WITH THE VEGETABLE GROWERS. 



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tors open on hinges at the bottom, mildew 

 appears, while in the other, where they open 

 on hinges at the ridge, it has not appeared. 

 Head lettuce appears to be more subject to 

 mildew than bunch lettuce. 



THE OXLY REMEDY. 



" I have found sulphur treatment to be 

 the only eiTectual remedy. I mix the sul- 



Vegetable Growing in tlie Winter 



phur to the consistency of cream and put it 

 on the hot water pipes witli a brush. If 

 necessary to apply the treatment before arti- 

 ficial heat is required, a fire has to be lighted 

 to heat the pipes, but the first crop, sown in 



" A Practical Vegeta'ile Orowers' A? = 



sociation would be a good thing," re- 

 marked J. W. Johnson, of Toronto East, to 

 The Canadian Horticulturist recently, "pro- 

 vided the members would live up to their 

 agreemen.t. The discussions at their meet- 

 ings would be valuable, but such an associa- 

 tion would be of little use in fixing prices. 

 The farmers about Toronto have taken to 

 raising a great deal of garden truck, which 

 comes into competition with what the mar- 



August, when the air is drier, is not so sub- 

 ject to mildew as those which come on later. 

 Watercress grown in the same greenhouse 

 is sometimes afifected with mildew, though 

 it seems to have disappeared this year. The 

 sulphur treatment has also proved effica- 

 cious in the case of chrysanthemums. 



" Another enemy we have to contend 

 with is the green fly. I find ' Nikoteeii 

 Aphis Punk ' an efifectual remedy. I hang^ 

 it on wires while burning, and the fumes 

 kill the fly. Formerly I used tobacco 

 stems, but they burned the plants. The 

 punk, which comes in rolls, is more expen- 

 sive, but it is worth the difiference. 



" In growing lettuce some prefer to sow 

 thick, and thin out, allowing the plants to 

 mature where sowed. I prefer to trans- 

 plant and get single heads. For bunch let- 

 tuce I set four or five inches apart, for head 

 lettuce eight by ten. The temperature 

 should be kept at 70 degrees by day and 50 

 degrees by night. Bunch lettuce should 

 yield a crop every month ; head lettuce every 

 two months. I keep on sowing seed every 

 two or three weeks, thus ensuring a succes- 

 sion of plants. Bad seed this year has in- 

 terfered with the success of the crop. 



" I am looking forward to the cucumber 

 crop, for which I sowed the seed January 

 16. '\\\ cucumbers are ready about the 

 middle of May and keep coming on till July, 

 when the outdoor crop comes in. I also 

 sowed my tomato seed January 16." 



ket gardeners produce, and as this is a side 

 line with the farmer they are willing to take 

 less than the gardeners could afit'ord to sell 

 for. Under such circum.stances it would 

 be unfair to bind the market gardeners in 

 the matter of prices." 



Have been a subscriber to The Horticulturist 

 for 10 to 15 years. I appreciate the great im- 

 provements that have been made in that time. 

 It has become a necessity in the house. I should 

 miss it very much. — (W. H. Parker, Humber 

 Bay, Ont. 



