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but instead of planting the plants 7x9 we will plant them 6x7 and try to 
start making the cuttings by the middle of October. In this way we will 
pinch them for a crop to come in, if possible, around the middle of July. 
If we should succeed in getting a crop at that time, we believe the second 
crop will undoubtedly come before severe cool wather in the Fall. The 
Puritan does not show as much possibilities as the Peter Fisher and they 
seem to be slower. The stem is weaker under the cloth than it is in the 
greenhouse and the flower is relatively smaller as compared with our winter 
blooms that are the flowers of Peter Fisher which were compared with 
flowers that bloomed in the greenhouse at the same time last winter. The 
planting of King Cardinal is a very small one as you know. They are grow- 
ing as well as Puritan but will bloom later than Peter Fisher. King Cardinal 
being red, it is almost impossible to keep the Thrip from damaging the 
blooms to a certain extent in the summer. 
These Carnations we are referring to are still in the wooden bands and 
it is possible that after it is too cold to keep them outside we may place 
them in a cool house and may still get a fairly good crop off of these 
plants this coming spring. The accompanying photograph shows the gen- 
eral appearance of the Peter Fisher plants that we refer to. It will give 
you the idea of the number of flowers and length of the stems. We believe 
that any Carnation grower who has a cloth house might do well to test 
out some of his plants in the manner referred to above. 








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