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The Weekly Florists' Review 



Fbbbuaby 28, 1907. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



A NUMBER of vegetable growers at 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., have organized a 

 corporation with $20,000 paid in capital 

 to take over their plants, erect a new 

 central plant and grow vegetables on a 

 large scale. They do not hope to in- 

 fluence the markets, but to gain an ad- 

 vantage in centralization and cooperative 

 purchases. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Feb. 27. — Cucumbers, $1 to 

 $1.75 doz.; lettuce, 35c to 40c case; 

 radishes, 35c to 40c doz. bunches; mush- 

 rooms, 25c to 50c lb. 



Boston, Feb. 25. — Tomatoes, 50c to- 

 60c lb.; mushrooms, 60c to $1 lb.; as- 

 paragus, $7 doz. bunches; lettuce, 30c 

 to 65c doz.; cucumbers, $4 to $16 box; 

 rhubarb, 6c . to 8c lb. ; radishes, $1.50 

 box; parsley, $1.50 to $1.75 box; ro- 

 maine, $1 doz.; escarole, 75c to $1 doz.; 

 mint, 75c doz.; dandelions, $1.25 to $1.50 

 box; chicory, 75c to $1 doz. 



New York, Feb. 26. — Mushrooms 

 abundant and selling slowly. Cucumbers 

 steady. Lettuce generally poor and 

 dragging, with most sales from 50c down. 

 Radishes weak. Rhubarb steady. Toma- 

 toes in light supply, but tone easy. Cu- 

 cumbers, 75c to $2 doz.; lettuce, 25c to 

 75c doz.; beet tops, 75c to $1 bu.; 

 mushrooms, 35c to 60c lb.; mint, 50c to 

 75c doz. bunches; radishes, $2 to $2.50 

 per hundred bunches; rhubarb, 25c to 

 50c large bunch; parsley, 12c to 15e 

 doz. bunches; tomatoes, 15c to 25c lb. 



BLIGHTS OF VINE CROPS. 



Tlie season of 1906 in Ohio showed 

 more than the usual amount of loss on 

 cucumber pickles and muskmelons, from 

 disease. Three distinct diseases are 

 known to have occurred and these prob- 

 ably indicate four or more separate dis- 

 eases. In the order of occurrence the 

 first that I mention is the wilt. This 

 disease shows itself by sudden wilting of 

 parts of the vine and results either from 

 inoculation of a bacterium or of a fun- 

 gus, Fusarium, often being accomplished 

 by stink-bugs. As yet we have not been 

 able to propose anything better than the 

 pulling and burning of diseased vines 

 as they occur. Some experienced grow- 

 ers report to me a loss of fifty per cent 

 of the vines from the wilt trouble in 

 1906. 



Of the leaf diseases we have two that 

 pass under the name of melon and cucum- 

 ber blight, namely, the downy mildew, 

 Plasmopora Cubensis and the leaf blight, 

 Alternaria. Both of these can be con- 

 trolled by proper spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture, beginning on the young vines 

 and repeating at intervals of two weeks 

 until the critical season, when ten-day 

 intervals may prove better, owing to the 

 amount of new growth and of rain. The 

 critical period for Ohio begins with the 

 first part of August, and rarely comes 

 earlier than August 10 through the north- 

 ern half of the state. This is the period 

 when the downy mildew spread over the 

 state last year and cut oflf practically 

 all unsprayed vines of cucurbits, both 

 melons and cucumbers. Occasionally 

 fields were not struck until early Sep- 

 tember. The downy mildew sweeps our 

 state as early as above stated during 

 warm midsummers, but may be delayed 



two weeks in cool seasons like that of 

 1904 or 1905. 



The leaf blight of the muskmelon does 

 not show particularly until the melons 

 are of good size and the susceptibility of 

 the vines reaches its highest point. De- 

 spite this fact, thorough spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture has always proved 

 profitable when it has been followed out 

 on right principles. Of course the spray- 

 ing is not a remedy for the wilt disease 

 that has already been mentioned. Each 

 season increases the evidence as to the 

 certain profits to be derived from proper 

 spraying of muskmelon and cucumber 

 vines. A. D. Selby. 



THRIPS AND LETTUCE. * ' 



I see a great deal of talk about stem- 

 rot and fungi at the roots of plants, but 

 the proper name for nine out pf ten 

 cases is thrips. If the man who finds 

 stem-rot looks closely he will find a lit- 

 tle black half fly and half mosquito- 

 looking insect. It first attacks the ten- 

 der leaves of the plant and punctures 

 them and when they open there is a 

 black ring of rot around the edges. If 

 the house is kept closed, as in cloudy 

 weather, leaf -rot is the consequence. It 

 next deposits its eggs in the top soil 

 and soon a grub makes its appearance. 

 This is so small that it is almost im- 

 possible to detect it with the naked eye. 

