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HORTICULTURE 



November 21, 1914 



rh«toKr:t|>li liiki-ii in one of Mr. Fred Burki'fl conne«te<l lunisi-h at Bakerhtown, i'». The Broad Strip of ^liatle 

 on tlH' riKlit hand ben<-li is 4-aHt liy tiic Gutter. Tlie Narrow One on the left hand one. is cast by the Kidge. 

 Time of lakint; pliotograph was at one o'clock, the llftrcnth of August. 



The Question of Shade 

 In Ridge and Furrow Houses 



ALONG tlie iiiidilie of last August when in 

 Pittsbursh. I took the trolley one fine morn- 

 ing out to Hakerstown. to visit again the 

 range of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. 

 Was fortunate in finding Mr. Burki at his office. In 

 his characteristic direct way; all formalities were 

 soon out of the way and he was talking greenhouse 

 facts and figures. 



Most of his eight acres of glass are sejjarate houses, 

 but he has two blocks of connected ridge and fur- 

 row ones. In 1911 we sold him 10 each 12' 0" wide 

 and 100' long. 



Last year, however, he bought another of our sejia- 

 rate houses 41' 4"x583' 4" and this brings us to the 

 main point of this Ad. — the shade in connected 

 houses. 



In passing through some of these houses, the 

 benches of which had just been white-washed ready 

 for new soil. .Mr. Rurki called my attention to the 

 difference in the shadow cast by the sun on the 

 benches by the gutter, and by the ridge. 

 The ridge shadow measured three inches in width. 



and llie gutters, "Va inches, or more than twice as 

 much. 



When you consider that this was at one o'clock on 

 a day in the middle of August when the sun was 

 high and casting the shortest shadow, the thought 

 of what that shadow is during the short days of 

 December when the sun hangs low, is certainly such 

 as to make a man sit up and take notice. 

 Xot only will the shade be much broader hut in com- 

 bination witli the ridge, the shadow is practically 

 continuous. 



Mr. Burki declares that he wants no more con- 

 nected houses. Such a statement coming from a 

 man standing so high m the business and based on 

 actual comparative results; carries with it convince- 

 ment. 



In addition to the shade side of this discussion there 

 are also the questions of heating economy and im- 

 proved ventilating conditions that unquestionably 

 e.\ist in the large single houses, both of which we 

 would like to discuss with you. 



When you are ready — say when and where and we'll 

 he there. 



Tord. ^iRttrnhamlo 



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