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The Florists' Review 



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breaking meeting of the retail trade of 

 this country. 



Because — Every phase of the busi- 

 ness will be discussed and much infor- 

 mation will be obtained. 



Because — You owe this duty to your 

 business as well as the F. T. D. If you 

 are considering time and money you 

 will be repaid a good many' times. 



If absolutely impossible to attend, jot 



down suggestions or experiences and 

 forward President Wm. F. Gude, before 

 October 5; also notify me in case you 

 cannot attend this meeting. 



Very truly yours for a greater F. 

 T. D. Albert Pochelon, Sec'y. 



Couiitersigned : 



"Wm. F. Gude, President. 



George Asmus, Vice-president. 



Wm. L. Rock, Treasurer. 



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VEGETABLE GROWERS' 

 MEETING AT CHICAGO 



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A NINTH MIIiESTONE PASSED. 



The Best Meeting Tet. 



It was at Cleveland in 1908 that a 

 band of enthusiastic growers of vege- 

 tables under glass got together for two 

 days of good-fellowship and the discus- 

 sion of their various problems, inci- 

 dentally organizing the Vegetable 

 Growers' Association of America. The 

 original plan was to admit only grow- 

 ers who have glass, but as the organiza- 

 tion developed this policy was aban- 

 doned and of those attending the ninth 

 annual meeting this week at Hotel La 

 Salle, Chicago, only about one-third 

 have greenhouses. The registration en 

 the opening day was close to 350, but 

 this included committeemen, local gar- 

 deners, exhibitors, florists and the wives 

 of members. The principal attendance 

 is from Detroit and Cleveland, a party 

 of forty-five coming from the former 

 city. In his response to the addresses 

 of welcome E. A. Dunbar, of Ashtabula, 

 said the attendance would double be- 

 fore the final adjournment on Friday. 



Many of the growers under glass find 

 this too busy a season, with the present 

 labor shortage, to attend, but it is ap- 

 parent that it is an outing for most of 

 the visitors, with, at the same time, an 

 earnest desire to learn. Vegetable 

 growing has been more or less a matter 

 of chance, especially with the outdoor 

 man, who has worked from dawn 

 to dusk with no chance to study except 

 in the school of experience. But it is 

 becoming more of a science, especially 

 as glass is being added — and there are 

 exhibitors in the trades' display who 

 say their business in building vegetable 

 houses has increased faster the last five 

 years than in building for florists; also 

 that the vegetable growers are building 

 the finest type of wide, iron-frame 

 houses, building better on the average 

 than florists do. 



The Opening Session. 



President M. L. Ruetenik, of Cleve- 

 land, was not able to be present at the 

 opening session, September 26, and 

 Vice-president Howard W. Selby, of 

 Philadelphia, occupied the chair. He 

 is a seller, not a grower, but he is a 

 live wire and thoroughly conversant 

 with the growers' problems. In his ad- 

 dress he commented on the fact that re- 

 cently better prices have been ob- 

 tained for vegetables than has been the 

 case for several years, but he insisted 

 that the prices have not advanced in 



Jroportion to the higher cost of labor, 

 ertilizer, seeds and other materials. 

 lAbor scarcity is the growers' greatest 



problem today, he said. Of construc- 

 tive wOrk he declared advertising to 

 incjrease the consumption of fresh vege- 

 tables to be one of the things the asso- 

 ciation should undertake. 



Treasurer E. A. Dunbar, of Cleveland, 

 reported a balance of $603.34 a year 

 ago, cash receipts of $532.91 and ex- 

 penditures of $427.48, leaving a present 

 balance of $708.77. . 



Secretary S. W. Severance, of Louis- 

 ville, reported that 132 members had 

 paid the $2 fee for 1916, that forty 

 had paid $3 for new memberships, that 

 four had transferred from annual to life 

 memberships and six new life members 

 had come in, making the paid member- 

 ship' 155 for 1916, with sixty-one life 

 members. He reported eighty-four in 

 arrears for 1915, forty-six in arrears 

 for 1914 and thirty-five in arrears for 

 1913, none of whom are counted as mem- 

 bers for 1916. He recommended the ap- 

 pointment of a committee to revise the 

 by-laws, especially with respect to the 

 qualifications for membership, and re- 

 port at the 1917 convention. 



An invitation was presented to hold 

 the 1917 meeting at Springfield, Mass. 



Three Excellent Addresses. 



The program took the excellent course 

 of limiting the set papers and provid- 

 ing ample time for what are called 

 round-table discussions, although the 

 only table is the secretary's; the mem- 

 bers speak from their chairs on the 

 floor. But the afternoon of Septem- 

 ber 26 was the occasion of three excel- 

 lent addresses, as follows: 



Illustrated address, "Certain Diseases of 

 Truck Crops and Their Control," L. R. Jones, 

 Professor of Plant Pathology, Wisconsin State 

 Experiment Station, Madison, Wis. 



