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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Januauy 24, 1007. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Please send the Heview the names of 

 those in your vicinity who grow vege- 

 tables under glass. 



Troy, Ohio.— C. W. Skinner is at Lees- 

 burg, Fla., installing mechanical water- 

 ing systems for the truckers. 



Henry Phillip, at Rogers Park, Chi- 

 cago, has grown vegetables, roses, carna- 

 tions, and again vegetables. He says 

 that the returns from a given area are 

 about the same whatever the crop, if it 

 is successful, but that the advantage in 

 growing vegetables lies in the fact that 

 if a crop starts to go wrong it may be 

 thrown out and a new one started with 

 the loss of but a few weeks, whereas, 

 with roses, or carnations, a poor crop 

 means a poor year. He says the Rogers 

 Park growers expect lettuce to do no 

 inore than pay expenses and look to a 

 spring crop of cucumbers for most if 

 Dot all their season's profit; 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Jan. 22. — Cucumbers, $1 to 

 $2 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 25c to 40c case; 

 radishes, 25c to 45c dozen bunches; spin- 

 ach, 50e to 65c box; tomatoes, 25c to 

 -35c lb.; mushrooms, 55c lb. 



Boston, Jan. 21. — Cucumbers, $3 to 

 $4 box; tomatoes, 30e to 35c lb.; pars- 

 ley, $1 to $1.25 box; lettuce, 50c to 75e 

 doz. ; romaine, 75c to $1 doz ; mushrooms, 

 60c to 60c lb.; radishes, $1.50 to $1.75 

 box; mint, 75c doz. bunches. 



New York, Jan. 21. — Cucumbers con- 

 tinue scarce and firm. Mushrooms are 

 in rather light supply and prices close 

 steady. Many of today's receipts 

 reached the stores very late in the morn- 

 ing, which caused considerable inconve- 

 nience. Cucumbers, 75c to $1.75 doz.; 

 culls, $2 to $2.50 box; lettuce, 25c to 

 $1.25 doz.; mushrooms, white, 25c to 75e 

 lb.; brown, 25c to 60c lb.; mint, 50c to 

 $1 doz. bunches; radishes, 3e to 4c 

 bunch; parsley, 15c doz. bunches; rhu- 

 barb, 70c to 75c large bunch; tomatoes, 

 10c to 30c lb. 



FORCING ASPARAGUS. 



I would like to know how old aspara- 

 gus roots should be to be strong enough 

 to pay for forcing; also something of 

 the treatment under glass. J. W. 



It is necessary to have good, strong 

 roots, two years old, to insure profitable 

 results in forcing. If they are home- 

 grown, all the better, as then they can 

 be lifted and placed in the forcing quar- 

 ters without danger of the roots suffer- 

 ing from dryness, from which they are 

 sure to suffer more or less when shipped 

 for a distance. Quite a little of the soil 

 can be left on the roots when lifted in 

 the home grounds, but enough should be 

 shaken off to allow of the crowns being 

 set well together to economize space. 



Asparagus, being one of the earliest 

 outdoor vegetables, is easily started into 

 gfrowth. The most suitable forcing quar- 

 ters for it we have tried, is a brick pit 

 heated by hot water, the pipes running 

 arount the pit about two feet from the 

 bottom. Previous to putting in the 

 roots we place about a foot of heating 

 rtyiterial, such as stable litter and leaves, 

 in the bottom of the pit, firming it well 

 down. Over this is placed about three 



Wlttbold Watering Derlce in Operation at Chamberlain & Bonker's, Fremont, HIeh. 



■W. are "n^'o'^SJ-^^S *« «»oM W.^^^^^^^ .,, „„„ 



Vegetable Growers Should Send $5.00 



lor a swivel wheel and 20 J^-lnoh nozzles. It will fit a run of lOO feet of nine 



LOLIS WITTBOLD, 1708 N. Halsted St., 



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Chicago J 



A BED or MUSHROOMS 



KNUD GUNDESTRUP & CO.. 42"3''S^:X^ircHi^oo 



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VEGETABLE 

 PLANTS 



New Early and 

 $1.25 per 1000. 



Succession 



CABBAGE 



I ETTIJCF Grand Rapids, Big Boston, Bos- 

 ^^*- ton Market and Tennig Ball, 

 $1.00 per 1000. 



PARSLEY Moss Curled, $1.25 per 1000. 



R. Vincent, Jr. & Son, white Marsh, Md. 



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inches of sand, on which the asparagus 

 roots are set, closely together. These 

 again are covered with sand to a depth 

 of six inches. The heat generated quickly 

 starts the plants into growth and, about 

 three weeks from the time they are put 

 in, we begin to see the points appearing 

 above the sand. 



Cutting requires to be attended to 

 every morning, the shoots being cut 

 when about two inches over the sand. It 

 is necessary to scrape some of the sand 

 away to get the shoots cut well down, 

 but care must be exercised in the opera- 

 tion or the shoots that are under way 

 may be broken or damaged. No novice 

 should be put to do the cutting. It will 

 pay to have some man do it who can 

 be depended on to do it carefully. 



Asparagus can be forced in a green- 

 house where a temperature of 55 degrees ' 



Lambert's Pare Cnltnre 

 Mushrooiii Spawn 



Produced by new grafting 

 process from selected and 

 prolltic specimens, thor- 

 oughly accliniciilzed. 

 Bus never failed to ran 

 Sold by Leading Seedsmen. 

 Practical Instructions on 

 "Mnshroom Cnltare" 

 mailed free on application. 

 Amerir-an Spawn Co. 

 St. Faal. Minn. 

 Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Skinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates furnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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can be maintained. We have often seen 

 it forced under the benches, but consider 

 that it cannot be given justice there. It 

 is better to devote a bench to it. If the 

 bench is not deep enough to allow of 

 enough covering to sufficiently blanch 

 the shoots the bed could be shaded; not 

 necessarily heavily, but just enough to 

 draw the growths up and keep them 

 blanched without weakening them. 



The sand, either in pits or benches, 

 must receive an occasional watering to 

 prevent drying out ; but a great deal of 

 water is not necessary. The sand can be 



