276 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ueckmuku 33, 1!)0G. 



Type of Side Hill Vegetable Houses Used By W. H. Weinschenkt New Castle, Pa. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Dec. 11. — Cuciunbers, 75(' 

 to $1.25 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 25c to 40c 

 case; radishes, 25c to 75c doz. bunches. 



New York, Dec 10. — The demand for 

 fancy stock takes all greenhouse vege- 

 tables of good quality in spite of heavy 

 supplies from the south anil a slow niar-y 

 ket. Spinach is one of the items most 

 in demand. Fresh asparagus, $1 to $2 

 bunch; cucumbers, No. 1, $1 to $1.25 

 doz.; No. 2, $2 to $4 box; Boston let- 

 tuce, $1 to $1.50 strap; white mush- 

 rooms, 60c to $1 lb. ; brown mushrooms, 

 50c to 85c lb.; radishes, $1.50 to $2 per 

 100 bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb. 



Boston, Dec. 10. — Tomatoes, 25c lb.; 

 cucumbers, $3.50 to $9 box ; lettuce, 25c 

 to 50c doz.; radishes, $1.50 to $2 box; 

 mint, 40c doz.; mushrooms, 75c to $1 lb. 



THE LARGEStF HOUSE. 



Several times there have appeared in 

 the Eeview items to the effect that So- 

 and-so was building the largest green- 

 house in America, only to have some 

 other enterprising gentleman arise to call 

 attention to the fact that his new struc- 

 ture was six inches longer, or wider. 

 Once again the statement is offered that 

 here is the largest greenhouse under one 

 roof to be found anywhere in America. 

 Will someone please go it one better? 



The new house in question is to be 

 built by W. H. Weinschenk, New Castle, 

 Pa. This is a side hill structure, the 

 total width being 120 feet and the length 

 600 feet. The house therefore covers 

 72,000 square feet of land, or more than 

 an acre and a half. The wide side of the 

 house on the slope is eighty-one feet. 

 At the top of the hill the house runs 

 back thirty-nine feet. It is to be used 

 for lettuce and cucumbers. The Monin- 

 ger Co., Chicago, has the order for roof 

 material. 



TOMATOES. 



I have the back bench in a green- 

 house planted with tomatoes, Frogmore 

 Selected. The seed was sown August 1 

 and the fruit on the first three branches 



is ripening. Above, the fruit is not set- 

 ting well, as the blossoms drop on the 

 slightest pretext. The branches holding 

 the fruit seem to have no strength. I 

 have been letting the soil dry out after 

 each watering and possibly have done so 

 too much. Have fed with bone twice, 

 wood ashes tM'ice and liquid manure 

 twice and have cut off some of the foli- 

 age. What would you suggest? 



F. D. B. 



Your trouble is by no means an un- 

 common one and is probably due more 

 to the variety you grow than to any 

 fault iu cultivation. The flowers arc 

 dropping off because they are not set- 

 ting. T have not had any experience 

 with this variety, so am unable to state 

 Just how it acts in this respect. Some 



to accomplish its proper functions 

 through the unsuitable condition of the 

 stigma, which later in some varieties re- 

 quires much more sunlight than in others 

 to place them in the proper condition to 

 receive the pollen. 



It is important that these points 

 should be considered in the selection of 

 a winter forcing variety. The lack of 

 pollen can be overcome by hand fertili- 

 zation wliere a little pollen, carefully 

 used, can be made to go a long way, 

 but when the fault is with the stigma, 

 the variety had better be replaced with 

 one more suitable. W. S. Croydon. 



MILDEW ON LETTUCE. 



Is there a remedy or preventive for 

 mildew on lettuce? Although I keep my 

 lettuce on the dry side, yet I lose a large 



Short-span Lettuce House of Mueller Bros.. St. Joseph. Mo. 



varieties will set quite freely in autumn, 

 while the weather is bright, but prove 

 quite troublesome when the dull, short 

 days come. In some cases the trouble is 

 caused through lack of pollen, but in 

 others the pollen, though plentiful, fails 



per cent of small plants in flats when 

 there are several eloudv, damp days to- 

 gether. ' W. N. T. 



There must be something wrong with 

 the atmospheric conditions of your house. 



