

Dbcombeb 12, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



73 



Vegetable Forcing. 



E. C. Stammerjohn, Boonville, Mo., 

 grows lettuces, radishes and onions in 

 hotbeds south of his greenhouses and 

 finds them a decidedly profitable winter 

 crop. 



The low prices at which lettuce has 

 sold at Chicago thus far this season 

 have put a stop, at least for the time 

 being, to talk of increasing glass areas 

 for next year. 



As indicating the great expansion 

 which took place in the vegetable forc- 

 ing industry in 1907, Kroeschell Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, says that twenty per cent 

 of its sales of greenhouse boilers this 

 year have been to vegetable growers. 



It is reported that Searles Bros., To- 

 ledo, O., who two years ago built what 

 is said to be the largest range of vegeta- 

 ble houses ever erected at one time in 

 this country, ten houses 15x750, and who 

 last season added five more such struc- 

 tures, are planning to this Season in- 

 crease the plant by erecting eleven addi- 

 tional bouses of the same dimensions. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Dec. 10. — Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80c doz. ; lettuce, 10c to 15c case; rad- 

 ishes, $1.50 to $3 per 100 bunches. 



Boston, Dee. 9. — Tomatoes, 12e to 15c 

 lb.; cucumbers, $6 to $8 box; romaine, 

 75c doz.; escaroUe, 75c doz.; lettuce, 25c 

 to 50c box; parsley, 50c to $1 box; rad- 

 ishes, $1 to $1.50 box; mushrooms, 50c 

 to 60c lb. 



New York, Dec. 9. — No. 1 cucum- 

 bers, 75c to $1 doz.; No. 2, $2 to $3 box; 

 lettuce, 50c to $1 per strap of 3 doz.; 

 mushrooms, 15c to 50c lb.; mint, 25c to 

 40c doz. bunches; radishes, $1.50 to $3 

 per 100 bunches ; tomatoes, 10c to 20c lb. 



THE PROSPECT. 



Referring to the prospect for 1908 

 as it appears to the Ohio lettuce grow- 

 ers, E. A. Dunbar, sales manager for the 

 Ashtabula Lettuce Growers' Association, 

 Ashtabula, O., writes as follows: "De- 

 cember finds the winter vegetable busi- 

 ness just about on a par basis. The 

 staple products are moving at fair aver- 

 age prices, with enough stock to sup- 

 ply all demands. It will require good 

 crops and good management to pay divi- 

 dends in 1908, which means, eventually, 

 the survival of the fittest. The year 1908 

 will bring more conservative business 

 management, decreased demand and 

 lower prices." 



MILDEW ON CUCUMBERS. 



The cucumber is a tender plant sind 

 will not endure some of the severe meth- 

 ods employed for combating aphis and 

 mildew on other plants. The careful 

 spraying of cucumbers with ammoniacal 

 carbonate of copper solution, which is 

 made by dissolving five ounces of car- 

 bonate of copper in three pints of strong 

 ammonia (26 degree) is recommended. 

 This stock solution should be diluted to 

 forty-five gallons when used— that is, one 

 pint of the solution will make fifteen 

 ffaUons of the spraying mixture. This 

 should be appUed with a strong force 

 pump through either a Vennorel or a 

 Bumlar nozzle and should keep the house 

 free from mildew. 



A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Balaed from our Spawn, will bear lonK«r and yield better thftn from aQ7 other yarlety of 

 Spawn. This Is proven by facts. Pull particulars and Information how to succeed in mushroom 

 raisinr free. We warrant you if uslnr our method of rrowinir mushrooms that all will go well. 



