6—Lancaster Farming,
Friday, April 5, 1957
Farmers Supply
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HULL PEAS 10 lbs. . $3.50
SUGAR PEAS 10 lbs. $4.00
GREEN BEANS 10 lbs. $3.50
YELLOW BEANS 10 lbs. $4.00
LIMA BEANS 10 lbs. $4.00
SWEET CORN 10 lbs. $3.00
ALSO
Large 10c or Oz. Pkts.
SAVE
BUY IN LARGE QUANTITIES
FLOWER SEEDS
10c to 50c Pkts.
Large selection of varieties
STRAWBEERY
PLANTS
Large Sturdy Plants for Best
Results
AVAILABLE NOW
* PREMIER 'BIG JOE
■" FAIRFAX ' TEMPLE
* FAIRPEAK * SPARKLE
* CATSKILL
$ 3.00 Per 100 ' .
$ 7.00 Per 300
$lB.OO Per 1000
RHUBARB ROOTS
AVAILABLE NOW
25f each 6 for 51.25
ASPARAGUS ROOTS
BIG TWO YEAR OLB '
AVAILABLE NOW
100 $3.75 1000 $35.00
BERMDA
ONION PLANTS
150 Plants . 75c
1050 Plants $3.50
available now
CERT. SEED
POTATOES
available now
We deliver on our
regular routes
* Cobblers * Russets
* Katahdins * Kennebec
" * Green Mountain
HYBRID SEED
CORN
US-13 H-780 H-276
Jackson & Perkins
ROSE S
1.25 each
L arge Selection
Also
Patented Roses
FARMERS
SUPPLY CO.
137 E. KING ST.
Lancaster, Pa.
A LARGE WHITE BLOOM is what com
mercial chrysanthemum grower Robert Le
fever seeks in his greenhouse. This flower
is a good example of the confirmation and
Lancaster Greenhouse Man Now
Grows Chrysanthemums All Year
Greenhouse operators and
growers were neither farmers
nor non-farmers for years, accord
ing to Robert Lefever, 1300 East
Power Is up 138%
FORD TRACTORS
You get a real bonus of power in
new Ford Tractors. That’s espe
cially true of the big 40 drawbar
horsepower in the 800 Scries . . .
an increase of 138% over the 17
horsepower Model 9N of 1942.
And there are many advanced
design and performance features,
too —like live-action hydraulics
and live P.T.O. Yes, you get
more for your money with Ford
—more in power, more in per
formance. Come in today and
see for yourself.
SEE YOUR LOCAL FORD DEALER
Allen H. Matz
Ph. AN 7-6502
New Holland
Haverstick Bros.
Columbia Pike Lancaster Ph. EX 2-5722
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc
Conestoga Farm Service
Quarryville - Ph. ST 6-2597
King St., Lancaster. “It finally
took a' specific ruling from the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
to put us in the fanning cate-
Sander Bros.
Ph. EL 4-872 J
Ph. 7-1341
size that is desired for best selling quality.
Lefever grows mums for sale the year
around by controlling day length of the
flowers artificially. (LF Photo)
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gory," be said.
Lefever, who now grows cut
flowers with his son, John E.
Lefever, started in the green
house business in 1922. He grows
the normal variety of hothouse
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MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE JOHN H. BONHOLTZER
BDJS. Columbia, Pa.
LEROY GEIB
Manheim, Pa.
R.DJ3
FAIKVIEW ROLLER MILLS JOSEPH M, GOOD & SON
BJLI Narvon, P*. R.D.I Blrd-in-Hand, Pa.
t B. GRAYBIEL & SON WALTER Sc JACKSON, INC.
Refton, Pa.
plants and does some retail busi
ness.
But the bulk of the business is
devoted to raising chrysanthe
mums on a year-pound basis.
“Planning for the sale pf the
flowers starts about six months
ahead,” Lefever Said. “This means
that we start planning for the big
wedding month of June in Janu
ary.”
Most ot the mums grown are
white, but for fall sales, a con
siderable number of bronze
blooms are sPown. Yellow flow
ers are, also grown on a continu
ing basis.
For the average grower, the
chrysanthemum is a fall bloom
ing floWer. Just how does Lefever
manage to produce good blooms
the year round?
“The chrysanthemum is very
sensitive to light and tempera
ture,” Lefever says. “It takes
short days for it to set bud and
produce blooms.”
“To accomplish this, we control
thE'day length in the greenhouse
by a combination of light proof
cloth covers and by the use of
artificial lighting.”
“In the winter, that is from
October to May, we put lights on
the plants for about four hours a
day to give them a long growing
day. Then when they are about
18 inches high, we shorten the
day length' This makes the plant
set bud,” Lefever explained.
(Continued on page 7)
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ANIMAL FATS
METHIONINE
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SNADER’S MILL
R.D.I
Christiana, Pa.
Lancaster, Pa.
Stevens, -Pa