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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



June 20, 190T. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLES VERSUS FLOWERS. 



A G>mpari8on of Profits. 



In response to the many inquiries for 

 information on vegetable forcing, the 

 Review has arranged to devote more 

 space to this subject. There seems to 

 be an ever increasing interest in the hot- 

 house vegetable business and we are in 

 receipt of many letters asking for in- 

 formation regarding the profits to be 

 made by growing the many different 

 kinds of vegetables used for winter and 

 spring forcing in greenhouses compared 

 with cut flowers, potted plants, etc. The 

 Bkview has always been willing to give 

 assistance whenever possible to subscrib- 

 ers seeking any such information, and 

 will cheerfully answer all letters of in- 

 quiry to the best of our ability, and re- 

 quest any grower wishing information 

 on any particular point concerning vege- 

 table culture, or when difficulties arise 

 in not being able to grow a successful 

 crop, for unknown reasons, to write to 

 this department. The experiences and 

 answers may be of much benefit to other 

 readers. 



We have also arranged to publish a 

 series of articles on the subject by prac- 

 tical, experienced growers, which should 

 be of interest to all subscribers, and es- 

 pecially to beginners and owners of 

 smaller and medium size establishments, 

 where a general stock is grown and 

 where great opportunities exist for 

 growing and marketing various kinds of 

 vegetables that could easily be grown in 

 Oonnection with or between the crops 

 now grown. 



Most florists seem to have the idea 

 that there is little or no profit in vege- 

 table growing under glass, and that vege- 

 tables are so easy to grow that anyone 

 can produce a good crop. Some even 

 consider it beneath their dignity to work 

 in vegetables, indoors or out. 



I cannot conceive why anyone should 

 think of the choicest of table delicacies, 

 second to the floral centerpiece, or why 

 the man whose brains and labor pro- 

 duced the lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, 

 tomatoes, grapes, etc., out of season 

 should be considered inferior as a grower 

 to the one who produced the vase of 

 choice roses or carnations. In fact, 

 vegetable growing in winter on up-to- 

 date places, where successful crops are 

 grown, requires greater skill, closer at- 

 tention and greater risk than the grow- 

 ing of cut flowers or most potted plants. 



Some men who grow both vegetables 

 and flowers assert that they flnd little 

 difference in the profits of the different 

 branches of the trade. There seem to 

 be few houses devoted to both vegetables 

 and flowers. In the west most of the 

 vegetable growing establishments grow 

 only lettuce and cucumbers, and from 

 all appearances do not look as prosper- 

 ous as the cut flower growers or the 

 eastern vegetable growers, where a 

 greater variety of vegetables are grown, 

 and the many large, up-to-date places 

 look fully as prosperous and have as 

 large and as good greenhouses as the cut 

 flower growers or florists. It may be 

 a difference in the soil, climate or mar- 

 ket, or possibly the eastern vegetable 

 growers are more progressive and far- 

 ther advanced than the western, or the 

 florists of their own vicinity. Or, again. 



A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



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KNUD 6UNDESTRUP 



Mushroom 

 Specialiat, 



4273 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 



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it may be that the western cut flower 

 establishments, famous for size and fine 

 products, are more progressive than the 

 vegetable growers nearby. 



It is true that many of the owners 

 of the largest cut flower establishments 

 in Chicago started in a very small way 

 by growing vegetables and later dropped 

 that industry to go into what they 

 found a more profitable business. But 

 it is also true that many of the thorough, 

 practical vegetable growers of today 

 make as large, and sometimes larger, 

 profits than florists having establish- 

 ments of equal size. 



From the above one can draw but one 

 conclusion; namely, that vegetable forc- 

 ing pays as well as flowers, if properly 

 managed. 



The vegetables best suited for forcing 

 are lettuce, radishes, cucumbers and to- 

 matoes, but many other kinds can be 

 forced at a, good profit. Green onions 

 from sets, spinach, beet greens, beets, 

 wax beans, peppers, rhubarb, asparagus, 

 even grapes and muskmelon, can be 

 grown to perfection in winter, and at 

 a good profit. It is a big field to work 

 in, and requires much patience and care- 

 ful study. A good market for the prod- 

 uct is the chief regulator of profits. 

