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IkfABCH 9, 1905. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



907 



BURBANK'S 



Phenomenal Red Raspberry! 



THIS IS MR. BURBANK'S L.ATBST BERRY TRIUMPH. 

 He never wants anything to leave bis hand until he has 

 proved its merits. So this was not put upon the market 

 until tested and sealed with approval by Its grreat origi- 

 nator. 



And from another season's experience with it we are 

 frank to say that as the territory of Its Introductloa and 

 use Is enlarged, it continually grows In favor. It has made 

 for itself, by its Just merits, hosts of new friends within the 

 past year. To see it in its perfection is to desire it. 



It Is the result of a cross between the "Improved Cali- 

 fornia Dewberry" and the "Cuthbert Raspberry." It takes 

 the color and flavor of the latter and size and shai>e more 

 of the former. Mr. Burbank describes it as "larger than 

 the largest berry ever before known; bright crimson rasp- 

 berry color ; as productive as could be desired, and the most 

 delicious of all berries for pies, canning, jelly or jams." 



The berries grow in clusters of from five to ten, or more, 

 and individual berries, under favorable conditions, have 

 measured three inches one way by three and one-half to 

 four the other. It's a surprise and delight to people when 

 first seen, being so large and luscious. Mr. Burbank has 

 recently said: "It Is the best berry In the world," and the 

 prophecy of others is that "It is the coming berry of the 

 future." The demand for plants last year far exceeded the 

 supply, and the demand now Is greatly on the increase. 

 This speaks for Itself as to the quality and merits of the 



berry. It being easily grown and firm, it is a profitable 

 berry for the fruit grower or small rancher to produce for 

 shippingr to home or distant markets. Also, It's no mistake 

 If one has a half dozen plants In the garden or back yard 

 of a town or city residence, for, by their productiveness 

 they prove a delight for the table and yield great returns 

 for the amount invested. We can supply the plants in 

 dozen or thousand lots, as suits the buyer. Warranted 



HARDY ANYWHEBB. 



The vines grow as trailers. 



In field cultivation there are two methods: One Is to set 

 the plants six or seven inches deep, six to eight feet apart 

 In rows eight feet apart. To set In the spring is best, and let 

 them grow until the next spring, but keep the ground well 

 cultivated. Then set stakes twelve to sixteen feet apart 

 and three and one-half or four feet high- Stretch a wire 

 from top of stakes and staple down. Then gather up the 

 vines and loosely twine or tie to the wire and continue 

 cultivation. 



The other method Is similar; only the plants are set 12 to 

 16 feet apart. In rows only 4 feet apart. 



The berries ripen here the last of May and continue until 

 the first of July. 



After the fruit is gathered, go through and cut out all the 

 old vines and canes, as the new growth at the foot of the 

 hill is the one to put up on the wire the following spring 

 to bear fruit. 



PRICES: $8.00 per 18 ; $10.00 per 100 ; $76.00 per 1000. 6 at 18 rate ; 86 at 100 rate ; 860 

 at 1000 rate. Express prepaid by us. Address, 



JOHNSON & TAYLOR, Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon wrtte. 



look remarkably healthy and comprise 

 many of the newest sorts. 



The town of Alameda is making elab- 

 orate preparations to celebrate arbor 

 day. Tree planting will be one of the 

 features of the day. John Becanne, the 

 nurseryman, will supply the stock. 



Wm. Gauge, for many years head 

 gardener for A. K. P. Harmon, is en- 

 gaged in landscape gardening in Oak- 

 land. 



E. N. Critchlow has severed his con- 

 nection with John Compiano and is act- 

 ing as agent for a local firm. 



Thomas O'Neill of Haywards, is in 

 town. He reports a very successful sea- 

 son. 



Miss Lilliam Turnbull, daughter of 

 Robert Turnbull, the Fruitvale florist, 

 died on Thursday of last week. Miss 

 Turnbull was 24 years of age. 



John Young of the Dwight Way Nur- 

 sery, Berkeley, is cutting some extra fine 

 Brides and Maids at present. G. 



HEATING IN OREGON. 



We have four three-quarter-span 

 greenhouses running east and west. 

 Three of the houses are on a line, 

 end to end. The boiler shed is at the 

 east end. Then comes a lettuce house, 

 18x60, then another lettuce house, 18x 

 60, and then a carnation house, 25x 

 80, all connected, making the string 

 200 feet long. Fifteen feet to the 

 north of the middle house is one 

 33x60, which we wish to use for 

 chrysanthemums followed by lettuce. 

 We want to know how to heat these 

 houses most economically with hot 

 water, using wood for fuel. Could 



we build a pipe boiler in a brick fur- 

 nace to do the work? It seldom 

 reaches 10 degrees above zero here. 



H. & F. 



Xour problem is a diflScult one be- 

 cause of the arrangement of the 

 houses. To place a boiler in the boiler 

 room at the east end it will be diffi- 

 cult to heat the wider house at the far 

 end. It occurs to me that to locate 

 the boiler house between the middle 

 house of the string and the chrysan- 

 themum house would be most advan- 

 tageous if the height of the latter will 

 permit such an arrangement. Flow 

 pipes could then be carried to the two 

 houses 18x60 feet, to the one 25x80 

 and to the one 33x60, each independ- 

 ently, and in each case the system 

 would not be excessively long. If 

 this cannot be done, a boiler room 

 might be constructed at the west end 

 of the detached house and made to 

 subserve almost the same purpose. 



The total radiation required in these 

 houses is about 1,400 square feet, 

 which will take a boiler with about 

 180 feet of heating surface. A pipe 

 boiler can be constructed that will do 

 the work, but it would be wise to 

 make it long and narrow and build it 

 so as to make it a return flue boiler in 

 construction, i. e., place a coil of pipe 

 over the fire and in the chamber to 

 the rear of the fire-box and another 

 parallel coil over it in such a manner 

 as to be parallel with the first, but 

 separated from it by a cast-iron plate 

 or fire brick partition. This is in- 

 tended to carry the heated gases 



along the water tubes to the rear of 

 the boiler, where they change direc- 

 tion and return to a flue directly over 

 the fire-box. A boiler constructed of 

 1%-inch pipe will require to be ten 

 feet long, four feet wide and contain 

 eighteen loops of pipe or thirty-six 

 lengths of pipe ten feet long. Such a 

 furnace could be constructed with 

 grate bars long enough to burn 4-foot 

 wood. Another plan would be to use 

 an internally fired return flue boiler. 

 If this type is used the same area of 

 heating surface should be employed. 



With the boiler located at the west 

 end of the house 33x60 feet, a 

 2%-inch flow pipe should be carried 

 to the partition between the two let- 

 tuce houses, from which point take off 

 a 2-inch flow to return by eight 1%- 

 inch pipes, four on each side wall or 

 under the side benches. At the east 

 end of the other lettuce compartment 

 divide the 2-inch flow to return by 

 eight 1^-inch returns. The carnation 

 house 25x80 should have a 2% -inch 

 riser supplying twelve 1%-inch re- 

 turns and the chrysanthemum house 

 33x60 should be provided with a 

 2-inch riser and thirteen l^-^-inch re- 

 turns. L. C. C. 



Richmond, iNp. — The B. K. & B. Flo- 

 ral Co. has had trouble because of a short 

 water supply this winter, a difficulty 

 which has embarrassed many growers in 

 southern Ohio and Indiana, where the 

 autumn was very dry. Mr. Knopf has 

 produced good stock, but says it would 

 have been better if he could have had 

 more water. 



