February 10, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



179 



"Economic Interminism" guides our 

 every act, hence the distributor ot 

 bulbs, flowers or plants sells those giv- 

 ing greatest "profits." The carnation 

 in some sections is not in highest fa- 

 vor, but can we expect more? At 

 Christmas, Easter, etc., we crowd the 

 price high, handle fully developed 

 stock the keeping quality of which is 

 worthless; no florist would for a mo- 

 ment accept the stock— pay the price, 

 too — never! It would prove more 

 profitable to keep average prices a bit 

 higher and not so high at Christmas, 

 etc. 



Today carnations have so tnuch dis- 

 ease — in recent years entirely too 

 much so — which gives much of the 

 stock an off-color, impairs their keep- 

 ing value, and yields a lot of in- 

 terior blooms. Several sorts sent out 

 in the past several years have shown 

 up 50 to 100 per cent, worthless be- 

 cause ot disease. This season it shows 

 in the inferiority of the blooms; next 

 year the cuttings taken from these 

 plants give stock that is worthless to 

 bench. Yet in buying cuttings one 

 gets these all counted in. No one can 

 produce clean, healthy cuttings for 

 $15.00 or $20.00 per 1,000, but so long 

 as it is price rather than quality we 

 must cater to price, and low price 

 must carry with it poor quality, and 

 poor quality cuttings means low qual- 

 ity blooms — no profit. 



By careful selection we have Phila- 

 delphia that is a joy to behold, also 

 others in the same class; but we can- 

 not sell the cuttings at "market 

 rates." Today we received 2,000 of a 

 1917 novelty, a lot ot it reeking with 

 disease. About one-third should never 

 have been put in sand, or the plants 

 in the bench, last fall. It cannot give 

 results. These sick ones go back and 

 in return I will be roasted as a "kick- 

 ing quibbler," impossible to please. 

 But why should I accept and pay tor 

 diseased stock? 



If I keep them all. when ready to 

 go into the field I shall have about 

 1,750; when ready to bench. 1,400; in 

 March, 1,000 fit tor fine blooms and 

 cuttings of health. 



Our introducers must send out 

 healthier cuttings, give greater care in 

 propagating and selecting, and less 

 disease. No certificate should be 

 granted nor award made unless the 

 stock is in a high health condition; no 

 novelty that runs as high in diseased 

 ones as several recent ones can be 

 anything but chilling to the enthusi- 

 astic grower. If the exacting grower 

 can show benches nearly 100 per cent. 

 perfect our breeders ought to romp 

 to a close 100 per cent. also. 



The A. C. S. should test out all nov- 

 elties to guard against the undesirable 

 ones. No one ought to object if neces- 

 sary to ask more for novelties. If 

 they test out O. K.. then we can af- 

 ford to pay more. 



It carnations are "undesirable" in 

 some sections, better quality, better 

 prices, better growing, growers, whole- 

 salers, retailers, ought to bring up the 

 remedy. 



BOLGIANO'S TOMATO SEEDS 



Are grown by us as far 



north as Tomatoes 



will mature. 



They are Free from Blight — 

 Most Carefully Grow.i— Most 

 Carefully Selected — Most 

 Carefully Saved 



JUST FOR SEED 



Bolgiano's Tomato Seeds ate 

 well known for their big yields 

 of large, firm, solid, meaty uni- 

 form Tomatoes. 



We grow Tomatoes — just fuf 

 seed, even the pulp we destroy. 

 Not an ounce of Canning House 

 Tomato Seed is allowed to 

 enter our Establishment. ..j^hn ba..k • tomato 



WHOLESALE TOMATO SEED PRICES (To the Trade Only) 



Oz. Vi lb. y^ lb. L,b. 



