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The Rorists^ Review 



Januabt 29, 1920 



to meet the problems confronting them. 



To bring the discussion to a head, F. C. 

 W. Brown, of the J. M. Gasser Co., Cleve- 

 land, moved that the meeting form a 

 temporary organization of growers and 

 elect officers to perfect the plans for the 

 association by the time of the S. A. F. 

 convention in Cleveland next August. 

 The strong chorus of ayes which greeted 

 the motion when it was put by Mr. Am- 

 mann as chairman of the meeting was 

 sufficient to convince anyone of the 

 fervid favor of the growers. 



Thereupon it was decided to elect of- 

 ficers. The first nomination for presi- 



dent was Mr. Ammann, whose name was 

 greeted with loud acclaim. But since he 

 had volunteered to undertake the oner- 

 ous task of secretary, it was deemed 

 wise to save him for that office and 

 choose another president. August Poehl- 

 mann declined nomination, on account of 

 the press of other duties. F. C. W. 

 Brown was thereupon proposed and said 

 he would gladly serve till August if it 

 was the desire of the meeting. It was, 

 and he was at once chosen temporary 

 president of the growers' association. 



In addition to the president and sec- 

 retary, three additional growers were 



chosen to serve on the executive board, 

 representing different sections of the 

 country. These were C. E. Gullett, of 

 Lincoln, 111.; Wallace E. Pierson, of 

 Cromwell, Conn., and Robert C. Kerr, of 

 Houston, Tex. 



Upon the adjournment of the meeting 

 petitions were presented for growers' 

 signing and the list of names in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Ammann has been rapidly 

 growing since. 



The first meeting of the organization 

 will be held at Cleveland, one day being 

 set aside for the growers at the S. A. F. 

 convention next August. 



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CARNATION CONVENTION CLOSES 



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DISCUSS ORADINQ BLOOMS. 



Interest in Committee Report. 



I In the closing session, January 22, of 

 the American Carnation Society's con- 

 vention at Chicago, the opening of which 

 was reported in last week 's issue of The 

 Review, the report of the committee on 

 grading carnation blooms aroused much 

 discussion. C. W. Johnson read the con- 

 clusions of the committee, the other 

 members of which were S. J. Goddard 

 and Fred H. Lemon, recommending two 

 classes of bloSms of three quality grades. 

 The report follows: 



"There are many obstacles that stand 

 in the way of the recommendation of 

 a system for grading carnation blooms 



that would be acceptable to all sections 

 of the country. 



"First and foremost is the wide va- 

 riation of climatic conditions through- 

 out the country. In the more favored 

 sections, where in winter bright days 

 accompanied with moderate weather are 

 the rule rather than the exception, a 

 much better quality of flower and stem 

 can be produced than is possible in mid- 

 winter in localities that have dark, 

 cloudy days during the greater part of 

 the time. 



"Due in part to this condition, grow- 

 ers of one section grow as their stand- 

 ards varieties that cannot be grown 

 profitably in other sections. Conse- 

 quently, the highest grade blooms of 

 some markets do not compare favorably 



J. Fred Ammann. 



(Father and Flrat Secretarr of National Qrowcra' Association.) 



with those of others and, though there 

 may be growers in all sections whose 

 products stand out above all others, as 

 a general rule the carnation grower's 

 stock does not average up on the same 

 even plane as the rose grower's. 



"Another factor that must be con- 

 sidered is that there are a number of 

 growers who grow only their own seed- 

 lings, which, having some special qual- 

 ity of color or size, are graded above 

 the standard varieties. 



"Taking the aforementioned facts 

 into consideration, together with inves- 

 tigations of the systems now in use in 

 the different markets of the country, we 

 would suggest the following system as a 

 basis for the members' consideration: 



"Class 1: All varieties and all colors 



that are not split in the calyx to be 



classed as follows: 



Carnations, good, flnt quality grade. 

 Carnations, good, second quality grade. 

 Carnations, good, tliird quality grade. 



Carnations, split or mended, first quality grade. 



Carnations, split or mended, second quality 

 grade. 



Carnations, spilt or mended, third quality 

 grade." 



Opinion Not Fixed. 



In the discussion that followed there 

 was demonstrated a desire for a stand- 

 ard of grading, but a lack of definite 

 opinion as to how it might be achieved. 

 The remarks of C. S. Strout, A. F. J. 

 Baur, S. J. Goddard, Thomas Pegler, 

 Ernest Saunders and Carl Engelmann 

 disclosed the uncertainty of the present 

 systems and revealed one possible solu- 

 tion. S. J. Goddard advocated the label- 

 ing of bunches of first quality carnations 

 with the grower's name, a practice he 

 has followed for some time. The grower 

 will be careful in selection if such 

 bunches are to represent his name and 

 quality. If he is not careful, buyers 

 will know it and will come to discrimi- 

 nate in growers' carnations when they 

 make purchases of the wholesaler. 



Question was raised as to whether the 

 wholesaler would agree to such labeling. 

 James MacLaughlin, manager of the 

 wholesale store of the J. M. Gasser Co., 

 Cleveland, stated that he thought there 

 would be little objection, but that he be- 

 lieved the cry now is for quantity more 

 than high quality in carnations. Carl 

 Hagenburger, however, said that only 

 by raising the quality could the carna- 

 tion grower get the price that would en- 

 able him to pay wages in competition 

 with the manufacturers of today. 

 Psychological Side-Llght. 



W. N. Rudd brought an interesting 



