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The Florists' Review 



December 7, 1916. 



VEGETABLES AND- 

 FRUITS DEPARTMENT 



APHIS IN COIJ>FItAMES. 



Please tell me how to control or de- 

 stroy green aphis on lettuce plants in 

 coldframes. We cannot fumigate the 

 frame. Would fluid nicotine be expen- 

 sive? How often should it be applied 

 and how strong should it be? 



H. S— Mo. 



Fumigation would be th^ most sim- 

 ple method of extermination. Since you 

 cannot fumigate, I would advise 

 against using any nicotine spray, owing 

 to its powerful properties. You could, 

 however, use a spray of kerosene emul- 

 sion — Ivory soap, one pound to five gal- 

 lons of water, slicing the soap finely 

 and dissolving it in boiling water be- 

 fore adding cold water; or one of the 

 other soap or soap and oil sprays. 

 These sprays would be likely to impart 

 some flavor to the lettuce leaves if ap- 

 plied a few days before the leaves are 

 used. C. W. 



TOMATOES AND CUCUMBERS. 



When should cucumbers and tomatoes 

 be planted to be ready for June 1 ripen- 

 ing of the tomatoes and cutting of the 

 cucumbers? How far apart should the 

 rows be and how far apart should the 

 plants be in the hows? As I am run- 

 ning my first greenhouse, this informa- 

 tion will be greatly appreciated. 



A. E. S.— la. 



Sow the tomatoes January 15 and the 

 cucumbers February 15. Tomatoes want 

 a dry atmosphere and 60 to 62 degrees 

 at night; cucumbers a moist atmosphere 

 and 62 to 65 degrees at night. Allow 

 tomatoes trained to single stems eight- 

 een inches of space and cucumbers 

 twenty-four to twenty-eight inches 

 apart in the rows. A house thirty feet 

 wide could have seven to eight rows of 

 cucumbers. Tomatoes, if trained erect 

 and not to wires, could go twenty-four 

 to thirty inches between the rows. 

 • C. W. 



CUCUMBERS FOR FORCINa. 



I am sending a sample of my cucum- 

 bers, which were planted in pots Sep- 

 tember 6. The soil consisted of one- 

 third well rotted cow manure and two- 

 thirds good loam. The temperature was 

 between 60 and 65 degrees, with little 

 ventilation. The vines are about three 

 feet high and are trained on wires, but 

 the cucumbers all seem to be about the 

 same as the one I am sending — short 

 and thick. Can you tell me the cause, 

 and do you think this is the variety 

 known as Turkey Long Green, as the 

 seed was supposed to be? What would 

 you advise as a good-bearing green cu- 

 cumber? Last season I was successful 

 in growing Arlington White Spine, but 

 the trade here seems to call for the all- 

 green cucumber. My house is 35x100 

 feet and there are eight rows of cu- 

 cumbers, with a space of two feet be- 

 tween the plants. 



W. P. B.— Mass. 



Your treatment for cucumbers has been 

 all rightj but the best of culture will 

 not Bad^eriall^ change the size and 

 length of cucumbers. Arlington White 

 Spine and improvements on it are the 

 best market varieties I know of. There 

 are several hybrids between the White 

 Spine and English-forcing varieties that 

 carry long fruit and bring fancy market 

 prices. C. W. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Columbus, O. — John W. Cassaday, of 

 237 South Richardson avenuey last week 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy in the 

 Federal court. His liabilities are placed 

 at $4,031.40 and assets $3,366. Mr. 

 Cassaday is represented by J. (L. Bach- 

 man. 



abundant and in lively demand, particu- 

 larly the red varieties. 



^ Vatt4us Notes. ? 



Prank McCabe, representing the 

 A. L. Randall Co., of Chicago, put up 

 at one of the local hostelries a few 

 days this week. 



The Whitted Floral Co. last week had 

 several large wedding decorations in ad- 

 dition to a splendid Thanksgiving busi- 

 ness. 



Max Kaiser is going after some of 

 Uncle Sam's elusive greenbacks this 

 Christmas with a good quantity of 

 cyclamen plants. E. M. P. 



WESTERLY, R. I. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



The Market. 



The Thanksgiving business in general 

 was splendid. There was a robust call 

 for yellow mums, but the other colors 

 also shared in the honors of the day. 

 Pompons proved to be useful for table 

 decorations and roses, as ever, were the 

 favorites, running close to mums for 

 the lead. 



