Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
LOWRY PRODUCE
COMPANY OPENS
WITH BIC SALES
Business at New Orleans Far Be-
yond Highest Ex-
pectatiOns.

The Lowry Fruit and Produce
Company. now in its new and con-
venient quarters at Nos. So and 81
East Alabama street are featuring
seed sweet potatoes and potato plants.
Mr. Atkinson, who has charge Of
this department, is devoting his en-
time time and attention to same, and
from all accounts he is being kept
pretty busy. in fact, he says that un-
less the mail and orders slack up just
a little, ID will be necessary TO put on
additional office help. "One mail
brought in orders for over quarter
Of million potato plants the past
week. In addition, there We're numer-
GUS orders for seed sweets, seed corn,
seed peanuts, seed peas, cane seed,
tomato, beet and pepper plants ana
other orders too numerous 10 men
ton. some few coming as far as Cal
ifornia. but the bulk being from the
Southern States; and balieve me, II
takes some hard work, as well as
headwork, to distribute and execute
these orders properly. However, with
an early start and a late getaway,
have managed to get off each days
business promptly.
Thus far we have booked about
two million potato plants for April
and May deliveries and have left
unlocked about a million more ana
win possibly have these booked be-
ore another week has passed. With
Florida crop the past season an al
most total failure and scant stocks
throughout the other States at bed
ding season, both seed and plants are
The scarcest ever known. and before
many realize the seriousness of con-
ditions, ii win be too late. We are
urging all our patrons to buy now.
If they haven't already done so.
We are now shipping cabbage
plants from our beds in South Caro-
lima and tomato, pepper and beet
plants from our Florida beds. The
growers throughout the United States
are fast learning the advantages of
nuying plants; it insures them Of
vegetables, etc, few weeks earlier,
and from a commercial standpoint II
uroves a deal more profitable to get
them to market at the earliest mo-
ment possible, hence the advantage
IN this respect. Again it eliminates
Z he danger of frosts and ofttimes he
can have his vegetables and potatoes
well under growth before he could
possibly have had them reset from his
own beds
For next week we can ship from
stock sweet potatoes, selected espe-
cially for seed purposes. unmixed and
true TO name, old fashioned pumpkin
vans, Dooly yams Norton yams, Por-
to Rico yams, famous Nancy Hall,
Triumph and Southern Queen. WIN
also have a car of Iowa recleaned
cane seed and quantity Of Iowa seed
field corn. We can't understand why
a farmer shouldn't use the utmost
caution in selecting seed corn, The
cost to plant an acre Is insignificant
compared with the prospects of a
larger yield.
We are also encouraging the cul-
ture Of a merchantable peanut
throughout this section. and have on
hand large stock of imported Span
ish variety, which can be cultivated
on an extensive scale to an amazingly
profitable end This peanut is by
far the most merchantable peanut on
The market and can be easily cult
waited in any sandy. loamy soil, and
the yield is immense, A ready mar
ket at good prices can be found at
any time Of the year, and as a money
crop, there is nothing short OF cot
ton its equal