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APBlL 4, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1545 



Vegetable Forcmg. 



Market gardeners will be interested 

 in a pamphlet just issued by the Mary- 

 land Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 College Park, Md. It describes experi- 

 ments in growing tomatoes and shows 

 a remarkable increase in yield when the 

 plants are spayed with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, April 3. — Cucumbers, 75c to 

 $1 doz.; leaf lettuce, 40c to 45c case. 



New York, April 1. — Mushrooms are 

 in active demand and firm. Cucumbers 

 sell well. Lettuce is firm. Mint scarce 

 and high. Badishes in active demand. 

 Bhubarb steady; tomatoes quiet. Cu- 

 cumbers, 50c to $1.37 doz.; lettuce, 50c 

 to $1 doz.; mushrooms, 35c to 50c lb.; 

 mint, 50c doz. bunches; radishes, $3 to 

 $4 per hundred bunches; rhubarb, $2 to 

 $6 per hundred bunches; tomatoes, 15c 

 to 25c lb. 



Boston, April 1. — The market for 

 greenhouse-grown vegetables was active 

 for Easter. Lettuce in strong demand 

 and rhubarb, tomatoes and cucumbers 

 selling well. Supplies are increasing, 

 but demand is much improved. Cucum- 

 bers, $3 to $8 box; lettuce, 25c to 75c 

 doz.; spinach, 50c box; beets, $1 to 

 $1.50 doz. bunches; carrots, 25c to 50c 

 doz. bunches; mint, 75c doz. bunches; 

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

 doz.; tomatoes, 45c to 60c lb.; rhubarb, 

 7c to 9c lb.; mushrooms, $1.50 to $2.50 

 per 4-lb. basket ; chicory, 75c to $1 doz. ; 

 radishes, $1.50 box. 



CUCUMBEHS. 



The keeping of plants clean is one of 

 the most troublesome parts of cucumber 

 cultivation now that the weather is dry 

 and warm; as, unless they are kept well 

 sprayed, both red spider and thrips will 

 get a hold and increase very rapidly on 

 account of the tender nature of the 

 foliage. Water can't be used with 

 sufficient force to dislodge the pests 

 when they have once got a good hold, 

 so the idea should be to try and pre- 

 vent them doing so by frequent syring- 

 ings, made just as hard as the plants 

 will stand without injury to the foliage. 



An occasional spraying of some in- 

 secticide cant also be used with good 

 effect. Any of the numerous extracts 

 of tobacco, diluted according to direc- 

 tions, are good. An emulsion of Whale- 

 oil or Ivory soap is also good, and if 

 a little kerosene is added it makes the 

 mixture more effective. But the latter 

 must be used in very limited quantity 

 or damage may result. 



Our experience is that it is almost 

 impossible to use any insecticides strong 

 enough to destroy either red spider or 

 thrips, if the plants are badly infested, 

 without injury to the plants themselves, 

 but they certainly do act as a preventive 

 if used in time, as they can be put on 

 sufficiently strong to make the foliage 

 of the plants an unsuitable hibernating 

 place for any of the troublesome pests. 



A plentiful supply of water will be 

 required by the plants now. If they 

 are allowed to get dry and flaggy in 

 the heat of the day, it will result in 

 the dropping off of a good deal of the 

 fruits in the earlier stages of their de- 



ENGLISH PotKirown GRAPE VINES 



Our stock is strongrer and bandgomer than ever this year. We have a quantity of each 

 of the following kinds: Extra strong plants, $6.00 each; second size, 12.50 each. Special 



prices on quantities: Black Alicante 



Gros Dor* Black Hambura; White Nice 



Bidwell'a Seedlins Muscat Hamburs; Muscat d'Alexandre 



Buokland Sweetwater Muscat Cannon Ball Gros Ck>lniar 



Muscat Bow^ood Golden Cliainpion Muscat Caminada 



Trained FRUIT TREES 



Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Oherriea. Nectarines, etc., for immediate delivery. Ask 

 for pries. 



Visitors Invited. Ask for Catalogrue. 



BOBBIN K & ATKINS, 11°/?^!.°. Rllllierford, N. J. 



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We recommend for forcing : 



6unilestnip's Cauliflower New Snowball 



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

 I<ettace Grand Bapldii, per oz., 10c; H-lb.,2b. 

