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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



September 2&, 1010. 



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MUSHROOMS 



Money in them. Try some new spawn. 

 $8.00 per 100 lbs. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



. 42 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE GBOWEBS MEET. 



Recommendations to change the name 

 of the Greenhouse Vegetable Growers' 

 and Market Gardeners' Association of 

 America to the Vegetable Growers' As- 

 sociation of America, to expel members 

 using dishonest selling methods, to fur- 

 ther sanitary packing and display and 

 to secure better prices for products 

 made notable the annual address of C;. 

 W. Waid, of New Carlisle, Ohio, presi- 

 dent of the national organization, at the 

 third yearly convention, which opened 

 at Grand Rapids, Mich., September 27. 



To an audience of nearly 200, includ- 

 ing a number of women. President Waid 

 said in part: "The man who makes a 

 practice of placing the best vegetables 

 on top of the basket, box or barrel and 

 the inferior stock on the bottom is in- 

 juring himself more than others. The 

 association should expel from its mem- 

 bership anyone who follows this harm- 

 ful and deceitful practice. 



"We should demand a fair share of 

 the consumer's dollar. Overproduction 

 and underconsumption arc sometimes 

 causes for low prices. But when the 

 consumer pays $1 for something which 

 the grower sells for 30 cents we know 

 there is something wrong. Too many 

 middlemen, dishonest dealers and high 

 transportation rates are some of the 

 reasons for the great difference between 

 the price which the grower gets and 

 that which the consumer pays. 



' ' Better methods in grading and pack- 

 ing are necessary. Cleanliness, uniform- 

 ity both of package and contents, neat- 

 ness and attractiveness are often neg- 

 lected. We have much to learn in this 

 respect. Vegetables displayed in many 

 grocery stores and markets are not only 

 unattractive but unsightly." 



The speaker urged the use of better 

 seeds and advocated the association 's 

 help in that regard. He also advised 

 legitimate advertising and the better- 

 ment of distribution methods. Referring 

 to legislation affecting vegetable grow- 

 ers. President Waid advocated the ap- 

 pointment of a permanent legislative 

 committee. "Fruit growers have been 

 asking help from the agricultural ex- 

 periment stations," said lie, "for years 

 and received it. Vegetable growers have 

 not been as free to ask such help, and 

 they have received according to their 

 requests. This association should en- 

 courage vegetable growers to ask for 

 more aid from these stations. ' ' 



In his annual report Secretary S. W. 

 .Severance, of Louisville, said that the 

 ijirector of the 1910 census had agreed 



Vegetable Plants 



CABBAGE— Wakeiield and Succession. $1.00 

 per KKX); VWcperlOO. 



LKTTUCIi— Grand Rapids. Big Boston. Boston 

 MarJfet and Tennis Ball. fl.OO per 1000; 20c 

 per 100. 



PARSLEY— 30c per 100: $1.25 per 1000. 



R.Vincent, Jr.. &SoMCa.,''"^.""'* 



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Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's \ 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spami 



Substitution of cheaper erades is 

 tbus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 brick, with Illustrated book, mailed 

 postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



TnuieMark. American Spawn Co., St Paul, Minn. 



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to secure statistics relating to the 

 amount of glass used for vegetables in 

 greenhouses throughout the United 

 States, and other data. According to 

 the report, the association has 119 mem 

 bers. 



Mayor George E. Ellis delivered the 

 address of welcome, followed by an ad- 

 dress by Prof. William R. Lazenby, of 

 the Ohio State Agricultural College at 

 Columbus, who emphasized the inde- 

 pendence of the vegetable grower and 

 the honesty and truthfulness induced by 

 tilling the soil. 



One of the most important questions 

 will relate to transportation. The north- 

 ern growers claim that they are discrim- 

 inated against by the railroads and ex- 

 l)ress companies; that the rates from 

 the south to the north are lower than 

 from the north to the south, and that 

 this discrimination places them at a dis- 

 advantJigc. It is possible the matter will 

 be taken before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission. 



Boston probably will be clinsen for 

 the 1911 convention. 



Members of the women 's auxiliary 

 mot in tlie afternoon in the Library 

 building and discussed various ways of 

 preparing vegetable dishes. Mrs. Sarah 

 Cainp))pll, of Walker townsliip, pre- 

 sided. 



Local members of the national asso- 

 ciation in charge of arrangements for 

 the convention are E. .1. Cook, chairman 

 of the committee on hall and exhibit 

 space; George E. Kowe, chairman of the 

 finance committee; Thomas Graham, 

 chairman outdoor trip committee; L. F. 

 .Fones, chairman of committee on ex- 

 hibit of greenhouse and market garden 

 appliances and supplies; Eugene Davis, 

 chairman of committee on fruit, vege- 

 table and flower displays and the 

 woman's auxiliary, and Otto De Jong, 

 <li;iirinaii reception committee. 



Water bill cut in half 



Wage bill cut $40 per month 

 $50 saved on hose 



This is the result of a comparatively 

 small installation of the Skinner System 

 of irrigation (covering only 1^ acres), 

 owned by Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord, 

 Mass. With the 



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YSTEM 



or IRRIOATIOMk 



MAMK. 



you can save % on the coat of your 

 watering. The amount one man can take 

 care of is limit^-d only by the extent of 

 the installation. 



The water from the si)ecial nozzles de- 

 scends in niist form, like a gentle rain, 

 covering the ground uniform- 

 ly, leaving no dry spotw. The 

 ground is kept soft and por- 

 ous, letting in the air nec- 

 essary to the rapid growtli 

 of plants. 



Oct our IntcrcsUnK booklet* 



on Indoor and outdoor 



Irrlgratlon. They are 

 free to all florists and 

 (frowers. A pos- 

 tal will brinK 

 thf^m. The latest 

 Information on 

 up-to-date Irri- 

 gation. 



Send postal 

 for onr 6 books 

 on Irrigation 



The Skiieer 

 Irrigation Go. 



Oept. H, TROT, OHIO 



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Many building material and supply 

 concerns have exhibits or are repre- 

 sented. 



The program of essays for the three 



days is: 



"Results of Local Organization"— Floyd J. Zuck. 



Erie. Pa. 

 "The Use of the Greenhouse to Start Plants for 



Outdoor Crops" — Discussion opened by W. J. 



Rltterskamp, Princeton, Ind. 

 "Outdoor Irrigation — When Practicable?" — Dis 



cussion opened by H. F. Chester, Cleyeland, O. 

 "The Relation of the Commercial to the Small 



fJrecnhouse Grower" — Discussion opened by W. 



H. Welnschenk, New Castle, Pa. 

 "Pointers on Onion (Jrowing" — Prof. A. McMeans, 



North Dakota ARricultural College. 

 "Treatment of Greenhouse Soils for Continuous 



Cropping" — Prof. W. J. Green, Wooster, O. 

 "What Kinds of Vegetable Seeds Should thJ* 



