. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Aug. ji. trade to do this, or else individuals in a small way must learn how to do it for themselves. It would take at least four years for any skilled seed grower to do it scientifically, and the cost would necessi- tate a price that would look quite sensa- tional as compared to the present price of California ; Not all the sweet pea enthusiasts share in the radical views of Mr. Hutchins and Horace C. Smith, the well-known market grower, says he has never had a failure to warr
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Aug. ji. trade to do this, or else individuals in a small way must learn how to do it for themselves. It would take at least four years for any skilled seed grower to do it scientifically, and the cost would necessi- tate a price that would look quite sensa- tional as compared to the present price of California ; Not all the sweet pea enthusiasts share in the radical views of Mr. Hutchins and Horace C. Smith, the well-known market grower, says he has never had a failure to warrant so pessimistic a survey of the situation. In this connection W. Atlee Burpee & Co., of Philadelphia, say: A\'ithout doubt this failure of the sweet pea is due, to the bacterial or fungous disease commonly called blight, with which certain soils and localities have evidently become infested, and we do not see any way in which this difliculty can be overcome except to abandon their culture for several seasons. On our own grounds we have experienced this difficulty to a small extent, but so far have been able to "combat it successfully by planting our sweet peas in an entirely new location where no peas, either ornamental or culinary, have been grown for several seasons, and with favorable weather secure as fine flowers and as long a period of bloom as we ever did. Our chief trouble for the last three years has been with hot, dry weather and the green tiy. We have succeeded in mastering the latter by spraying with whale-oil and potash soap, and recent heavy rains have saved the vines so that we are now getting some fine flowers from the new growth of vine, iind from all localities where the season has been favorable we are receiving splendid reports. In our trial grounds we have growing side by side trials of si-ed grown in Frant;e, England, Germany, northern New York, Oregon and Cali- fornia, aud can detect absolutely no difference in the growth of vines from seed gr
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