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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbbb 27, 1906; 



Vegetable Forciag. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Dec. 26. — Cucumbers, 1 to 

 $1.75 doz. ; head lettuce, 75c to $1 tub; 

 leaf lettuce, 35c to 40c case; radishes, 

 75c to 80c bunch. 



Boston, Dec. 24. — Cucumbers, $3.50 to 

 $13.50 box; lettuce, 35c to 50c doz.; to- 

 matoes, 25c to 35c lb.; asparagus, $4 

 doz. bunches; parsley, $1.25 to $1.50 bas- 

 ket; mushrooms, 75c to $1 lb.; radishes, 

 $1.75 to $2 box; mint, 40c doz. 



New Yoek, Dec. 24. — Cucumbers in 

 light supply and firm. Lettuce dragging. 

 Mushrooms selling fairly at late prices. 

 Mint higher. Radishes in good demand 

 when fancy. Tomatoes firm. Mo. 1 cu- 

 cumbers, $1.50 to $2 doz.; No. 2, $1 to 

 $1.25 doz.; culls, $2 to $4 box; lettuce, 

 25c to 40c doz.; mushrooms, 25c to 75c 

 lb.; mint, 75c to $1 doz. bunches; rad- 

 ishes, $2 to $3 per 100 bunches; spin- 

 nach, 10c to 15c doz. bunches; tomatoes, 

 15c to 30c lb. 



LETTUCE WORM. 



I send two worms (one cocoon) that 

 I found in large numbers on my lettuce 

 in the garden in early fall and as my 

 first crop from the greenhouse plants 

 were outside until September 15 I have 

 found several of them on the field-grown 

 lettuce indoors recently. It appears to 

 be a species of the cabbage worm but 

 I had never known it to be found on 

 lettuce. Please examine and let me 

 know what it is and what remedy you 

 would suggest for it. L. G. 



The sample sent is what is commonly 

 called the green lettuce worm. It does 

 not feed entirely on lettuce, though it 

 shows a special preference for it as a 

 diet. The best means of getting rid of 

 them indoors is by hand picking. 

 Though they usually keep on the under 

 side of the leaf, it is easy to see by the 

 mutilated leaves where they are working. 



They are not apt to appear in large 

 quantities on the lettuce, as the butter- 

 fly that lays the eggs hibernates for the 

 winter. The eggs have no doubt been 

 taken indoors on the plants and, with 

 the warm atmosphere provided, have 

 hatched out. Remedies like slugsnot, to- 

 bacco, etc., would be all right to kill the 

 warms but these leave the plants dirty 

 and, being hard to clean off, would cer- 

 tainly not improve the flavor of the let- 

 tuce. Outdoors some of these remedies 

 have to be employed, as in the open 

 hand picking is out of the question, es- 

 pecially for large plantations, but if put 

 on as a preventive when the plants are 

 small the rain may be counted on to 

 pretty well clean the plants before they 

 are ready for use. W. S. Croydon. 



FEEDING. 



The present is a season when practi- 

 cally no feeding should be given to vege- 

 tables forced under glass, as the dull, 

 cloudy weather renders the plants inac- 

 tive to a certain degree. It is the action 

 of sunlight on the foliage that enables 

 the plants to draw up and assimilate the 

 plant foods which go to build up the 

 tissues and strengthen the plants. Hence 

 at this season, when we are getting the 

 mimimum of sunshine, the requirements 

 of the plants in respect to plant foods 



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Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should give 

 "Oomet" a trial. This variety has been the talk 

 of gardeners around Boston the past season. 

 Those who have seen it growing declare there's 

 nothing to compare with it. Seed, $6.00 per ox. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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must also be at a minimum. Therefore, 

 if feeding material is applied it must 

 be to a large extent wasted, besides clog- 

 ging up the soil with chemical matter to 

 the exclusion of the free passage of air, 

 this causing more or less sourness in the 

 soil and rendering the roots of the plants 

 less active than they would otherwise be. 

 Under such conditions the plants will 

 make a soft growth and fall an easy 

 prey to fungus and other diseases. 



All efforts during the dull, short days 

 should be directed towards keeping the 

 plants as firm in growth as possible by 

 avoiding anything that will induce soft 

 growth and by giving all the fresh air 

 that can safely be given. Then, when 

 the proper season comes, the plants will 

 be in the best possible condition to as- 

 similate the plant foods. 



The time at which feeding material can 

 safely be applied will depend a good deal 

 on the season, but as a rule about the 

 middle of February the lengthening days 

 and the increasing amount of sunshine 

 increase the action of the plants to a 

 degree suflScient to enable them to profit 

 by the application of feeding material. 



Strong feeders, such as tomatoes and 

 cucumbers, should be the first to receive 

 feeding. The material to " be used will 

 depend a good deal on the quality of the 

 soil in which the plants are growing. 

 Soils are seldom found that are evenly 

 balanced in the matter of plant foods, 

 and the grower should endeavor to as- 

 certain the elements in which his soil is 

 lacking and apply manures accordingly, 

 also taking into consideration the re- 

 quirements of the plants in hand. 



Bone meal makes a good general fer- 

 tilizer, both for cucumbers and tomatoes, 

 but for soils lacking in nitrogen, blood 

 and bone is preferable. Guano also is 

 good when a good grade can be procured, 

 but the different brands vary consider- 

 ably in strength and composition. Hen 

 and pigeon manure are both rich in 

 phosphoric acid and are valuable fertil- 

 izers, but must be used in small quan- 

 tities or damage may result. 



Barnyard manure is about as good a 

 general manure as can be had, but is 

 best mixed in the soil before it is put in 



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 Per 60 bricks. $6.50. Per 100 bricks, $12.00. 



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Skmoer's Irrigation. 



For greenhoases, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates furnished 

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the beds, though a good liquid manure 

 can be made from the fresh cow manure 

 by mixing it at the rate of one bushel to 

 fifty gallons of water. A good liquid 

 also is made from sheep manure by 

 putting one bushel in a bag and soaking 

 in fifty gallons of water. After stand- 

 ing a day or two the liquid from this 

 would be too strong to apply as it is at 

 first, so should be diluted about half and 

 half with clear water. After taking off 

 the liquid the barrel or tank should be 

 filled up and allowed to stand for a 

 couple of days. The liquid resulting 

 from this will be about the right strength 

 to apply. Liquid can also be made from 

 hen manure the same way, but as this is 

 strong material it should be well diluted 

 at first. 



Sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of 

 soda are two quick acting manures, use- 

 ful as stimulants in carrying through a 

 crop that is near completion. 



Either of these latter manures may be 

 used on lettuce, but only when the days 

 are long and the weather clear and 

 bright, so that plenty of fresh air can be 

 given to keep the growth firm and pre- 

 vent damping. Applied in the short 

 days of winter, harm to the plants would 

 be sure to result. W. S. Croydon. 



Enclosed find $1 to renew subscrip- 

 tion to the l?EviEw. We could not do 

 without it. It has been worth lots to 

 us. It is the best publication of its 

 kind. — A. T. BucKERipGE, Wichita, Kan. 



