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HOHTIOULTUEE 



October 10, 1914 



TRUCKERS' CONVENTION, PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



The seventh annual convention o£ 

 the Vegetable Growers' Association of 

 America was held in Horticultural 

 Hall, Oct. 6, 7 and S. The local ar- 

 rangements were taken care of by the 

 Philadelphia Vegetable Growers' Asso- 

 ciation. The sessions were well at- 

 tended by a representative gathering 

 from all parts of the country, and took 

 place in the lower hall. The exhibition 

 was in the upper hall. Among the most 

 interesting of the exhibits to readers 

 of Horticulture were the following: 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., an excellent 

 collection of new large early-flowering 

 gladioli raised from seed sown last 

 May. For size and splendor the flow- 

 ers were most sensational and to old 

 timers who know the culture of the 

 gladiolus only by way of the bulbs the 

 exhibit was almost beyond belief. Tri- 

 tomas and dahlias in the same connec- 

 tion were also shown. A great fea- 

 ture of this display was a beautiful 

 trade-mark sign eight feet high and 

 four feet across made from seeds of 

 peas, beans, corn, etc. This was the 

 work of Frank Therkildson and assist- 

 ants. The floral triumphs were due to 

 the cultural genius of George W. Kerr. 

 Stokes' Seed Store made an excellent 

 display of vegetables of the standard 

 and newer varieties. Henry A. Dreer 

 put up an excellent exhibit consisting 

 mainly of seed samples and ferns and 

 other foliage plants. 



One of the finest of the non-profes- 

 sional vegetable exhibits was that 

 from the farms of the Campbell Soup 

 Co. This was the daintiest, neatest, 

 most varied and artistic of anything 

 we have ever seen in the way of a veg- 

 etable exhibit. Above all it was not 

 too crowded. Every subject stood out 

 separately as a distinct entity. Blue, 

 green and purple Siberian kale made 

 an excellent background center. 



Lord & Burnham Co. were on hand 

 with a fine lot of good salesmen — 

 ;flanked by paint, putty and pictures. 

 Fred Lautenschlager was there also — 

 with an exhibit of pictures. Willard 

 B. Kille showed his new everbearing 

 strawberry "Superb." This proved a 

 •center of attraction and the results to 

 the exhibitor must have been very 

 gratifying. 



Good displays were put up bv the 

 Pennsylvania State College, University 

 ■of Oregon, Maryland State College, 

 Philadelphia Vegetable Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, (Byberry) City Farms, Wom- 

 en's Horticultural Society (Ambler) 

 Ohio State University, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, University of Illinois. The im- 

 plement and fertilizer men were repre- 

 sented in a minor way, and of course 

 our old Slug Shot friend, Ben. Ham- 

 mond, was on hand with a good show- 

 ing of his specialties. 



The official program which was car- 

 ried out with more or less complete- 

 ness was as follows: 



Tuesday, October 6, 9.30 A. M. 



Cnll to Order.— President U. L. Watts, 

 State College. Pa. \Vel<ou)e Addresses. — 



On behalf of tlie City of Philadelpbia, the 

 Hon. Rudolph Blankenburi;. Mayor. Oa 

 behalf of the Phihidelphia Vegetable 

 ^irowers' Assoeiation, Mr. Howard W. 

 Selby. Response.— Mr. C. W. Waid. E. 

 Laiising, Mieh. President's Annual Ad-' 

 dress. Report of Secretary. Report of 

 Treasurer. Reports of Standing Commit- 

 tees. — "Nomenclature and Varieties of Vege- 

 tables," Prof. W. R. Lazenby, Ohio State 

 T'niversity, Columlius, O., Chairman, 

 "Weights and Measures," Mr. C. W. Waid, 

 Michigan Agricultural College, E. Lansing, 

 Mich., Chairman. "Seed Inspection and 

 CertWcatlon." Dr. W. A. Ortou, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 

 Chairman. "Transportation Rates," Mr. E. 

 A. Dunbar. Ashtabula, 0., Secretary. 



1.30 P. M— Inspection Trip to Bustleton 

 Market Gardens. 



