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The Weekly Rorists^ Review. 



Januabt 9,'ld08. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Jan. 8. — Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80e doz.; leaf lettuce, 20c to 22yoC case; 

 mushrooma, 25c to 35e lb. 



New York, Jan. 7. — No. 1 cucumbers, 

 75c to $1.12 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $2 

 to $3.50 box; head lettuce, 10c to 30c 

 doz.; mushrooms, 10c to 40c lb.; mint, 

 35c to 50? doz. bunches; radishes, $2 to 

 $3 per 100 bunches; tomatoes, 4c to 

 lOe lb. 



Boston, Jan. 6. — Cucumbers, $2.50 to 

 $8 box; tomatoes, 15c to 22e lb.; ro- 

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

 doz.; lettuce, 25c to 50c box; mush- 

 rooms, 40c to 60e lb.; parsley, $1 to 

 $1.50 box; radishes, $1.50 to $2 box; 

 mint, 50e doz. bunches. 



MILDEW ON LETTUCE. 



i should like to add a little more to 

 what was said, on page 40 of the Eeview 

 of December 26, in answer to D. F. K.'s 

 inquiry for a preventive of mildew on 

 lettuce. The instructions given were 

 good, but it is not always possible to 

 follow such instructions exactly and thus 

 keep conditions just as they should be. 



We find that the best preventive of 

 mildew on lettuce is sulphur painted on 

 the heating pipes. Take equal parts of 

 sulphur and lime, mix with water to 

 make a thick paste and apply it to some 

 of the heating pipes, say one or two 

 lines through the house, or enough to 

 make a slight sulphur smell. Do this 

 about once a week for a while and I 

 think your trouble will disappear, even 

 though atmospheric conditions may not 

 be ideal. Nobman Miller. 



VEGETABLES AS A SIDE UNE. 



Tomatoes make an excellent crop to 

 follow up mums, and cucumbers can be 

 used, also, in the same manner. We have 

 seen houses of roses and carnations that 

 looked pretty well run down from some 

 cause, tone out after cutting the Easter 

 •rop and the benches spaaed up and 

 cucumber plants already grown in 4-inch 

 pots planted into the house without los- 

 ing a day. And in about six to eight 

 weeks they commenced to produce ex- 

 cellent crops, which paid well until 

 July, and much better than flowers 

 would, which are hardly worth shipping 

 when the spring glut comes over the 

 market. What blooms are needed can be 

 bought for retail work and sold at a 

 better profit than could be made by leav- 

 ing a poor crop in for a few straggling 

 blooms. *^ 



We have also noticed houses of carna- 

 tions that did not pay for the labor of 

 watering them t^fter Easter, when the 

 house might have been made to pay well 

 if in vegetables. 



Even the grower who uses all his 

 space and manages his houses as well as 

 one could, if he should leave a bench in 

 his coolest house for lettuce and parsley 

 and keep account of how much money it 

 brings, would find that there are few 

 things that have paid as well. 



How often we are asked if we have 

 lettuce, radishes or parsley when taking 

 an order for plants, flowers and decora- 

 tions for a party or banquet! 



We know of one thrifty grower who 

 has regular Saturday orders for flowers 

 to decorate the Sunday dinner-tables of 



Seeds for the Market Gardener 



is onr specialty. Quality our flrbt conslderatioD. We have a very large and complete 

 stock ol all kinds of seeds and everything In the line of fruit trees, berry buKhes. etc. 

 Our new 104-paKe catalojiue coniaiostrue descriptions and ijo ovei drawn Ulusira- 

 tlons. Our prices are right, quality considered. Market Gardeners are requested to 

 write for our M. G. Wholesale Uatalogue, sent free on request. » 



GERMAN NURSERIES & SEED HOUSE, 



BstaVlslitd 



1886 



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BEATRICE, NEB. 



A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear Ions*' <u>d yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This Is proven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed In mushroom 

 ralainjT free. We warrant you If using our method of growing mushrooma that all will go well. 



KIRKEBY & 6UNDESTRUP, *^^^, 4273 Milwaukia Avt., Chicago 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



Livingston's True Blue Strains. 



