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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



39? 



a fielil of twenty-eight acres of cucum- 

 bers is .-iii absolute failur i account 



of the blight. Peppers sho-w a very 

 weak growth and some fields are so 

 l.a.kwai'l i>n account of the cold aights 

 and not too warm days, thai il is 

 doubtful whether the seed will mature 

 before frost. Early tomatoes are set- 

 ting very poorly. It is somewhat too 

 early to give definite information on 

 the late Borts, still the outlook is not 

 encouraging. 



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ONION SETS AT CHICAGO. 

 Onion set harvesting continues at 

 cago. The weather is not as favo] 

 as it might be, but good progress is 

 pg made. The crop this yeai si 

 much variation. There is nol the u 

 uniformity of the tops drying down 

 consequently much less i 

 bushels from a given acres 

 ]y to be a long drawn out harvest and 

 many fields where a full quantity is ex- 

 |M-cti'd will disappoint the growers. 

 Fields that promise to the casual ob- 

 server an immense crop show by close 

 inspection a serious defect occasioned l>» 

 the bulbs not forming. Many patches in 

 some of the larger fields are wretchedly 

 thin and in these the yield of sets will 

 be but a small proportion of the crop. 

 In other fields the direct opposite is the 

 case, the stand seemingly having been 

 too thick to permit more than half the 

 proper quantity of bulbs to make. It is 

 of course understood that what have not 

 now made will be clean waste. The har- 

 vest thus far gives no promise of the 

 crop being more than two-thirds of what 

 is usually harvested at Chicago and it is 

 more likely to be less than two-thirds of 

 a normal crop. 



BALTIMORE. 



There is stillness in the air and the 

 dullness of trade is nigh absolute. Save 

 for an occasional funeral order, prac- 

 tically there is no trade. The early clos- 

 ing hours of the Charles street florists 

 are apparently better observed than ever 

 before. In the past week there have 

 been further heavy rains, with some hail, 

 but the weather between is absolutely 

 perfect. 



There is considerable building going 

 on, besides the customary alterations and 

 improvements. Julius Tischinger is 

 building four houses near Grovanstown, 

 and his old establishment is being ad- 

 vertised for rent. 



The boiler men have been in evidence 

 lately, and have booked numerous orders, 

 the Lord & Burnham Co. being very for- 

 tunate in this regard. 



E. Holden, whose skill is eminent as a 

 grower of forced vegetables, has com- 

 pleted his dwelling and a mushroom 

 house on his new place near Paradise. 



John Cook, the rose grower and origi- 

 nator, continues his labor of love, and 

 has many candidates under observation. 

 He has a house planted with some 500 of 

 one of his newer varieties, a bright crim- 

 son rose, with fine, long stems and pro- 

 liti- in flowering, a cross between Liberty 

 a] ' • c of his own pink seedlings. 



The contract for hyacinth and tulip 

 bulbs for the public parks was awarded 

 to Frederick (!. Berger, who had no com- 

 petition. 



There seems to be little interest so far 

 in the Milwaukee convention. So far as 

 known, Charles L. Seybold, superintend- 

 ent of Patterson Park, is the only one 

 who has absolutely decided to attend. 



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Isaac H. Moss and Fred C. Bauer are 

 ' ' almost persuaded, ' ' and there may be 

 one or two precincts to hear from, but 

 the bulk of the army seems waiting to 

 attack St. Louis next year. The railroad 



■■■■ er men are active, however, and 



may drum up a larger contingent. 



Nicholas Kress, an example of our old- 

 fashioned gardeners, who were early in 

 the field of activity and usefulness, has 

 nearly completed sixty years of life in 

 America. Coming to Baltimore from 

 Frankfort-on-the-Main, where he learnt'. I 

 his trade, he was for about sixteen yea is 

 gardener on the private place of Mr. 

 Kodew.ild. He then established a flor 

 ist 's business of his own, carried it on 

 with much success for many years, anil 

 handed it down to his son, Edward, also 

 a prudent and successful business man, 

 and now respected and contented, lives at 

 his ease, after a busy and well-spent life 

 of more than 80 years, among his family 

 and friends, whose pleasure it is to see 

 him cheerful in temper and bright in 

 mind in the rays of the setting sun. 



Springfield, O.— The board of equal- 

 ization has added to the assessed value 

 of some of the greenhouse property here 

 because of improvements made this year. 



Southington, Conn.— The heirs of the 

 Dwight Twichell estate have transferred 

 to C. W. Blatchley the Plantsville green- 

 house property on Main street. Mr. 

 Blatchley has had charge of the houses 

 for some time and under his manage- 

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