. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. F. R. Pierson Cup. with supplies to meet all inquiries, asters generally and a few strains of pansies excepted. In 1906 the exports of bulbs, flowers, fruit and vegetables from the Channel islands exceeded all previous years. Jer- sey depends greatly upon her crops of early potatoes and the government of the island has offered a prize of iico, ($480) to the raiser who produces a po- tato which will prove a heavier cropper anda better disease resister than the va- rieties now cultivated. In Guernsey to- matoes were
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. F. R. Pierson Cup. with supplies to meet all inquiries, asters generally and a few strains of pansies excepted. In 1906 the exports of bulbs, flowers, fruit and vegetables from the Channel islands exceeded all previous years. Jer- sey depends greatly upon her crops of early potatoes and the government of the island has offered a prize of iico, ($480) to the raiser who produces a po- tato which will prove a heavier cropper anda better disease resister than the va- rieties now cultivated. In Guernsey to- matoes were mainly responsible for the. Cup Won by F. R. Pierson at Toronto. increase in the exports. In the open air, in cool houses and in early forcing houses their culture is annually on the increase. Several Guernsey growers have turned their attention in a very whole-hearted manner to the cultivation of carnations and find them a profitable line. The bulb exports of 1906, princi- pally narcissi, were heavier than in any previous year, the bulk of the consign- ments going to America, Holland and England. No doubt Holland bought largely for transhipment to other coun- tries, in addition to buying tons of small bulbs to grow on for a year or so. Guernsey covers about 40 square miles and it is estimated that there are 3,000 market growers in the island. The National Potato Society has got on its legs for another year with W. P. Wright as chairman. At the adjourned annual meeting leading firms, such as Sutton & Sons, and Dobbie & Co., coun- seled the winding up of the society. It is probable that trials of potatoes will be conducted at Wye, Kent, and an autumn exhibition held there instead of in Lon- don, the agricultural college at Wye having held out special inducements to the society to adopt this course. Intense cold is being experienced in most parts of Europe. Telegrams from the North sea to the Black sea announce nearly record low temperatures. There is the rare spectacle
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