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The Florists' Review 



JANDABY 26. 1922 



GOOD COMPETITION. 



High Quality Flowers. 



Held in New England, where carna- 

 tions are grown to a perfection rarely 

 equaled and never excelled, with most 

 of the exhibitors only a few hours from 

 home, it was to be expected that the 

 stock shown would be of prime quality 

 and that there would be keen though 

 friendly rivalry for the blue ribbons. 

 ICearly all the classes filled; there was a 

 splendid showing of the varieties stand- 

 ard in New England, but there was ab- 

 sence of the old-time showing of novel- 

 ties. Not that progress has ceased, but 

 it takes a good carnation nowadays to 

 stand a chance of displacing the widely 

 disseminated varieties. 



Judging was done on the afternoon of 

 January 25. The judges were C. W. 

 Johnson, Rockford, 111.; E. Saunders, 

 Lewiston, Me.; S. J. Goddard, Framing- 

 ham, Mass., and Joseph H. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind., elected by the society, and 

 John Hartje, of Indianapolis, and C. S. 

 Strout, Biddeford, Me., appointed to 

 take the place of absentees. Their 

 awards were: 



One hundred blooms one variety, white — M. A. 

 Patten & Co., Tewlssbury, Mass.. first, on Thomns 

 C. Joy; William Sim, Cliftondale, MaKS., second. 

 on Wliite Delight. 



One hundred blooms one variety, flesh pink - 

 S. J. Goddard, FraminRham, Mass., first, on 

 Laddie; William Sim, second, on I>addie. 



One hundred blooms one variety, liKht pink- - 

 W. I). Howard. Milford, Mass., first, on Cottatre 

 Maid; Edward Winkler, Wuketield, Mass., second. 

 on Morning Glow. 



One hundred blooms one variety, medium pink 

 — Strom's, Biiideford Me., first, on Improved 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward; M. Matheron, Hempstead. 

 N. Y., second, on Mrs. Wanl. 



One hundred blooms one variety, dark pink-- 

 S. J. Goddard, first, on IJosalia; William Sim. 

 second, on Rosette. 



One hundred blooms one variety, red or scarlet 

 — J. F. Coombs. Hartford, Conn., first, on Belle 

 Washburn; W. D. Howard, second, on Eureka. 



One hundred blooms one variety, yellow or 

 yellow variepated — Strout's, first, on Maine Sun- 

 shine; William Sim, second, on Maine Sunshine. 



One huiulred blooms one variety, white varie 

 Rated — William Sim. first, on Bf'nora ; S. J. God 

 dard. second, on The I.4irk. 



One hundred bhHinis one variety, flaked-- 

 Strout's, first, on Rosalind; I-ittleflebl & Wy 

 man, FraminK'uini, Mass., second, on Eastern 

 Beauty. 



Fifty Matchless -William Sim, first; A. A. 

 Pembroke, Beverly, .Mass., seconii. 



Fifty any other white — E. Saunders, Ij<'wiston, 

 Me., first, on White Wonder; William Sim, 

 second, on White Benora. 



Fifty Encliiititress Supreme-- .\. A. Pembroke, 

 first; W. W. Thomson Co., West Hartford, Conn., 

 second. 



Fifty Pink DeliRht — W. E. Morey. Shrewsbury, 

 Mass.. second; no first. 



Fifty Ijid<lii' ,1. W. Minott Co., Portland, 

 Me., first; ,1. F. Coombs, second. 



Fifty any other flesh pink- George Buxton. 

 Nashua, N. H., first, on Nancv. 



Fifty R\ifh Baur— M. A. J'atten Co., first. 



Fifty any otlier liRht pink— W. D. Howard, 

 first, on Cottage Maid. 



Fifty Mrs. C. W. Ward— George Buxton, first; 

 W. D. Howanl. second. 



Fifty any oilier medium pink- .\. A. Pern 

 broke, first, on Good Clieer. 



Fifty Rosalia — (leorge Buxton, first; William 

 Sim. second. 



F'ifty any other dark pink — .\. \. Pembroke, 

 first, on Rosette; William Sim, second, on 

 Rosette. 



Fifty Belle Washburn— Harry O. May. first; 

 Littlefleld & Wyman, second. 



Fifty Ethel Fisher— A. X. Pierson, Inc., Crom 

 well. Conn., first. 



Fifty any otlier red or scarIet--,\. ,\. Pem- 

 broke, first, on Aviator; William Sim, second, 

 on The Herald. 



Fifty any crimson — W. E. Morey, first, on 

 Poris; E. Saunders, second, on Doris. 



Fifty any white variegated- , John E. Nelson. 



Framingbam, Mass., first, on Benora; William 

 Sim, second, on Benora. 



Fifty Maine Sunshine — A. A. Pembroke, first. 



Fifty White Delight— W. D. Howard, first. 



Fifty Hope Henshaw — A. A. Pembroke, first. 



Fifty Harvester — A. N. Pierson, Inc., first. 



Twelve Laddie — W. C. Rust, Brookline, Mass., 

 first. 



Best twelve blooms, one or more varieties, 

 I>addie barred except in vases with assorted 

 colors— W. C. Rust, first; William Sim, second; 

 M. A. Patten Co., third. 



Best vase, flfty blooms In assortment, not less 

 than four varieties and not more than fifteen 

 lilooms of one variety — W. D. Howard, first; W. 

 W. Thomson Co., second; E, Saunders, third. 



One hundred blooms, ope or more varieties, ar- 

 ranged in either a vase or a basket — J. F. 

 Coombs, first; Strout's, second. 



jSetailexc' Sootbs. 



