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The Florists^ Review 



Adodst 24, 1916. 



VEGETABLES AND 

 FRUITS DEPARTMENT I 



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VEGETABLE OBOWEBS BUST. 



Chicago Convention Plans. 



There's an admirable thoroughness 

 and vim about the way the convention 

 committee of the Vegetable Growers' 

 Association of America is shaping the 

 program for the body's annual conven- 

 tion at the Hotel La Salle, Chicago, Sep- 

 tember 26 to 29, 



A diagram of the convention rooms in 

 the Hotel La Salle, rooms such as only a 

 first-class hostelry affords, is given here- 

 with. The trade exhibit hall, on the 

 left, is 46x140 feet and will be divided 

 into three sections, as indicated. The 

 space rates are as follows: Section A, 

 exhibits of 100 feet and over, 40 cents 

 per foot; Section B, exhibits of fifty feet 

 and over, 45 cents per foot; Section C, 

 exhibits of thirty feet and over, 50 

 cents per foot. Section C has been set 

 aside for small displays and will be di- 

 vided for table spaces of thirty feet 

 each, or sixty feet, .with frontage on 

 two walks. 



As previously reported, the program 

 includes round table discussions and ad- 

 dresses by leading gardeners, truck 

 farmers, greenhousemen and representa- 

 tives of various colleges, experiment 

 stations and the Department of Agri- 

 culture. Marketing, soil fertility, heat- 

 ing, packing and many other subjects 

 will be covered on the program. 



Of9.cers and Committeemen. 



The oflScers of the association for 1916 

 are: President, M. L. Euetenik, Cleve- 

 land; vice-president, H. W. Selby, Phila- 

 delphia; secretary, S. W. Severance, 

 Louisville, Ky.; treasurer, E. A. Dunbar, 

 Ashtabula, O. Directors, J. N. Draper, 

 Bichard Hittinger, T. C. Johnson, H. F. 

 Hall, W. S. Weiant, B. H. Qarrahan. 



Following are the Chicago convention 

 committeemen, a list of names that has 



the appearance of a reprint from a blue 

 book of the Chicago trade: 



Officers — Fred Lautenschlager, chairman; B. 7. 

 Kurowskl, treasurer; James B. Foley, secretary. 



Finance committee— Geo. Sykes, chairman; 

 Leonard Vaughan, W. L. Kroeschell, D. J. Coyne, 

 V. B. Hornbeck, S. F. Leonard, A. A. LaVaque, 

 Philip J. Foley. 



Publicity committee — Melyin Ryder, chairman; 

 H. B. Howard, Samuel Severance, B. A. OlUnger, 

 N. 0. Helms. 



Program committee — ^Prof. H. G. Bell, chair- 

 man; J. 0. Yauglian, W. L. Kroeschell, Auffust 

 Geweke. 



Hotel and meeting room — W. L. Kroeschell, 

 chairman; Geo. Sykea. Leonard Vaughan, Carl 

 Ickes. 



Entertainment committee — B. J. Coyne, chair- 

 man; Philip J. Foley, Leonard Vaughan, B. F. 

 Kurowskl, R. F. Dllger, August GiBweke, Ar- 

 nold Rlngier, Geo. Buscher, Jr., Geo. Stell. 



Banquet committee — -Leonard Vaughan, chair- 

 man; W. L. Kroeschell, Geo. Sykes, Philip J. 

 Foley, D. J. Coyne, P. L. McKee. 



Trade exhibit committee — ^Alfred Bietsch, 

 chairman; Rudolph Kurowskl, Geo. Sykes, Jr., 

 J. B. Pollwortb, Leonard Vaughan, John Leonard, 

 Vf. B. Wehner, Arnold Rlngier. 



Special exhibits committee — ^Edward J. Tobin, 

 chairman; B. Veld. 



Reception committee — J. B. Pollworth, chair- 

 man. 



Further information relative to the 



convention and a copy of the program 



may be secured by writing James B. 



Foley, secretary, 3100 South Spaulding 



avenue, Chicago. 



LETTUCE IN COLDFBAMES. 



