. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1130 The American Florist. Dec. i8. Market Gardeners j Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and Market Gardeoers' Association. , President: Franklin DeKleine. Grand Rapids, Mich., Vice-President; S. VV. Severance, 508 Illi- nois Life Building, Louisville, Ky., Secre- tary; M. L. Ruetenik, Cleveland, U., Treas. Fektilizehs, when effective, aid plants to economize in the use of water. The condition of soil mechanically Is of greater importance than its chemical composition. Fredericton, N. B.—J. Beb
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1130 The American Florist. Dec. i8. Market Gardeners j Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and Market Gardeoers' Association. , President: Franklin DeKleine. Grand Rapids, Mich., Vice-President; S. VV. Severance, 508 Illi- nois Life Building, Louisville, Ky., Secre- tary; M. L. Ruetenik, Cleveland, U., Treas. Fektilizehs, when effective, aid plants to economize in the use of water. The condition of soil mechanically Is of greater importance than its chemical composition. Fredericton, N. B.—J. Bebbington & Son are storing large quantities of cabbage, turnips and other vegetables, to obtain better prices in spring. Celery is in good demand, also lettuce, and summer cauliflower is largely grown here. The demand for root vegetables to ship to New York, Bos- ton and other points has not been so good as usual this year. Grapes for Market in England. The culture of grapes under glass in England and the Channel islands has reached enormous proportions, and the illustration on this page of one of Thos. Rochford & Sons' grape houses gives an excellent idea as to the method of culture employed. In- cidentally, this house is 35x450 feet and 8% tons of grares (Black Ali- cante) have been cut from it this season (the English ton is 2,240 pounds). Altogether, Messrs. Roch- ford cut 100 tons of grapes annually and they have 45 acres under glass de- voted to all classes of greenhouse produce, truly a mammoth establish- ment. Looking at the increasing con- sumption of greenhouse grown grapes in this country, considerable fruit being imported from England, leads one to think that there may be an opening for this class of produce. The conditions are different, of course, as the outdoor grape crop there is prac- tically nil, but considerable fruit is imported there also and barrels of Al- ^'i«,^^_ l>^,ii*!m^m^ HOUSE OF BLACK ALICANTE GRAPES AT ROCHFORD'S, ENGLAN
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