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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Briggs Brothers' 20 Prize Ears 



to raise vegetables and bedding plants 

 for the market. It has been Mr. 

 Briggs' plan to anticipate the growth 

 of his business by increasing the ca- 

 pacity of his greenhouses until he has 

 now six units, making an acre under 

 glass, where he produces lettuce, rad- 

 ishes and other vegetables during the 

 winter. As spring approaches the 

 growing of flowers and bedding plants 

 is begun and many varieties of these 

 are ready to transplant as soon as the 

 weather permits. The Briggs green- 

 houses are the source of supply for 

 a large part of the garden and flower 

 plants for this section of the country. 



John "W. Briggs was the next of the 

 brothers to arrive, coming in 1909. 

 lie also engaged in the growing busi- 

 ness and part of the time was asso- 

 ciated with his older brother. Last 

 summer he built the florist greenhouse, 

 at Front and Eighth streets, and be- 

 gan business. Already he must have 

 more growing room ; and the present 

 plan is to use one of the units in his 

 brother's group of greenhouses. Flow- 

 ering and ornamental plants and every 

 variety of cut flowers are sold by the 

 Briggs Floral Company, the name un- 

 der which the business is conducted. 



The two younger brothers came 

 later — Roy H. in 1910, and Benjamin 

 H. in 1912. They wanted more grow 



Looking Across Field Where Briggs Brothers Grew the Prize Corn 