 Improved Arlington White Spine Cncnm- 

 her, per oz., 10c; ^-Ih., 25g. Oundestrnp's 

 Barly Scarlet Turnip, white tip for forc- 

 ing, M-lb., 20c; 1-lb., 75c. Celerlac, Onnde- 

 ■trnp^s Oval Ktns. 1-oz., 26c; ^-Ib., eOc. 



OUNDESTBUP'S SBED STOBB 



4978 Milwaukee Ave. 



CHICAGO 



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Comet Tomato 



Those yiho force tomatoes should give 

 " Gomet " 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 oi. 



WILUAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



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velopment. When the plant receives a 

 check, either from want of water or any- 

 other cause, 9. good many of the cucum- 

 bers that are well set and have even 

 reached a length of two or three inches, 

 will begin to turn yellow, this yellow- 

 ness b^ing the first indication that the 

 channels conducting the supply of nutri- 

 ment to the fruits are failing to per- 

 form their proper functions, through 

 some unsuitable condition, and the fruit, 

 being robbed of the necessary supply 

 of nutriment, drags out a miserable ex- 

 istence for some little time; but finally, 

 gives up the fight and drops off, to the 

 dismay and chagrin of the cultivator, 

 who often does not know what is the 

 matter with his plants. 



W. S. Croydon. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



Fischer's Sons, New Castle, Pa., were 

 busy at the time of my visit. One of 

 the boys being under the weather made 

 it somewhat awkward just at the busy 

 time. 



Butz Bros,, of New Castle, made a 

 big showing and report all the Easter 

 business they could handle. 



J. J. Beck, also of New Castle, has 

 decided to sell his greenhouses and store, 

 reserving some land for gardening pur- 

 poses. 



Walter Horlacher, of Dayton, Ohio, 

 found his new packing and storage 

 rooms of great service during the holi- 

 day rush and wonders how he did so 

 long without them. Easter business was 

 very satisfactory. ■; • 



John Heiss, of Dayton, was kept busy 

 between the store and greenhouse and is 

 glad the Easter rush is past. He did a 

 big business. 



VEGETABLE PUNTS 



100 1000 



$1.00 



1.25 

 1.25 



.85 



2.00 



2.00 



2.00 



1.00 



1.00 



LETTUCE, Orand Rapids, Big Boston, 



Boston Market, and Tennis Ball 20c 



PAB8LET, Mosi Curled 25c 



BEETS, Eclipse 26c 



CELEBT, White Plume, White solid 



and Oeleriac, Giant Prague . . . .20c 



EClCi PLANTS, N. Y. Improved, small 



for transplanting 25c 



PEPPEB, Bull Nose and Sweet 



Mountain 25c 



TOMATO, Earliana, Early Jewel, 



Lorillard and Mayflower 30c 



TOMATO, Stone, Perfection and other 



late ktndd 20c 



GABBAOE, Ready May 10, standard 



sorts in any variety 



Gash 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 >^-inch nozzles. It will 

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

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold Waterlnc 

 Sratam, or send for circular of teatimonials. 



The Wittbold Noxzle, for ^-inch hose 11.00 



The Special Bose Noiile 1.00 



Louis Wittboid, 1 708 N. Haisted St., Chicago 



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Skionefs Irrigation. 



For greenhonses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates mrnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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H. H. Eitter finds the store in Dayton 

 a necessity and made one of the finest 

 displays ever put up in the city. . 



J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, has 

 given up the growing of cut flow- 

 ers, devoting the entire space to pot 

 plants. As is well known, his specialties 

 are Adiantum Farleyense, Pandanus 

 Veitchii and Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. Stock of the latter runs into the 

 tens of thousands and is evidence of his 

 faith in the continued popularity of this 

 handsome variety. 



M. I. O'Brien, of Sharon, Pa., finds 

 the growing of cypripediums and cat- 

 tleyas profitable. He has some fine 

 plants. Beacon will be a leader in scar- 

 let carnations here next season. Easter 

 stock was extensive and everything was 

 snapped up. 



John Boehner, of Dayton, sold all his 

 lilies at a good figure; in fact, every- 

 thing in the shape of a flower sold well. 



W.M. 



