The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . sn to carry himto Cnlifornia: he hnd a new seedlingpotato with which he hoped to raisethat amount T purchased It. and be-lieving that the one most deserving thename of a new vegetable was its origi-nator gave It the name Burbank. For January 27, 1906 The Florists Exchange 93 years in the East this was the mostextensively raised variety for tiieSprinp^ marltet, and it was also raisodin England more extensively than nnyother American variety. AVIiat LutherBurbank has since become
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . sn to carry himto Cnlifornia: he hnd a new seedlingpotato with which he hoped to raisethat amount T purchased It. and be-lieving that the one most deserving thename of a new vegetable was its origi-nator gave It the name Burbank. For January 27, 1906 The Florists Exchange 93 years in the East this was the mostextensively raised variety for tiieSprinp^ marltet, and it was also raisodin England more extensively than nnyother American variety. AVIiat LutherBurbank has since become, the musteminent of all men in his line of work,is too generally known to need morethan to be mentioned. On tliree different seasons I had thepleasure of ^ between thou-sands of brother farmers in drougrht-stricken Kansas. Texas and Nebraskaand actual suffering-. I sent them, afree gift, varieties of seed that wouldgive table food earlier than their stan-dard (.-i-ops and tlius helped tide thornand tlieir little ones over their sorestpinch. These gifts were of tons ofseed. During one season I personally. J. J. II. Gregory spent about all my time in putting upover two tons in small parcels for suf-ferers in Nebraska. Well, my long-time, frierds, I haveabout used up an old-maas licensetowards verbosity, and will close this,my semi-centennial greeting to the tensof thousands of customers ?whom Iclaim the right to call my friends, witha farewell till we meet face to face inthat land where will all therhcmbers of the church universal, bearthey the name either of Catholic orProtestant in their hundred subdivis-ions, who. while on earth, honestlystrove to obey our Saviours Injunction,to do the will of the loving Father ofus all. During the fifty years Mr. Gregoryhas been in business, his firm has in-troduced, among others the followingvegetables: Marblehead Mammoth cornin ,; Hubbard squash in 1S56: Mar-blehead Mammoth cabbage in 1S61;Stone Ma-son cabbage, 1862: C
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