"JOHN BAER" TOMATO SEED ¥0.75 »a.00 $3.75 $7.60 



•■GREATER BALTIMORE" TOMATO SEED 25 .75 1.26 2.60 



"GREATER BALTIMORE" TOM.4TO (Special Stock Seed)... .30 1.00 1.75 3.60 



MY MARYLAND TOMATO SEEI> 25 .75 1.26 2.60 



MY MARYLAND TOMATO (Special Stocli Seed) 30 1.00 1.76 3JS0 



THE GREAT B B BOLGIANO'S BEST 20 .60 .90 1.75 



RED ROCK EXTRA FINE STOCK 20 .50 .90 1.75 



RED ROCK (Special Stock Seed) 26 .75 1.25 2.60 



BURPEE'S M.ATCHLESS TOM.ATO 20 .60 .90 1.75 



LIVINGSTON'S PERFECTION TOMATO 15 .40 .75 IJSO 



BRINTON'S BEST TOMATO SEED 16 .40 .76 1.60 



WORLDS FAIR TOMATO SEED 15 .40 .75 1.60 



BOLGI.4NO'S NEW CENTURY TOMATO 15 .40 .75 1.60 



BOLGL\NO'S NEW QUEEN TOMATO 15 .40 .75 1.60 



DWARF STONE TOM.4TO SEED 15 .40 .75 1J» 



I. X. L. BOLGIANO'S EXTRA EARLY '25 .85 1.50 3.00 



BONNY BEST (Purest Stock) 26 .76 1.16 2.25 



LIVINGSTON'S NEW STONE (Pure) 20 .50 .90 l.M 



LIVINGSTON'S NEW STONE (Special Stock Seed) 25 .75 1.25 2.50 



LIVINGSTON'S P.AR.4GON TOMATO 20 .50 .90 1.76 



MAULE'S SUCCESS TOMATO SEI;D 20 .50 .90 1.76 



KELLY RED OR W.VDE TOM.\TO SEED 25 .75 1.15 2.26 



LIVINGSTON'S FAVORITE TOM.*TO 30 .50 .90 1.76 



KING OF THE EARLIEST TO.MATO.. 25 .60 1.00 2.0O 



SPARK'S EARLIAN A TOMATO 20 .50 .90 1.76 



CHALK'S JEWEL TOMATO (Pure) 25 .60 1.00 2.00 



TEN TON TOMATO : 15 .40 .75 IJSO 



NEW JERSEY RED TOMATO 15 .40 .75 IM 



TROPHY TOM.4TO SEED 15 .40 .76 IJSO 



TOMATO SEED FOR YOUR 1917 CROP 



You will get an enormous crop of Tomatoes from Bolgiano's Tomato Seeds this year. 

 Our Seed was saved from one of the largest crops we have ever had. due to being favored 

 by weather conditions. The vines were loaded with Large, Solid, Bed Fruit. We know 

 positively by planting Seed from this "Big Crop" your yield will be much larger than If 

 you had bought seed grown where the weather conditions were not favorable. 



J. BOLGIANO & SON, ""r" 



GROWERS OF PEDIGREE TOMATO SEEDS 



THIS IS OCR 99TH YEAR 



Send for our Complete Catalogue giving lowest prices to Florists and Market Gardener*. 



Bright fresh quality at right prices to say they would if they were edu- 



will always be demandable — at least cated to it. On the other hand if Al 



such is the observation of stock can be as easily grown and in 



Canal Dover. 0. C. Bet.scher. as great a quantity as inferior grades 

 then there should be prices estab- 



We have in the St. Louis flower lished as nearly as possible to make 

 market at all times to contend with a it profitable to all the hands this stock 

 large supply of "junk." When a grower passes tlirough on the way to the con- 

 endeavors to supply the market with sumer. It seems to me that parties 

 first class stock he should be rewarded buying flowers tor cash and carrying 

 with a fair price, which would compel same away with tlieni should be able 

 a flower buyer to consider the flower to buy at a cheaper rate than parties 

 a lu.xury. We western folks hear desiring delivery and credit. A re- 

 ahout Boston retailing carnations in taller could in such a case certainly 

 mid-winter at $2.00 per dozen. At the be satisfied with a less profit. Thus 

 carnation meeting held in St. Louis a retailer paying 4c. for a carnation 

 in 1910 many visitors, who saw the could turn his money over at 75c. per 

 splendid blooms grown in the east, dozen, but with delivery and credit he 

 remarked, "we do not get such carna- would have to charge one dollar, 

 tions on sale here, but would the Could not this be discussed? Should 

 buyers be willing to pay the price that like to hear from others, 

 such flowers should bring?" I venture .S^ Louis. C. W. WoB9. 



