. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 377. FIELD OF ASTERS GROWN FOR THE YORK MARKET BY FRANK L. MOORE, CHATHAM, N. J. Asters For the New York Market. We have found the growing of asters for market an arduous and, at times, a tantaUzing task. One jear the plants reached the blooming stage in fine shape and then several heavy rains robbed us of three-fourths of the yield. In this wav we went through the long mill of shifting, weeding and disbudding without the labor of reaping. On the other hand, this year we had more t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 377. FIELD OF ASTERS GROWN FOR THE YORK MARKET BY FRANK L. MOORE, CHATHAM, N. J. Asters For the New York Market. We have found the growing of asters for market an arduous and, at times, a tantaUzing task. One jear the plants reached the blooming stage in fine shape and then several heavy rains robbed us of three-fourths of the yield. In this wav we went through the long mill of shifting, weeding and disbudding without the labor of reaping. On the other hand, this year we had more than average success with the crop. Although, as every grower must know, we had in New Jersey much wet weather just at the critical time, in early August, yet, having well-drained ground, the blooms which matured in the first three weeks totalh' escaped harm. The whites which camelast showed more harm done by wet than we liked to see, still there was a gt)od proportion of fancv grade liloonis among them. This year we lost but a small fraction of the plants by stem rot. This we attributed to the slope of the ground, which was one to ten. Both the accompanying illustrations were taken on September 3, 1902. The larger picture was taken about 3 p. m., just previous to the regular daily cut. The second, the same day, immediatel3' after. That cut averaged about one bloom to the plant. During the entire season of about three weeks there was an average product of ten blooms jier plant rating as high or higher than the first grade. The average of grades we found was about one-fifth fancy, one- third e.\tra and the remainder first. We found that on account of the bad effects of rain, the grades did not run as well the latter as the first part of the season. As to growing, the seed is sown in February. The plants are set out in the first part of May. They are spaced twelve inches one way and eighteen inches the other. Each bed contains five rows. We have found this tobethemost convenient a
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