 Houses with raised benches are best for 

 most vegetables, but solid beds are best 

 for head lettuce and are used extensive- 

 ly for cukes and tomatoes, some ar- 

 rangement usually being made for bot- 

 tom heat, either by hot manure in the 

 bottom or by steam pipes in a tile about 

 a foot below the surface of the bed. 



Our next week's issue will contain an 

 article on the growing of lettuce and 

 cucumbers, or "cukes," as they are 

 called for short, these being the princi- 

 pal crops now grown. Bobealis. 



VELL CHOSEN. 



I have noted one or two remarks in 

 American publications, with regard to 

 Mr. Douglas's choice of a name for his 

 cucumber. Tender and True. Your 

 Scotch friends should not need to be 

 told that Mr. Douglas is a Scotchman 

 and that this is the motto of the clan 

 Douglas. Chas. G. Peabson. 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Arthur Cowdrick was superintendent of 

 construction when Searles Bros, last sea- 

 son built their big range of greenhouses. 

 He claimed for his services $4,500, but 

 the greenhouse owners refused to settle 

 because of alleged delay in the work and 

 the alleged inferior character of the con- 

 struction. Cowdrick brought suit and in 

 a counter claim Searles Bros, asked as an 

 offset $10,000 for the loss of a crop, due 

 to delay in completing the houses. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, June 19. — Cucumbers, 50c to 

 60c doz.; leaf lettuce, 25c to 30c case. 



New York, June 17. — Cucumbers in 

 free supply and barely steady. Mush- 

 rooms dull and weak. Tomatoes drag- 

 ging. Cucumbers, 40c to 65c doz.; 



YEfiETABLE PUNTS 



100 1000 

 LBTTDCB PLANTS, ready now, Grand 

 Rapids, Big BoBtod, Boston Market, 

 and Tennis Ball 20o Sl.OO 



PAB8LKT. Mosi Oarled 2&c 1.2S 



HUTS, Eclipse »c 1.25 



CELEBT, White Plume, Giant Pascal, 



Golden Heart and other varieties... 100 



TOMATO, Earliana, Early Jewel, 

 LoriUard and Mayflower 80c 2.00 



TOMATO, Stone. Perfection, Beanty 

 and other varieties 1.00 



CABBAGE, Flat Dutch, Drumhead, Hol- 

 lander, Savoy, and other varieties.. 1.00 



Oasb with order. 



R. VINCENT J R.& SONS CO. 

 >^hite Marsh, Md. 



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Luibert'i Pu« Caltn« 

 Muahroom Spawn 



Produced by new g'raf Unc 

 process from selected and 

 prolific specimens, thor- 

 oughly acclimatized. 

 Has never failed to ran 

 Sold by Leading Saedsmen. 

 Practical InstructlonB ob 



"MiMhroom CiUtnre'* 

 mailed free on application. 



American Spawn Co. 

 et. Faol. Minn. 



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Vegetable Growers Should 



Send 5 Dollars 



for a swivel wheel and 20 >^-lnch nozzles. It will 

 fit a ran of 100 feet of pipe and give yon a chanc* 

 to try for yourself the Wittbold WatMrlns 

 8Tat«m, or send for circular of teitimoniala. 



The Wittbold NoHle, for ^-incb hose Jl.OO 



Tke Special Boss Noisle 1.00 



Louis Wittbold, J 708 N. Halsted St., Clilcuo 



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CABBAGE 



E. J. Walcefleld per 1000, $1.60 



Donbl* Daisy, pink and white per UO, 2.00 



Btavla, 2-iDCb "^ 2.60 



SmUax, 2-inch " 1.20 



Kob«li», Emperor, 2-incb " 2.00 



r. GRISWOLD, Worthington, Ohio. 



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Si[ioaer'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. 



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mushrooms, 10c .to 50c lb.; tomatoes^ 

 15c to 20e lb. 



Boston, June 17. — The warmer weath- 

 er and increased supplies arriving from 

 outdoors have caused a drop in prices. 

 Cucumbers, $2 to $3.50 box; lettuce, 15e 

 to 40c doz.; tomatoes, 10c to 15c lb.; 

 parsley, $2 to $2.50 box; romaine, $1 

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

 75c to $1 doz. bunches; carrots, $1 doz. 

 bunches; turnips, $1 doz. bunches. 



