1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1397 
Ruralisms 
NOTES FROM THE FLOWER TRADE. 
I T is generally conceded that prices for 
cut Chrysanthemum flowers will not 
again reach the high level of former 
years, as public taste has become edu¬ 
cated to refinement of beauty rather than 
size alone. One large grower told us 
that his highest price this year was .$6 
a dozen for the early show blooms, as 
against $9 in previous years, and this 
price quickly declined to $4. Up to the 
middle of November $2 to $3 a dozen for 
exhibition varieties, and $1.50 down for 
commercial single-stem stock were aver¬ 
age prices in New York. There is an in¬ 
creasing taste for the single, pompon and 
anemone types, which are cut in sprays, 
and sold by the bunch. This shows an 
improvement in public taste, and gives 
an opportunity for charming effects in 
decorative work. It is not a get-rich- 
quick scheme for the grower; these 
sprays were quoted about the middle of 
November at 10 cents to 20 cents a 
bunch in New York, though they were 
higher earlier in the season. However, 
every florist heaves a sigh of relief when 
Chrysanthemums go out, and though a 
number linger into December, Thanks¬ 
giving Day usually marks the end of 
their formal season. Among single sorts 
grown commercially are Ceddie Mason, 
crimson; Mary Richardson, reddish sal¬ 
mon ; Margaret Totty, golden yellow; 
Dorothy Dann, amber; Golden Star, yel¬ 
low with orange disk; Merstham Gem, 
old rose with yellow disk; Cecil Denyer, 
white. Showy anemone pompons are 
Citrinus, buff; Gladys Spaulding, amber; 
Garza, large, pure white; Junon, blush 
pink. There are many fine new varieties 
in these classes, and among the button¬ 
like pompons. 
During the height of the Crysanthe- 
mum season Gardenias were sold on the 
streets for 10 cents each, although they 
were quoted about 00 cents to SI a dozen 
wholesale. This beautiful and fragrant 
flower used to be grown in a moderate 
temperature, which produced the natural 
short-stemmed flower resulting from a 
stocky, shrubby growth, but it is now 
given more warmth, which results in a 
large, highly finished bloom that can be 
cut with a fairly long stem. 
Violets, both double and single, were 
bringing 20 to 40 cents per 100 early in 
November, and 10-eent bunches were 
plentiful on the streets of New York, 
either violets alone, or made up with 
Sunburst roses. The latter, beautiful 
rich yellow, were quoted at 50 cents to 
$5 a hundred, the cheap small buds find¬ 
ing their outlet with the street peddlers. 
The list of florists’ roses now on the 
market is much larger than formerly. 
Among those quoted early in November 
were Beauty, all the way from 50 cents 
to $12 a hundred; Killarney 25 cents to 
$3; Killarney Queen and White Killar¬ 
ney, 25 cents to $4; My Maryland and 
Richmond 25 cents to $3; Lady Ililling- 
ton, a beautiful yellow, 50 cents to $4; 
Prince de Bulgarie the same; Mrs. Aaron 
Ward 50 cents to $5. Mrs. Charles Rus¬ 
sell, 50 cents to $G, and Jonkheer J. L. 
Mock, one of the newer sorts, 50 cents to 
$8. These wide price variations arc due 
to quality, for when demand is slow the 
poorer grades are forced down to the 
street peddlers’ level. 
Orchids always hold an aristocratic 
place though some of them get very plen¬ 
tiful later in the season. Cattleyas were 
$10 to $20 a hundred, Dendrobiums $20 
to $25. 
Carnations do not look up in price 
until after Chrysanthemums are gone; 
they come into competition in many lines 
of utility trade, nor are carnations at 
their best at this season, so they went 
from $1.50 per 100 down, for the great 
mass of market flowers. 
It is interesting to notice that one 
courageous New York florist has opened 
a branch store in the new public market 
at 130th. St. and North River. Flowers 
are a noticeable feature of public mar¬ 
kets abroad, and should be appreciated by 
American buyers also. 
The Sunday school teacher had ex¬ 
plained the familiar Bible story at length, 
and then asked Tommy if he expected to 
be among the sheep or among the goats. 
“I dunno.” said Tommy doubtfully. 
