FSBSqABT 20, 1908. 



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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Carnation Growingf Establishment of J. D. G)ckcroft at Northport, L. L 



dry out too rapidly in spots unless they 

 are plunged. But by all means pot from 

 the sand. You will find that ball of 

 soil holding together even when you dig 

 the plants from the field for housing, 

 and it is a great help in holding up 

 the plants. A. F. J. B. 



J. D. COCKCEOFT'S PLANT. 



For several years the up-to-date Long 

 Island establishment of J, D. Cockcroft 

 has been attracting the attention of car- 

 nation growers because of the seedlings 

 which have originated there and which 

 have made a place for themselves in the 

 New York wholesale cut flower market. 

 Traendly & Schenck are the selling agents 

 for Mr. Cockcroft and say that his Har- 

 vard is the best crimson carnation they 

 ever have handled. It is exactly, the 

 shade of the colors of the university for 

 which it is named. It is a seedling of 

 Maceo and Prosperity, and Mr. Cockcroft 

 says it has the free blooming qualities 

 of one parent, with the size and stem of 

 the other. He has been growing it for 

 four years with the best of success. Har- 

 vard and another seedling, named Faust, 

 are to be sent out from Northport this 

 year. The latter is scarlet, a cross of 

 Crane, of old-time popularity, and Mrs. 

 Lawson. The flowers are of only medium 

 size but excellent form and in growth 

 the plants are strong and healthy. Mr. 

 Cockcroft says the variety is especially 

 good for Christmas, because it comes 

 into bloom ,early. 



Another Prosperity seedling which 

 takes the eye of every visitor is Georgia, 

 a large, fringed, white variety, a house 

 of which is shown in one of the accom- 

 panying illustrations. Mr. Cockcroft is 

 figuring on sending out stock of this 

 variety in the season of 1908-9. 



There are a number of other promising 

 seedlings in this establishment, which is 

 one of the largest devoted to carnation 

 growing for the New York market. The 

 accompanying illustration shows the 

 plant, two negatives having been neces- 

 sary to show all the houses. The latest 

 structures are iron-frame and 33x156 

 feet. Hot water heat is used and a 

 Kroescheli boiler found its way from 

 Chicago to Northport to do 'duty here. 

 Mr. Cockcroft is a progressive florist and 

 a thorough business man. His place is 

 kept in the best of shape and is ojie from 

 which the writer always carries a favor- 

 able impression. H. O. 



EFFECT OF EXCESSIVE HEAT. 



What would be the after effects on 

 Queen, Enchantress and Lawson carna- 

 tions of a night temperature of 62 to 

 65 degrees, maintained for eight nights 



before Christmas, and how long would 

 any bad effects be likely to last? 



A. T. G. 



Just how serious the effects of such 

 treatment would prove would, of course, 

 depend very largely on the condition of 

 the plants at the beginning and the 

 general treatment during that time and 

 since. However, I would not expect a 

 very high grade of culture from a grow- 

 er who abuses his stock in such a man- 

 ner. If this temperature was accom- 

 panied with a good deal of ventilation, 



the blooms and the growth would be- 

 come softened somewhat and the blooms 

 would have come smaller. Bursting of 

 the calyxes would also follow in a con- 

 siderable percentage of the blooms. But 

 a few weeks of sane treatment would 

 l)ring them around again in fair shape. 

 Under certain conditions, however, like 

 (lark weather, no ventilation, overwater- 

 ing, overfeeding, etc., the plants could 

 be ruined, as far as good blooms are 

 concerned, for the rest of the winter. 

 The spring growth would, of course, come 

 better again. A. F. J. B. 



House of Carnation Georg^ia at J. D. Cockcroft's. 



