. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /poj The American Florist. 477 Los Angeles. LACK OF RAIN KEEPS VIOLETS BACK.— LARGE CARNATION FIELDS OF THE REDONDO NURSERY COMPANY.— NOTES OF THE TRADE. Henry Feder, president of the Redondo Nursery Company has 50,000 carnation plants in his tield divided almost equally between Los Angeles, white; J. J. Corbet, pink; and Dr. Choateand Alegatiere, scar- let. He intends cutting about 3,000 good flowers daily during the season. He also has 25,000 violet plants and expects to pick 200 bunches ol sixty each daily. On
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /poj The American Florist. 477 Los Angeles. LACK OF RAIN KEEPS VIOLETS BACK.— LARGE CARNATION FIELDS OF THE REDONDO NURSERY COMPANY.— NOTES OF THE TRADE. Henry Feder, president of the Redondo Nursery Company has 50,000 carnation plants in his tield divided almost equally between Los Angeles, white; J. J. Corbet, pink; and Dr. Choateand Alegatiere, scar- let. He intends cutting about 3,000 good flowers daily during the season. He also has 25,000 violet plants and expects to pick 200 bunches ol sixty each daily. On a contract selling the carna- tions at $1 per hundred and the violets at 85 cents per dozen bunches, it may be readily seen that a good income is assured. The only enemy to be feared is Jack Frost. Violets are coming in but are so small that they do not command a ready sale. It requires rain to make nice violets in this country. Irrigation will not do it. Independent growers of plants and gen- eral bedding stock are waking up and a generally superior grade of goods is being put on the market. The3' not only command a better price when true to name but confidence is gained and larger sales result. The trade generally looks forward to doing far more business than last year. The old trouble in getting competent men is still experienced here. F. Edward Gray of the Ingleside Floral Company became discouraged, let his man go and is managing his own gardens. The Central Park Floral Company is already receiving hot house carnations from the Grace Hill nurseries. They are not quite up to what they will be a little later but are very fair. Mrs. M. B. Hariston has opened a floral store and built a greenhouse at Silver City, New Mexico. She will pur- chase most of her cut flowers in Los Angeles. P. G. Murray, of Fresno, who pur- chased the "Up To Date" Floral Com- pany on South Broadway some months ago has sold out and returned to Fresno. Chrysanthemums are beginning to come.
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