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HOBTICULTUBE 



October 7, 1916 



VEGETABLE GROWERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The convention of the vegetable 

 growers at Chicago, of which a partial 

 account appeared in our last week's 

 issue, was considered a success, ' al- 

 though the attendance was largely lo- 

 cal, the number of members from 

 other states not being as large as was' 

 hoped for. Vice-President Selby of 

 Philadelphia, who occupied the chair 

 in the absence of the president, made 

 an especially favorable impression, al- 

 ways knowing what to do and doing 

 it without hesitation. 



The outing took place on Wednes- 

 day according to schedule, despite a 

 steady rain, which was good naturedly 

 declared always a friend to market 

 gardeners. Almost a hundred auto- 

 mobiles were waiting at the La Salle 

 to carry the visitors, and the French 

 Gardens were first inspected, then the 

 Poehlmann Bros.' plant at Morton 

 Grove, where Aug. Poehlmann person- 

 ally conducted the guests through 

 plants A and C. Luncheon followed 

 at the Wayside Inn, and 600 did full 

 justice to the good things prepared for 

 them. After dinner speeches with W. 

 L. Kroeschell toast-master, followed. 

 Among the interesting facts brought 

 out were these. Cook County, in which 

 Chicago is located, is 7th in agricul- 

 ture in the United States and Lancas- 

 ter, Pa. is first: we are schooled in- 

 side buildings but not educated; a 

 single new idea is often worth the ex- 

 pense of a convention. 



The closing event of the convention 

 was a banquet, at which 176 were 

 present, and was a fitting finale for 

 the ninth annual meeting of the 

 vegetable growers. W. I^. Kroeschell 

 again ably acted as toast-master and 

 responses were made by N. C. Tolles 

 of the Chamber of Commerce; H. W. 

 Selby, Phila.; Vice-pres. R. L. Watts, 

 State College, Pa.; C. W. Waid, Mich. 

 Ag. College; S. W. Severance, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., and C. E. Durst, U. of Illi- 

 nois. 



The trade exhibition was both big 

 and comprehensive and the extensive 

 displays by the Cook County school 

 children made a wonderful impres- 

 sion. Among the trade exhibitors 

 were the following; 



-American Greeiiluuse Mtg. Co., green 

 house fittings: Armour & Co., fertilizers: 

 Beeman Tractor Co.. motor cultivators: 

 A. Uietsch & Co., short span greenhouse- 

 American Mutual Insurance Co. cvclone 

 and hail insurance for greenhouses: Covnc 

 Bros.: John C. Sloninger Co.. model all-steel 

 frame greenhouse: Lord & Hnrnham Co 

 section of pipe-frame greeiil)o\i9e hot lied 

 sash and boiler; Foley Gieenhouse Mfg. 

 Co section of standard gie.-nhouse and 

 hot bed sash: Garland Mfg. Co " Garland 

 gutters; S. J. Alli-n. Planet, fr.. imple 

 ments; Vaughan's Seed Store, implements 

 seeds, plants etc. ; Jos. E. Pollworth. fer- 

 tilizers; M. B. Skinner, emergencv clamps; 

 Leonard Seed Co., seeds and garden ma- 

 chinery; The Packer, trade paper; Hensell 

 Giate Bar Co., grate bars: Kroeschell Bros. 

 Co. steam boilers and refrigerating plant; 

 Southern Cypress Co.. model bungalow 

 H. Munson, boiler flues; Skinner Irriga- 

 tion System ; Advance Co.. ventilating ap- 

 paratus and flttings; Benjamin Hammond 

 insecticides; Poehlmann Bros Co garden 

 hose and insecticides: Superior Boiler & 

 Engine Co.. model of boiler; A. L. Randall 

 Co.. sundries; Brownell Improvement Co. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Oct. 9. 



Cleveland Florist.s' Club, HoUen- 

 den Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Gardeners" and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florists Exchange Hall, 

 Baltimore,' Md. 



New York Florists' Club, Grand 

 Opera House, New York City. 



Rochester Florists" Association, 93 1 

 Main St.. East Rochester. X. Y". 



Tuesday, Oct. 10. 



Auu-rican .\ssociation of Park 

 Superintendents. New Orleans, La, 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport. R. I. 



