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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOTBMBEB 22, 1906. 



The Name 



GENUINE 



PHILADELPHIA 



On a LAWN MOWER 

 is what 

 STERLING" Is on silver. 



Seedsmen— Catalogue the Philadelphia line 



and you will be sure you are right. For 



terms and electrotypes, address 



Philadelphia Lawn Mower Go. 



3407-09 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA 



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something like cane, and cultivated with 

 a weeder. The work of saving the seed 

 comes in after the cucumbers have turned 

 yellow. They are left in the field and 

 then pulled from the vine by boys and 

 girls, who go into the field with a sort 

 of spoon-shaped trowel and cut open the 

 cucumbers and scoop out the seeds into 

 sacks. The sacks are dragged until they 

 are too heavy, then tied securely. The 

 seed is hauled to the house and poured 

 into large tanks filled with soap and soft 

 water. The mixture cuts the slimy pulp 

 from the seeds, leaving them pure and 

 white. The seeds are dried in kilns in 

 shallow baskets and then sorted and 

 packed. 



"The farmers who have been doing 

 this exclusive class of farming say it is 

 profitable, and they have become expert 

 in the growing of this particular seed." 



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['ROCHESTER, N.Y. 



The Market. 



Business here is practically at a stand- 

 still and stock of all kinds is a glut on 

 the market, mostly due to the presence 

 of chrysanthemums in large numbers of 

 all grades. Prices have kept up fairly 

 well, with the exception of roses, which 

 have proved hardest to move, prices rang- 

 ing from $1 to $5 per hundred; carna- 

 tions, $2 to $3; mums, $5 to $15, but in 

 all cases hard to move. 



One of the large department stores 

 held a sale of roses, etc., which helped 

 the market greatly and from all ac- 

 counts did the legitimate business no 

 harm, as it was thomght it would by 

 many of the trade. 



Eeferring to notes and illustrations in 

 your last issue, page 1739, concerning 

 Irondequoit muskmelon, this variety was 

 put on the market by James Vick 's Sons, 

 Rochester, N. Y., and was named after 

 the market garden section just outside 

 the limits of the city. Since its intro- 

 duction it has been grown almost to the 

 exclusion of all others, maintaining the 

 best points of parent type, and, while in 

 season, Irondequoit holds the market 

 against all other muskmelons. In form 

 the fruit is nearly round and slightly 

 flattened at the ends. It attains a me- 

 dium size, has finely netted skin, yellow 

 when ready for market, dark orange- 

 colored flesh, and rich, spicy flavor. 

 The demand has never been satisfied. 



The bulb trade is almost over, the 

 dealers report a profitable season and 

 stock is practically cleaned up. Chinese 

 lilies for once are a scarce article. 



John House is propagating heavily on 

 geraniums, and, from the appearance of 

 the stock at present, will have some ex- 

 cellent plants for spring trade. 



