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HORTICULTURE 



September 23, 1916 



commission men on "Preparing Vege- 

 tables for Market." • „. r 



8 P M— "Better Seeds session, O. 

 E Durst, cliairman: report of com- 

 m'ittee on nomenclature and varieties 

 of vegetables. Report of committee 

 on seed inspection and certification. 

 Discussion of the seedman s disclaim- 



Thursday, September 28. 



7 A M— Visit to Water street and 

 Randolph street farmers' market. 



9 A M.— "Marketing session; H. 

 W Shelbv. chairman. "Auction Sys- 

 tem of Selling Perishable Products 

 Victor K. McElheny, Jr., New York. 

 "Advertising tor the Vegetable Grow- 

 ers ■• L W. C. Tuthill, New York. Ad- 

 dress on "Standardization" by repre- 

 senatives of the Bureau of Markets. U. 

 S D A Talk on crop reports by rep- 

 resentatives of Bureau of Crop Esti- 

 mates, U. S. D. A. Report of commit- 

 tee on Weights and Measures. Report 

 of Committee on Co-operative Buying 

 and Selling. . 



2 p. M.— Marketing session, (con- 

 tinued.) , ^ „„„. 



8 p M— Illustrated lecture. bci- 

 ence and the Soil." Henry G. Bell, Chi- 

 cago. 



Friday, September 29. 



;1Q A M — Reports of committee. Un- 

 finished business. Election of officers. 

 Afternoon.— Open. 

 6 P. M.— Banquet. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Societv is doing more insistent 

 work than ever before. The annual 

 exhibition, which was held the pas' 

 week, was full proof that this Society 

 is still full of lite and activity. 



John H Slocombe, who has been in 

 touch with the Society for forty years, 

 had a wonderful display. In the class 

 "Open to All. tor "24 dahlias, any and 

 all types," he won first. All these 

 varieties were of his own raising and 

 thev won in open competition, over 

 imported varieties, as well as those of 

 domestic origin. It is questionable it 

 anv other dahlia grower in America 

 could place 24 dahlias of his own 

 raising and win first prize in open 

 competition, especially with such 

 growers as are to be found in New 

 Haven and vicinity. 



The following is a list of the 24 

 varieties exhibited by Mr. Slocombe: 

 Mildred Slocombe. Beatrice Slocombe, 

 Emma Slocombe, Chieftain, Red Chief- 

 tain, Geisha Seedlings 1, 2, 3 and 4, 

 Mrs. Nathaniel Slocombe, Herbert 

 Slocombe, Elsie Bunnell, White Excel- 

 sior, Purity and ten unnamed seed- 

 lings of 1915. 



W. F. Jost, of East Haven, won nine 

 1st and four 2nd cash prizes. A. E. 

 Doty, Morris Cove, won four 1st and 

 eight 2nd, also a certificate of merit 

 for a new dahlia not introduced prior 

 to 1914. William Austin, gardener for 

 L. E. Stoddard, won the Sanderson 

 prize for 25 dahlia blooms. Great in- 

 terest was taken in the school chil- 

 dren's class, in which many prizes were 

 given. William Austin received 1st 

 and David Kydd 2nd in the State prize 

 for one-half bushel of potatoes. 



The judges for the show were 

 Maurice Fuld, E. L. Childs and George 

 L. Thrall, Sr. 



Coming Exhibitions 



Sept. 26-28, New York, N. Y.— 

 Ame?. Dahlia Soc's annual show, in 

 Enaineering Bldg., 25 \\ . 39th bt. 

 In ^conjunction with The American 

 Institute of the City of New \ovK. 



Sept 26-29, CbicaBO.— Vegetable 

 Growei-B' Association, Hotel La Salle. 

 Annual Convention and Trade i.x- 

 hibit. 



Oct. 7-8, Boston.— October Fruit and 

 Vegetable Exhibition, Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, Horticultural 

 Hall. 



Oct 10-12, New Orleans, L.a. 

 Eighteenth Annual Convention Amer- 

 ican Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents. 



Oct. 26-27, Madison. N. J.— Twen- 

 tieth Annua! Flower Show, Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists bo- 

 ciety, James Assembly Hall. 



Oct. 27-29, Mount Kisco, N. Y. — 

 Fall show of the Northern Westches- 

 ter County Hort. and Agn. Soc. 



Oct. Sl-Nov. 1, Greenwich, Conn.-- 

 Fall Flower, Fruit and Vegetable 

 Show of the Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticultural Society. 



Nov. 1-5, Boston.— Grand Autumn 

 Exhibition of Plants, Flowers, Fruits 

 and Vegetables. Massachusetts Hor- 

 I ticultural Society, Horticultural Hall. 

 ' Nov. 1 to 3, Tarrytown, N. Y. — 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Tarry- 

 town Hort. Soc. in Music Hall. 



Nov. 8-10, New York.— Annual 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, Engineering Society 

 Bldg., 25-33 W. 39th St., New lork. 



Not. 9-11, I-ancaster, Pa.— Fall 

 flower show. 



Not. 9-12, New Y'ork — Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Not. 11-19, New Orleans, La. — 

 Flower show. 



Nov. 14-15, Providence, R. I. — 

 Flower show of R. I. Hort. Soc. 



DAHLIA SHOW AT ATTLEBORO, 

 MASS. 



