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Mabch 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



Vegetable growers will be interested 

 in the illustrated notes on the establish- 

 ment of Wm. Sim, Cliftondale, Mass., 

 which appears on another page of this 

 issue. 



The members of the Market Garden- 

 ers' Association at Peoria, 111., of -which 

 Wm. Seibold is president and George 

 Schofl secretary, resent insinuations that 

 they have formed a trust. They say their 

 purpose is not to raise prices except by 

 preventing the market being glutted. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Ma'rch 20. — Cucumbers, $1 to 

 $2.25 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 20c to 30c case; 

 radishes, 25c to 35c doz. bunches. 



Boston, March 19. — Cucumbers, $4 to 

 $10 box; tomatoes, 50c to 75c lb.; let- 

 tuce, 25c to 50c doz.; bunch beets, $1.50 

 to $1.75 box; bunch carrots, 20c to 35c 

 doz.; rhubarb, 6c to 8c lb.; mushrooms, 

 $1.50 to $2.50 per 4-lb. basket; parsley, 

 $1 to $1.25 box ; mint, 75c doz. ; romaine, 

 $1 doz. ; escaroUe, 75c to $1 doz. ; 

 spinach, 50c box; dandelion, 50c box; 

 radishes, $1.50 box. 



IjTew York, March 19. — Cucumbers 

 continue weak. Lettuce dragging. Mush- 

 rooms in fair demand and steady. Mint 

 quiet. Kadishes and rhubarb selling 

 fairly. Tomatoes dull. Cucumbers, 50c 

 to $1.25 doz.; head lettuce, 15c to 50c 

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

 50c to 75c doz. bunches; radishes, $2 to 

 $3 per hundred bunches; rhubarb, $3 to 

 $6 per hundred bunches; tomatoes, 15c 

 to 25c lb. 



HEAD LETTUCE. 



Please give me, and other interested 

 readers, some idea of an average cut of 

 head lettuce from a bench 4x22 feet. 



M. C. S. 



In a bench four feet wide you can 

 accommodate five rows. Allowing your 

 piants to be set eight inches apart, your 

 bench will contain about 1,500 plants. 

 With suitable facilities and good culti- 

 vation, there should be little or no loss, 

 so that the numoer of plants will prac- 

 tically give you the amount of cut. 



If you mean to grow lettuce through- 

 out the season, you ought to be able to 

 produce three crops. The firsf crop, 

 sown at the end of August and kept 

 moving, will be ready to cut in Decem- 

 ber and ought to be all cleared off, so 

 that you can plant the second (having 

 the plants ready) by January 1. This 

 second crop should be cleared ott by the 

 middle of March and th6 third crop 

 planted. The spring crop will come along 

 faster than the others and should be 

 ready for cutting by the middle of May. 



This is allowing plenty of time for 

 each crop, but the time they will take 

 in the bench will depend a good deal 

 on the size and quality of your plants 

 at time of planting. We have cut let- 

 tuce six weeks from time of planting, 

 but this is the exception, not the rule. 

 It is quite possible to get your plants 

 too large, in which case a check would 

 result in planting which would have the 

 effect of stunting growth. Although your 

 plants would head up they would lack 

 size. Only experience will teach you 



the proper stage at which to plant for 

 quickest returns and best results. 



On the other hand, it would not pay to 

 plant too small, as you would be losing 

 time in having your bench occupied 

 longer than necessary. Of course it takes 

 some time and trouble to handle them 

 in flats, but our experience is that it 

 pays to handle them in that way, as 

 they take up so much less room for al- 

 most half the time required for their 

 growth. W. S. Croydon. 



SEEDTIME PLEASURES. 



I've Just reeelTed a catalogue 



Fresh from the seedsman's store, 

 A gorgeous book of fruits and flowers 



And veg' tables galore; 

 And I can hardly wait until 



The winter's Ice and snow 

 Melt from my well-loved garden plot 



To spade and rake and hoe. 



For in this catalogue I find 



New radishes and peas. 

 Six kinds of lettuce, eight of corn — 



I want to try all these; 

 CucumBers slim, cucumbers fat, 



And limas short and tall. 

 And melons, cabbage, beets and greens — 



I want to try them all. 



Tomatoes, ten varieties. 



And onions white and red. 

 Asparagus and celery — 



I want of each a bed, 

 And turnips early, turnips late. 



Potatoes by the score, 

 And squashes, my! don't say a word, 



A dozen kinds or more. 



I herewith thank the seedsman kind 



For sending me his book, 

 When all these things are coming on, 



How pretty they will look I 

 And when the frost has left the ground, 



Amidst the robin's song, 

 I'm going to plant my total plot — 



Twelve feet by twenty long! 



— New York Sun. 



York, Pa. — A blaze was started in the 

 boiler-room of Charles Smith's green- 

 house, caused by an overheated stovepipe. 

 Fifty dollars will cover the loss. 



Newtown, Pa. — Arthur Smith and 

 John Van Aart, formerly of Indian- 

 apolis, have bought the Lincoln Heights 

 greenhouses of H. W. Wieland. They 

 will operate under the firm name of 

 Smith & Van Aart and will make carna- 

 tions their specialty. 