“ITow’s a feller to tell when his ma calls 
him a lamb and his pa says lie’s a con¬ 
founded kid?”—Melbourne Leader. 
PEACH AND APPLE QUESTIONS. 
I N the planting of a five-acre apple or¬ 
chard should I plant mostly of Mc¬ 
Intosh, Baldwin, Wagener and 
Wealthy? How about McIntosh, and 
how many Delicious can I afford to risk 
planting? Where shall I buy genuine 
Delicious trees? 2. What about the J. 
II. Hale peach for Michigan? What do 
you know about the Early Elberta peach? 
The Michigan nursery agents are knock¬ 
ing on the Delicious, the J. F. Hale and 
the Early Elberta. B. L. j. 
Thompsonville, Mich. 
1. The varieties of the apple men¬ 
tioned are all well suited to Northern 
Michigan. McIntosh is not a late keep¬ 
er, nor is the Delicious, yet they are both 
of good quality and color, and the trees 
bear well. Do not be afraid to plant 
them both, and I would advise to use 
them for about half the proposed orchard 
as the permanent trees, which should be 
40 feet apart. The Wagener and Wealthy 
are both good bearers at an early age, 
and should be usel as fillers in the 20-foot 
spaces. The trees will not last long be¬ 
cause of their heavy bearing. The De¬ 
licious trees, as sold by all the nurser¬ 
ies offering them, I believe to be true to 
name. 
2. The J. H. Hale peach is a good one 
for Michigan, ripening about the same 
time as Elberta, which it closely resem¬ 
bles. Early Elberta is much the same in 
every way except that it is earlier and 
in this respect it is decidedly better for 
Northern Michigan, where some of the 
late peaches are not suitable, as I know 
by many years of observation there. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Gulf State Figs. 
A DDING some notes or comments to 
the article “A Fig Proposition—The 
Latest,” (page 1310) would say that it 
is no doubt a scheme to unload some 
land. As to the “mule” type fig grown 
hereabouts, the reasons the fig “is today 
a back-yard and fence-corner tree” are 
that every darkey, also the “po’ white 
trash” that cares to, can have a fig tree 
or more, for they are so easily propo- 
gated, begin to bear the first or at least 
the second year, furthermore are not 
much subject to insect or bacteria ene¬ 
mies, nor need intensive culture, but sim¬ 
ply to be let alone and they will grow 
like Topsy did. Also Alabama. Missis¬ 
sippi and Louisiana are, at least were, 
in the thralls and bondage of cotton, rice 
and sugar cane, and had no time, no in¬ 
clination, nor incentive to grow figs, nor 
was the variety (Celeste), mostly grown, i 
adapted to growing on an extensive scale. 
Also there are vei ’5 few local canning 
factories to take cart of the fresh fruit. 
The fig is the fruit par excellence of the 
Gulf Coast country but wants moist, rich 
soil and to be let alone. There are many va¬ 
rieties, but the Celeste is mostly grown. 
Of late years the Magnolia has been 
planted extensively in the Texas Gulf 
Coast district, for canning, and in the 
neighborhood of Jennings, La., the Cary 
is being grown for shipping north in a 
fresh state. t. m. k. 
Louisiana. 
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The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
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Defective Golden Bantam Corn. 
I N my opinion, the “something” which 
Golden Bantam corn requires (page 
1313) is careful selection of the seed for 
a few generations. This is comparatively 
a new variety for which the demand is in¬ 
creasing and seedsmen would be even less 
than usually careful in selecting seed for 
sale, and even for their own planting 
might use poorer ears than they would in 
the case of varieties of which the sale is 
about tlip same year after year. If W. 
P. M. will save his seed, taking only per¬ 
fect ears from stalks bearing two or more 
cars, he will find in a few years that 
Golden Bantam bears fewer defective 
ears than any variety he can buy from a 
dealer. Alfred c. weed. 
New York. 
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soles made of best quality pure gum 
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The Morrill & Morley Way 
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DON 
It is easier 
’T STOP SPRAYING 
to keep up than catch op. It takes two vears for 
trees to bear after the foliage Is destroyed. 
Kemember, too, that dormant spravins is im¬ 
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fruit always brings a good price inauv season 
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Don’t Neglect 
Fall Spraying 
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SCALECIDE 
It pays to get In fall spraying whenever possible 
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