. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. EVEBGBEENS FOB THE SOXTTH. (Continued from page 122.) ducing units in the country are located in the area embraced by the Southern Nurserymen's Association. On a trip to the important growing centers a year ago last winter, I was amazed at the great progress as well as the push, en- thusiasm and confidence displayed by southern growers in the work of pro- ducing plants formerly shipped in from abroad. You have the skillful and ex- perienced growers and your leaders stand foremost in accomplishment. This, combined with every needed va- riety of soil
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. EVEBGBEENS FOB THE SOXTTH. (Continued from page 122.) ducing units in the country are located in the area embraced by the Southern Nurserymen's Association. On a trip to the important growing centers a year ago last winter, I was amazed at the great progress as well as the push, en- thusiasm and confidence displayed by southern growers in the work of pro- ducing plants formerly shipped in from abroad. You have the skillful and ex- perienced growers and your leaders stand foremost in accomplishment. This, combined with every needed va- riety of soil and climate, will produce the stock wanted by the American con- suming public. The Pacific coast, with its especially favorable climatic conditions, also of- fers wonderful opportunities for the growing of varied lines of nursery and florists' stock, and these are being taken full advantage of by the growers there. There is in process of production a vast amount of needed stock that will help to fill the gap, and put American hor- ticulture on the map. After two months spent last winter among Pacific coast growers, not a word of discouragement was heard. Everywhere they were throwing themselves into the work with renewed energy and confident determi- nation. What Result WIU Obtain? With all this intense activity in the production of nursery stock going on all over the country, what will be the out- come? For a few years the market will, undoubtedly, absorb what is produced, but after that, unless something is done, there will unquestionably arise the old problem of overproduction and brush piles, useful only for bonfires, also ruin- ous prices, both wholesale and retail, with cut-throat competition. The nursery industry is composed roughlv of about 4,000 nurserymen, with annual sales of about $20,000,000. These figures are from the 1920 census. Leading members of the nursery indus- try agree that $20,000,000 is less than one-fifth of the present potential mar- ket. One hundred
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