I^ettnce-Orand Rapids M-lb., 86c.; lb., 11.26 



Cncan>ber*8eIeot Vkblte 



Spine M-lb.,30c.;lb., .60 



Cnoamber* Davis Perfect.. M-Ib., 60c.; lb., 2.00 

 Cnouniber-Rawaoii'a Hot 



House ForclDK... M-lb., 11.60; lb., 6.00 



Caulltlower-UTiiisatoii's 



Oreenboase Korcer M-oz., 76c.; o£., 2.60 



Badlsh* KlrebaU M-lb., 20c. ; lb., .60 



Kadisb-Im. Scarlet Globe. M-lb., 20c.; lb., .60 



KadUb-Kosy uem M-lb., 20c.; lb., .60 



Tomato>L's8tone.0E.,26c.; M'lb., 75c.; lb., 2.60 

 TomatooL's Ulube,oa.,40c; M-lb.,|l.«0; lb., 6.00 

 Tomato-L.'BJBeaaty,oz.,26o;M-lb.,60c;lb., 1.76 



If to be mailed add 8c. per lb. for postage. 



LIVINGSTON SEED CO., ?o7 Columbns, 0. 



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Grand Rapids 

 Lettuce Plants 



tl.OO par 1000. $0.00 pwr 10.000. 



B. E. WADS WORTH 



BOX <S4 DANyilXX, IIX. 



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all the well-to-do people in his city and 

 in these Saturday orders, parsley, lettuce, 

 radishes and toward spring cucumbers 

 and tomatoes are always included, and 

 at top notch retail prices that would 

 make the flowers look like the side line 

 instead of the vegetables. 



Every grower dislikes to be told that 

 he ought to be getting more out of his 

 place, etc., but ask yourself, "Are the 

 houses paying as well as they can be 

 made to? Is every foot of space utilized? 

 Or can vegetables be grown to advan- 

 tage in connection with what crops are 



now grown 



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H. G. 



TOMATOES. 



Tomatoes have sold at unusually low 

 and unprofitable prices so far this win- 

 ter. From now on better prices will be 

 obtained. Fruiting plants should be 

 kept not lower than 60 degrees at night 

 and I have found 62 to 64 degrees bet- 

 ter. Tomatoes need a dry atmosphere 

 and should be allowed to dry out well be- 

 fore watering. Hand pollination of the 

 flowers for the next few weeks will en- 

 sure a much better set of fruit. On 

 bright days, shaking the wires at in- 

 tervals helps to scatter the pollen. 



Care in affording liquid food is now 

 necessary. A little too much may cause 

 the flowers to drop. Surface dressings 

 are preferable to soakings of manure 

 water in midwinter. If you can keep 

 plenty of active feeding roots near the 

 surface, and your roots are not allowed 



FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising Maahroums by 

 utilizing the waste space under the 

 benches, and then utilizing the waste 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in growing: flowers. Now is tlie 

 time to make your beds. Lambert's 

 Pnre Culture MVSHltUOM SPAWN, the best 

 Mushroom Spawn in the market, is sokl by all leadins 

 seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for a snuU 

 trial bed, together with lante illustrated book on 

 "Mushroom Cu ture," will be mailed postinid upon 

 receiptof 40c in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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Lettuce Plants 



Grand Rapids, Boston Iffarkot and Blc 

 Boston, 26c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



Tn If A Til MaTflowor and LorUlwrd, 

 I UmAI U 60c per 100. 



R.yiNCENTJr.&SONSCO..WIilteMarsli,Md. 



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Skinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping ont- 

 fita at low price. Estimates InrniBhed 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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COMET TOMATO SEED 



Grown from trae stock. Excellent for forcing. 

 60c and n.OO per pkt. H. Bl. SAM DBB<*Oir, 

 lit LUfOoLN ST., WALTHAH, B1A8S. 

 MwitloB The Rerlew when yon write. 



more than a narrow border, they will 

 give much better returns. 



Some differences of opinion exist as 

 to whether single-stemmed plants or 

 those with two or three shoots are best. 

 My experience has proven that single 

 stems produce much too rank foliage at 

 the expense of fruit. By allowing three 

 shoots to a plant, smaller leaves, less 

 succulent growth and greater freedom in 

 fruit-setting are secured. For spring 

 and summer crops the single stems work 

 out all right, but in winter it is other- 

 wise. 



Growers can vastly improve their 

 strains by selecting fruits of the most 

 perfect shape from plants which are free 

 from any objectionable characteristics. 

 How often do we see fruit selected hap- 

 hazard for this purpose, and then when 

 coarse fruits predominate we are told 

 that the strain has run out. C. 



Please find enclosed $2, in payment 

 for the Review two years in advance. 

 We find we cannot do without the paper. 

 Hardly an issue is received that does not 

 contain something of special interest or 

 benefit in our business. — J. P. Siebold, 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



