per cent, and 

 guarantee growers against any loss through bad bills. Payments are 

 made monthly or oftener if necessary and reports of sales are made semi- 

 weekly. . 



A STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 



Where everything for the flower store can be had on short notice. 



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Send for Catalogue. 



226 Devonshire St., 



Boston 



ar©lei3tiones OSO^, OSOS, S^IO JMCain 



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HOTEL SENECA 



Rochester's Leading Hotel 



Headquarters S.A. F. Etc. 



A. M. WOOLLEY 



Manager. 



which accounts for the fractions. By 

 an act of Congress passed in 1S57, the 

 value of these foreign coins was fixed 

 at 5, 10, 20 and 40 cents, which soon 

 drove them out of the country. 



Flower seeds were sold at 6 cents 

 per paper, 100 papers for $5.00, In the 

 1S47 catalogue of James M. Thorburn 

 & Co., we find prices quoted: Beans, 

 per quart. Dwarf or Bush, 25 cents; 

 pole varieties, 25, 37i/i; and 50 cents; 

 Indian corn, seven varieties, including 

 but one of "Sweet" or "Sugar," 25 

 cents per quart, 6 cents per ear; peas, 

 fourteen varieties at 25 cents, twelve 

 varieties at 50 cents per quart, and 

 seven new varieties at 25 cents per 

 paclcet. Very few of the names of 

 varieties now familiar. Beet, seven 

 varieties, including Swiss Chard, Man- 

 gel, and two of sugar beet, 12% cents; 



yellow turnip and Bassano, classed as 

 new, 25 cents per ounce; cabbage, 

 twenty-six varieties, including Kohl 

 Rabi and Savoys — two-thirds of which 

 are now unlisted — 25 cents per ounce; 

 carrot, two varieties for table use, 12ii 

 cents per ounce, two varieties for cat- 

 tle, 75 cents per pound; celery, 25 

 cents; cucumber. Early Frame and 

 Early White Spine, 12i{, cents; Long 

 Green Southgate, Long Green and 

 Long White Turkey, 50 cents per 

 ounce; lettuce, twelve varieties, six at 

 25 cents and six at 50 cents per ounce; 

 egg plant, $1.00 per ounce; melon, 25 

 cents; onion, 25 and 50 cents, parsley 

 and parsnip, 12i/4 cents; pepper — four 

 varieties, 50 cents. Sweet Spanish and 

 Sweet Mountain, $1.00 per ounce; rad- 

 ish — twelve varieties, 1214 cents; spin- 

 ach, 12^^ cents; squash, 12i^, 25 and 



50 cents per ounce; tomato — Large 

 Red, Large Yellow, Cherry and Pear — 

 only four varieties — probably enough 

 for those days, as I have heard my 

 father say that he could well remem- 

 ber when there was not a half-peck of 

 tomatoes sold in New York City. He 

 was born in New Yorli City in 1800, 

 and as a market gardener dated back 

 to 1S2S at Jersey City, N. J. Of tur- 

 nips, sixteen varieties, including two 

 Ruta Baga, are listed at 12% cents per 

 ounce. Flower seeds, 614 cents, some 

 at 12% cents, and a very few at 25 

 cents per packet. There are too many 

 kinds to enumerate, but I must note 

 by way of comparison the universal 

 favorite sweet peas, of which hardly 

 a dozen varieties, including everything 

 under the head of "Lathyrus" are 

 mentioned, while today there are vari- 



