OCTOBSB 6, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



35 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE GBOWEBS MEET. 



Officers Elected. 



At thfe closing session of the veg- 

 etable growers at Grand Eapids, last 

 week, the nominating committee re- 

 ported the following slate, which was 

 unanimously elected: 



President— Prof. E. L. Watts, State 

 College, Pa. 



Vice-president — H. F. Hall, Boston. 



Secretary — S. W. Severance, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 



Treasurer — M. L. Buetenik, Cleveland. 



Boston was selected as the place for 

 the 1911 convention. 



The nominating committee was com- 

 posed of one delegate from each state, 

 chosen as follows: Illinois, L. M. Ma- 

 son; Indiana, W. S. Roebuck; Ken- 

 tucky, W. E. Gilpin; Maryland, W. F. 

 Massey; Massachusetts, W. E. Moore; 

 Michigan, L. R. Davis; Missouri, J. N. 

 Draper; New York, (f. B* Titus; Ohio, 

 J. S. Brigham; Ontario, E. E. Adams; 

 Pennsylvania, F. J. Zuck; Connecticut, 

 W. R. Smith; Iowa, H. E. Krebs; 

 Virginia, T. C. Johnson^ Wisconsin, 

 Charles Burmeister; Louisiana, L. 8. 

 Tienout; Kansas, William E. Sourdry, 

 and Alabama, H. Riedmann. 



Name Is Cbanged. 



As recommended in the address of 

 President Ward, published in The Re- 

 view last week, it was voted to change 

 the name to the Vegetable Growers' 

 Association of America. 



A resolution was adopted pledging 

 the cooperation of the association with 

 all other organizations seeking to se- 

 cure an equitable readjustment of 

 freight and express rates. This seemed 

 as far as the association could go at 

 present. 



Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows: Membership, H. E, Thompson, 

 C. West, M. L. Ruetenik, G. Dys and 

 S. W. Severance; auditing, R. Hit- 

 tinger, W. R. Lazenby and J. H. Rice; 

 resolutions, R. L. Watts, P. L. Johnson 

 and J. M. Draper. 



Hospitalities. 



What Grand' Rapids gardeners and 

 greenhouse growers can do was shown 

 *to visiting "delegates. Twenty autos 

 and two motor trucks conveyed a large 



party on a trip of inspection to sur- 

 rounding plants, including those of T. 

 E. Graham, west of the city; the Grand 

 Rapids Greenhouse Co., Henry Smith, 

 Peter Blanksma and Eugene Davis. 



At the annual banquet, served in 

 Press hall, there were the following ad- 

 dresses: George E. Rowe, on "The 

 Beginning of Things"; Charles K. Gar- 

 field, on "Progress"; E. D. Graham, 

 "Organization"; Prof. T. C. Johnson, 

 "The South"; S. W. Severance, "Our 

 Wivps"; Mrs. F. N. Eowe, "Our Hus- 

 bands"; Prof. E. L. WattB, "Our 

 Boys"; Mrs. A. H. Kohler, "Our 

 Girls." 



Trade Exhibits. 



The trades' display was not a large 

 one, but was creditable and interesting. 

 Greenhouse materials were shown by 

 J. C. Moninger Co. and Foley Mfg. Co., 

 Chicago; ventilating apparatus by Ad- 

 vance Co., Eiehmond, Ind.; hotbed sash 

 by Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co., 

 Louisville; straw mats by J. P. Watts, 

 Kerrmoor, Pa.; heating specialties by 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, Barday, 

 Ayers & Bartsch Co. and Grand Eapids 

 Supply Co., Grand Eapids; insecticides 

 by E. H. Hunt, Chicago, Perth Amboy 

 Chemical Co., Perth Amboy, N. Y., and 

 B. Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y.; pots by 

 Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich.; mush- 

 room spawn by G. H. Hunkel Co., Mil- 

 waukee; seeds by S. M. Isbell & Co., 

 Ionia, Mich. 



Boston Well Bepresented. 



The Boston Market Gardeners' As- 

 sociation was represented by nine mem- 

 bers— H. F. Hall, M. E. Moore, Ei chard 

 Hittinger, J. P. Esty, H. F. Thompson, 

 Sylvester Mead, Alex. Wilson, E. F. 

 Skahan and Lewis Hasenfus — giviiig 

 Massachusetts a larger representation 

 than any other state save Michigan. 

 Not even Ohio, Illinois or Indiana had 

 nine citizens at the Grand Eapids meet- 

 ing. 



The Boston Market Gardeiwrs' Asso- 

 ciation, which will carry the convention 

 into new territory and be the host next 

 year, is the oldest organization of its 

 kind in the country, dating from 1886. 

 Its list of 200 members is considerably 

 greater than that of the national asso- 

 ciation itself. The officers of the as- 

 sociation are: President, J. B. Shurt- 

 leff, Jr.; vice-presidents, Herbert W. 

 Eawson and William J. Lovell; secre- 

 ta^-treasnrer, James P. Esty. The 

 executive committee is composed of the 

 officers and H. F. Hall, M. E. Moore, 



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BEHTIiES AND CATESPIU.ASS. 



In The Eeview of August 4, page 39, 

 L. S. asks for a remedy for the striped 

 cucumber beetles. Here is a recipe that 

 I have used for over twenty years, with- 

 out its failing to work successfully: A 

 teaspoonful of turpentine in two quarts 

 of sifted ashes. Stir thoroughly, and 

 dust on a small handful, about a heap- 

 ing tablespoonful to a hill. In about one 

 minute you will see the insects take 

 wing for new pastures. It is not often 

 that more than two applications are 

 necessary. 



Also in The Eeview of September 1, 

 page 9, G. T. S. C. asks how to g'-t rid 

 of the green caterpillars that work on 

 cabbage, I used to make suds of home- 

 made soft soap, making it strong enough 

 so that it felt quite slippery on the 

 hands, and us6d it as a spray. In one 

 or two minutes after it struck the cater- 

 pillars they would coil up backward 

 and die. John I. Whiting. 



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