

Mabch 14, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1265 



Vegetable Forciag. 



Chamberlin & Bunker, the growers 

 of vegetables under glass at Fremont, 

 Mich., have invested in twenty acre^ of 

 land in Florida for growing vegetables 

 in the open. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, March 13. — Cucumbers, $1 

 to $1.50 doz.; leaf lettuce, 25c to 30c 

 case; radishes, 30c to 40c doz. bunches. 



Boston, March 11. — Tomatoes, 30c to 

 40c lb.; cucumbers, $3 to $12 box; let- 

 tuce, 25c to 50c doz.; radishes, 25c doz.; 

 rhubarb, 4c to 5c lb.; mushrooms, 50c 

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

 escarolle, 75c to $1 doz.; parsley, $1.25 

 to $1.50 box; mint, 75c doz. 



New York, March 12. — Mushrooms in 

 active demand and market cleaned up 

 closely with some sales slightly higher 

 than quoted. Cucumbers quite plenty 

 and prices show further decline. Let- 

 tuce poor and dragging heavily. Ead- 

 ishes firm under light offerings. Ehu- 

 barb held steady. Tomatoes in light 

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

 lettuce, 15c to 50c doz.; mushrooms, 

 35c to 50c lb.; radishes, $2 to $3 per 

 hundred bunches; tomatoes, 15c to 

 75c lb. 



THE LAST CROP OF LETTUCE. 



If the last crop of the season has not 

 been got into the benches, it should be 

 done now, without delay. Where a gen- 

 eral stock is grown this crop is usually 

 omitted, as the room can be utilized to" 

 bettor advantage for general bedding 

 material. A nice thing to have in a 

 case like this is a good supply of cold- 

 frames. In an average season lettuce 

 can be planted about, or even before, 

 this date in coldframes and kept com- 

 fortably warm by covering, but in a 

 season like this, with so much zero 

 weather even in March, not much could 

 be gained by planting early. Though 

 'the sun is strong enough to heat the 

 frames up well through the day, it 

 would take a great deal of covering to 

 keep the frost out, even if the frames 

 were shut up early and all possible heat 

 reserved. "• 



The greenhouse crop will require a 

 good deal more water now than it did 

 ■earlier in the season and, although there 

 is less danger of an overabundance of 

 atmospheric moisture, nevertheless judg- 

 ment should be used in its application. 

 Water should always be applied early 

 in the day, so that the moisture will be 

 well dried up before night. On mild 

 nights, a little air should be left on 

 from this out, if someone is in close 

 touch with the house, so that the venti- 

 lators could be closed in the case of a 

 sudden change. March weather is an un- 

 certain proposition and sudden changes 

 must be looked for and guarded against. 

 Greenfly is apt to put in its appear- 

 ance frequently and should be checked 

 as soon as seen. Tobacco fumigation is 

 about the simplest and easiest means of 

 keeping it down, only it has to be done 

 frequently to be effective. Tlie variety 

 of greenfly that affect^ lettuce is a big, 

 fat, healthy-looking i^eTlow, but he is 

 not a hard one to destroy if taken in 

 time. But if he once gets a good foot- 

 hold, it will take several fumigations to 



get the pest under control. It is better 

 to fumigate two or three nights in suc- 

 cession, if the fly is bad, rather than 

 try to use the tobacco strong enough to 

 destroy them with one dose. 



Tobacco can be had in several forms, 

 but we find the dust the easiest to han- 

 dle. There is a kind of specially pre- 

 pared for burning. When once this is 

 started it will keep on burning for sev- 

 eral hours. The smoke is never so dense 

 in the house as it would be if stems 

 were used, but the length of time it 

 keeps on smoking seems to wear them 

 down and do them more harm than a 

 sudden filling of the house would, with a 

 good deal less danger of damage to the 

 plants. There are several liquid forms 

 of tobacco extract that are applied by 

 evaporation. They certainly do the work 

 well and are used by many, but are 

 more expensive to use than the dust. 



W. S. Croydon. 



THE GRAND RAPIDS COMBINE. 



In speaking of the new corporation 

 formed by a number of Grand Kapids 

 growers, a local paper says: 



"Lettuce will probably be the princi- 

 pal crop raised by the Grand Rapids 

 Greenhouse Co., the new $160,000 com- 

 pany which was recently organized for 

 the purpose of consolidating several of 

 the largest greenhouses in the city. 



"Grand Eapids has long been supreme 

 as a growing and shipping point for let- 

 tuce, and the organization will strive to 

 uphold this supremacy. The market has 

 been rather demoralized for the last year 

 or two and it is believed that it will soon 

 find its equilibrium. 



"Nothing definite has been decided 

 regarding a central plant, but the one 

 most talked of is to use the greenhouses 

 of E. E. Taylor, on the South Division 

 street road, and make extensive altera- 

 tions and improvements there. 



* ' Although lettuce will probably be the 

 staple crop, other vegetables- will be 

 grown, and flowers will form no small 

 part of the business, chrysanthemums es- 

 pecially being grown in quantity to pre- 

 cede the lettuce." 



