. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Januauy 19. 1922 CARNATIONS AT MILFORD. Wliere Quality Speaks. The esteemed president of the Ameri- can Carnation Society has a national reputation as a skilled grower, his flowers at several conventions having won many premiums and having set new high records for quality. W. D. Howard is a most unassuming and modest man, who worked in Milford, Mass., as a machinist until he was 30 years of age. His health giving out, he decided to help his father for a year in the truck-growing business and he became especially interested in green- house vegetable
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Januauy 19. 1922 CARNATIONS AT MILFORD. Wliere Quality Speaks. The esteemed president of the Ameri- can Carnation Society has a national reputation as a skilled grower, his flowers at several conventions having won many premiums and having set new high records for quality. W. D. Howard is a most unassuming and modest man, who worked in Milford, Mass., as a machinist until he was 30 years of age. His health giving out, he decided to help his father for a year in the truck-growing business and he became especially interested in green- house vegetables; so much so, that when he decided to start in business in 1896, vegetables were his first love, but they were soon discarded in favor of carna- tions and some of his earliest varieties were William Scott, Daybreak and Liz- zie McGowan. He has stuck to carnations consist- ently and has grown them so success- fully that his flowers for years have commanded top market prices. At pres- ent practically his entire pick goes to New York, instead of Boston. He has a fine and up-to-date range of houses. The largest, 65x300, contains ten benches four and one-half feet wide and holds 27,000 plants, probably one of the finest sights in America at this time. Mrs. C. W. Ward is a favorite with Mr. Howard and has always been well done here; 18,000 of this variety are grown and it is worthy of note that wild growth, quite prevalent this sea- son with some growers, is conspicuous by its absence here. Matclilcss comes next to Ward in favor, about 12,000 plants of it being grown, and wonder- fully fine they are. Mr. Howard created a sensation a couple of years ago with his exhibits of this variety, grown inside all summer, at Boston. Such flowers had never previously been seen here or elsewhere. A considerable number of White De- light are grown. It has a larger stem early in the season than Matchless and is pure wliite in color, but lacks the size of the latter. It is, however, a fine commerci
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