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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB 26, 1905. 



would like to know it. If your paper 

 in any week fails to reach you at the 

 usual time we shall be glad to have 

 you send us a postal card. Simply 



say: 



'My Review of such and such 



a date, which should have reached me 

 so and so, did not arrive until today." 

 Date it and sign your name. The 

 Review is printed Wednesday night 

 and mailed regularly every Thursday. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



The Hatch Experiment Station, 

 Amherst, Mass., has issued a valuable 

 bulletin of forty pages devoted to the 

 growing of tomatoes under glass. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Boston, Oct. 24. — Cucumbers, No. 1, 

 $7 to $8.50 box; No. 2, $2.50 to $5 box. 

 Tomatoes, 12%c to 15c pound. Outdoor 

 lettuce still abundant. 



New Yoek, Oct. 23. — Cucumbers $1.25 

 to $1.50 doz. Head lettuce, 10c to 50c 

 doz. Mushrooms, 20 to 40 cents pound. 

 Tomatoes, 4 to 10 cents pound. Outdoor 

 stock still plentiful. 



Chicago, Oct. 25.— Head lettuce 50 to 

 80 cents box; leaf lettuce, 10 to 20 cents 

 case. Outdoor vegetables still in large 

 supply. 



TOMATOES. 



At this season of the year, on ac: 

 count of changes in the weather, the 

 plants are inclined to become drawn 

 and it calls for pretty close watching 



of the airing to keep them in a good, 

 stocky condition. The sun being still 

 bright and the air often cold, it is 

 hard to reduce the temperature of the 

 house as far as desired without caus- 

 ing cold draughts. It is necessary to 

 shut the ventilators rather early in 

 the afternoon, as the air gets cold as 

 soon as the sun begins to get low in 

 the west. 



The drawing influence may be some- 

 what counteracted by using as little 

 fire heat as possible, but of course a 

 chill must be avoided. It would hardly 

 be good policy to let the temperature 

 run below 60 degrees. Keeping the 

 plants rather on the dry side also 

 helps to maintain a firm growth. 



The further advanced plants will 

 need attention in regard to pollinating 

 the flowers. At this season there is 

 usually enough sun heat to mature the 

 pollen and keep it dry enough so that 

 it is easily spread around by simply 

 shaking the vines in the warmer part 

 of the day. Close attention should be 

 paid, however, that the fruit does set, 

 and if not it is better to spend a short 

 time every bright day pollinating by 

 hand, as it is always better to make 

 sure. The first trusses of flowers are 

 important ones, as they will be the 

 first ones to ripen and it always looks 

 much nicer to see the vines fruited 

 from the bottom up, rather than have 

 them with two or three feet of the 

 bottom part of the vines minus fruit. 



Training will also claim attention 

 as the plants quickly become crooked 

 if not kept tied to the trellises or 

 stakes, but tight tying should be 

 avoided, as the stems swell quickly 

 and unless plenty of room is left they 

 will soon become girdled to the extent 



of stopping the flow of sap to an in- 

 jurious extent. 



Pinching must go on more or less 

 all the time, so as not to allow super- 

 fluous growth to run away with the 

 energy of the plant. Just as soon as 

 the lateral growths are long enough so 

 that they can be pinched out without 

 leaving an eye is the time to remove 

 them. There is no need to let them 

 run until they are several inches long 

 before taking them off. The more 

 the energy of the plant is concen- 

 trated in the main shoot the better 

 will be the results. Growing shoots 

 sometimes appear on the ends of the 

 flower trusses. These, too, should be 

 removed as soon as possible, for if al- 

 lowed to run there will be a very 

 slim chance of getting fruit set upon 

 the trusses thus handicapped. 



W. S. Croydon. 



HEATING APPARATUS. 



I wonder if you have been over the 

 heating apparatus in the violet houses 

 yet this fall to see that it is in per- 

 fect running order. Do not give the 

 pipes a glance and a look and say you 

 "guess they are all right; they were in 



The Outfit which Makes Two 14-mile Round Trips a Day from the Reinberg[ Greenhouses to the Cbicsigo Store. 