HIGH 

 GRADE 



Lily of the Valley, 



BULBS 



IN 



SURPLUS 



early giant forcing, a very superior 

 $14.00 per 1000; original cases of 2600, 



$ 9.00 per 



Narcissus Paper White Grandiflora, extra select $1.25 per 100 



double Von Sion, extra select 1.26perl00; 11.50 per 



double Von Sion, XXX double-nosed 2.00 per 100; 18.50 per 



" Emperor, mother bulbs 2.00 per 100; 19.00 per 



" Impress 2.00perl00; 19.00 per 



" GoldenSpur 1.75perl00; 1550per 



" Orangre Pboeolx l.OOperlOO; OOOper 



Incomparabills 85 per 100; 7.00 per 



Tulips, Artus 1.15 per 100; 10.50 per 



Dusart, best red 2.00perl00; 19.00per 



Joost von Vondel : 1.25 per 100; 11.50 per 



LaReiue, Fancy 90perl00; 7.50per 



Keizerskroon 1.65perl00; 15.00per 



Clurysolora 90perl00; 7.50per 



Fottebakker, scarlet l.GSperlOO; 14.50per 



white 1.40perlOO; 12.00per 



Rachel Ruysch 1.15perl00; 10.00 per 



Rose Grls de Un 1.25perl00: 11.00 per 



Due van Tholl, single red and yellow 1.10 per 100; 9.50 per 



rose 2.00perl00; 17.50per 



Prince of Austria 2.30perl00; 20.50per 



Jaoht von Dellt 85perl00; 7.00per 



Rex Rubrorum , 1.60 per 100; 14.00per 



Gloria Solus 1.25perl00; ll.OOper 



LaCandeur 1.25perl00; 11.50per 



Tello^e Rose 85perl00: 7.00per 



single, fine mixed 65perl00; 5.50per 



single, extra fine mixed QOperlOO; 7.50per 



Freeslas, mammoth, >^ to ^-inch 85 per 100; 7.60 per 



Ullum Gleanteum, 7 to 9 6.60perl00; 60.00per 



For other varieties, write for trade list. 



CURRIE BROS. COMPANY 



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MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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THE FINEST VALLEY 



Western Headquarters for Early Torcing Pips 



$14.00 per 1000; $1.50 per 100. Now ready. This Is the very best stock for early forcing and 

 will do splendidly for the holidays. They have been selected with the greatest care and there 

 is nothing better coming to this country. Order at once, as this stock is limited. Return at 

 our expense if not satisfactory on arrival. (All cold storage stock is sold out.) We ship all 

 over the U. S. and supply all the year around. 



Fancy Cut Valley for Thanksgiving and Christmas. 



H. N. BRUNS, 



Long Distance Phone ^> W^ • ^^ ^ -_ -^ 

 1409-11 Madison St., \>IllCa90 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



At Jevne's, the leading fancy grocer 

 in Chicago, a window of imported grapes 

 attracts much attention. The varieties 

 are those usually grown under glass in 

 England, Muscat of Alexandria and 

 Black Hamburgh. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Boston, Nov. 19. — Mushrooms, 50 

 cents to $1 lb.; tomatoes, 15 cents to 20 

 cents lb.; cucumbers, $3 to $9 box; let- 

 tuce, 50 cents to 75 cents doz.; parsley, 

 50 cents to $1 box. 



Chicago, Nov. 21. — Cucumbers, 65 

 cents to $1 doz.; bead lettuce, 75 cents 

 doz.; leaf lettuce, 25 cents to 35 cents 

 case. 



New York, Nov. 20. — Cucumbers are 

 plentiful and weak; mushrooms in light 

 supply and firm; lettuce firm; radishes 

 steady; tomatoes firm for fancy. Cu- 

 cumbers, 60 cents to $1 doz.; Boston let- 

 tuce, $1.25 to $3.50 per strap; mush- 



rooms, brown, 40 cents to 80 cents lb. 

 mushrooms, white, 50 cents to $1 lb 

 parsley, 75 cents to $1 per 100 bunches 

 radishes, $1 to $2 per 100 bunches; to 

 matoes, 5 cents to 20 cents per lb. 



TROUBLE WITH LETTUCE. 



I am having trouble with my lettuce. 

 I have two houses 24x108. There are 

 two side benches with six inches of soil 

 and one center bed on the ground ten 

 inches deep. The trouble begins when 

 the lettuce commences to spread, then 

 the Jower leaves get rusty and yellow 

 and the plant forms a hard center. The 

 temperature is from 45 to 50 degrees at 

 night and 55 degrees during the day, 

 sometimes reaching 75 degrees. I use 

 lots of manure and cultivate often. 

 I use the Grand Eapids variety of lettuce. 

 Would it be wise to use nitrate of soda, 

 and if so what is the best way to use it? 

 Also, will a ten horse-power boiler heat 

 a house 24x108 and a house 12x901 I 

 have 1,700 feet of lV2-inch pipe installed 

 and two 2-inch fio^s using steam. 



c. r. B. 



Your temperature is a little too high. 

 If you reduoe it about 5 degrees 70a 



