. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 78 The Florists^ Review Mat 6. It is reported that a nursery is being started at South Reno, Kan., by Samuel D. Buhler. Of the 375 acres owned by the North- west Nursery Co., at Valley City, N. D., 200 acres are planted to small trees and other nursery stoclj. The Moon Nursery Corporation, of White Plains, N. Y., has been incorpo- rated by J. Edward Moon and Henry T. Moon, of Morrisville, Pa., and E. Wright Peterson, of Gouverneur, N. Y. G. C. Whittaker, formerly of Seattle. Wash., has purchased thirty acres of land at Grand Mound, Wash., wh
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 78 The Florists^ Review Mat 6. It is reported that a nursery is being started at South Reno, Kan., by Samuel D. Buhler. Of the 375 acres owned by the North- west Nursery Co., at Valley City, N. D., 200 acres are planted to small trees and other nursery stoclj. The Moon Nursery Corporation, of White Plains, N. Y., has been incorpo- rated by J. Edward Moon and Henry T. Moon, of Morrisville, Pa., and E. Wright Peterson, of Gouverneur, N. Y. G. C. Whittaker, formerly of Seattle. Wash., has purchased thirty acres of land at Grand Mound, Wash., where he will establish a nursery. He expects to have berry plants ready to market in 1916. There are not many nurserymen who expect to break records this season, but there are few who at the moment find time hanging heavily on their hands. The pressure of the spring rush Ts just as severe as ever. W. J. Hughes, of the Cedar Eapids Nursery Co., Cedar Rapids, la., says that, although he doesn 't know the cause, there has been a big increase in the nursery business in his locality this year. Fruit trees, of course, form the larger part of the sales. Instead of burning the leftovers at the end of the season, Holsinger Bros., of Rosedale, Kan., gave away about 3,000 fruit trees, shrubs, bushes and vines May 1. They decided this practice would not diminish their profits for this season, while it might add a few to their cus- tomers next year. W. C. Griffing, manager of the nurser- ies of the GriflSng Bros. Co., at Grand Bay, Ala., spoke before the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society at Mobile last week on "Diversification in the ; The company's nurseries at Grand Bay cover 200 acres, and contain flowers and shrubs as well as fruit and ornamental trees. Over 100 varieties of citrus fruits have been set out. Filling orders and planting young stock is keeping 460 hands busy at the William P. Stark Nurseries, at Neosho and Stark City, Mo. To the 500 acres of the firm, an ex
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