. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. *9'3- The American Florist. 161 the varietal character of a vegetable which will give the best satisfaction and profit on one farm and tor one market will not be as satisfactory in another, so that the host possible re- sults can "iiiy ...mi- from the use ol seed, at least "t those vegetables upon which your reputation and profit chiefly depends, ami from which it is possible for you to grow a superlative quality. How can such seed be &e- .1: I have had an Intimate connection willi American seedsmen
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. *9'3- The American Florist. 161 the varietal character of a vegetable which will give the best satisfaction and profit on one farm and tor one market will not be as satisfactory in another, so that the host possible re- sults can "iiiy ...mi- from the use ol seed, at least "t those vegetables upon which your reputation and profit chiefly depends, ami from which it is possible for you to grow a superlative quality. How can such seed be &e- .1: I have had an Intimate connection willi American seedsmen fur over thir- ty years, and I believe them to be quite as honorable and considerate of their customers' needs as any class of merchants, i>i11 they are in business for the sake of personal profit rather than from altruistic motives, and can- net be expected to push the sale of, or to long continue to offer, varieties or Special sleeks which afford them little or no profit. Often a certain variety can be depended upon to give a good yield of seed in one location, but rare- ly more than a very light crop in another, although what you do get is apt (not certain) to yield large crop of better quality than that of plants from seed of the large crop. Can you expect the seedsman to push the sale or long continue to offer the stock which affords him no profit? I have known of many instances where a va- riety or special stock materially better than that generally used has never come into the general planter's hands and has dropped out of cultivation be- cause the seedsmen could not handle it with profit. Again, could a seeds- man be expected to furnish distinct stocks of common sorts so grown as to be especially adapted to the conditions and wants of each of thousands of customers, many of those using only one ounce or two of seed? One has no right to criticise common practice without suggestion for betterment, and so I make bold even here in Horti- cultural Hall, and before this so
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