Hartford retailers contributed more 

 than a little to the interest in the ex- 

 hibition by arranging a series of hand- 

 .somely decorated booths. Those who 

 were represented were Spear & Mc- 

 Manus Co., E. M. Welch Flower Shop, 

 Kenneth Miskay, J. Albert Brodrib, 

 (ieorge McClunie, George Lane ^nd the 

 two Coombs stores. The arrangements 

 .•ill were praiseworthy. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



There was a large display of miscel- 

 laneous stock. 



Norris Comley, Burlington, Vt., staged 

 .■in excellent table of sweet peas. 



James Barclay, Blackhill, Conn., 

 showed several vases of fine sweet peas. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 staged 1,000 roses of excellent quality, 

 the varieties being Dark Pink Columbia, 

 Sunburst, Columbia, Premier, Pilgrim, 

 P)iitterfly, Hadley, Mrs. Aaron Ward and 

 Double White Killarney. Freesia Purity 

 of fine quality also was shown. 



Charles H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., 

 made a display, not for competition, of 

 the new Happiness carnations. 



F. R. Piersoti Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 showed some splendid Francis Scott Key 

 roses. 



Rohert Simpson, of Clifton, X. J., 

 brought a v:ise of Mrs. Aaron W;ird 

 roses. 



The Bedford Floral Co., Bedford, X. 

 v., staged Double White Killarney and 

 Columbi.a roses showing admirable cul- 

 ture. 



Wendland & Kciniel Co., Elmhurst. 

 111., were farthest from home of anj' of 

 the rose exhibitors.. They showed Pre- 

 mier roses of their stanflard quality. 



Paul M. Pierson, Briarcliff, X. Y., 

 made a fine display of roses of several 

 v;nieties. 



The Joy Floral Co., Xashville, Tenn., 

 attracted much attention with its ex- 

 hibit of N^atalie, the new pink seedling 

 carnation to be sent out in 102.3. 



Gude Bros., of Washington, D. C., 

 staged a vase of Red Matchless carna- 

 tion, a sort that is attracting much f,a- 

 vorable comment this season. 



A. Jj. Miller, of Jamaica, L. I., was 

 jiresent with a group of the Enster and 

 spring plants for which he is well known. 



Florex Gardens, North Wales, Pa., 

 st.aged Columbia, Double White Killar- 

 ney, Butterfly and Premier of their usual 

 good (luality. 



John Rteidle, of Clayton, Mo., brought 

 Carnation Valentine, dark pink, all the 

 way froTii the w<'st liank of the Missis- 



sippi and staged it in condition to show 

 that it has merit as a shipper. 



Various Notes. 



Zero weather prevailed. It is a not 

 uncommon experience that Winter 

 humps up his back in the week of the 

 Carnation Society's meeting and severe 

 weather more than once has interfered 

 with the plans for the show. The ship- 

 ments from M. A. Patten & Co., Tewks- 

 bury, Mass., arrived so badly frozen that 

 only a few of the flowers could be 

 staged. The exhibits of the Joy Floral 

 Co., Nashville, Tenn., also were frozen, 

 while the low temperature held at Crom- 

 well four truck loads of decorative 

 plants which A. N. Pierson, Inc., had 

 planned to bring by motors. 



SAFULPA, OKI.A. 



The Sapulpa Floral Co. now has three 

 new greenhouses, containing 12,500 

 square feet of glass, in good running 

 order. Carnations and sweet peas are 

 the main crops. One house, 36x160, is 

 given over to the cultivation of lettuce, 

 which will be followed with a general 

 line of pot stock for the spring trade. 

 (!. M. Weintz, formerly grower for the 

 Okmulgee Greenhouse Co., will handle 

 the growing end here. Mr. Griggs will 

 continue to handle the downtown store. 

 Mr. West has sold his interest in the 

 company and his greenhouse, 30x50, has 

 been added. Business conditions at 

 Sapulpa are good. 



RIDDING CARNATIONS OF RUST. 



My carnations are infected with a 

 rust disease. I am burning sulphur on 

 a heated stove lid and also put a mix- 

 ture of sulphur and lime on the flow 

 pipes once a week. Is the burning of 

 sulphur on a stove lid as good a remedy 

 .as the sulphur and lime on the flow 

 pipes? 



Would it hurt the carnations if their 

 tops were sprayed on a clear day, in 

 order to remove the dust which the 

 wind has blown in upon them? 



C. W. W.— Neb. 



Discontinue burning the sulphur in 

 your carnation house. The mixture 

 which you have painted on the steam 

 pipes is all the sulphur you need. Spray 

 them with a Bordeaux mixture. Keep 

 the foliage dry and water moderately, 

 but do not allow the plants to suffer 

 for want of moisture at the roots. 

 Ventilate as much as possible and keep 

 the night temperature down to 50 

 degrees. 



There will not be enough dust during 

 the next three months to necessitate 

 syringing it off the foliage. Unless 

 you see signs of red spider, dispense 

 with syringing altogether until you have 

 the rust under control and then select 

 a clear day about once each week. 



A. F. J. B. 



Phoenix, Ariz. — Turner Dave, who was 



located oil Coronado road, is now de- 

 ceased. 



Boonville, N. Y. — Griff Jones is the 

 successor to F. X. Garkopf in the busi- 

 ness here. October 1 Mr. Jones pur- 

 chased the greenhouses, etc. 



Williamsville, N. Y.— Edward J- 

 Kiinipf has started a business of his. 

 own in this city. He has had more thaa 

 ten years' experience as an employee. 



