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The Weekly Florists'" Review* 



Fkbkuauy 7, 11)07. 



VEGETABLE 

 PLANTS 



PARRAAF New Early and Succession 

 \//%DD/%VI- ji 25 per 1000. 



I FTTI IPF Grand Rapids. BIk Boston, Bos- 

 I-I.I lU^L ton Market and Tennis Ball. 

 $1.00 per 1000. 



PARSLEY Moss Curled, $1.25 per 1000. 



fl. Vincent, Jr. & Son, White Marsh, Md. 



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FROM GROWER 

 TO PLANTER 



Peppers Per lb. 



Neapolitan 11 SO 



Genuine Kuby King.. 1.50 

 Hull No e «ir Buil — 1.25 



r.olden Queen l.'O 



Golden I >awn 1.25 



(iold.n Upright 2 Wl 



SEED 



Tomntoes P»r lb. 



I.ivin(rston'sGlobe$2 00 



Chak's Early Jewel 1 75 



Burpee's MatchkiS 1.50 



Spark's Earliana... 1.75 



Dwarf Champion.. . 2.0U 

 Salvia bplendens. 10.00 _. „ 



New York Improved Spineless Purple E^g Plant 2.00 



Extra Early Whiie Spine Cucumber 60 



Hubbard and Boston Squash 50 



T. B. TURNER, Swedesboro. N. J. 



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Walters' Improved 

 Telegraph Cucumber 



the finest flavor and most prolific grown; as sup- 

 plied to the largest English growers; disease un- 

 known; per oz.. $4 00; price per lb. on application. 



A. A. Walters & Son, Bath, Enffland 



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Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should rive 

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

 of Eardeners around Boston the past seaion. 

 Those who have seen It growing declare there's 

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



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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 VARQUHAR'S PIRFECTION 



FORCING CUCUMBER 



A much Improved strain of White Spine, long, 

 smooth, rich green, robust, 10 days earlier than 

 the old strains and more productive. Unequ.alled 

 under rlass. Pkt., 26c: H oz., 36c; oz., $1; M lb., 

 13; lb. 110. Write for complete catalogue. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON, MASS. 



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Lambert's Pore Cultnre 

 Mushroom Spawu 



Produced b.v new graftliir 

 process from selected &rti 

 prolitic specimens, thor 

 oughly acclimatized. 

 Has never failed to ran 

 Sold by leading Seedsmen 

 Practical instructions on 



••Mnshroom Cnltare" 

 mailed free on appUcatloa. 



Aineri<^nn Spawn Co. 

 St. Faal. Minn. 



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Vegetable Growers should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for a swivel wheel and 20>^-incb nozzles. It will 

 Dt a run of 100 feet of pipe and give you a chance 

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold Watering 

 Byatom, or send for circular of testimonials. 



Louis Wlttbold, 1708 N. Halsted St., Chicago 



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Skiofler's Irrigation. 



For greenhotises, gardens and lawns 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates famished 

 on request. Address, 



Cl W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



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 and post-office addresses of those in your 

 vicinity who grow vegetables under 



glass. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Feb. 6. — Cucumbers, $1.65 to 

 $2 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 35c to 40c case; 

 radishes, 35c to 60c doz. bunches; toma- 

 toes, 25c to 35e lb. ; spinach, 50c to 75c 

 box; mushrooms, 4Dc to 75c lb. 



New York, Feb. 5. — Mushrooms quite 

 plenty and moving rather slowly. Aspar- 

 agus selling well. Cucumbers steady. 

 Lettuce generally poor. Mint scarce, 

 itadishes firm. Rhubarb plenty and 

 weak. Tomatoes quiet. Asparagus, 50c 

 bunch; beet tops, 75c to $1 bu.; cu- 

 cumbers, 75c to $1.75 doz. ; lettuce, 50c. 

 to $1 doz. heads ; mushrooms, 35c to 65c. 

 lb. ; mint, 50c to 75c doz. bunches ; rad- 

 ishes, $4 to $5 per hundred bunches; 

 rhubarb, 25c to 50c -bunch; parsley, 15c 

 doz bunches; tomatoes, 15c to 30c lb. 



Boston, Feb. 4. — Cucumbers, $4 to 

 $12 box; radishes, 35c to 40c doz. 

 bunches; parsley, $1.25 to $1.50 box; 

 lettuce, 50c to 75c doz; escarolle, $1 

 doz. ; romaine, $1 doz. ; tomatoes, 20c lb. ; 

 dandelions, $2 box; rhubarb, 6c to 8c 

 lb; mushrooms, 40c to 75c lb; asparagus, 

 $3 doz. bunches. 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Cauliflower, like lettuce, succeeds best 

 when planted in a solid bed. In raised 

 benches the growth is not so free. Con- 

 sequently the heads are usually smaller. 

 We have, however, seen some good crops 

 matured on raised benches. It has the 

 advantage over lettuce in not beiug sub- 

 ject to attacks of fungus diseases, such 

 .as leaf -burn, stem-rot, etc. The only 

 time fungus troubles the plants is in the 

 early stages oi growth, either in the 

 seedling box or just after the first 

 pricking out, but with a little judgment 

 in watering and handling the plants the 

 trouble is not hard to overcome. 



