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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 30, 1905. 



Grow New Aster 



KATE LOCK 



IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF 

 Has Been Grown 48 in. High. 



Blooms from 6 to 6 inches Id diameter with 

 very high centers : stems from 86 to 40 inches. 

 Shown at largest exhibitions in Canada andtoolc 

 everythintr before it. Colors— White, Daybreak, 

 and mixed, 12.00 per 1000 seeds. Not less than 

 1000 fceeds sold. No agents. Don't send checks. 



Originator, J. H. LOCK, 

 41 Manchester Ave., Toronto, Ont. 



Vegetable Forciflg. 



A. V. Jackson & Son, Chicago, have 

 been marketing as high as a ton and a 

 half of mushroome a week. No. 1 

 stock has brought as little as 20 cents 

 a pouud at times. 



CALitX)RNiA cauliflower has been 

 shipped to the eastern markets in great 

 quantities. At one time one Chicago pro- 

 duce firm is reported to have had eigh- 

 teen cars in cold storage. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, March 29.— Head lettuce, $2 

 to $4 bbl. ; leaf lettuce, 45c to uOc case; 

 cucumbers, 35c to $1.75 doz. 



Boston, March 28. — Tomatoes, 50c to 

 60c lb.; cucumbers, $4 to $12 box; let- 

 tuce, $1 to $2.25 box; mushrooms, 90c 

 to $1 lb.; radishes, 30c doz. buuches; 

 spinach, $1.25 bu. , 



New. York, March "27. — Cucumbers, 

 $1.25 to $1.50 doz.; English cucumbers, 

 $1 to $1.25 doz.; head lettuce, 30c to $1 

 doz.; radishes, $3 to $4 per 100 bunches; 

 mushrooms, 25c to 50c lb. 



SCAB ON BEETS. 



Can you tell mo the cause of, and 

 remedy for, scab on table beets? On 

 some of my soil they are almost all 

 scabby, somewhat similar to scab on 

 potatoes, but raised up more, like rough 

 ■warts. The soil that produces the scab is 

 •quite rich and loamy and the most of 

 it received a liberal application of lime 

 four or five years ago, the balance of it 

 . having received a fair dose of wood 

 ashes about eight years ago. The soil 

 that produces clean beets is a very 

 heavy and probably acid soil, made 

 stiffer by irrigating celerv. as the lat- 

 ter is the principal crop I raise on it. 

 The scab cannot be caused by manure, 

 unless the acid in the heavy soil kills the 

 scab, as I manure almost all my soil 

 every year. While I think it is no 

 richer, I could raise better beets on 

 the light soil, were it not for the scab, 

 which rendera them unsalable. The 

 scab is worse on the lime-treated than on 

 the soil treated with wood ashes. Most 

 crops do well on all of my fsoil. 



S. P. S. 



Scab in beets is sometimes caused by 

 corrosive or irritant substances in the 

 soil, but most generally the trouble is 

 caused by a fungus. Some claim it is 

 the s^me fungus which causes scab on 

 potatoes. Of this I am not certain, but 

 the scabs on potatoes and beets certainly 



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look very much alike. There is no cure 

 for it, as far as I know. The onlv 

 thing to do is to avoid planting in af- 

 fected soil; that is, in soil where the 

 germs of scab fungus are present, but 

 instead grow some crop in this soil on 

 which the fungus will have no effect. And 

 in the course of a yeaCi or two the germs 

 will die out on account of having noth- 

 ing to work on. Also avoid leaving 

 beet tops on the ground to rot or be 

 turned under. A great many fungus 

 diseases are originated on decayed vege- 

 tal* matter.^ W. S. Croydon. 



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