Valley continues alarmingly scarce 

 and the price is almost out of reach. 

 Violets are more in evidence and ex- 

 perience a good market. At present the 

 leaders in the rdses are Ophelia, Amer- 

 ican Beauty, Killarney, Milady and 

 Richmond, which sell satisfactorily, at 

 reasonable prices. Easter lilies, which 

 are in heavy demand for wedding deco- 

 rations, remain in short supply. Nar- . 

 cissi are here and serve largely in fu- 

 neral pieces. Carnations are more 



Mrs. Mabel V. Chapman, of the Hill- 

 crest Dahlia Gardens, on Granite street, 

 has purchased two estates adjoining her 

 property. There is a considerable acre- 

 age of land, which will be utilized in 

 connection with the dahlia culture. 



Conrad Schulz was in Providence 

 last week to place his stock of azaleas 

 for Christmas. His stock is looking ex- 

 ceptionally fine. 



Louis J. Renter, of S. J. Renter & 

 Son, Inc., was a business visitor to New 

 York last week. W. H. M. 



Paulding, O. — Mr. and Mrs. L. E. 

 Hawkins, well known florists of this 

 city, celebrated their golden wedding 

 here December 4. Mr. Hawkins is 86 

 years old, while his wife is 73. 



Belvldere, 111. — S. H. iLong, superin- 

 tendent of the B. Eldredge establish- 

 ment, has had excellent success with 

 Chrysanthemum Helen Frick this sea- 

 son and his carnations also are giving 

 exceptional results. 



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I am not acquainted with the cucum- 

 ber you forwarded. It is far too short 

 to be of any great commercial value. 



"We put in a strenuous summer," 

 said the late Thomas C. Joy, of the Joy 

 Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn., whom I 

 called on a few days before his sudden 

 death. "With our own men we rebuilt 

 ten houses, each 100 feet — Moninger 

 material. Advance Co. ventilating ma- 

 chinery, pecky cypress for benches and 

 concrete walls all around. A mixture 

 of eight parts cinders and one part ce- 

 ment makes firm and inexpensive con- 

 crete. We think our stock looks good, 

 considering the disturbing features." 

 The stock certainly did look well. Of 

 carnations, White Wonder appears to 

 have fully as much vitality as when 

 first sent out. It is the staple white. 

 Matchless is good, but not nearly so 

 free here. Philadelphia, Alice and En- 

 chantress Supreme are a trio of pink. 

 In reds Belle Washburn is first in color; 

 Nebraska first in floriferousness; 

 Aviator, above all for all points of 

 merit. Chrysanthemums lead with 

 Turner and Yellow Turner, a few only 

 being grown, for local exhibition use. 

 Odessa, a noble bloom, pale yellow, is 

 larger than Turner. Henry Smith, the 

 grower, has a sport, an incurved Chryso- 

 lora, that is most promising. About 

 sixty plants of this were grown this 

 season and it is as solid as Bonnaffon. 

 Roman Gold is considered the best me- 

 dium season yellow, followed by Yellow 



Eaton and Chadwick, with Dolly Dimple 

 last, but not least. Golden Gleam, a 

 late introduction, is highly thought of. 

 Chieftain is grown for a quantity 

 flower. Wells' Late Pink and Mrs. 

 Seidewitz about complete the list. A 

 pure white Patty is promising, ^n pom- 

 pons Quinola heads the list. Disbud- 

 ding the side shoots makes a fine, bushy 

 head. White Doty is another excellent 

 variety. The pompons are grown under 

 sashes. Totty's Cap family are grown 

 as pot plants and sell as fast as sent 

 into the store. Roses are in perfect 

 health — Beauty, Richmond, Mrs. Rus- 

 sell, the Killarneys, Ophelia and Mrs. 

 Shawyer. The last-named is doing so 

 well that more will be planted next sea- 

 son, its greatest enemy, mildew, having 

 been conquered. Three varieties of 

 polyantha roses are grown for corsage 

 purposes. Among pot plants poinsettias 

 in pans, made up with nephrolepis, look 

 good for Christmas. There is a large 

 batch of cyclamens in pans, full of 

 vigor. The usually large assortment of 

 bulbous stock required for store sales is 

 good and is being rapidly handled. 



Business is booming, is the report of 

 Manager W. H. Englehart, of the Idle- 

 wild Greenhouses, whose store is most 

 attractively arranged with a fine dis- 

 play of bulbs and cut flowers. W. M. 



