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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 6, 1907. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



YouNGSTOWN, O. — T. E. Milliken is 

 having a greenhouse put up on his farm. 

 He intends to go into the business of 

 raising vegetables for the local market. 

 He will have several thousand feet un- 

 der glass. 



In the beginning Henry Payne, at 

 Hinsdale, 111., grew vegetable plants in 

 his greenhouses only for early plant- 

 ing in his own garden. But so many 

 towns-people came to him for supplies 

 that he gradually extended his opera- 

 tions and now supplies, not only plant- 

 ers, but local grocers who handle to- 

 mato, cabbage, cauliflower plants, etc. 

 The development of the wholesale end 

 led to taking a contract to supply a 

 Chicago department store that each sea- 

 son retails many thousands of good 

 transplanted plants at a penny each, 

 which leaves a good profit for both 

 grower and store. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, June 5. — Cucumbers, 25c to 

 90c doz.; leaf lettuce, 40c to 45c case. 



New York, June 3. — Cucumbers in 

 liberal supply, generally of only ordi- 

 nary quality, and dragging at compara- 

 tively low prices. Mushrooms in light 

 supply and firm. Tomatoes selling well. 

 Cucumbers, 40c to 50c doz.; mushrooms, 

 25c to 90c lb.; tomatoes, 15e to 30c lb. 



Boston, June 3. — The continued cold 

 weather causes hothouse vegetables to 

 sell well. Excepting rhubarb, spinach 

 and a few lettuce, nothing is coming 

 from outdoors yet. Tomatoes are higher. 

 Beets, $1 to $1.50 doz. bunches; car- 

 rots, 75c to $1 doz. bunches; lettuce, 50c 

 to $1 doz.; escarolle, $1 doz.; romaine, 

 $1 doz.; parsley, $3 box; tomatoes, 25c 

 to 35c lb.; cucumbers, $2 to $4 box; 

 mushrooms, $2.50 to $3 per 4-lb. basket. 



FORCING STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



Kindly tell us how to handle straw- 

 berry plants for winter forcing, espe- 

 cially how to get them ready and what 

 varieties are best for the purpose. 



r. A. N. 



The preparation of strawberries for 

 winter forcing should begin as soon as 

 the young runners are large enough to 

 handle. The best way to insure a strong 

 plant is to plunge 3-inch pots filled with 

 good soil in the strawberry bed, peg a 

 plant from a good, strong runner in the 

 soil in the pot and keep all other run- 

 ners off by pinching out as soon as they 

 appear. Leave the plants thus until the 

 pots are well filled with roots, when they 

 may be severed from the parent plant 

 and in the course of a few days potted 

 up into larger pots. Set the pots on a 

 bed of ashes or some such material, to 

 prevent the worms from working up into 

 them too freely, and keep well supplied 

 with water. The final shift should be 

 into 6-inch pots, which should be well 

 filled with roots by fall, but do not 

 attempt to force until the plants have 

 had a good freezing. Several varieties 

 adapt themselves to forcing, but a per- 

 fect flowered variety is essential. The 

 beat we have tried is Nick Ohmer; it 

 seems to produce pollen more freely than 

 most others. ^ W. S. Croydon. 



A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Raised from my Spawn, will bear longer and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This is pruvea by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in mush oom 

 ralbinsr free. Wu warrant you if usia; our method of Krowlnr mushrooms that all will go well. 



KNUD 6UNDESTRUP 



Muahroom 

 Specialist, 



4273 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 



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GRAND RAPIDS. 



Cfirrent CotxuneaL 



The spring has been so backward 

 that very little bedding, comparatively, 

 has been done, most people not caring 

 to plant their beds until winter was 

 over, or as a customer put it May 31, 

 "I guess I'll wait till spring." On 

 May 28 there was a hard frost, and 

 from then till after Decoration day 

 there were extremely cold nights with- 

 out actual frost. At present it is much 

 warmer, although not so warm as it 

 should be. Boxes and baskets are now 

 being delivered without fear of being 

 sent back with the remark, "I'm 

 afraid they will freeze if I put them 

 out now." About 100 miles north of 

 the Bapids there is still six to eight 

 inches of snow on the ground. 