KIRKEBY & 6UNDESTRUP, ?iSS., 4273 Milwaiikte Are., Chicago 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



LiviDgston's True Blue Strains. 



rettnce-Orand Baplds M-lb., S6c.; lb., tl.26 



Cacamber-8«lect l^hite 



8plne M-lb.,20c.; 



Cncomber- Davis Perfect- .)i-lb., 60c.; 

 Cacuiubbr-KawBon'k Hot 



House Forcine M-lb., 11.60; 



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Oreeuboase Korcer M-oz., 76c.; 



BadUb- f ireball M-lb., 20c. ; 



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Kadltb-Kosy uem M-lb., 20c. ; 



Tomato- L'b Stone. oz ,26c.; H-lb., 7&c.; 

 Tomato-L'aUlobe,oz.,40c;^-lb.,|1.40; 

 Tomato-li'i Beauty fOZ., 26c; ^-lD.,50c; 



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An additional safeguard is to keep 

 the heating pipes at all times covered 

 with sulphur. When it is not desirable 

 to moisten the foliage of the plants with 

 a spray the distillation of sulphur is 

 effective. This is accompanied by some 

 danger, however, and the novice should 

 carefully observe and carry out every 

 detail. 



TOMATOES. 



It is generally conceded that the sin- 

 gle-stem system is the most practicable 

 for the commercial grower, the plants 

 being set from twelve to fourteen inches 

 apart, according to variety and width of 

 bench. One stake only is necessary for 

 each plant, but this should be a strong 

 one and should have the support of at 

 least one wire; if two, all the better. 

 Where one only is used it should be near 

 the top of the stakes, to which these 

 should be firmly attached. Another wire 

 about half way up the stakes will help 

 to stiffen and strengthen the whole thing. 



The plants should be supported as 

 soon as planted by being loosely tied to 

 the stakes. Loosely means that the 

 string is tied so as to allow for the 

 swelling of the stem; otherwise it will 

 become girdled as growth proceeds. To 

 make sure that the string will stay in 

 place it should be wrapped around the 

 stake first, then around the stake and 

 stem together and securely tied. EaflBa 

 is the best and cheapest material to use. 

 As growth proceeds tying should be fre- 

 quently attended to, as the points will 

 draw over to the light and become bent 

 if tying is too long delayed. 



All the pinching that is necessary is 

 to keep all side growths taken out as 

 they appear, and after the plants have 

 reached the top of the stakes to pinch 

 out the points and stop their skyward 

 journey. We also find that quite fre- 

 quently growths appear on the ends of 



FJLOBISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising: Mnshrooma by 

 uniizing: the waste spHce underthe 

 benches, and then utilizii.grthe waste 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds ingrowing: flowers. Now is the 

 „ ^ .. time to make jour beds Lambert's 

 Pore Culture MUSUUOODI SPAWN, the best 

 Mushroom Spawn in the market, is sold by all leading 

 seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for a smaU 

 trial bed, together with lar.e illustrated book on 

 Mushroom Cu ture," will be mailed postpaid upon 

 rece'ptof 40c in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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Lettuce Plants 



Grand Rapids, Boston Market and BIk 

 Boston, 25c per 100; $1.00 per looo. 



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 R.VINCENT,Jr.&S0NSCO..WhiteMarsli,Md. 



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Skinner's Irrigatioa. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates lunuahed 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



Grand Rapids 

 Lettuce Plants 



$1.00 par 1000. $0.00 par 10,000. 



B. E. WADSWORTH 



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the bunches of fruit, especially when the 

 plants are growing strong. As these are 

 a decided detriment to the development 

 of the fruit, they should be pinched out 

 as they appear. 



We sometimes have found it necessary 

 to cut away part of the leaves of some 

 varieties to admit the light and prevent 

 crowding, but aa a rule varieties that 

 make such heavy foliage as to make this 

 necessary are not the most profitable 

 ones to grow. Though they are gener- 

 ally the producers of the heaviest fruit, 

 they will not produce so much weight or 

 fruit per plant as some of the less ram- 

 pant growers. w. S. 



Pierre, S. D.— Enoe & Barney have 

 just completed a well built new house, 

 20x90, and expect now to produce most 

 of their own stock. They have also in- 

 stalled a new Kroeschell boiler, capable 

 of taking care of 8,000 square feet of 

 glass. 



Please allow me to tell you how much 

 I have enjoyed the Review this year. I 

 know that I never spent a dollar in my 

 life that brought me more pleasure or 

 profit. I have especially enjoyed the 

 chrysanthemum notes; they tell me just 

 what I want to know.— C. S. Babnett, 

 Eureka Springs, Ark. 