Collarette— Thomas N. Proctor. 

 Pompon— Thomas N. Proctor. 



CLEVELAND INDUSTRIAL EXPO- 

 SITION. 



The big show at Cleveland turned 

 out very successful. The flower show 

 section was one of the most artistic 

 features of the entire event and at- 

 tracted favorable comment. 



The retailers had a lot of fine tables, 

 a total of ten in all, changing them 

 about everv second day. There were 

 three tanks of water lilies and other 

 aquatic plants. 



The floral interests of Cleveland 

 made an elaborate exhibit, consisting 

 of a rustic bridge and water falls. The 

 private gardeners more than spread 

 themselves on their various group fea- 

 ture exhibits. 



Prize Awards. 



Ornamental Grasses— 1st. Woodside Farm, 

 O. P. Blackraan, Mgr.. West Park, O. 



Foliage Plants— 2iKl. Woodside F"™- . 



Group of Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 

 150 sq. ft.-Ist. James W. Corngan, Wlck- 



'' sWimen Palm— 1st. Woodside Farm. 

 6 Sp™men Crotons-lst. Woodside Farm. 

 6 Dracaenas— 2nd. Woodside Farm 

 Pandanus Veitchii— incl. James ^. Corn- 



""Giadioli, 5 classes— 1st. James W. Corri- 



^'Displav of Delphinium arranged for 



effect— I'lt. James W. Corrigan. 



iTmon Tree-lst. James W. Corrigan 

 Straw Flowers— 1st. Chas. Keece, 13526 



'''^IVLu.-ui Corrigan Estate, 2nd. Chas. 



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Centaureas— 1st. Corrigan Estate. 

 Har.lv I.ilies-lst. Mrs. C. W. 'Wason. 

 Hanging P.asket— 1st. James W. Corrigan, 

 2nd. It. P. Wells. Wicklitf, O. 

 Begonias, Hanging Baskets— 1st. James 



Hamper— 1st. James W. Corrigan, 2nd. H. 



^■A^t'e'Js: 5 classes-lst. Mrs. J. 'W. Weth, 

 B'lv Village, O. 



Hanlv I'hlox- 1st. Woodside Farms. 



Bosto'n Fern— 1st. H. P. Eells. . 



Collertloii Garden Flowers— 1st. Woodside 

 Fams, 211(1. .Tam.'S W. Corrigan. 



The Atlleboro (Mass.) Dahlia As- 

 sociation held their second annual 

 dahlia show on Friday and Saturday, 

 September 15 and 16, at Y. M. C. A. 

 Hall. The schedule was an attractive 

 one and the local growers supported 

 it well with their advertising. J. K. 

 Alexander was judge. George J. 

 Bauer, of Briggs Corner, was the big 

 local winner. Two exhibitions by 

 W. D. Hathaway and .1. K. Alexander 

 were not in competition, but attracted 

 lots of attention by their beauty and 

 quality. This has been a bad year for 

 dahlia growers, owing to the inroads 

 made in the gardens by the cinch fly. 

 Whole gardens have been destroyed 

 and it had its effect upon the annual 

 shows in the quality as well as quan- 

 tity of flowers shown. 



The committee in charge of the 

 show included Charles Sleeper, George 

 L. Cobb and Thomas N. Proctor. Next 

 to G. .1. Bauer in the list of winners 

 were Thos. N. Proctor, P. L. Tinkhara, 

 Geo. L. Colb, Sidney Addecott, H. N. 

 Fiske, R. S. Hossington, E. N. Hirons 

 and C. E. Sleeper. The winners on 

 seedlings exhibited by the originators 

 were as follows: 



Cactus— 1st, Joseph Hewings; 2nd, 

 Eben N. Hirons. 



Decorative— 1st, Sidney Addecott. 

 Peony flowered— 1st, Thomas N. 

 ■Proctor: 2nd Thomas N. Proctor; 3rd, 

 R. S. Hosington. 



Single— 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Thomas N. 

 Proctor. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Massachusetts Asparagus Grow- 

 ers' Association held Its annual meet- 

 ing on Thursday, September, at the 

 Experiment Station, Bedford road. 

 Concord, .Mass., at 11 o'clock A. M. 

 Among the speakers were Dr. N. W. 

 Sanborn of Holden, Henry Green of 

 New York, Professor William P. 

 Brooks and Professor J. B. Norton. 



The prize schedule of the annual 

 flower shows of the Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society has 

 been received. The exhibition will 

 take place on Thursday and Friday, 

 October 26 and 27, in Assembly hall. 

 Madison, N. J. This will be the 21st 

 fall flower show of the society. Copies 

 of the prize list may be had on appli- 

 cation to Edward Reagan, secretary, 

 Morristown, N. J. 



September 14 was an ideal day for 

 the Worcester County (Mass.) Horti- 

 cultural Society's flower, fruit and 

 vegetable exhibition, and hundreds 

 visited Horticultural Hall in the after- 

 noon. There was a good showing of 

 gladioli, and though not many dahlias 

 were shown, the specimens were beau- 

 tiful. Dahlias are not numerous, 

 owing to the late wet season, but 

 there will be some fine dahlia blos- 

 soms later. 



The flower show committee of the 

 Holvoke and Northampton Florists' 



