. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 660 The American Florist. Oct. s, Market Gardeners Vegetable Growers' Association of America. H. N. President: C. West. Irondequoit. N. Vice-President; E. A. Dunbar. .Ashtabula. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. Treasurer. «i= ' Beknardino. Calif.—Geo. J. Fowler, owner of Harlem Springs, will erect a large hothouse to be heated by ? the natural hot water of the springs. He expects to furnish the market with vegetables at all seasons of the year. THE annual field day of th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 660 The American Florist. Oct. s, Market Gardeners Vegetable Growers' Association of America. H. N. President: C. West. Irondequoit. N. Vice-President; E. A. Dunbar. .Ashtabula. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. Treasurer. «i= ' Beknardino. Calif.—Geo. J. Fowler, owner of Harlem Springs, will erect a large hothouse to be heated by ? the natural hot water of the springs. He expects to furnish the market with vegetables at all seasons of the year. THE annual field day of the Massa- chusetts Asparagus Growers' Asso- siation was held Wednesday, Septem- ber IS, at the experiment station at Concord. President C. W. Prescott, Prof. J. B. Norton, Dr. H. J. Wheeler and Prof. F. W. Morse were on the programme. Prohibition on American Potatoes. The importation of American potatoes into Germany has been forbidden by imperial order since February 2G, 1875, on the ground that such importations are liable to lead to the introduction of the potato bug (Colorado beetle) into the country. The only exception to this rule applies to potatoes included in ships' provisions, and they may not be removed from the ship. The direc- tor of the plant quarantine station at Hamburg states that American pota- toes intended for transshipment via German ports can not be stored in the Free Port pending such transshipment. —Daily Consular and Trade Reports. Improving Vegetables. Among the very interesting papers read at the fifth annual convention of the Vegetable Growers' Association of America, at Rochester, N. Y., Septem- ber 4-G, was that on "Improving Vegetables by Crossing and Selec- tion," by O. G. Bishop, Pontiac, Mich. Mr. Bishop is known as an authority in this line and he handled his sub- ject in a way that made his points clear to the audience. Speaking of the desirability of every commercial grower producing his own seed, Mr. Bishop said: "It has
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