Vegetation is backward. Very little, 

 if any, corn and potatoes have as yet 

 been planted. Some late tulip beds are 

 just beginning to bloom. The early 

 varieties got through just before Memo- 

 rial day, leaving nothing, in the shape 

 of outdoor flowers, for the special 

 event. This condition made the de- 

 mand for roses and carnations simply 

 phenomenal. Never before, in the his- 

 tory of local florists, have such heavy 

 shipping orders been given, making it 

 a sheer impossibility to even think of 

 attempting to fill them. Orders for 

 3,000 carnations, in addition to roses, 

 etc., were the most common, while 

 6,000 and 7,000 lots were simply given 

 the cold shoulder. All orders from 

 regular customers were cut pro rata, as 

 nearly as possible, so as to give all a 

 share, and the agony of making excuses 

 and avoiding promises to fill orders full, 

 "or we will never buy another flower' 

 from you," made the cold sweat break 

 out on many a florist's brow. How- 

 ever, the agony is over. The occasion 

 used up every flower of any descrip- 

 tion, even to old and pickled stock, the 

 latter being made up into cheap ceme- 

 tery bouquets that would last a day 

 anyway. Plants sold well, everything 

 in bloom going for cemetery work. 

 Geraniums are now getting pretty 

 scarce, and indications point to the 

 fact that this season will see the great- 

 est clean-up ot plants in many years. 



The total business for Decoration day 

 was about the same as last year, pos- 

 sibly a little more, but handled in a 

 shorter space of time. As a whole it 

 was very satisfactory to all, but if we 

 had had a few days of really warm 

 weather just preceding May 30, the 

 cut of carnations would probably have 

 been double what it was. 



From now on the regular bedding 

 trade will be on in full swing and will 

 doubtless run right into July. 



John Myers died recently, aged 45 

 years. He was for the past four years 

 in the employ of the Crabb & Hunter 

 Floral Co. He was a valued florist and 

 will be sadly missed by all who knew 

 him. Formerly he worked for Henry 

 Smith and also for the Grand Rapids 

 Floral Co. G. F. C. 



VEGETABLE PUNTS 



100 1000 



$1.00 

 1.25 

 1.25 



1.25 



2.00 



2.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



LBTTDCB PLANTS, ready now. Grand 

 Rapids. Big Boston, Boston Market, 

 and Tennis Ball 20c 



PABNLET, Moss Ourled 25c 



BEKTS, Eclipse 26c 



CELEBT, White Plume, White solid 

 and Oeleriac, Oiant Pragrue 20c 



EGG PLANTS, N. Y. Improved, small 

 for transplantinR 26c 



EGG PLANTS, from2-in. pots $2.00 



PEPPBB. BuU Nose and Sweet 

 Mountain 25c 



TOMATO, Earliana, Early Jewel, 

 Lorillard and Mayflower 30c 



TOMATO, Stone. Perfection, Beauty 

 and other varieties 



CABBAGE, FlatDutch, Drumhead, Hol- 

 lander, Savoy, and other varieties.. 

 Gash with order. 



R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsii, Md. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Lambert's Pare Cvltar* 

 Muahroom Spairn 



Produced by new grafting 



process from selected and 



prolific specimens, thor- 



ougrhly acclimatized. 



Haa never failed to ran 



Sold by Leading: Seedsmen. 



Practical instructions on 



**Mnshroom Coltnre" 



mailed free on application. 



Amerl<*an Spawn Co> 



St. Paul, ailnn. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for s swivel wheel and 20 ^-incb nozzles. It wiD 

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

 to try for yourself the Wlttbold WatMingr 

 Sjutmm, or send for circular of testimonials. 



The Wlttbold NoHle, for ^-incb hose $1.00 



The Special Boss Nosile 1.00 



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



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CABBAGE 



E. J. Wakefield per 1000, $1.60 



Donbl* Daisy, pink and white per 100, 2.00 



Stevia, 2-inch " 2.60 



Bmllax, 2-ineh " 1.20 



Lobelia, Emperor, 2Inch " 2.00 



r. GRISWOLD, Worthington, Ohio. 



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Sweet Potato Plants 



NOW READY. 



Yellow Jersey, Red Jersey and Bi; 

 Stems, $1.25 per 1000; 35c per 100. 



H. AUSTIN, Felton, Del. 



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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, 0> 



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