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HORTICULTURE 



June 13. 1914 



Est. 1765 



-Pot Makers for a 

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A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



Warehouses : 

 CAJLBRIDGE, MASS. 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



BELGIAN HOTHOUSE GRAPES. 



■<Vice Consul General Charles Koy Nasmith, 

 Brussels.) 



Hothouse grapes are raised exten- 

 sively in Belgium, principally in the 

 villages of Hoeylaert. Overyssche, and 

 La Hulpe, situated about 8 miles out- 

 side the city of Brussels. They are 

 also raised in small quantities at 

 Wayre. Ste. Catherine, Contich, Duffel, 

 Yilvorde. and Ypres, Belgium. 



This industry first started at Hoey- 

 laert 50 years ago and has developed 

 steadily. Now there are 15,000 hot- I 

 houses in which grapes are grown, and 

 the total annual production is 4,000,000 

 to 5,000,000 kilos (8,818,500 to 11,023,- 

 100 pounds). New hothouses are be- 

 ing constructed each year and the in- 

 dustry is becoming more and more im- 

 i)ortant. 



The Belgian statistics show exports 

 .of these grapes to the different coun- 

 tries in 1912 as follows, in pounds: To 

 England, 1043,227; Germany, 317,466; 

 United States, 211,203; Netherlands, 

 100,090; France, 3,968; other countries, 

 40,786; total, 1,716,740 pounds. The 

 records of this office show that in 1912 

 the exports of grapes invoiced at the 

 Brussels consulate general for ship- 

 ment to the United States aggregated 

 $64,977. In 1913 the declared exports 

 of grapes from this district to the 

 United States were some $4,700 less in 

 value, the shipments by quarters last 

 year being: March quarter, $16 802; 

 June quarter, $13,463; September quar- 

 ter, $4,226; December quarter. $25,782; 

 total, $60,273. 



Varieties Grown — Description of Hot- 

 houses, 



The principal varieties of grapes 

 grown in hothouses are especially the 

 Franckenthal. the Gros Colman, and, 

 in less quantities, the Black Alicante, 

 also the following white grapes: Mus- 

 cat blanc d'Alexandrie, Gris Dore, and 

 the Forster. The principal variety ex- 

 ported to the United States is the Gros 

 Colman which stands transportation 

 much better than the other varieties. 



The average dimensions of a hot- 

 house In which the grapes are grown 

 are 65 feet long, 26 feet wide, and 7 to 

 9 feet high. They are heated through 

 large tile pipes, by hot air tliat comes 

 from furnaces built underneath at 

 each end. It costs about 100 francs 

 ($19.30) a month to heat one of these 

 hot houses during the forcing season. 

 The coal used is anthracite. In each 

 hothouse there is a cistern of about 10 

 ■cubic meters (2,642 gallons) full of 

 water, which is used for watering the 

 vines. One hothouse of the dimen- 

 sions mentioned will contain 60 grape- 

 vines or 10 peach trees. The construc- 

 tion of a hot house costs about 1,500 

 francs ($290). The wages paid work- 

 men average 3.50 francs ($0,675) per 

 dav. The average production of a hot- 

 house is 350 to 450 kilos (771 to 992 

 pounds). 



DREER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



No. Dlam. Ea. Doz. 100 

 10 20 In. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00 

 20 18 In. 1.30 14.00 115.00 

 30 16 In. 

 40 14 in. 

 50 12 in. 

 fiO 10 in. 

 70 8 In. 

 Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever Introduced. The neatest, lightest 



and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have 



drop handles. 



HENRY A. DREER, ^^^^^- ^^^^^- Bulbs, and Supplies, 



714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



KING 



GREENHOUSES 



.\re suiiplitd in 3 different Iron 

 Frame Types; also in the Semi Iron 

 or Pipe Frame st.vles, so we can of- 

 fer you a strong, practical Sunny 

 House at the price you can afEord 

 to pay. 



Write us today — just tell ns what 

 vou want and we will ilo the rest. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



28 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N.Y. 



Ai: the S:<,::Mi.' . ! ,V Ai.v H,w,:,fs 



I 1000 BBADT PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. 

 per crate: 



2000 1% In. a $6.00 



1500 2 " " 4.88 



1500 2H " " 8.25 



1500 2H " " 6.00 



1000 3 " " B.OO 



800 314 " " 6.80 



Price 



500 4 In. @ $4.50 



458 iV, " " 6.24 



320 6 " •' 4.51 



210 6% " " 3.78 



144 6 " " 3.16 



120 7 " •' 4.20 



60 8 " " 3.00 



HILFINGER BROS. [Pottery, Fort Edward, N.Y. 



August Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agtnts 



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Builds Good Greenhouses 



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THE FOLEY GREENHOUSE MFG. CO. 



3275 West 31st Street 



CHICAGO, III. 



—STANDARD FLOWER- 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles I 

 of the Capitol, write us, we can save 1 

 .vou money. 



W. H. ERNEST 

 — 28th & M Sts. Washington, D, C. 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OP 

 AMERICA, insarer of 39,000,000 sq. ft. of iUn 



For particulars address 



John G. Esler, Sec'y Saddle River, N.J. 



Peaches, pears and tomatoes are 

 also grown in quite large quantities in 

 tl-e same hothouses. One house can 

 contain 800 pots in which tomatoes are 

 grown. Out of season — commencing 

 in September and finishing in April — 

 many salad plants are grown with the 

 grapes in the hothouses, especially let- 

 tuce, spinach, and sweet cicely, also 

 radishes, and some of these products 

 are exported to Germany. 



Trade Susceptible of Expansion. 



Belgian growers of hothouse grapes 

 \fho have visited hothouses in the 

 United States consider the methods 

 used in Belgium for growing these 

 grapes, and especially the construc- 

 tions of the buildings and the system 

 of heating, far superior to the Ameri- 

 can way. Also some of the growers 

 here are thinking seriously of estab- 

 lishing hothouses in the United States, 

 as they consider the opportunities for 

 making money in this way to be es- 

 pecially good. 



At present transportation facilities 

 between Belgium and the United 

 States are entirely insufficient on the 

 steamers of the Red Star Line sailing 

 from Antwerp, about 30 miles away. 

 All the available refrigerator space 



has been taken by a few growers, and 

 other exporters of hothouse grapes are 

 compelled to ship by way of Rotter- 

 dam or by steamer from Antwerp to 

 Southampton, and then by steamer to 

 .\ew York. One grower gave it as his 

 opinion that ten times the amount of 

 grapes now sold in the United States 

 could easily be disposed of it they 

 could be delivered, and all the ship- 

 pers agree that there is no difficulty 

 in finding a market for their grapes. 



- GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Louisville, Ky, — Sam Pontrich, 

 house 15 X 12.5. 



Upper Sandusky, O. — Constien Bros,, 

 additions and alterations. 



Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Wm. L. Connyng- 

 ham. range of King houses. 



Berkeley, Mass. ~R. E. Giles, 287 

 Washington street, one house. 



Coshocton, O. — Andrew Kiefer, 15th 

 and Orange streets, one house. 



Albany, N. Y.— John T. Travison, 337 

 South Pearl street, house 17 x 26. 



Farmingdale. N. Y. — Frank Dinde, 

 two houses each 21 x 100, one house 

 10 x 100, King construction. 



