. Commercial carnation culture; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the American carnation for market purposes. Carnations. PINCHING 97 given date. Weather conditions have more to do with that than anything else. Plants at the end of August, with the majority of shoots 5 in. to 6 in. long, should be in good shape to produce flowers during the latter part of November and December. If they should set buds and start to flower on short stems it is just as well to pinch these out. A Carnation is worthless on an 8-in. or â¢*^ ^â ^-«^. Gannett's Field of Carnations at Geneva,
. Commercial carnation culture; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the American carnation for market purposes. Carnations. PINCHING 97 given date. Weather conditions have more to do with that than anything else. Plants at the end of August, with the majority of shoots 5 in. to 6 in. long, should be in good shape to produce flowers during the latter part of November and December. If they should set buds and start to flower on short stems it is just as well to pinch these out. A Carnation is worthless on an 8-in. or â¢*^ ^â ^-«^. Gannett's Field of Carnations at Geneva, N. Y., in Bloom stem, no matter when in bloom, and when the plants do that it is only due to insufficient roots. It shows a stunted condition of the plants, for they are not yet ready to flower. Good, long-stemmed flowers bring a fair price, even in September. Let the plants flower if they show signs of long stems. The next main crop of flowers may come along after Christmas, but what of that? If you could arrange it so that you could be sure of a Christmas crop by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dick, John Harrison, 1877- ed. New York, A. T. DeLaMare printing & publishing co. , ltd.
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