. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 60 The Florists^ Review NOTBMBEB 6, 1913. of home-grown vegetables over those supplied by the market gardener, which often have to travel long distances be- fore they reach the consumer. "American growers and seedsmen are all inclined to specialize in one par- ticular line. Mr. Burpee remarked that his own and many other large firms handle annually from fifteen to thirty tons of onion seed, and it is not un- common to sell annually about two tons of seed of one variety of melon, or from 500 to 1,000 pounds of a pop- ular strain of tomato. Swee
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 60 The Florists^ Review NOTBMBEB 6, 1913. of home-grown vegetables over those supplied by the market gardener, which often have to travel long distances be- fore they reach the consumer. "American growers and seedsmen are all inclined to specialize in one par- ticular line. Mr. Burpee remarked that his own and many other large firms handle annually from fifteen to thirty tons of onion seed, and it is not un- common to sell annually about two tons of seed of one variety of melon, or from 500 to 1,000 pounds of a pop- ular strain of tomato. Sweet corn, of which there are at least twenty va- rieties, is reckoned by the bushel, and a single house will sell from 400 to 1,000 bushels a year of a popular va- riety. Much more seed of garden beets is sold in America than in England, but, on the other hand, much less is handled of mangels or ; CATALOGUES BECEIVED. Central Seed 8e Bulb Co., Benton Harbor, Micb. —Vol. 5, No. 3, of "The Leaflet," published quar- terly or "as occasion in business demands," by B. S. Thompson, the manager; sixteen pages, containing price lists of seasonable stoclf, with cultural directions. O. Benard, Orleans, France.—?156-page cata logue, in the French language, of general nursery stocli, including roses, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, etc. Baker Bros. Co,, Fort Worth, Tex.—A circular on Salvia Greggii, described as "a hardy, ever- blooming, red-flowering shrub, a native of the cold, arid mountains of ?west ; P. Voa Mz., Sassenheim, Holland.—Special list of long-stallced gladioli. Kurt En^elhardt, Leipzig. Germany.—Illus- trated circular on the new dahlia, Kalif. Perry's Hardy Plant Farm, Enfield, England.— Trade list of perennials, rocic plants, delphin- ium ferns, shrnbs, seeds, etc. Battle Creek, Mich.—The Flower Shop, conducted by K. G. Kleckner at 179 West Main street, has been en- larged and redecorated. The interior
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