. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IQIO. The American Florist. 1093 begins. As long as they push up new leaves they are left undisturbed, but ?when they cease to do this they are harvested. They are dug and placed on layers of pine needles until they are perfectly dry. Then the salable tubers are stored in the packing house in saw- dust, and the shipping begins soon after the first week in January. The tubers grown on very moist land and on mucky soil are often of a large size, but they rot easily and are not fit for shipping. WINTERING THE TUBERS.
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IQIO. The American Florist. 1093 begins. As long as they push up new leaves they are left undisturbed, but ?when they cease to do this they are harvested. They are dug and placed on layers of pine needles until they are perfectly dry. Then the salable tubers are stored in the packing house in saw- dust, and the shipping begins soon after the first week in January. The tubers grown on very moist land and on mucky soil are often of a large size, but they rot easily and are not fit for shipping. WINTERING THE TUBERS. "All the tubers for propagating pur- noses are wintered in trenches in the open air. The trench should be six to eight inches deep. In this trench they are spread out and covered with six or eight inches of soil. Here they come through the winter in perfect condi- tion. I have found that the tubers in Florida can endure a temperature of 40°and even 36° in the soil, while in the north they should never be win- tered in a lower temperature than 55°. PACKING THE TUBERS. "The tubers sold to wholesale firms are usually packed in paper bags in sawdust. We pack each tuber separ- ately in paper and then in paper bags with sawdust. These paper bags are placed in large boxes and are agadn thickly covered with sawdust. They are always forwarded by express, usually at a time when the weather in the north is mild. They are always held back when an exceptionally cold wave is announced by the weather bureau. Tubers sold retail are always wrapped separately in paper, packed in small boxes and forwarded by ; Past, Present and Prospectlye of the Seed Trade in America. BY FRANCIS BRILL. Some five years ago, when nearing the time of life allotted to the hu- man race, I began to realize that after an experience of half a century in the seed business that I knew but very little thereof as compared with the younger generations in the trade, and the thought suggested itself
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