 It looks like a small maggot, but under 

 a strong glass it has all the appearance 

 of thrips, except in color; but as it gets 

 older it turns brown. ^ 



Now this little fellow goes"N3own to 

 the extremities of the roots and destroys 

 the fiber. The stem as well as tne 

 roots take on a brown, dirty appear- 

 ance, as if they had been in ground 

 that had too much acid. As long as 

 it remains cloudy the inect stays in the 

 ground, but as it gets older it comes 

 to the surface. If on a bright day, 

 about 2 o'clock, you will take away 

 from your lettuce some of the leaves 

 that have been on the ground and shake 

 them you will see a shower of these in- 

 sects. 



I saw where some one asked about 

 his lettuce plants damping or being at- 

 tacked by mildew. If the party will 

 notice in the future he will, by taking 

 off some of the leaves that have fallen 

 and spreading them out on a piece of 

 paper, find thrips. They are very small 

 at this stage. They puncture the small 

 plants at the top of the ground and the 

 plant falls over and dies. 



As to the remedy, the only thing 1 

 have been able to do is to hold the tem- 

 perature down. The fly will lay its 

 eggs, but they will not hatch when it is 

 cold. When they get out of the ground 

 and on the lettuce, smoke will fix them. 

 I do not know any remedy while they 

 are in the ground and would be glad 

 for any information on that point. 



E. S. Snell. 



Please find enclosed $1 for your tip 

 top paper. — Wm. Walker, Louisville, Ky. 



Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for a swivel wheel and 20 Vfl-Inch nozzles. It will 

 fit a run of lOo feet of pipe and give you a chance 

 to try for yountelf the Wlttbold Watertnc 

 System, or send for circular of teBtimonials. 



The Wittbold Nozzle, for %-inch hose flOO 



The Special Rose Nozzle l.CO 



Louis Wittbold, 1708 N. Halsted St., Chicago 



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VEGETABLE 

 PLANTS 



TARRAI^F New Early and Succession, tl.50 

 \,f\M3Ur%\ri. per 1000; 10,000 and over, $1.26 



. per 1000. 

 I FTTI \Cf Qrand Rapids, Big: Boston, Bos- 

 i-i. I I wi- ton Market and Tennis Ball, 



$1,00 per 1000. 

 PARSLEY Moss Curled, $1.26 per 1000. 



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



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FROM GROWER 

 TO PLANTER 



Peppera Per lb. 



Neapolitan II. 50 



Genuine Kubv King:.. 1.60 

 Bull Nose or Bull. . . . 1.26 

 Golden Queen. ....... 1 .80 



Golden Dawn 1.25 



Golden Upright 2.00 



SEED 



Tomatoes Per lb. 



Livingston's Globe.f2.00 



Challc's Early Jewel 1.75 



Burpee's Matchless 1.50 



Sp'arlc's Earliana.. . 1.75 



Dwarf Champion... 2.00 



Salvia Splendens IQ.UO . _ 



New York Improved Spineless Purple Egg Plant 2.00 



Extra Early Whiie Spine Cucumber 50 



Hubbatd and Boston Squash ° 50 



T. B TURNER, Swedesboro, N. J. 



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We recommend for forcing : 



Oundestrup's Cauliflower New Snowball 



better than Dry Weather for forcing, per oz., 12.00. 

 Lettuce Grand Rapida< per oz., 10c; M-lb., 26. 

 Improved Arlington White Spine Cucum- 

 ber, per oz , 10c; M-lb., 25c. Uundestrup'a 

 Barly Scarlet Turnip, white tip for forc- 

 ing, ^-Ib., 2Uc; 1-ib., 75c. Celeriac, Gunde- 

 strup's Oval King, 1-oz., 25c; }4-lb., tiOc. 



OUNDESTRUP'S SEED STORE 



4873 Milwauliee Ave. CHICAGO 



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Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should give 

 "Comet" a trial. This variety has been the tallc 

 of gardeners around boston the pa^c season. 

 Those who have seen ic growing declare there's 

 nothing to compare >«ith it. Seed, $5.00 per oz. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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600,000 Asparaerua Roots loo looo 



8 years, Palmetto, heavy Mc 13.50 



2 years, Palmetto, strong %.-*--^0c 3.00 



3 years, Conover's Colossal 85c 2.75 



2years, Barr's Mammoth, strong.. ..40c 8.00 



2yearB, Donald's Elmlra 40c 3.00 



2 years, Giant Argenteull 40o 8 00 



2 years. Columt)lan White 60c 3.50 



On 60.000 or over, good discount given. 



On other Nursery stock, send for Trade List. 



RIVER VIEW NURSERIES. J. H. O'Haian. Uttle Silver. N. J. 

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Lamltert's Pare Cnltnre 

 Muahroum Spa.wn 



Produced by new grafting 

 process from selected and 

 prolltic 8 pet.- 1 mens, thor- 

 oughly accUniHiized. 

 Hhs never fulled to run 

 Sold by Leading Seedsmen. 

 Practical instruciloDS on 



"Maahroom Culture" 

 mailed free on application. 



Ameri'^au Spawn Co. 

 ». Paul, Minn. 



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Skinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhonses, 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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COMET TOMATO SEED 



Grown from true stoclE. Excellent for forcing. 

 60c and 11.00 per pkt. H. M. SANDERSON, 

 111 LINCOLN ST., WALTHAM, MASS. 



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