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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 16, 1907. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, May 15. — CucumDers, 50c to 

 $1 doz.; head lettuce, $1 to $1.50 box; 

 leaf lettuce, 30c to 35c caae. 



New York, May 13. — Beet greens sell- 

 ing slowly. Cucumbers steady. Lettuce 

 dull. Mushrooms in light supply and 

 firm. Mint weak. Eadishes slow. To- 

 matoes neglected. Beet greens, $1 bu. ; 

 cucumbers, 40c to 90c doz.; lettuce, 50c 

 to $1 doz.; mushrooms, 20c to 65c lb.; 

 mint, 25c to 50c doz. bunches; radishes, 

 $1.50 to $2 per hundred bunches; rhu- 

 barb, $1.50 to $2 per hundred bunches; 

 tomatoes, 10c to 20c lb. 



Boston, May 13. — Owing to the con- 

 tinued cold weather, which is keeping 

 back all outdoor crops, all greenhouse 

 products continue to sell remarkably 

 well. With the single exception of rhu- 

 barb, no outdoor crops are yet in season. 

 Cucumbers, $3 to $5 box; lettuce, 50c to 

 $1 doz.; mushrooms, $1.75 to $2.50 per 

 4-lb. basket; parsley, $2 box; radishes, 

 $1.50 to $1.75 per hundred bunches; to- 

 matoes, 20c lb.; cauliflower, $2.50 to 

 $3.50 doz.; beets, $1.50 to $2 doz. 

 bunches; carrots, $1 doz. bunches; es- 

 carolle, $1 doz.; romaine, $1.25 to $1.75 

 doz.; mint, 75c doz.; rhubarb, 4fe to 6c 

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



WHITE FLY ON TOMATOES. 



I am growing tomatoes in my green- 

 house. They are about twenty inches 

 high and in good condition, but are now 

 being attacked by small white flies. 

 These are very numerous and seem to 

 damage the foliage. I have smoked 

 them with tobacco stems and with nico- 

 tine papers, but it does not seem to 

 affect them. Will you kindly tell me 

 how I can get rid of them, also your 

 opinion as to whether they are destruc- 

 tive to tomatoes, roses and other plants 

 grown in greenhouses? W. L. 



The only certain cure I know of for 

 the white fly is hydrocyanic acid gas. 

 Tobacco in any form does not seem to 

 be strong enough to kill it, but the gas 

 certainly will. It will be necessary, 

 however, to apply it about three times, 

 about eight days apart, to exterminate 

 the fly, as the gas will only kill the live 

 insects and will not reach them in the 

 egg stage. It takes, I believe, about 

 three weeks from the time the egg is 

 laid for the insect to hatch, but by 

 operating with the gas at intervals of 

 about eight days the insects are caught 

 before they get settled in their family 

 arrangements. 



This insect succumbs readily to the 

 gas, so I would not advise you to use it 

 very strong. About one ounce of cyanide 

 of potassium to one thousand cubic feet 

 of space will be strong enough to kill 

 them, and this strength will not hurt any 

 plants you may have in the house along 

 with the tomatoes. The proportions we 

 use are five ounces cyanide, one quart 

 sulphuric acid and one quart of water, 

 this being sufficient to kill the white fly 

 in a house containing 5,000 cubic feet of 

 space. 



You are probably aware of the danger- 

 ous nature of this gas if the materials 

 are carelessly handled, but I never care 



VEGETABLE PUNTS 



100 1000 

 LETTDCB PLANTS, ready now. Grand 



Rapids. Big Beaton, Boston Market, 



and Tennis Ball 20c $1.00 



PAB8LEI,MoBaOiirled..... 26c 1.26 



BKIT8. Eclipse 26c 1.26 



CKLEBT. White Plume, WUte solid 



and Oeleriac. Giant Prague 20c 1.26 



EGG PLANTS, N. Y. Improved, small 



for transplanting .26c 2.00 



EGG PLANTS, from2-in. pots $2.00 



PBPPEB, BoU Nose and Sweet 



Moontain 26c 2.00 



TOMATO. Earliana, Early Jewel. 



LoriUard and Mayflower 30c 2.00 



TOMATO, Stone. Perfection and other 



late kinds SOc 1.00 



CABBAGE, Ready May 10. standard 



sorts in any variety , 1.00 



Oash with order. 



R. VINCENT Jr. & SON, White Marsh, Md. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



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

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

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold Waterlnc 

 System, or send for circular of testimonials. 



The Wlttbold Noule, for ^-inchhose H.OO 



The Special Bose NoHle 1.00 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



Sl[iaoer's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates furnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



to recommend it without a word of warn- 

 ing as to its dangerous nature. 



