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The Florists' Review 



July 80. 1914. 



miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, 

 $32,490." 



Vegetable Forcing 



CLUB SOOT ON CU0X7MBEBS. 



Can you tell me what causes club 

 root on cucumbers? Is there any pre- 

 rentivet H. H. 



Club Foot is caused by a fungus which 

 develops within the cells of the roots, 

 causing them to become distorted and 

 often to die. After the plants die the 

 spores become mixed with the soil, 

 ready to fasten on some other host 

 plant when conditions are favorable. 

 Many of the common weeds are sub- 

 ject to club root, but it is not usually 

 troublesome on, cultivated plants if the 

 soil conditions are favorable, particu- 

 larly in regard to moisture. I have not 

 heard of any cure for club root when 

 once it has appeared. When a house 

 has shown the trouble, it would not 

 do to plant another crop there without 

 changing the soil or giving a thorough 

 sterilization. C. W. 



The Market. 



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BLIGHT ON OUCUMBEBS. 



My cucumber vines are dying. The 

 noil is moist and is well worked. I am 

 sending a leaf from an affected plant. 

 If you can suggest a remedy it will be 

 greatly appreciated. S. A. B. 



The leaf forwarded was affected by 

 blight. Of late years this has been de- 

 structive to both cucumbers and melons 

 outdoors. It does not usually make its 

 appearance until we get the first really 

 cool nights, followed by extremely hot 

 days, late in July or early in August. 

 Personally, I believe the cold nights 

 accompanied by heavy dews start the 

 trouble. The oldest leaves always go 

 first, but the whole plant soon becomes 

 affected, the blight spreading rapidly. 

 So serious has this disease become that 

 some large cucumber growers have 

 abandoned their culture. I have in 

 mind one firm which annually had 500 

 acres of pickling cucumbers and had to 

 drop them entirely. 



There is no sure remedy for this 

 trouble. I have tried the effect of 

 spraying with Bordeaux mixture and 

 other fungicides long before the blight 

 appeared. This does help in some meas- 

 ure, but is not a cure by any means. 

 After blight has appeared, spraying is 

 useless. I regret not being able to give 

 you more encouraging information. 

 Cucumbers under glass, even without 

 heat, do not take the blight. I have 

 tested seed from affected plants and 

 they remained perfectly clean. 



C. W. 



MILWAUKBE, WIS. 



Business has been quiet during the 

 last week. Stock in general is so plen- 

 tiful and the demand is so light that 

 it is next to impossible to realize what 

 stock is really worth. 



Carnations are shortening up and this 

 is a distinct relief after the glut that 

 has been with us for some time. A few 

 new carnations are being shown, but 

 the quantity is negligible. The fact 

 that growers of this stock are throw- 



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