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The Rorists' Review 



Mabch 9, 1916. 



A Word to the Wise is Sufficient 



A Closer Vi«w of BKST 



TCT Foroinc Tomato 



Mention The Keylew wben you write. 



Repeat Orders due to last year's 

 business is good evidence of the 

 merits of Best Yet as a forcing 

 tomato. Let it be understood that 

 this is also a wonderful tomato for 

 garden culture. 



(SEED STOCK LIMITED) 



Trade package of 100 seeds . . $1.00 postpaid 



Strong Transplanted Seedlings, 



$1.00 per doz,; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000 



Cultural circulars with all orders. 



J. B. GOETZ SONS 



INTRODUCERS 



Saginaw, Michigan 



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ivEGETABLES AND 

 I FRUITS DEPARTMENT i 



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A POOR OEOP OF LETTUCE. 



My Grand Bapids lettuce does not 

 grow as fast as it should and there are 

 patches that do not grow at all. It is 

 quite uneven and its color is too yellow- 

 ish. The lower leaves have a gjrowth 

 on them which looks like mold. Can 

 you tell me the cause and a remedy? 



A. H.— 111. 



The uneven growth of the plants is no 

 doubt due to some portions of your 

 soil being richer than others. Lettuce 

 requires a rich soil, with plenty of 

 stable manure well incorporated with 

 it. The moldiness may be due to care- 

 less watering and insufficient ventila- 

 tion. A night temperature of 46 to 50 

 degrees suits this lettuce. I think pov- 

 erty in parts of the beds is the cause 

 of the sickly looking plants. C. W. 



TOMATOES UNDER GLASS. 



Growing Plants from Seed. 



Before we touch the question of seed 

 sowing, it is absolutely necessary to 

 i take into consideration how you are 

 ' going to grow the plants; thtft is, what 

 means you have of caring for the young 

 plants, not only from the standpoint of 

 numbers, but also with reference to 

 the temperature that you can maintain. 

 It is useless to grow a quantity of to- 

 mato seedlings quite early and then 

 find that you cannot give them the 

 necessary heat and space, with the re- 

 sult that there is a heavy loss of money. 

 The seedlings want to be grown on 

 without a check, to give the best re- 

 sults. Therefore look ahead, before 

 you sow the sMdl 



The best soil in which to grow the 



seedlings is a free, loamy soil, with 



. sufficient coarse sand well incorporated, 



Seed Sweet Potatoes 



Big Stem Jersey, Yellow Nansemond, 

 Up Rivers and Elarly Carolinas, in heavy 

 packed bushel hampers, $1.00 per bushel; 

 10 bushels or more, 75c per bushel 



Tomato Seed, Livingston's New 

 Stone and Greater Baltimore, 1 pound, 

 postage paid, $1.50. 



H. AUSTIN, Felton, Dal. 



M^ntloii Th* ltoTl«w wbii y— wrif . 



TTatch for oar Trade Mai^ Stanuied 

 on every brick of Lambert'a 



PntCiItire NnhniB Spiwii 



Snbatltatioii of cheaper rradee la tboa 

 eaaUy exposed. Fresh mnple brick, 

 with Ulastrated book, mailed postpaid 

 bj manu facta rera apon receipt of 40 

 cents Id postagre. Address 



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Tnuie Mark. Ancrkm Spawn Co., SL PaMi, Mmb. 



Mention Tho R^tIaw wh^n yon wrltn. 



to make it thoroughly porous. Mix it 

 well and pan it through a '4-inch sieve. 

 Keep the coarse soil and place it on the 

 Jt)ottom of the boxes to act as drainage. 

 Mix about one 7-inch pot of bone meal 

 with each barrowful of soil. 



Sowing Seed in Flats. 



Use boxes about three inches deep 

 for the seed. Any ordinary plant flats 

 will do well for this purpose. On the 

 drainage place two inches of the fine 

 compost and press it until it is firm 

 and level, always using the soil in such 

 condition that it will not become plastic 

 or cake. r 



Many seedlings are spoiled directly or 

 indirectly by sowing too thickly; so 

 have the seeds sown thinly and evenly. 

 This should be the aim of all growers. 

 To do this, take a round stick half 

 an inch thick and long enough to 

 reach the width of the box; press this 

 stick on the soil and you will have a 

 furrow half an inch deep across the 

 box. If you will make these furrows 

 half an inch apart and sow the seed, 

 you will get a box of seedlings in nice, 

 straight rows, one inch apart. Cover 



TRANSPLANTED 

 VEGETABLE PLANTS 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, Pepper, To- 

 mato, Celery, Lettuce and Egg Plant, 

 ready from March 1 to June 1. Price, 

 $3.00 per 1000, except Egg and Cauli- 

 flower. 



My plants will make you more 

 money than any other plants; write 

 for price list. 



GUY N. HlinON, Cenyigkan, Fa. 



Mention The R«Tlew when you write. 



ROCHELLE 



4 YEARS tests of Rochelle Paper Pots and Dirt 

 Bands. See letters of N. B. Weaver and Avery 

 Bros, in our 2-paKe advt., pages 10 and 11. 



F. W. ROCHELLE ft SONS, Chester. N. J. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



the seeds to a depth of one-fourth inch 

 with clean, fine soil and sand, half and 

 half, well mixed. 



Press the whole firmly and then 

 water the seed boxes with a water can, 

 using a fine sprinkler on the eaai. Hie 

 ob^et is to firm the soil aroand the 

 seids and supply them with sufficient 

 moisture to insure germination. Cover 

 the boxes with glass, which should be 

 reversed, to get rid of the condensed 

 moisture. All this is a little extra 

 trouble, but it spells success. 



F. E. B. 



Vinton, la. — Urice Bros, suffered a 

 complete loss of their stock and a fifty 

 per cent loss of their building by fire 

 February 21. 



Grand Saplds, Mich. — The Greenville 

 Floral Co. has purchased forty acres 

 of land north of the city, and is making 

 plans for the erection of greenhouses. 

 Vegetables will be grown at the new 

 range. 



