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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
and improvement in the marketing meth¬ 
ods, but not all that could be desired. 
We need to give this matter more at¬ 
tention, and I am as anxious as the presi¬ 
dent of the Horticultural Society to dis¬ 
cover some means whereby we can get the 
men on the program to come here and 
fight out these questions just as we do 
other questions. It is not because this 
matter is not given sufficient importance 
on our program, but because they take 
“French leave*’ of us when we get them 
on the program. I wish some one could 
discover some remedy. We need to be 
a society well rounded out, and we need 
to take in all the horticultural interests. I 
hold that the constitutional provisions are 
so broad that we can do almost anything 
that will build up the horticulture of the 
state. We need to look after this truck¬ 
ing industry just as much as we do after 
the citrus. 
There were some things in that paper 
I would not agree with. Take, for ex¬ 
ample, the matter of growing Globe arti¬ 
chokes. If we fail, still we ought to try 
them again, because if at first you fail, 
don't give up. I have tried asparagus 
for over fifteen years and am still try¬ 
ing it; trying it in different ways. I do 
not encourage a man to plant eight or 
ten acres of asparagus in the hope of 
marketing asparagus, but I do want any¬ 
one with any degree of experience along 
asparagus lines to put in enough to try 
it out for himself. The man who has 
' learned how to grow that crop in other 
states ought to take it up and study it in 
a small way—an experimental way. 
Mr. Hume: I most heartily re-echo 
Prof. Rolfs’ words in regard to this pro¬ 
gram matter. A member of the Society 
may come here year after year, but if you 
put him on the program, he will stay 
away. It certainly works like a charm. 
Mr. Mills : I think Mr. Kennerly ought 
to- be excused from that. He wanted to 
be here, but to entertain the Society there 
is a baseball game being given this after¬ 
noon and he had to be on the team. He 
really wanted to come, so I think he ought 
to be left out of that. 
Mr. Hume: Well, it has been my ex¬ 
perience and observation that baseball and 
horticulture won’t go together. (Laugh¬ 
ter.) 
Mr. Hart: That last paper recom¬ 
mended the growth of artichokes. I know 
some who have failed. It is a most deli¬ 
cious vegetable and if we can grow it 
we ought to 1 do so. A few yeans ago it 
was selling for $5.00 a pound. I would 
like to know if anyone in this audience 
has made a success of it. 
Mr. Gaitskill: I have tried it, and I 
have failed. 
In regard to the Romaine; it is a good 
form of lettuce and demanded by the 
market, but in limited quantities. A man 
with a carload of Romaine lettuce would 
wipe out the New York market. It is 
well to plant it, but only in very limited 
quantity. 
Mr. Hume: That is true with many 
vegetables. The market will not stand 
a large amount. 
Prof. Floyd: I would suggest another 
point. Mr. Kennerly’s paper dealt with 
failure of -the new 'comer. We have 
some master minds who are succeeding 