Please advise me how to grow lettuce 

 in coldframes and when to sow the 

 seeds. I have six beds 6x100 feet that 

 I want to plant to lettuce, so that I will 

 have cfops on until Thanksgiving and 

 possibly Christmas. I have one hotbed 

 two feet deep, which I can double-sash 

 if necessary. What varieties should be 

 planted? When shall I sow the seeds, 

 to have lettuce ready to cut October 

 15, November 1, November 15, Decem- 

 ber 1 and December 15 f How far apart 

 should the seeds be planted and how 

 much sheep manure should be given a 

 bed 6x100 1 Any other information will 

 be appreciated. B. J. P. — ^Pa. 



Good varieties of lettuce for the pur- 

 poses named are May King and Hit- 

 tinger 's Belmont. For an immediate 

 sowing Big Boston also would be good. 

 A sowing should be made at once out- 

 doors and additional sowings made Sep- 





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Plan of the Hall for V^etable Growers' Chicago Convention. 



timber 1 and September 15. The last 

 sowing will give you lettuce until 

 Christmas, providing you give the plants 

 a little warm manure below and give 

 them necessary protection with mats 

 and board shutters when the weather 

 becomes suflSciently severe to warrant 

 it. 



If you use sheep manure, it must be 

 thoroughly mixed with the soil. As 

 lettuce plants require a rich soil to pro- 

 duce good heads, you should use 400 

 pounds of sheep manure to each frame. 

 But you will have better results if you 

 use horse manure; half decayed horse 

 manure will answer well, if you cannot 

 get it thoroughly rotted. Spread it 

 three inches thick and thoroughly fork 

 it in. Horse manure gives better results 

 with lettuce than any other animal 

 manure. 



With May King and Big Boston only 

 three >ows per sash can be grown, seven 

 and eight plants per row. Belmont can 

 go a little closer; seven rows in two 

 sashes I have found sufficiently close. 

 All these are head lettuce, which I pre- 

 sume you want. C. W. 



THE EDIBLE ASPABAOUS. 



We have a customer who wants an 

 outdoor asparagus bed. Please tell us 

 the proper way to construct one and 

 the best time of year to do it. How far 

 should the plants be set apart, what 

 covering is needed for winter and how 

 should the sides be planked t Any in- 

 formation on this subject will be ap- 

 preciated. P. & F.— Wis. 



To have really good asparagus a 

 thorough preparation of the soil is nec- 

 essary. While this popular vegetable 

 can be grown in almost any soil, it 



E refers a sandy or gravelly loam that 

 as been deeply plowed, or spaded, and 

 heavily manured. If the bed is for a 

 home garden I would advise hand- 

 trenching a couple of feet deep, work- 

 ing in plenty of barnyard manure. Do 

 not be afraid to use manure liberally; 

 I never knew asparagus to have too 

 much of it. The bed should be pre- 

 pared in the fall and the planting done 

 in spring. For a small garden the 

 rows may be three and one-half to four 

 feet apart, and the plants two feet 

 apart in the rows. For field culture 

 the rows are better five feet apart, to 

 permit cultivation by horse. 



Use 1-year-old seedlings, if you can 

 get them. They are equal in size to 

 what the seed stores sell as 2-year-old8. 

 Dig or plow out furrows eight inches 

 deep, spread out the roots of each plant 

 and merely cover them with soil. Fill 

 them in from time to time as they 

 grow, until the ground is level. If the 

 roots are covered eight or nine inches 

 deepjwhen planted, a large proportion 

 of them will never grow. Keep the plants 

 well cultivated during the entire sum- 

 mer. Give them a winter mulch of 

 stable manure. In spring a top-dress- 

 ing of salt and a good commercial fer> 

 tilizer may be applied. It is better 

 not to cut any stalks until the third 

 season. The plants then will be strong, 

 and a well prepared bed should last 

 twenty or twenty-five years. 



The first season you may grow some 

 crop like lettuce, string beans, beets or 

 carrots between the asparagns rows, but 

 only for one season. Do the planting in 

 the early spring, as soon as possible 

 after the frost has left the ground. If 

 the asparagus beetle attacks the plants, 

 spray them with arsenate of lead. For 



