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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



JuNB 15, 1906. 



with this that it does not require so 

 much coal to heat a lettuce house as it 

 does a cucumber or tomato house. 



Diseases of Tomatoes. 



Among the diseases affecting the to- 

 mato are the following: 



Blossom end rot. — Three species of 

 fungi and at least one species of bac- 

 teria are associated with the blossom end 

 rot, but the most common greenhouse rot 

 is caused, according to our observations, 

 by bacteria. This comes on the green 

 fruit when five-eighths or three-fourths 

 of an inch in diameter. It probably af- 

 fects the fruit at the base of the style, 

 at which place there is likely to be seen 

 more or less cracking of the cuticle, thus 

 probably furnishing a suitable point for 

 infection. Some observers have intimat- 

 ed that lack of water in the soil is re- 

 sponsible for blossom end rot and others 

 have been led to believe that manuring 

 has something to do with it. No satis- 

 factory remedy can be offered at present 

 for this trouble. 



Mildew (Cladosporium). — This occurs 

 on the under side of leaves as a mildew- 

 like growth causing more or less of a 

 yellow appearance to the upper surface. 



It can bo completely controlled by keep- 

 ing the moisture in the house at a low 

 limit. 



Timber rot. — This occurs occasionally 

 on the stem of the tomato above the 

 ground, but is not a serious trouble and 

 should it become so, it can be controlled 

 by changing the soil or sterilizing. 



Eel worms. — These occur frequently on 

 tomato roots. They can be eliminated 

 by changing the soil or by freezing or 

 sterilizing. 



Leaf blight (Cylindrosporium). — This 

 produces a spotting of the lower leaves 

 similar to that occurring on the lower 

 leaves of the chrysanthemum. As we 

 have met the disease, it is not a serious 

 one. The best means of preventing it is 

 not to plant too closely in the rows, 

 thus allowing tTie light and air from 

 ventilation to reach the foliage. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, June 14. — Cucumbers, 35c to 

 60c doz.; leaf lettuce, 15c to 25c case; 

 head lettuce, 90c to $1 tub. 



New York, June 12. — Cauliflower, 75c 

 to $1 doz. ; cucumbers, $2 to $3 case ; let- 

 tuce, 50c to $1 bbl.; mushrooms, lOe to 

 50c lb. 



CARNATION NOTES.— WEST. 



Seasonable Reminders. 



During the next three or four weeks, 

 up to transplanting time, the carnation 

 grower is able to get a short breathing 

 spell. There is no great change to be 

 made during this time that calls for an 

 unusual amount of hustling and you 

 are able to take your time for what 

 needs to be done. It is a good thing 

 that we do not have to hustle all the 

 year around as we do during planting- 

 out time and housing time, else I fear 

 the ranks of the carnation growers 

 would rapidly become depleted. 



During this breathing spell, however, 

 you must not go to sleep altogether, 

 nor can you close up shop and run off 

 to the sea shore. There are many lit- 

 tle and in themselves insignificant 

 things which can be done during these 

 next few weeks which will help out a 

 great deal later on in pushing the 

 transplanting and the general fall 

 work. The plants in the field must 

 be looked after, too, cultivating and 

 topping. Both of these topics I have 

 touched on repeatedly and I merely 

 want to say now that neither can hardly 

 be overdone. Whenever you don't 

 know what to do, cultivate your car- 

 nations, then look over them and top 

 what need it, and then cultivate again. 

 But don't water plants that are to be 

 transplanted. 



In the houses you may have some 

 beds that are still bearing pretty well 

 and the demand for good blooms will 

 keep up a few weeks more. Keep them 

 well watered and keep a good shade 

 over them, especially the pink and 

 light pink ones. Enchantress is still giv- 



ing fine blooms, but it requires a heavy 

 shade to prevent bleaching. 



Those beds that are through for the 

 season should be pulled up and thrown 

 out to save watering. 



Of course these things depend largely 

 on what kind of a business you do. 

 Those who do a local retail business 

 can use up quantities of blooms, in de- 

 sign work, etc., that the wholesale 

 grower could not possibly dispose of at 

 any figure. So you will have to modify 

 these suggestions to suit your case. 



Any bed, the flowers from which you 



cannot dispose of, you will do well to 

 discard and begin to get it ready for 

 the next planting. Take out the soil 

 and if the bed or bench needs repair- 

 ing, do it now; when you are in the 

 thick of the planting you will have 

 little time to do a good job of building 

 benches. If no repairing is needed 

 clean off the boards, then whitewash 

 and reflU with the new soil. Never 

 empty a bench and let the sun beat 

 down on it any length of time. 



Clean up the house all over, get out 

 the weeds along the paths and under 

 the benches and throw slaked lime 

 around where the ground seems sour 

 or moldy. If you can empty the house 

 of all plants it will pay you to burn a 

 pan of sulphur in it to kill all manner 

 of insects that hang around in the cor- 

 ners and cracks. 



This is also a good time for repaint- 

 ing if there is any to be done. Patch- 

 ing the roof where glass has been 

 broken out we usually leave until fall, 

 when there is less need for all possible 

 ventilation. However, if there is a 

 broken pane that lets the water pour in 

 on a bed you would better repair it. A 

 hard rain soon after transplanting may 

 do much damage. In short, this is no 

 time to idle, but it is the time for 

 whatever odd jobs need doing this sea- 

 son. A. F. J. Baur, 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The next annual meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society will be held at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, January 24 

 and 25, 1906. Thesg dates have been re- 

 served for us and at this early date there 

 are indications of an unusual interest 

 being taken in this meeting and exhi- 

 bition. 



The preliminary premium list will be 

 issued early in July and will be mailed to 

 all members and cny others who may ap- 

 ply. There will be some special features 

 that will be of interest to all carnation 

 growers. Special premiums and inquiries 

 should be addressed to the secretary, 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



PLANTING FOR MARKET STOCK. 



It is high time for the commercial 

 grower to be planting his stock, if it is 

 not already done, and now that bedding 

 trade is practically over, there is not 

 much excuse for delay. Planting has 

 been mentioned before in these notes, 

 when speaking of exhibition growing, 

 and the difference between planting for 

 exhibition or cut flowers only is nil so 

 far as soil and other conditions are con- 

 cerned and it is needless to go again into 

 detail. 



There is a difference, of course, in the 

 distance apart that the commercial grow- 

 er sets out his plants as compared with 

 the other fellow, and this distance apart 

 governs very largely the quality of the 

 product. For a first-class grade, the kind 



that wholesales for from 25 cents up- 

 ward, nine inches by six is plenty close 

 enough to set out for single stem plants. 

 A little smaller grade can be produced 

 by running two stems to a plant in this 

 space, while other growers who look for 

 quantity much more than quality take 

 up three stems or more in this same 

 space. 



Those growers who propose to whole- 

 sale their flowers in a large market will 

 find that it will not pay them to produce 

 this latter grade. Every year by No- 

 vember 1 there is more or less of a glut 

 in the chrysanthemimi market and then 

 it is always the poor grades that are 

 slaughtered. The florist who needs a lot 

 of clieap flowers for funeral designs or 

 such work may, perhaps, find it to hip 



