Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-06-15

others in cultivation; when the pure
white flowers first open they have some
what the form of the common pond lily,
the yellow anthers in the center making
the same delicate contrast with the broad
petals. The resemblance is carried still
further by delightful fragrance that
suggests the water lily to most people,
especially when the flowers are opening.
After the flowers have remained open
few days the petals commence curving
inwards, and this movement continues
until the center is entirely covered and
the beautifully incurved flower shows
no trace of color mingling with it's spot
less white, and it continues for long
period in this state. This popularity is
So marked and distinct from other vari-
cites that flowers picked from the same
plant might easily be mistaken for differ
ent varieties il not seen growing together.
The flowers, about two inches across. are
borne individually on long stems stand
ing well above tho foliage, which allows
each flower to be cut without destroying
others, making it most valuable for cut
flower raisers.
This variety seems also to possess a
tendency to bloom out of the usual sea-
son. Tho spray from which our picture
was chosen was cut. on March 10, and
some plants in six-inch pots were in full
bloom during all of March last The
habit of the plant is robust and compact,
ranging from two To three feet in height,
with leaves of IA dark rich green, which
display tho flowers to great advantage.
A., al III
growing aud blooming freely with ordi.
nary care, 1t seems peculiarly adapted to
general culture when its merits become
known.
1t originated rs n seeding, being raised
in 1887 in Bergen county, n. j., among
u number of hybrids whose parentago
was unfortunately lost. The present
stock is owned by florist of Ridgcwood,
n. j., who is carefully developing it to
place upon tho market.
Seeds from Eariy and Late Ripening Fruits.
In u report from the Michigan Agri-
cultural college station occurs the follow
ing:
Fifty-two varieties of tomatoes were
planted in duplicate, six plants being
grown from seeds of the first ripe fruits
of 1887, and the six adjoining hills from
seeds selected some two weeks later.
Compiling the weight of tho fruit grown
from these varieties, it was found that
tho seeds of the first ripe fruits pro-
duced at tho first picking 35i pounds of
ripe fruit, while tho other plants gave
psi pounds only, showing gain Of
II pounds in favor of planting seeds of
the first ripe fruits, or 25 per cent. Ex-
amining the figures, it was found that
the angular sorts, which naturally ripen
early, produced 26 9-l6 pounds at the
first picking from tho first ripo fruits,
while only @ 1l-l6 pounds were produced
by tho late fruits, or only one-fourth as
many. With the apple shaped sorts the
result was reversed, as the yield was
respectively 1916 pounds and 81 ZIG
pounds for the seeds from the first and
the late ripening fruits, or, in other
words, the first picking of tomatoes of
angular varieties gave four times as
many fruits from plants grown from
seeds of the first ripe fruits rs from those
selected from the main crop, whilo with
the apple shaped sorts only two-fifths as
many We're obtained.