7.30 P. M.— Popular Open Meeting under 

 auspices of Philadelphia Vegetable lirowers' 

 Association. Subject for Discussion; 

 "Standardization," Prof. Clyde L. King, 

 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

 Pa., Leader. Address. — Mr. Geo. W. Per- 

 kins, New York, N. Y. 



Wednesday, October 7, 9.30 A. M. 



Appointment of Committees Subject for 

 Discussion : "Soil Problems for Vegetable 

 Growers," Dr. Jacob G. Lipman. Director, 

 New Jersey Agricultural E.'iperiment Sta- 

 tions. New Brunswick, N. J.. Leader. 



1.30 P. M. — Inspection Trip to South 

 Jersey Truck Farms. 



7..30 P. M.— Popular Open Meeting under 

 auspices of Philadelphia Vegetable Growers' 

 As.sociation. Subject for Discussion : "Mar- 

 keting." Prof. Clyde L. King, University of 

 Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa., Leader. 

 Discussion by Mr. E. T. Butterworth, 

 Philadelphia, Branch, National League of 

 Commission Merchants and others. 

 Thursday, October 8, 9.30 A. M. 



Subject for Discussion: 'Co-operation," 

 Prof. Paul Work, New York State College 

 of Agriculture, Leader. Addresses by 

 Prof. T. C. Johnson, Director, Virginia 

 Truck Experiment Station, Norfolk, Va., 

 and others.- 



1.30 P. M.— Report of Committee on Reso- 

 lutions. Report of Committee on Nomina- 

 tions. Election of Officers. Unfinished 

 Business. „ ,, 



7..30 P. M.— Annual Bamiuet at the Belle- 

 vueStratford Hotel. 



Friday, October 9. 



Inspection Trips to PliiUulclphia Whole- 

 sale and Retail Markets, to Mr. C. W. Skin- 

 ner's Farm at Newfield, N. J., and to other 

 points of interest. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE NOTES. 



The seniors in floriculture made a 

 trip to the Botanic Gardens at Smith 

 College. Northampton and under the 

 guidance of Mr. Downer, who is in 

 charge of the grounds, were shown 

 through the greenhouses, herbaceous 

 garden and shrubbery plantations. 



A specimen Paulownia imperialis 

 growing in a sheltered position attract- 

 ed attention. This tree, a staminate 

 form, has already set its flower buds 

 for next '^pring. As it does not regular- 

 ly flower north of New York City, 

 this tree on Smith's College grounds 

 is an unusual sight so far north. 



A recent trip was taken by the 

 juniors in floriculture to G. H. Sin- 

 clair's. Holyoke, Mass. Mr. Sinclair is 

 putting up a new house, 60x400. 

 Hitchings Co. is doing the construc- 

 tion. The students' trip was most val- 

 uable, as they saw the house in the 

 midst of construction with all the mod- 

 ern, up-to-date appliances being in- 

 stalled, including a new recording ven- 

 tilating apparatus. The house will be 



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MOVING BIG TREES. 



Our cover illustration this week 

 shows a most interesting bit of tree 

 moving and planting done by Isaac 

 Hicks & Son. It is a conclusive evi- 

 dence of the unqualified success of big 

 tree moving when skillfully done. In 

 this particular instance the owner's 

 daughter wanted their new home to be 

 built on top of a very sightly, treeless 

 hill in Connecticut. She also demand- 

 ed that the place should be surround- 

 ed with big elms and in two years' 

 time have all the appearances of hav- 

 ing been established by her ancestors. 



Hicks successfully moved these fine 

 old elms in from the country round 

 about for twenty miles. That was 

 over five years ago. The trees have 

 been thriving, as you see them in the 

 picture, ever since. 



Hicks says that with his method of 

 growing of big trees and root pruning, 

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 hundreds of miles, trees that are 

 thirty feet high, and guarantee them 

 to thrive and if they don't he cheer- 

 fully replaces thera — a thing he is 

 asked to do but seldom. 



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