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CARNATION MEN AT 



HOOSIER CAPITAL 



Thr A)))(ric(in (Uirnnliuu Socich/ held its twenty-sixth annual meet iiuj 

 and exhibition this week at Indianapolis, In the heart of the Indiana car- 

 nation belt. The sueeess of the affair was aehicved alonn (inrs made faanl- 

 lar by beinq elosehj followed for several ii<(trs. Has pmurfss shnr(d up.' 



V 



C)\K (if \is will c-oiKicde 

 that ]irooi'(ws has rcast'd to 

 lie iiiailc ill tlu' tl('\'(']()])- 

 iiicnt lit' the cai'iiatiiiii, 

 iiiu'(! dubbed ''[diik'' mtil 

 1 a t r roC'lii'istciH'd t h c 

 ■•divine" llower; but it 

 is contended by many ll'.at 

 the ]iace lias sl(i\v(>d down. 

 The exhil)ition \v h i r h 



<i]>ene(l at the C'laypool hotel, Indian- 



ajiolis, January ',U, while perhajis nioic 



attraetivc than any prcn'ious sho\vin;j,' 



ot' carnations in the nuddle west, owed 



its success to the ]iarticM]iatioii ot' tin' 



retailers rather tliau to the adxance 



made by the growers. 



This was tlie twenty-sixth annu.al ex 



hiliitiim of the American Carnation 



Society and for scver.'il yeais it 



lias been at wrulc alonor the same lines, 



holding its meeting 



in a ])opular liotel, 



arranging a show 



for tlit> ]»ublic and 



inviting the flower- 



lo\crs of the com- 

 munity to come and 



admire. Even at Tn- 



dianajiolis, w h e r e 



the carnation at its 



liest is well known, 



there wKs nothing 



but praise for the. 



quality of the stock 



shown. It was good 



— almost too good, 



for the average 



grower appreciates 



that he cannot com- 

 pete and does not 



ont er his s t o c k, 



with the result that 



the annual shows 



are almost wholly 



made by a few spc- 



<ialists. 



Good Culture. 



High culture is 

 the outstanding fea- 

 ture of these shows. 

 The exhibitors al- 

 most to a man are 

 ]>ossessed of unusupl 

 ability as growers 

 and the stock thev 

 stage is of su<di 

 s])lendid quality 

 that it takes a 

 mighty good nov- 

 elty to make a 

 showing that will 

 command favorable 

 attention when it is 



set up alongside the older \-arieties helped 1 

 grown by these experts. That is why 

 urogress ap[iears to ha\<' slowed down. 

 The 1!M7 vhdw makes it ^ecni more 



William J. Vesey, Jr. 



I'lv-lclcnl-c'lccl Airni ir.in Caiiiali.'ii S..iMrH.i 



th.au e\ CI- apparent that the (dl'ort to 

 increase the size dl' the carnation has 

 been .aliandoueil ; it loojcs as though, by 

 general agreement, the modern carna- 

 tion is large enough, at le.ast tliat 

 grt>ater si/e is not ilesirabk' until 1'orni, 

 substance, I'r.agi'.ance and <tem have 

 lieen fui'thci' developed, wliile the 

 grower ol' aNcrage aliility, grouiul be 

 tweeu rising costs and falling jirices, 

 will assert that lloriftM'ousness, produc 

 ti\ity. is what is want(>d of the no\'(d 

 ties soi'ts th.at will gixo more th.an thf 

 twenty blocnns per plant which now is 

 considered a good a\'ei'age by those who 

 keep count. 



The size of the I ndianapnlis show wn- 

 lelped by two j'actors. lir-l of which 

 IS the f.act that c.arn.at ions lia\e been 

 more jdentifiil and lower in piice this 

 ,l;iiiuaiy than ,al this time in any of 

 the last iew years, 

 wliile Indianapolis 

 is one ni' the most 

 accessible ui' ^v''st- 

 ern citi(^s. The ex 

 liibitor f a r t h (^ s t 

 from h o m e was 

 strout'-;. of I'.idde- 

 ford. Ml'., but Bos- 

 ton L;rn\vi'rs w e r e 

 well represented 

 ."ind the Cottage 

 < hardens upheld the 

 banner of Long 

 I-land growers. The 

 eastern specialists 

 always have been 

 st;iunch supjiorters 



of the S'lriet V. 



Dominant Varieties. 



I he Indianaiielis 

 shdw -ei'X'ed tn deni- 

 on-tiate the stay- 

 ing qualities of the 

 \arieties that have 

 lietMi in the le.ad tlu 

 last I'ew vears. 



l-'h'-h jdnlc still 

 ]ii'edomin;ites: jn-t 

 as I^nclianti(^ss is 

 the most abundant 

 varietv in the mar- 

 kets, so is Tai(diant- 

 ri^ss color the lead- 

 ing one in the ex- 

 h i b i t i o n •-•. P.ut 

 where IIh^ market 

 growers a-- a body 

 cling to Emhant- 

 r e s s, the special- 

 ists have discarded 

 it and use Enchant- 

 ress Supreme, Pink 