Please cancel my ad. for rose plants. 

 The Eeview did the work, as usual. — J. 

 F. Ammann, Edwardsville, HI. 



We recommend for forcing : 



Gundestnip's Cauliflower New Snowball 



better than Dry Weather for forcing, peroz., 12.00. 

 liettace Grand Rapida, peroz., 10c; i>^-lb., 26. 

 Improved Arlington White Spine Cncnm* 

 ber, per oz., 10c: !4-lb., 25c. Gnndestrnp'a 

 Barly Scarlet Turnip, white tip for forc- 

 in«r, M-lb., 20c; 1-lb., 76c. Celeriac, Gunde- 

 ■tmp's Oval King:. 1-oz., 25c; J4-lb., dOc. 



OUNDESTRUP'S SEBD STORB 

 4S73 Milwaukee Ave. , CHICAGO 



Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should give 

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

 of srardeners around Boston the past season. 

 Those who have seen it growing declare there's 

 nothing to compare with it. 8eed, $6.00 per oz. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



Mention The Revtew when yon write. 



600,000 Aaparag^uB Roots loo looo 



3 years, Palmetto, heavy 60o {3.60 



2 years, Palmetto, strong: 40c 3.00 



2 years, Conover's Colossal 8&c 2.76 



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



2 years, Donald's Blmlra 40c 3.00 



2 years, Olant Argenteull 40o 3.00 



2 years. Columbian White 60c 3.60 



On 60.000 or over, good discount given. 



On other Nursery stock, send for Trade List. 



RIVER VIEW NURSERIES. J. H. O'Haim. Utile SUver. N. J. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



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TRUE BLUE" SEEDS 



FOR MARKKT GROWKR8 



Strains you can depend on. 



Grand Rapids Lettnoe, M-lb., 30c; lb , 11.00 

 Biff Boston Lettnco.... " 3Uc " 1.00 

 White Hpine Cuoamber, 



select stock " 20c " .60 



Davis' Perfect Cucumber" 00c " 2.00 

 I.iTing:ston's lireenhouse 



Forcer Cauliflower. ..^i-oz., 75c; oz., 250 

 liivlnirston's Ifiarliest 



Cauliflower " 75c " 2.50 



Cincinnati Market 



Radish M-lb., 16c; lb., .50 



Improved Scarlet Globe 



Radish " 26c " .75 



Farly Snarlet Turnip 



Forcing: Radish " )5c " .50 



LiviuKSton's Hummer 



Tomato, (new) pkt., 20c; 3 for 50c 



Livingston's Dwarf 



Htone Tomato oz., 20c; lb., 2.00 



Livingston's Beauty 



Tomato " 20c " 1.85 



Champion Moas Curled 



Parsley M-lb., 15c: lb., .45 



LivlnicBton's New Ohio 



Crimson Pepper pkt., IDc: oz., .50 



If to be mailed add 8c per lb for 



postasre. 



Send for 40-page catalogue of "True Blue" 



Seeds, best for Market Gardeners. 



LIVING8T0M SEED CO., 



Columbus, 0. 



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Hothoose Specialties 



Our Mr. Ra'^son being one of th« 

 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 supet4or to any 

 other on the market; 60c per oz.; 11.50 per X-lb.; 

 16.00 per lb. 



R4WSON'8 SCARLET CONICAL RADISH 



Best for forcing: many largest growers use it 

 exclusively. Brilliant scarlet, conical, short- 

 topped, remarkably uniform, tender, crisp; DOo 

 lb.; 10 lbs., 18.00; 100 lbs., $76.00. 



These and many other specialties 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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Vegetable Plants 



Cabbaice New Early and Succession, 26c per 



100; $1.50 per 1000. 

 Lettuce Grand Rapids, Bisr Boston, Boston 



Market and Termis Ball, $1.00 per 1000. 

 Parsley Moss Hurled, 25c per 100; $1 25 per 1000. 

 Beet EcliDSe, 25c per 100; $1.25 per 1000. 

 Celery White Plume, white Solid also Celeriac 



G. Parague. 20c p,--r 100; $1.25 per 1000. 

 Egsr Plants, N. York, Improved, small, $3.00 per 



Pepners, Bull Nose and Sweet Mountain, small, 

 $2.00 per 1000. 



Tomatoes, small plants, Earllana, Early Jewel, 

 r.orlllard, Ma.v Flower xnd other early kinds, 

 30c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. Stone, Perfection 

 and other later kinds, $1.00 per 100. 

 Cash with Order. 



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



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Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for a swivel wheel and 20 >s-inch nozzles. It will 

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

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold Waterins 

 System, or send for circular of testimonials. 



The Wittbold Noxzle, for ?4-inch hose $1 00 



The Special Boce Nossie i.oo 



Louis Wittbold, 1708 N. Halsted St., Chicago 



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Sltinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhonses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pnmping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates larntshed 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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