Au);iist 21. 1920 



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has an opening lor production of two first class CARNATION 

 GROWERS, also a ROSE GROWER this season. 

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^;lll•.■^lul■ll and .itlriulaiits lor the uc 

 casion. 



Elmer Weaver is among the first 

 with Pilgrim in the Philadelphia mar- 

 ket. Who .said Lancaster county was 

 slow? Hmmmmni! Hmmmm! Hzzzzzz! 

 BnininiMim! liz!! Ronksll Thn bees 

 have been moved to Hog Island; but 

 there is still left a little "beesiness" in 

 Lancaster county. The Pilgrims are a 

 little pale; but pretty good for August 

 — just the same. Wait till you see 

 I hem in the cooler weather. Oh, boy! 

 They will be some Pilgrims then! 

 Some rose! All hail. Montgomery! 



We have heard nothing as yet about 

 these other good ones that were intro- 

 duced this year: John Cook and Cru- 

 sader — perhaps we will be hearing 

 about them a little later. 



.■\nd we have heard but little of 

 some other of the wonders — for in- 

 stance: that fine one of Alick Scott's; 

 and that other one by our Canadian 

 friend. Frank Dunlop. We believe 

 there are developments there of the 

 most interesting nature. If we were 

 an old rosarian like .lohn Burton, who 

 showed us, and whose sons are still 

 showing us, what American Ueauty 

 amounts to, when grown by a master 

 hand we would be sitting up nights 

 figuring out the merits of these new 

 ones; commercially first of course; 

 then for the glory of the rose, in all 

 other stages — whether professional or 

 amateur. 



But speaking of John Burton, the 

 great pioneer in the American Upauty 

 industry, we must not forget tliat he 

 announced his retirement a niiuiber of 

 years ago. He asserts that now he is 

 only a message boy for his family, and 

 has little say in what goes on, whether 

 it's in the George Burton place, or the 

 Alfred Burton place. These are all 

 on their own hook. Both of them have 

 been very successful for many years 

 and we take our hats off to both 

 Oeorge and Alfred. 



S(i, no (loulil. all ilirso cleNcr rosari- 

 ans are figuring things out, and if wo 

 could only get John Burton to tell us 

 something it would help. But like all 

 clever business men, he is very non- 

 committal when we run up.against him 

 on that point. 



August 11th the Robert Craig Co. re- 

 ported that two-thirds of the green- 

 houses at the old 49th street place 

 had been removed so there seems lit- 

 tle doubt that the contract agreement 

 of "all out by Sept. 1st" will be a mat- 

 ter of easv fulfillment. 



Robert Craig, senior, paid a flyins 

 visit to Philadelphia on the Sth inst. 

 He returned to his seashore hjome at 

 Ocean Grove on the 11th inst. 



Speaking of new roses the latest 

 sensation is the fine specimens of 

 Dunlop being sent in by the Zieger 

 Company. These have taken the mar- 

 ket by storm and were sold on sight at 

 fancy prices. There has also been 

 some good cuts of this variety from 

 the Leonard place at Ijansdowne. 

 Jake Deutschy is very enthusiastic 

 over the new comer. 



Steve Mortensen is sending in some 

 fine stock of the new rose Pilgrim to 

 the Pennock Co. 



Fred Lautenschlager, the popular 

 secretary of the Chicago Florists Club, 

 sent m^one of their printed circulars 

 Inviting everybody to come by way of 

 Chicago to the Cleveland Convention. 

 I think this was kindly meant; but. 

 my goodness, does he insinuate that 

 Philadelphia is so slow as all that — 

 to go around by the way of Chicago 

 to get to Cleveland. That would be 

 sarcasm for sure if he really meant 

 it; but. let's give him the benefit of 

 the doubt. Otherwise it was a very 

 good circular and worthy of its wide- 

 awake author. 



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