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HORTI CULTURE 



March 16, 1818 



SEED TRADE 



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Cucumber Leaf Spot Disease. 



Tests uinilo during tbo pnsl two 

 years bavo proved that the angular 

 leaf spot disease o( cucumbers and 

 probably antbracnose ns well are In- 

 troduced Into new flelda on the seed, 

 says the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. Dipping the seed in a 

 1/1000 mercuric chloride (corrosive 

 sublimate) solution for Ave minutes 

 renders the seed disease-free and has 

 no injurious effect on germination. 

 Since both diseases overwinter in the 

 soil of diseased fields, however, it is 

 highly important not to plant in fields 

 which were in cucumbers the preced- 

 ing season. 



Treatment of cucumber seed is a 

 relatively simple operation and can be 

 easily done in the storage houses it 

 running water is at hand. Metal con- 

 tainers cannot be used for the mer- 

 curic chloride solution. The highly 

 poisonous nature of this substance 

 should be kept in mind. Purchase 

 mercuric chloride on the basis of one 

 pound to every 500 pounds of seed to 

 be treated. Make up a concentrated 

 stock solution of a strength of 1/20 

 by dissolving one pound in two and 

 one-halt gallons of water. This stock 

 solution is diluted to 1/1000 by adding 

 one quart to twelve and one-quarter 

 gallons of water. Stir thoroughly. 

 For the treatment use .a barrel, 

 wooden tub, or large crock. 

 How to Treat Seed 



Place the seed in burlap or cheese- 

 cloth bags, fifty pounds in each bag. 

 The bags should not be over three- 

 quarters full to allow for swelling of 

 the seed and to facilitate stirring. 

 Immerse the bag of seed in twelve 

 and one-half gallons of the 1/1000 

 bichloride solution and agitate vigor- 

 ously with a stick to secure thorough 

 wetting of the seed. Remove the bag 

 promptly at the end of five minutes. 

 Immerse at once in a barrel of run- 

 ning water and stir thoroughly. Wash 

 about fifteen minutes. Dry the seed 

 as rapidly as possible. Forced drying 

 by a centrifugal machine or an air 

 blast is much to be desired. The 

 bichloride solution should be used 

 only once, since its strength is greatly 

 decreased. Make up a fresh dilution 

 from the stock solution for every bag 

 of seed. 



To treat seed in smaller quantities 

 dissolve one tablet of mercuric chlo- 

 ride in one pint of water for each halt 

 pound of seed. 



Growers should not plant cucumbers 

 in the same fields used in 1917 for 

 cucumbers, watermelons, or cante- 

 loupes, or on land immediately ad- 

 jacent to such fields. 



Guard against reinfection of the 

 treated seed. Bags to be used for 

 treated seed should be soaked in the 

 1/000 bichloride solution for at least 

 five minutes, rinsed and dried. Solu- 

 tion used once for seed may be used 

 tor this purpose. 



Flower Seeds, Cannas, American 

 Grown Gladioli, Etc. 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



John Connon Co., Hamilton, Ont. — 

 Wholesale Price List for Spring 1918. 



J. .1. Wilson Seed Co., Newark, N. J. 

 —Seed Annual tor 1918. Title page in 

 colors. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and 

 New York— 1918 Illustrated Catalogue 

 of Seeds, Plants and Implements. 



Fraser Nursery Company, Inc., 

 Huntsville, Ind. — Surplus List, Febru- 

 ary 22, for Nurserymen and Dealers 

 only. 



Ozark Seed & Plant Company, Nash- 

 ville, Ark.— Catalogue for 1918. Makes 

 a specialty of Mail Order Seeds and 

 Plants. 



Heatherhome Seed & Nursery Co., 

 New Y'ork— "The War-Time Flower 

 Garden." A comprehensive list of 

 choice flower seeds and plants. 



Alexander Forbes & Co., Newark. 

 N. J.— Vegetable and Flower Seeds 

 and all Garden Requisites. Also Mar- 

 ket Gardeners' Catalogue for 1918. 



Mrs. George Sheffield, Burton, Wash. 

 — List of Dahlia offers for 1918. An 

 excellent list including a number of 

 home introductions in the various 

 classes. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co.. Boston — 

 Wholesale Catalogue of Florists' Sup- 

 plies, Greens, Flowers, Baskets, etc. 

 A very comprehensive list, fully illus- 

 trated, 86 pages. 



Nitrate Agencies Company, New 

 York City — The "New Idea" Fertilizers 



and Insecticides, in large and small 

 salable units. Very useful and inter- 

 esting for the Catalogue man. 



Holm & Olson, Inc., Saint Paul, 

 Minn. — "Creating Your Landscape." A 

 Ijeautiful publication, listing trees, 

 shrubs, hardy border plants and other 

 ornamental material for the garden 

 or park, with fine illustrations of land- 

 scape and garden planting. Several 

 plates in natural colors. A model cata- 

 logue. 



Griffith & Turner Co., Baltimore, Md. 

 — 1918 Catalogue of Farm and Garden 

 Supplies. A big catalogue, comprising 

 260 pages — the most complete list of 

 farm and garden tools and requisites 

 we have seen this season. A splendid 

 reference book. Everything illustrated. 

 The seed and plant department fills 

 72 pages, the vegetable section lead- 

 ing, and moderate prices prevail 

 throughout. 



The bean growers of Monroe County, 

 New Y'ork, met at Rochester Chamber 

 of Commerce on Mar. 2nd, and were 

 addressed by P. W. Kimball of the 

 Hoover Food Administration, who ex- 

 plained the necessity for increased 

 bean production and the steps being 

 taken by the Government toward this 

 end. The recent state agricultural 

 census indicates that the planting of 

 beans in this county in 1918 would be 

 5,000 acres short of last season. Bad 

 weather conditions last year influenced 

 the farmer toward the planting of 

 other crops this season. In a majority 

 of cases the bean crop was almost a 

 total failure. 