The relative virtues of the diflferent 

 strains or varieties is a matter on which 

 opinions differ considerably. The main 

 essentials in a forcing cauliflower are 

 earliness, dwarfness, compactness and 

 whiteness of head. Several varieties, or 

 rather strains of early dwarf cauliflow- 

 ers, are found on the market, so many, 

 in fact, that it is rather a hard matter 

 to know just where we are at. Nearly 

 every country seed store has a cauli- 

 flower bearing its name, most of them 

 being either the plain Dwarf Erfurt or 

 a selection from that old standard va- 

 riety. Whore the matter of selection 

 has really been carried out judiciously, 

 the advantage of the strain is often 

 quite pronounced, but the only way to 

 know what is in the strain is to try, and 

 keep trying until the best has been pro- 

 cured, and then stick to it and the house 

 that is sending it out. 



Successional plantings may still m-e 

 made indoors and plants should be kept 

 coming on for planting in coldframes 

 as soon as the weather becomes sufli- 

 ciently warm. Sowings should also be 

 made from this time on to procure plants 

 for outdoor planting. It is better to 

 have them started in time and let them 

 come along slowly, thus procuring nice, 



Vegetable Seeds 



Prices to Market Gardeners ' 



SPECIAL CUCUMBKBS M-lb. lb. 



Landreth's extra early W. Spine. .4Qc |1 do 



Extra early Arlln»rton W. Spine... 5Uc l'26 



Landreth'sextraordlnaryW.SpineeOc 1 50 



Landreth's Longr Green Gherkin. .60c liso 



SPKCIA I. LETTUCE 



Land reth's f orclocr, headlngr 66c 1 80 



May Ktnjr, heading 70c 2.00 



Virirlnia Solid Reader fl.ou 2.50 



SPECIAL RADISHES 



Wonderful Balfloncr Red 80c 80 



Landretti's White Box 26c 60 



Extra Early Scarlet White- tipped. 20o .60 



Bloonisdale Spinach 20c .40 



Moss Cnrled Parsley 20c .40 



Landreth's Earliest Tomato.. 11.26 4.50 



Spark's Earliana Tomato 1.10 3.00 



Landreth's K«d Uock Tomato. l.OO 2.75 



Cash with order. Posta^re paid. 



Send for complete list. 



LANDRETH SEED CO., BRISTOL, PA. 



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Hothoase Specialties 



Our Mr. Rawson belDgr one of the 

 largest growers of Vegetables under 

 glass in this country, we have devel- 

 oped many special strains, including: 



^«»^ Rawson's Hothouse Cucumber 



which we confidently believe superior to any 

 other on the market; 60c per oz.; 11.60 per ii-Va.i 

 •6.00 per lb. 



BAWSON'S SCARLET CONICAL RASISB 



Best for forcing: many largest growers use it 

 exclusively. Brilliant scarlet, conical, short- 

 lopped, remarkably uniform, tender, crlsD: Wc 

 lb.; 10 lbs., 18.01; 100 lbs., 176.00. 



These and many other Bpecialties fully 

 described in our Market Gardener's List for 1907, 

 Just issued. Sent free on request. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 5 UniOD St., Boston 



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CAILIFLOWERSEED 



Earliest Dwarf Erfurt 



Theoarllestand best variety In existence 

 for either forcing or open ground. We hold a 

 tested stock of exceptionally high germinat- 

 ing power. All we guaniLtee to be 1906 crop. 

 $7.00 per poaud. Mailed free on receipt 

 of cash by International P. O. O. 



C.S. DANIELS A SON 



WYMONOHAM, NORFOLK, CNGLAND 



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600,000 Asparafraa Roota loo loou 



3 years. Palmetto, heavy... 60c 13.50 



2 years. Palmetto, strong 40c 3 00 



2 years, Conover'a Colossal 3ac 2.76 



2 years. Burr's Mammoth, strong.. . .40c 3.00 



2 years, Donald's Elmlra 40c 3.00 



2 years. Giant Argenteull 40c 3 00 



2 years. Columbian White tOc 3.50 



On 60.000 or over, good discount given. 



On other Nursery stock, send for Trade List. 



RIVER VIEW NURSERIES. J. N. O'Haiin, Uttle Silver. N. J. 

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firm plants and allowing plenty of time 

 to get them well hardened off. 



Crops nearing maturity in the green- 

 house can be considerably assisted by 

 feeding now that the days are getting 

 longer and brighter. Being a healthy 

 feeder they are not very particular what 

 form of food is given, but to get the 

 full benefit of the manure applied it is 

 necessary to give something that will 

 act, quickly and apply it in a liquid 

 form. Nitrate of soda makes a good 

 article for this purpose, but when waste 

 from the barnyard can be procured it is 

 hard to beat. Sheep manure can be 

 procured, from which a good liquid can 

 be made, but the nitrate of soda or 

 something of that nature being cleaner 

 and quicker in action, is preferable to 

 the sheep manure article. Of course if 

 the soil is of good quality, the crop may 



