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HORTICULTURE 



December 10, 1910 



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emphasizes the distinction, which 

 ■every carnation grower has come to 

 realize, between the prize winner and 

 the bread winner, and notes that the 

 retail trade are not disposed to pay 

 the extra price which the grower 

 must demand for the big pets of the 

 exhibition table in order to come out 

 even. 



Among the more recent introduc- 

 tions which have won a high place in 

 this very practical man's esteem. Pink 

 Delight stands out prominently. It is 

 a great favorite with the Boston mar- 

 ket trade and its beautiful salmon 

 color, splendid stem and prolific 

 blooming qualities, place it in line for 

 a brilliant future if it retains its 

 present health and vigor. Scarlet 

 Glow is a lovely color and highly re- 

 garded, but lacks the body of Beacon, 



which here, as elsewhere, is a stand- 

 ard by which all other scarlets are 

 judged. 



Of course many of the well known 

 favorite varieties of the day are grown 

 here with varying success. One — May 

 Day — is to be abandoned after this 

 year. WJiile otherwise desirable it 

 lacks, in Mr. Roper's opinion, the 

 fibre to withstand the wear and teai 

 of market handling. Fair Maid still 

 holds his affection and is grown in 

 quantity. In the market it is like- 

 wise esteemed and its prime quali- 

 ties of color, fragrance and freedom 

 of blooming seem likely to hold this 

 old and popular variety in an undis- 

 puted place for a long time to come. 



jXext door to Mr. Roper's is the 

 range of John Gale. Here Pink De- 

 light, Winona, Pair RIaid, Winsor and 

 The Queen are seen in large quan- 

 tities and other varieties in lesser 



numbers and there are many seed- 

 lings under trial. Queen and Fair 

 Maid seemed particularly good, but 

 Pink Delight was pushing its petals 

 out beyond the calyx in a manner 

 that indicated something wrong in 

 the culture, and we concluded that 

 this variety was not quite at home in 

 the rather high temperature at which 

 Mr. Gale runs his houses. Sweet peas 

 are planted at all the uprights in the 

 benches and are producing finely. In 

 the violet house peas have also been 

 growing between the rows. They are 

 old vines which were to have been 

 pulled out in October, but just at 

 that time they took a fresh start and 

 so were allowed to remain, with the 

 result that they will give an excel- 

 lent paying crop for Christmas. 



Next week we shall tell you what 

 we found at M. A. Patten's model 

 establishment. 



