1914. 
THE RURAI> NBW.TORKBR 
631 
Ruralisms 
Strawberries in Florida. 
I am told that we can take straw¬ 
berry plants of this season’s growth in 
August or a little later to Florida, set 
them out and obtain a good crop by 
Christmas. These would be plants that 
would naturally produce fruit next June. 
Is this true and would the plan pay? 
Michigan. j. M. 
It will be all right to grow strawberry 
plants in Michigan and ship them to 
Florida for fruiting purposes, provided 
the right varieties are selected. The 
Klondike is the most popular berry in 
Florida at present, and Missionary prob¬ 
ably holds second place—in some locali¬ 
ties running first. The Brandywine was 
at one time the most popular berry, but 
now probably holds third place. The 
time these berries should be set out in 
Florida depends upon the region in which 
they are planted. If in the northern por¬ 
tion of the strawberry section they 
should be planted in the field about the 
first of October, or preferably during the 
latter part of September. Weather con¬ 
ditions, however, will dictate to a con¬ 
siderable extent. It is an advantage to 
have the field under irrigation, but there 
are only a small percentage of the fields 
now completely under irrigation. If the 
plants are ready it would probably pay 
to set them out during the latter part 
of August or early in September for pro¬ 
ducing the early berries, that is those 
that would ripen around Christmas time. 
The largest quantity of strawberries are 
produced well to the southward—-around 
Plant City, Lakeland and Arcadia. I 
have fruited strawberries from plants 
grown in Illinois and North Carolina, 
also from Florida grown plants, and find 
very little difference; they all fruit abund¬ 
antly, and very soon after being set out. 
P. II. ROLFS. 
Director Florida Experiment Station. 
A Business in Flower Culture. 
I wish to raise flowers for the market, 
but know nothing about the business. I 
live three miles from a railroad station; 
have about four acres of land suitable 
for flowers and water to irrigate. What 
kinds sell best, and would it be profitable 
to hire a man who understands the busi¬ 
ness? L. R. 
Watkins, N. Y. 
A person who wishes to grow flowers 
for market, yet admits no special knowl¬ 
edge of the business, has much to learn, 
and many possibilities for disappoint¬ 
ment. Flower-growing is a highly spe¬ 
cialized business. Not only cultivation, 
but handling for market requires skill; 
knowledge of desirable varieties must be 
secured, and high-grade strains of seed 
selected in classes depending on seed 
propagation. Such intensive culture as 
is practised in high-class truck farming 
is called for. A person three miles from 
the railway must also give thought to 
shipping facilities, and to the market he 
intends to reach; trains must be con¬ 
venient to get his stock to market early 
in the day. 
Before making any large venture into 
flower growing, the aspirant should 
either take a course in floriculture at the 
State Agricultural College, or else sup¬ 
plement his experiments on his own 
place by conscientious reading and study. 
We doubt whether hiring a competent 
man would work out advantageously 
where the employer was entirely un¬ 
trained—it would be a difficult position 
both for employer and employed. 
If L. It. has already had a fair amount 
of experience in intensive truck grow¬ 
ing many of the difficulties suggested 
would be absent, since he would under¬ 
stand efficient tillage, fertilization, suc¬ 
cession crops, etc. As no reference is 
made to glass structures, we infer he in¬ 
tends to grow outdoor flowers only. As 
annual crops Asters, Gladioli and Dahl¬ 
ias are standards for cut flowers, and 
they bear transit well. For permanents 
pmonies are excellent, also Achillea 
Ptarmica “The Pearl,” and a few other 
herbaceous plants, but the latter give 
modest returns, as they are in when the 
market is low. Probably pseonies, As¬ 
ters and Dahlias are the most promising. 
With the limited,data given it is im¬ 
possible to advise very effectively; we 
can only suggest an outline. The possi¬ 
bilities for irrigation which L. R. men¬ 
tions give lum one great advantage, as 
drought is a serious hindrance to field 
flower culture. 
NEW YORK FLOWER SHOW. 
The New York flower show, held in 
the Grand Central Palace March 21-28, 
was marked both by profusion of dis¬ 
play and high quality of the exhibits. It 
was said that there were 1,250,000 flow¬ 
ers on view, which does not convey a 
great deal of information, though the 
fact that one Azalea plant carried 2,000 
blooms gives an idea of its quality. The 
plant display included much of the class 
known to florists as Easter stock. The 
forced Spring shrubs were charming; 
they included lilacs of all classes, la¬ 
burnum or golden chain, which suggests 
a yellow Wistaria; Japanese cherries, 
Forsythia, Spiraeas, standard Wistarias, 
Genistas, etc. There were many of the 
new French forcing Hydrangeas, white, 
all shades of pink, from pale flesh to deep 
rose, and blue. These Hydrangeas make 
enormous trusses of bloom, and possess 
unusual value as pot plants; they are the 
work of European hybridizers. Among 
them Mine. Emile Mouillere, white with 
carmine eye, General de Vibraye, bright 
rose, and La Lorraine, pale pink, are es¬ 
pecially noticeable. 
The glorious displays of heaths and 
Acacias showed the renewed interest in 
what European gardeners call New Hol¬ 
land plants—hard-wooded plants, chiefly 
from Australia. One enormous bush of 
Erica melanthera was eight feet high 
and four feet thick, completely covered 
with its tiny flesh-colored bells. This 
is a heath from the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica Cavendishiana, a hybrid heath 
with very showy yellow flowers, seems 
the only yellow form satisfactory to the 
American trade. 
A very odd exhibit was of the Glor- 
iosa, a lily with flowers resembling Lil- 
ium speciosum of our gardens, but grow¬ 
ing like a vine, trained around a balloon¬ 
like support. The variety shown was a 
new one, G. Roehrsiana, with brilliant 
crimson flowers. 
A quantity of fine Amaryllis (Ilip- 
peastrums) were shown, and a great 
variety of Dutch bulbs. But the roses 
always attract the general public and 
notable among these were the Ramblers 
shown as standards and other pot plants; 
Lady Gay and Hiawatha were especially 
good. A new American rose that attract¬ 
ed much attention was Hadley, deep 
velvety crimson, which has size, finish 
and fragrance, as well as a marvelous 
color. Killarney Brilliant, a great ad¬ 
vance on the original Killarney, and 
White Killarney showed the value of 
bud sports. There was a vase of the 
Cherokee rose of the South, which at¬ 
tracted much attention. Irish Fireflame, 
vivid orange, and Mile. Cecile Brunner, 
flesh pink, were two of the little roses 
that have become so fashionable for 
corsage wear. 
Carnations included a remarkable new 
yellow from Indiana, Yellow Prince, 
and many other novelties. There was 
a fine display of sweet peas. The snap¬ 
dragons, Cyclamens and primroses made 
a profuse showing, and the orchids de¬ 
serve more description than we can give 
them. From the public interest shown in 
the exhibition it would appear that New 
York has really awakened at last to a 
genuine interest in flowers, after many 
years of patient missionary work on the 
part of commercial florists and private 
gardeners—another endorsement of the 
great principle of cooperation. E. x. R. 
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