You must first find out the cubic space 

 in your house. In a house containing 

 5,000 feet it is best to use two jars, to 

 insure even distribution, but a smaller 

 house could be done with one, this being 

 set in the center of the house. Use 

 earthenware jars, large enough to guard 

 against the material boiling over. First 

 place in the jar the. quantity of acid 

 and water necessary, then drop the 

 cyanide in and get out and make for 

 the door, making sure to lock this be- 

 hind you. All other doors to the house 

 should have been locked before beginning 

 operations. The best time to use the 

 gas is in the evening, leaving the house 

 closed all night, and by morning it can 

 be entered with safety. 



These insects are certainly destructive 

 to plants and are very undesirable ten- 

 ants to have in a greenhouse. 



W. S. Croydon. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



My early cabbage plants grew rapidly 

 after sowing, until they were about an 

 inch and a half in height, when they 

 began to change in color to a reddish 

 blue, and finally the leaves began drop- 

 ping off. Transplanted stock acted the 

 same way. They rooted freely and it 

 seems that all growth went to the roots. 

 They finally became unsalable. The 

 tomato plants were similarly affected, 

 turning blue in the stems, while the leaves 

 turned yellow and dropped off at a height 

 of about four inches. All the plants root 

 freely and the growth seems to be con- 

 fined chiefly to the roots. Aster seedlings 

 prosper, also verbenas. Lettuce grows 

 principally to roots ; the lower leaves 



PETUNIAS 



Dreer's and Henderson's strains, indodlog 

 our Kansas Double White, Sl.S^ per IOO7 tl0.00 

 per 1000. ' > 



HeUotropea, 91.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. ■« 



Coleus. 70c per lOO; $6.00 per 1000. 



WUte Daisy. Cmllfomla, $1.00 per 100; 

 $8.00 per 1000. 



Cbrysaatlieinttina, rooted cuttings, $1.25 

 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Send for list. 



Doubl* Giant B'wavt Alyssum. $1.00 per 



100; $8.00 per 1000. 



Colens. 23^-ln., strong, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 

 per 1000. 



Cnplieaa, cigar plant, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 

 1000. 



Boot«d Cuttln8:a-Salvia8,$1.00 per 100; $8.00 

 per 1000. Ageratums, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 

 (Express prepaid on all rooted cuttings.) 



C. HUMFELD. Clay Center, Kan. 



Seasonable Stock 



Pots Per 100 



Verbenas 8 8S.60 



Alysmm Little Gem. 2% 2.00 



Alternantheras, Bed and Yellow 2}2 



Phlox, dwarf 2M 1.75 



Ground Ivy 1.75 



Parlor Ivy 8 3.00 



Tradesoantia 2H 200 



Doable Petnnlaa 2H 2.00 



Single Petunias, Grant and Rosy 



Mom, 214-ln., $2.00 4 5.00 



Begonlaa, FloweriD;, mixed 2M 2.50 



Vernon 2M 260 



" Rex, 4 and 5-ln., per doz. 



91.00 and $1.50. 



TIncaa, 4-in., $10.00 5 15.00 



Canna Austria 3 3.00 



J. S. Bloom, Riegelsville, Pa. 



ROSES! ROSES! 



strong, 3-in. pots, in fine shape for 

 immediate planting 



La Detroit. Cliatenay, I^ory $5.00 per lOO 



Rlohmond. Bride. Bridesmaid.. 6.00 per 100 



BUTZ BROTHERS, New Gastli, Pa. 



GERANIUMS 



Ricard and Nutt, 4-in $10.00 



Ricard. 3>^-ln 7.00 



The above are very fine stock. 



Asters, best kinds from flats 40c per 100 



Boses, Bride and Maid from bench.$5.00 per 100 



B. ■. WADSWORTH 



Box 884. DanWUe, lU. 



turn yellow and form no heads. The soil 

 was taken out of my former garden, 

 which was fertilized for the last five 

 years with chicken manure, put on in 

 the fall. No fertilizer at all was given 

 to the cabbage in the house. The soil is 

 a dark brown loam, and hardens quickly 

 to a crust, when it becomes dry. 



F. N. B. 



Your trouble seems to be due to sour- 

 ness in the soil. I would advise you to 

 procure soil from some, old pasture in- 

 stead of using old garden soil, which has 

 been heavily manured for a number of 

 years and is more or less of a fatty 

 nature and unsuitable for use in a green- 

 house for almost any class of plants. 

 Try to procure a few loads of sod from 

 some old pasture; pile it up and leave 

 it for about six months, so that the 

 grass will be rotted out before using. 

 The fiber in this will keep the soil open 

 and free. For growing cabbage, 

 tomatoes or any other small plants, no 

 manure whatever is necessary. There 

 will be plenty of nutriment in the soil 

 itself to sustain them until they are 

 large enough for planting out, and they 

 will make a firmer and better growth 

 without the assistance of manure. 



W. S. Croydon. 



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