Henderson, Ky. — M. C. Morgan, of 

 Madisonville, and Ed. Eckerd and Will- 

 iam D. Lambert, of this city, have pur- 

 chased the greenhouses of the W. K. Con- 

 over Co. and will begin repairs and addi- 

 tions at onc«. The new firm will be 

 known as the Morgan Floral Co. 



We recommend for forcing : 



Gundestnip's Cauliflower New Snowball 



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

 Lettace Grand Knpids, per oz. ,10c; H-lb., 25. 

 Improved Arllnf^on White Spine Cacnm- 

 ber, per oz , 10c: M-lb., 26c. Uundestrnp'a 

 Early Scarlet Turnip, white tip for forc- 

 ing, M-lb.. 20c; 1-lb., 7&c. Celerlac, Onnde- 

 •tmp'a Oval King, 1-oz., 25c; M-lb., dOc. 



OUNDESTRUP'S SEED STORE 



4873 Mllwaakee Ave. CHICAGO 



Comet Tomato 



Those who force tomatoes should give 

 "Comet" 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 ob. 



WILUAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



Transplanted to order. Peppers, 50c per 100. 

 Earl,v Yellow and Red Bell, (ver.v mild), Ca.vt'iine, 

 (hot) Neapolitan (mild). Sweet Mountain, (mild). 

 Tomatoes. ftOc per 100. No. 10, Imperial strain of 

 Earllana. June Pink, Beauty, Stone. Write for 

 particulars on largre lots. 



JOS. BRUMENSCHENKEL, Mansfield, Ohio 







<<TRUE BLUE" SEEDS 



FOR MARKET GROWERS 



Strains you can depend on. 

 Grand Raplda Lettuce, M-lb., 30c; lb 



BIk Boston Lettuce. 



30c 



11.00 

 1.00 



V: 



BlK 



IVnite Spine Cucumber, 



select stock " 20c " .60 



DavU' Perfect Cucumber" COc " 2.00 

 LlTlnKSton'a <4reenhouse 



Forcer Cauliflower... ^-oz., 75c; oz., 2.60 

 LivluKBton's Earliest 



Cauliflower " 76c '* 2.50 



Cincinnati Market 



Radish ^- lb., 15c ; lb., .60 



Improved Scarlet Globe 



Radish " 25c " .75 



Early Hcarlet Turnip 



Forcing Radish " 15c " .50 



LivluKSton's Hummer 



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



Livingston's Dwarf 



Stone Tomato oz., 20c; lb., 2.09 



Livingston's Beauty 



Tomato " 20c " 1.86 



Champion Mosa Curled 



Parsley. ... ^-Ib., 15c: lb., .45 



Livingston's New Ohio 



Crimson Pepper pkt., 10c; oz., .50 



If to be mailed add 8c per lb for 



poBtag'e. 



Send for 40-page catalogue of "True Blue" 



Seeds, best for Market Gardeners 



LIVINGSTON SEED CO., Columbus, 



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Mention The Review when .you write. 



Hothoose Specialties 



Our Mr. Rawson belnr one of th« 

 largest growers of Vegetables under 

 glass in this country, we have devel- 

 oped many special strains, includins: 



Rawson's Hothouse Cucumber 



which we confidently believe superior to any 

 other on the market; Wc par oz.; 11.60 per ^-Ib.t 

 16.00 per lb. 



RAWSON'S SCARLET CONICAL. RADISH 



Best for forcing; many largest growers use Ik 

 exclusively. Brilliant scarlet, conical, short- 

 topped, remarkably uniform, tender, crisp; 90e 

 lb.; 10 lbs., $8.00; 100 lbs., 175.00. 



These and many other specialties fully 

 descrlt>ed In our Market Gardener's List for IMT, 

 just issued. Sent free on request. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO., 5 Union St., Bostoi 



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Vegetable Plants 



Cabbage Mew Early and Succession, 26c per 



100; 11.60 per 1000. 

 Lettuce Grand Rapids, Big Boston, Boston 



Market and Tennis Bali, $1.00 per 1000. 

 Parsley Moss Hurled, 25c per 100; 11.26 per 1000. 

 Beet Eclipse, 25c per 100: $1.25 per 1000. 

 Celery White Plume, White Solid, also Celerlac 



G. Parague. 20c per 100; $1.25 per 1000. 

 Egg Plants, N. York, Improved, small, $2.00 per 



1000. 

 Peppers, Bull Nose and Sweet Mountain, small, 



$2.00 per 1000. 

 Tomatoes, umall plants, Earliana, Early Jewel, 



Lorlllard, May Flower and 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 J^-Inch nozzles. It will 

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

 to try for yourself the Wittbold WatarlnK 

 Syatein, or send for circular of testimonials. 



The Wittbold Noszle, for ^-inch hose $1.00 



The Special Bote Nosile 1.00 



Louis Wittbold, 1 708 N. Halsted St., Chicago 



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Skiflner's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates furnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNEI^, Troy, O. 



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