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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Fbbbuaby 23, 1905. 



V^etaUe Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Feb. 22.— C?ucumbers, 35c to 

 $1.4.0 doz.; leaf lettuce, 18c to 20e case; 

 head lettuce, $2 to $5 bbl. 



Boston, Feb. 21. — Cucumbers, $4 to 

 $14 box; radishes, 25c bundle; toma- 

 toes, 50c lb.; mint, 75c doz. bunches; 

 hothouse spinach, $1 to $1.50 bushel; 

 hothouse dandelions, $2 bushel; parsley, 

 •$1 bushel; mushrooms, 40c to 60c lb.; 

 rhubarb, 4c to 5c lb. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



• For the proper care of vegetable 

 plants two houses are necessary, as there 

 is so much difference in the temperature 

 required by the different subjects that 

 they cannot possibly be all done satis- 

 factorily in one housei. They can be 

 divided into two sections. The first 

 should comprise such subjects as egg 

 plant, tomatoes and peppers. These 

 would require a minimum temperature 

 of not less than 60 degrees. The sec- 

 ond section, which would comprise let- 

 tuce, cabbage and cauliflower, would do 

 better at a minimum temperature of 45 

 •degrees. The railring of vegetable 

 plants is often taken up as a side issue 

 and too often they are crowded up into 

 any odd corner, which crowding results 

 in weakly, drawn-up plants that are no 

 credit to the grower and prove very 

 unsatisfactory to the purchaser. If a 

 business is to be established in this line 

 any odd corner is not good enough to 

 produce first-class stock; such stock can 

 only be grown where ample space is 

 allowed, where sufficient light and air 

 are given and where judicious care is 

 taken of the plants. 



Another important point is the grad- 

 ual hardening off of the plants before 

 time for setting out. For this purpose 

 cold frames are a great convenience, but 

 where these are not available they can 

 be handled by leaving all possible air 

 on, both night and day, for about eight 

 days previous to setting outdoors in the 

 pots or flats in which they are estab- 

 lished. Some means should be provided 

 for covering up should the nights be 

 cold just after setting out, but for a 

 feyr days, at least, before planting out 

 they should be fully exposed to the 

 weather both night and day. Where 

 care is exercised in this respect the 

 plants are not liable to feel the change 

 and little or no check should result. 



If the retail grower could dispose of 

 the majority of his plants within a rea- 

 sonable time after the planting season 

 arrives, he would be relieved of a good 

 deal of trouble. But, unfortunately, 

 some customers are rather slow in get- 

 ting down to business. And it is not 

 only the extra trouble of taking care of 

 the plants for these late comers that 

 proves annoying to the grower, but the 

 plants are apt to suffer, even with the 

 best of care, if they have to be kept 

 hanging on for any length of time. 

 Any of the subjects are apt to become 

 more or less stunted, but some suffer 

 more than others. Cauliflower, for in- 

 stance, if allowed to get stunted is al- 

 most sure to "button" after being 

 planted out. A good deal of this 

 trouble can sometimes be averted by the 



THE CARDINAL 



THE BEST SCARLET CARNATION 



Again Defeats all Comers at St. Louis Carnation Show. 



Scores 97 points at Toronto last week — higher than all others. 



The Cardinal is a profitable carnation to grrow ; produces more 

 blooms to the square foot than any other. 



If you g^et a good stock of this grand scarlet you will have 

 done investing in new scarlets for years to come. DO IT NOW. 



Rooted Cuttings— 912.00 [per 100; [$100.00 per 1000. 260 at 

 1000 rate. Special prices on larger quanties. 



INTRODUCERS s 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO., - - Joliet, III. 

 E. G. HILL CO., - - - Richmond, Ind. 

 S. S. SKIDELSKY, 824 N. 24th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Men tlon The Review when yog write. 



grower. If he has any means of reach- 

 ing his customers he can often induce 

 them to begin operations early and in 

 this way get his plants out within a 

 reasonable time, save himself a good 

 deal of trouble and give his customer 

 better satisfaction. W. S. Croydon. 



BIG PUMPKINS. 



One of the clothing merchants in my 

 town has an annual pumpkin show in 

 front of his store each fall in which he 

 offers in goods some $75 in prizes for 

 the biggest vegetable. No. 7 is as high 

 up as r can get. Can you give me any 

 suggestions as to how I can shove a 

 pumpkin up from notch No. 7 to notch 

 No. If It makes no difference whether 

 the article is pumpkin or squash. Neither 

 does color or shape- count. Such being 

 the case, what variety shall J plant and 

 how shall I care for itf I havo a sandy 

 loam. Will bone flour or horn shavings 

 or blood be of any help? I shall give 

 the plant plenty of barn-yard manure. 

 One market gardener told me the nicest 

 tomato plants he ever grew were in soil 

 scraped up from under the floor of a 

 country slaughter house where blood had 

 leached through. B. 



The largest varieties of pumpkins I 

 know are Jumbo and Mammoth King. 

 Pumpkins are about the heaviest feeders 

 in the vegetable kingdom. I have seen 

 them grow on top of a manure pile with- 

 out their showing signs of having too 

 rich food. Of course the manure was 

 pretty well rotted. They are what might 

 be called a soft feeder and, although 

 bone flour, etc., might help them a little, 

 I would prefer the softer food in the 

 shape of barn-yard manure or liquid fer- 

 tilizer. Prepare your ground by giving 

 plenty of barn-yard manure, say a couple 

 of good barrow loads to each plant, but 

 fix your soil so that the seeds will not 

 come in contact with the manure, or it 

 would cause them to rot. Leave only 



CARNATIONS 



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ROSES 



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We offer rooted cuttinRS of tbe above at low- 

 est market rates. All first- class stock, cuttinKs 

 are carefully selected. We wlsb to call special 

 attention to tbe Qen. MacArtbur, wblcb we 

 believe to be tbe cominK red rose. Prices on 

 application. 



Boinaettlas, one year old, 16.00 per 100. 



THE 6ASSER CO. ■S^V'CISf eland, 0. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



one plant in each hill and leave but one 

 pumpkin on each plant. When once your 

 pumpkin gets to swelling well check the 

 growth a little by pinching out the points 

 of the shoots, and about twice a week 

 give the hills a good soaking of liquid 

 manure. Wash from the barn-yard is as 

 good as anything but if this is strong it 

 should be diluted with water. It is bet- 

 ter to give the liquid weak and often 

 rather have it too strong. 



W. S. Croydon. 



New London, Wis. — E. H. Olson will 

 build two houses 20x100 this spring and 

 put in a new boiler. 



Vkroknnes, Vt. — At the meeting of 

 the State Horticultural Society here 

 February 9 and 10 Prof. W. Stuart, of 

 the University of Vermont, Burlington, 

 exhibited several vases of very fine car- 

 nations, including two vases of promis- 

 ing seedlings of his own production. 



