. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Fkbkuaey 10, 1916. The Florists' Reviewr 15 it has shown so far on my place, I greatly prefer it. A. M. C.—Ohio. While Carnation Philadelphia Pink has not fulfilled all the claims made for it, it does possess some good qualities and among them are fine color, non- splitting, good size and stem. The most serious objection we had against the variety was the fact that it does not keep well in warm weather. We knew of this fault before we bought it and handled our stock accordingly and with good results. We simply kept the blooming shoots topped away,
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Fkbkuaey 10, 1916. The Florists' Reviewr 15 it has shown so far on my place, I greatly prefer it. A. M. C.—Ohio. While Carnation Philadelphia Pink has not fulfilled all the claims made for it, it does possess some good qualities and among them are fine color, non- splitting, good size and stem. The most serious objection we had against the variety was the fact that it does not keep well in warm weather. We knew of this fault before we bought it and handled our stock accordingly and with good results. We simply kept the blooming shoots topped away, until we made sure it would not come into crop until about December 1. We then let it come in with a big crop, which was taken off by March and it was then thrown out to make room for young stock. Handled in this manner, it paid us well and gave satisfaction all around. There are many growers who con- sider the variety well Worth while, es- pecially for lihose who retail their own stock. We do not consider it good policy to discontinue a variety just be- cause others are finding fault with it, unless you are in the rooted cutting business. All you can ask of a variety is that it shall give you good results, regardless of what it does for your neighbor. We shall discontinue grow- ing Philadelphia Pink, because Mrs. Ward and Good Cheer are more to our liking and the demand for the rooted cuttings is better. A. F. J. B. THE ROLF ZETLITZ HOUSES. The accompanying illustrations are of special interest in that they show two houses of the Rolf Zetlitz range, at Lima, O. The view in the rose house gives a clear picture of Killarneys in splendid shape. The other illustration is of the carnation house, which was planted to varieties introduced during 1914 and 1915. Mr. Zetlitz, who is re- sponsible for the spick-and-span order depicted in the illustrations, says he has 15,000 carnation plants in this house, with sweet peas on each of the posts and occasionally in between. THE NATIONAL F
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