. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 424 The American Florist. Oct. Rhlnebeck and Its Violet Growers. II. According to the gazetteers, Rhinebeck had a population, fifty years ago, of 2,938. At the present time it is credited with but 1,600. It is safe to say, how- ever, that the 1,600 make quite as much of a stir in the world as did their more numerous ancestors, especially since the discovery of the rich violet mines in their midst. The pioneers in the violet industry, OeorgeSaltford, J. C. Rockefeller, Stanton Rockefeller, John Hermance, Pasca
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 424 The American Florist. Oct. Rhlnebeck and Its Violet Growers. II. According to the gazetteers, Rhinebeck had a population, fifty years ago, of 2,938. At the present time it is credited with but 1,600. It is safe to say, how- ever, that the 1,600 make quite as much of a stir in the world as did their more numerous ancestors, especially since the discovery of the rich violet mines in their midst. The pioneers in the violet industry, OeorgeSaltford, J. C. Rockefeller, Stanton Rockefeller, John Hermance, Pascal Trem- per, Alvah Bishop, W. T. Rynders, Alvin Coon and Judson Traver, have seen their neighbors—painters, blacksmiths, farm- ers and so on—follow suit, one after the other, until now all the hills and meadows are flecked with broad patches of white glass and the violet business has grown to be the leading industry of the old town, furnishing an easy living, either as an exclusive avocation or as a side-issue for a goodly percentage of the inhabi- tants. Rhinebeck, although mature in years is still young, and as frisky as a colt. At present base-ball and the Hiawatha ditty are rampant. When a base-ball game is scheduled it is the absorbing topic of the town and for days in advance old and young find a fruitful theme in the subject of ^curves and hot liners. On the day of the game they flock to the field from all directions on foot, in gigs and on bicycles and the visitor who would look to find a violet-grower at his greenhouses on such an occasion doesn't understand Rhinebeck. Very few of the violet men have had any previous horticultural experience. They are recruited from any and all trades and occupations and it must be confessed that one sees mighty little difiierence between the stock of the novice and that of the old gardener. With a piece of Rhinebeck's enchanted ground, a house like his neighbor's and an aptness in imitation combined with a little industry, the nov
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