Illustrated address, "Soil Fertility In Relation 

 to Market Gardening," Henry G. Bell, Agrono- 

 mist, Soil Improvement Committee, National 

 Fertilizer Association, Chicago, 111. 



Address. "Refrigeration in Relation to Market- 

 ing Vegetables," Arnold H. Goelz, Mechanical 

 and Refrigerating Engineer, Kroeschell Bros. 

 Co.. Chicago, 111. 



These were practical talks, dealing in 

 an instructive way with technical mat- 

 ters that a grower has little time to 

 study. 



The daylight hours of September 27 

 were devoted to outdoor affairs, but 

 the evening was the occasion of a 

 "Better Seeds" session, under the lead- 

 ership of C. E. Durst, of Urbana, 111. 

 The program was as follows: 



Report of Committee on Nomenclature and 

 Varieties of Vegetables, C. E. Durst, Secretary. 



"The Seedsman's Attitude Toward Nomencla- 

 ture," Leonard H. Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 



Report of Committee on Seed Inspection and 

 Certification, D. N. Shoemaker, tJ. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



"The Relation of the Seedsman's Disclaimer 

 to the Purchase of Vegetable Seeds," A. L. 

 Stone, President American Seed Analysts' Asso- 

 ciation, Madison, Wis. 



Round-table Discussion, "Seed SelectlOK and 

 Plant Improvement for the Vegetable Grower," 

 A. T. Erwln, Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, 

 Iowa, Leader. 



Committees on nominations, etc., were 



announced. 



The Inspection Trip. 



In spite of :the rainy weather that 

 prevailed September 27, everyone was 

 ready and eager for the automobile trip 

 to the north side gardens and the in- 

 spection 'of the Poehlmaiin greenhouses 

 at Morton Grove.' The delay incident 

 to the weather postponed the starting 

 for an hour, but once on the way the 

 ninety or so automobiles made good the 

 loss of time. Lunch was served at the 

 Wayside Inn, Morton Grove, and after 

 a short, informal session at the inn, the 

 trip was resumed and the return to the 

 city made by 6 o'clock. 



The Closing Sessions. ' 



The program for the remaining days 

 of the convention is: 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 6 A. M. 



Visit to South Water street produce -market 

 ' and West Randolph street farmers' market. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, A. M. 

 Round-table Discussion, "Greenhouse Prob- 

 lems," R. L. Watts, Director Pennsylvania 

 State Experiment Station, State College, Pa., 

 Leader. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 11 A. M. 

 Round-table Discussion, . "Marketing Vege- 

 tables," H. W. Selby, Philadelphia, Pa., Leader. 

 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2 P. M. 

 "Marketing" Session Continued. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 9 A. M. 



Round-table Discussion, "Extension Work for 

 VegeUble Growers," O. W. Wald, Michigan Ag- 

 ricultural College, East Lansing, Mich., Leader. 



Entertainment for visiting ladles, exact time 

 to be announced. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 11 A. M. 

 Report of Commlttae on Resolutions. 

 Report of Committee on Nominations. " 

 Election of Officers for 1917. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEHrBER<29, 6 P. M. 

 Annual Banquet, Hotel la Salle. 



.The Local Management. 



The oflScers of the association are 

 strong in their words of appreciation 

 of the local management, which was in 

 the hands of the allied trades people in 

 Chicago. It seems that the arrange- 

 ments are the best ever, the entertain- 

 ment program the most elaborate and 

 the whole affair planned on a scale new 

 to the association. The general com- 

 mittee had Fred Lautenschlager as 

 chairman, E. F. Kurowski as treasurer, 

 and Jas. B. Foley as secretary. The 

 special committee chairmen were: 

 Finance, Geo. Sykes; publicity, Melvin 

 Ryder; hotel, W. L. Kroeschell; pro- 

 gram, H. G. Bell; entertainment, D. J. 

 Coyne; banquet, Leonard Vaughan; 

 trades' exhibits, Alfred Dietsch; recep- 

 tion, J. E. Pollworth. To Mr. Lauten- 

 schlager special credit is given and 

 when he spoke in welcoming the con- 

 vention he received the heartiest ap- 

 plause of the day. 



THE TRADES' DISPLAY. 



Everything for the Oreenhonse. 



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The trades' display in connection with 

 the meeting of the Vegetable Growers' 

 Association of America at Hotel La 

 Salle, Chicago, this week is the princi- 

 pal feature of interest to greenhouse 

 managers who do not grow vegetables. 

 While the exhibition was prepared espe- 

 cially to appeal to those who grow vege- 

 tables under glass, it has an almost 

 equal interest for those who grow cut 

 flowers and pot plants. 



The exhibition occupies every foot of 



