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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVEMBKU 14, 1907. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Through a stenographic error the Liv- 

 ingston Seed Co. last week listed Living- 

 ston's Beauty tomato dn this page at 20 

 cents per quarter pound. The price of 

 this variety is 25 cents per ounce, 50 

 cents per quarter pound and $1.50 per 

 pound. 



THE HINCKLEY PLACE. 



The accompanying illustrations of C. 

 B. Hinckley 's place give an idea • f what 

 is being done by the truck gardeners in 

 the Cleveland district. These three new 

 connected houses, each 30x140, were 

 erected under the supervision of Mr. 

 Hinckley. The heating is done by hot 

 water, using a Kroeschell boiler, and the 

 watering scheme is a direct pressure sys- 



within two feet of the engine on either 

 side. 



"When asked as to the cost of gasoline 

 for operating this pump, Mr. Hinckley 

 said that it was such a small amount that 

 he really never took notice of it, and if 

 gasoline got too high he wotfld simply run 

 his natural gas pipe over and connect it 

 to the engine, as it is made to use both 

 kinds of fuel at once if necessary. 



This small farm of ten acres, practical- 

 ly all of which is undsr cultivation, is 

 sending into the Cleveland market some 

 of the finest of vegetables, and it is a 

 good example of what modern appliances, 

 coupled with intelligent effort, can accom- 

 plish toward the success of life. Owing 

 to the difficulty in obtaining materials, 

 Mr. Hinckley was somewhat delayed in 

 getting started this spring, and up till 

 April 1 had kept little track of what had 

 been delivered from these houses. Since 

 April 1, however, a reasonably accurate 



Standard Pumpiog Engine and TaUring System at C B. Hinckley's. 



record shows that the^e houses shipped 

 out 731 18-pound boxes of lettuce to 

 May 30, 330 peck baskets of tomatoes 

 from June 28 to August 24, 6,336 cucum- 

 bers from June 26 to August 26, and 

 over 3,000 tomato plants. Owing to the 

 fact that the season about Cleveland was 

 very backward, these greenhouse toma- 

 toes brought good prices until the houses 

 were entirely cleaned out for the begin- 

 ning of the fall lettuce growing, which is 

 now well under way. The first crop is 

 already being marketed. 



Those of the trade who are interested 

 in this line of work will receive a cordial 

 welcome from Mr. Hinckley if they 

 should call to see his establishment, as 

 he is much pleased with his equipment. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. ,^ 



Chicago, Nov. 12. — Lettuce, 10c to 

 12V^ccase; cucumbers, 60c doz. ; mush- 

 rooms, 25e to 35c lb. 



New York, Nov. 11. — Cucumbers, 60c 

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

 strap of three doz.; mushrooms, 25c to 

 35c lb.; tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb. 



Boston, Nov. 12. — Cucumbers, $2 to 

 $4 box; tomatoes, 25c lb.; romaine, $1 

 doz.; escarolle, 50c doz.; mint, 50c doz.; 

 mushrooms, 50c to 75c lb.; chicory, oOe 

 doz.; lettuce, 50c doz. 



NITRATE OF SODA ON LETTUCE. 



Wil^ you kindly state what quantity 

 of subnitrate of soda should be put into 

 a 40-gallon barrel of water to water let- 

 tuce with? J. M. T. 



For a barrel about the size mentioned 

 above, I would advise using only a 

 3-inch pottul of nitrate of soda. You 

 might use more without injury, but if 

 sprinkled on the foliage it might serious- 

 ly injure the crop if much stronger. 

 It is better to use it in weak solution 

 and oftener, but it is a strong fertilizer 

 and should not be used very often. Much 

 depends upon what plant food is already 

 in the soil. If rotted manure is liberally 

 used in making up the beds before plant- 

 ing, other fertilizers are not so necessary. 



H. G. 



tern, using Skinner nozzles and having a 

 two horse-power Standard pumping en- 

 gine, taking the water from the cistern 

 reservoir and pumping it directly into the 

 pipe lines, fitted with spray nozzles. There 

 are two of these water lines in each 

 house, having valves in the mains so that 

 any part of tne system c&n be operated 

 independently. As the pumping engine 

 has an automatic safety valve, there is no 

 danger of breaking the machine or pipes, 

 even if it should happen that all the 

 valves should be closed at one time. This 

 is a very desirable feature in greenhouse 

 work where there are no storage tanks, 

 for the small plants which follow up the 

 crop just pulled sometimes require water 

 before all of them are set out and this is 

 done with a hose so that only certain sec- 

 tions are wet down at one time, leaving 

 the other ground dry for continuing the 

 setting. For work of this kind the fau- 

 cets may be opened or closed as required, 

 and the safety valve in the pump will al- 

 low the engine to run without wasting 

 any water or spilling it over the floor, 

 but the water will be at the faucet at any 

 time it is opened. One of the illustra- 

 tions shows how little space his pumping 

 plant requires, as the lettuce is grown 



Lettuce Hotue of C B. Hinckley, Cleveland, O. 



