. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. f OCTOBEB 18, 1917. The Horists^ Review 25. John H. Hale. John Howard Hale, one of the fore- most horticulturists and growers of peaches in th^ United States, died at his home in South Glastonbury, Conn., Oc- tober 12, aged 64 years. Mr. Hale owned orchards at South Glastonbury and at Fort Valley, Ga., where he grew fruit for the market. Mr. Hale was the originator of the Million Dollar peach. He was prominent in the nursery trade and in 1894 was president of the Amer- ican Association of Nurserymen. It was more than forty years ago that Mr. Hale f
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. f OCTOBEB 18, 1917. The Horists^ Review 25. John H. Hale. John Howard Hale, one of the fore- most horticulturists and growers of peaches in th^ United States, died at his home in South Glastonbury, Conn., Oc- tober 12, aged 64 years. Mr. Hale owned orchards at South Glastonbury and at Fort Valley, Ga., where he grew fruit for the market. Mr. Hale was the originator of the Million Dollar peach. He was prominent in the nursery trade and in 1894 was president of the Amer- ican Association of Nurserymen. It was more than forty years ago that Mr. Hale first became interested in peaches. Eecently, in writing of his career, Mr. Hale declared that a seed- ling peach tree that grew along a fence row supplied him with "rosy little peaches" while he was at work on a neighboring farm as a " hired boy.'' Then and there he decided that when he had money enough he would buy some trees and plant them on his moth- er's farm. The next year he secured a job as a farm hand at $ per month and board, which gave him the chance he desired. At the time of his death he was hailed as the "peach ; Mr. Hale supplied an article on growing peaches in the south for Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture. In connection with Prof. Powell, of the United States Department of Ag- riculture, Mr. Hale conducted the first experiments in precooling peaches. These experiments led the Southern Pacific railroad to invest more than $1,000,000 in precooling stations to pre- serve fruit in transit. At the time of his death Mr. Hale was a member of the State Utilities Commission of Connecticut. William Nilsson. William Nilsson, the Woodlawn, N. Y., florist, died suddenly October 11 of apoplexy. Mr. Nilsson was 65 years of age and for many years conducted a flower store at the entrance to Wood- lawn cemetery. He was a member of several florists' societies and held the respect of the trade. He leaves a wife, son and daughter. The son will
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