Wednesday, Oct. 11. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, ,Tabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dutchess County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Fallkill B!dg., Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, I>enox. 

 Mass. 



Morris t;()unty Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' .Society, Madison, N. ,T. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, Oct, 12. 



Menio I'ark Iloriirnltnral Socielv, 

 Menlo Park. Calif. 



New London Horticultural Society, 

 Municipal Bldg.. New London, Conn. 



Friday, Oct. 13. 



Connecticut Horticultural So. 

 ciety. County Building. Hartford. 

 Conn. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horli- 

 cultura! Society, Doran's Hall. 

 Greenwich, Conn. 



Saturday, Oct, 14. 



Dobbs Ferry (J.irdeners' .Associa- 

 tion, Dobbs Ferry. N. Y. 



'■emeiit construction ; Kentuckv Tobacco 

 Product Co.. insecticiiles: Crane & Co 

 cement machinery; Market Growers' Jour- 

 nal: Ickes-Braun Mill Co., greenhouse 

 lumber. 



The University of Illinois. Univer- 

 sity of Ohio, University of Indiana, 

 and University of Pennsylvania made 

 extensive educational exhibits. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



At the monthly meeting held on 

 Thursday evening, September 28, M. J. 

 Brlnton of Christiana read a paper 

 which he called 'Hash." Mr. Brinton 

 ; is a little more than a florist; he is a 

 man of affairs and a student of politi- 

 cal and economic conditions, hence his 

 "Hash" was pretty rich food, the kind 

 that creates both brain and brawn. He 

 reviewed the unhealthy condition of 

 business today with its immense war 

 profits along certain lines, profits that 

 are a detriment to our particular busi- 

 ness in the way they affect the labor 

 and supply market. This increase of 

 cost all along the line was used to 

 demonstrate the necessity of our get- 

 ting higher prices for our products. 



He showed how the country at large 

 was ripe for a good year in the florists' 

 business and urged the production of 

 high quality stock, so that this de- 

 mand might be met with the satisfac- 

 tion to the buyer that creates future 

 business. Co-operation between all 

 lines of our business was urged as a 

 fundamental principle in the building 

 of success, and especially between the 

 grower and the distributor. He ad- 

 vised florists to keep in constant touch 

 with business conditions and especial- 

 ly so in the general readjustment that 

 will follow the close of the war. 



His paper set us all to thinking, the 

 first thought being one of gratitude for 

 his able paper, and a hearty vote of 

 thanks was tendered him for this 

 contribution to our club literature. 



The Flower Show committee report- 

 ed gratifying progress and A. M. Herr 

 gave a resume of the Vincent trip. 

 Frank Kohr, Lemon Landis and A. K. 

 Rohrer were appointed as an automo- 

 bile committee to arrange for automo- 

 biles to be used on our visiting trips. 

 Fred Spinner of Lititz had a very 

 handsome vase of Chrysanthemum 

 Smith's Advance on display. 



The next meeting will be held Oct. 

 llith and we hope to have Mr. Otto 

 Thilow of H. A. Dreer give us one of 

 bis lectures, as Mrs. Albert M. Herr. 

 chairman of the Junior Garden De- 

 partment of the Iris Club, has secured 

 bim for the afternoon. A trip will be 

 made visiting the growers in the vi- 

 cinity of Lancaster, starting from the 

 srpiare at 1 o'clock via automobile. 



Alisert M. Herr. 



E. A. DrxBAR. Ashtabula, Ohio. 



Treasurer. Vegetable Growers' Association 



of .\inerica. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB, 



The regular meeting of the Cleve- 

 land Florists' Club was held -Monday 

 night, Oct. 2. The chief topic of dis- 

 cussion was the holding of a flower 

 sliow in Cleveland every year, also the 

 one to be held this year on Nov. 10, U 

 •and 12 at The Hollenden Hotel. 



President Pentecost has announced 

 the following standing committees: 

 Executive — H. P. Knoble, chairman; 

 Timothy Smith, Geo. Bate, 0. P. Black- 

 man and Frank Friedley. Entertain- 

 ment— W. E. Cook, chairman; Frank 

 J. Ritzenthaler. Chas. Bastian. Re- 

 ception or "Glad Hand"— H. P. Mer- 

 ritt, chairman; H. P. Raplev, K W 

 I'ox. 



