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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Janoabx 30, 1908. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Jan, 28. — Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80c doz.; leaf lettuce, 15c to 17i/4c case. 



Boston, Jan. 27. — Tomatoes, 20c to 

 25c lb.; cucumbers, $3.50 to $9 bu. box; 

 lettuce, 40c to 60c box of two doz.; 

 roinaine, 40c doz.; escaroUe, 75c doz.; 

 mint, 50c doz. bunches; radishes, $1.50 

 box; parsley, $1.25 box; mushrooms, 

 $1.50 to $2 4-lb. box. 



New Yoek, Jan, 27.— .Beet tops, 75c 

 lo $1 bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, 75c to 

 $1.12 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $2 to $3.50 

 box; lettuce, 25c to 40c doz.; mush- 

 moms, 30c to 40c lb.; mint, 50c to 75c 

 d\)z. bunches; radishes, $2 to $2.50 per 

 100 bunches; rhubarb, 40c to 60c doz. 

 banches; tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb. 



Celery for early use should be sown 

 now. 



Geny Bros., Nashville, Tenn., say they 

 find a house of lettuce a profitable side 

 line. 



Tomatoes, if ready to plant when bed- 

 ding stock is removed early in summer, 

 may be made a profitable crop. Stirling 

 Castle is a good, reliable variety for 

 growing under glass. 



CULTURE OF GREEN ONIONS. 



1 wish some kind reader of the Eevievp 

 would tell me the proper way to treat 

 onion sets for green onions. What is the 

 best variety? Should they be started in 

 the greenhouse and transplanted to the 

 hotbed or coldframe? Are they of any 

 commercial value? Also what variety of 

 radishes is best for this purpose? T. G, 



The best variety of onion sets to grow 

 green onions from will depend upon the 

 demand of the market to be supplied. The 

 Egyptian or winter onion set, when 

 planted outdoors in September in the 

 north, will produce green onions early 

 the coming spring. This variety of onion 

 set, however, does not make anything 

 more than d, scallion, but its earliness 

 makes up for the lack of bulb. In some 

 localities the Potato onion, or English 

 Multiplier, is a popular set for making 

 early green onions. It is planted out- 

 doors as early in the spring as possible. 

 In the south the Shallot is used largely 

 for the same purpose, the difference in 

 climate compared with the north making 

 the time of planting different. In gen- 

 eral the White Bottom onion set is the 

 one that market gardeners use to make 

 the early green onion. The Yellow Bot- 

 tom set is also used, but, owing to the 

 color, is not so salable as the white. 



Green onions meet with a ready sale 

 on all markets. The expense of getting 

 them to market will be the main factor 

 in determining whether it will pay to 

 grow them. Onion sets may be forced in 

 greenhouse or hotbed, but it would be a 

 waste of time to transplant them. In a 

 general way it may be stated that the 

 onion set, when planted to make green 

 onions, is invariably an outdoor crop. 



The Scarlet Globe radish is the best 

 turnip-shaped variety for forcing in the 

 greenhouse or hotbed and the Woods 

 Earlv Frame is the best long variety. 



J. M."C. 



Seeds for the Market Gardener 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



Livingston's True Blue Strains. 



liCttace-Orand Rapids M-lb., 86c.i lb., tl.25 



Caonmber-Select MThite 



Spine J<-lb.,20c.; 



Ciicaniber*DaTla Perfect. -M-lb., 60c. ; 

 Cncamber-Bawaon'a Hot 



Honee Forelna: M-lb., 11.50; 



Caiillflower*LJiVInKston'a 



Greenhouse Forcer M-oz., 75c.; 



Radtsh-Klreball M-lb.,20c.; 



Kadlsh-Im. Scarlet Globe, k-lb., 20c.; 



Radlsh-Kosy Uem M-lb., 20c.; 



Tomato«L,'aStone.oz.,25c.; ^-Ib., 75c.; 

 Tomato- L's Globe, oz., 40c ; M-lb., 11.10 ; 

 Tomato-L,'s Beauty ,oz., 25c; M-lb.,50c; lb., 1.75 



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LETTUCE PLANTS 



Qrand Rapids and Simpson. $1.00 per 1000; 

 $9.00 per 10 000. 

 Unrooted Camatloii Cutttnes, Pink Law- 

 son. Wolcott, Queen, Euchaotress, $1.00 per 100; 

 $8.00 per 1000. 

 Geraniums, 2^-in. Ricard and Nutt, $2.50 per 100 



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Skinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawna. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates tumished 

 on request. Address, 



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LEAF BURN ON LETTUCE. 



Enclosed you will find some lettuce 

 leaves. Can you tell us what the trouble 

 is and what to do for* it? The lettuce has 

 seemed to be all right until now, and it 

 is heading up and the leaves on a great 

 many are getting this way. We have 

 found a small worm on some of it, but do 

 not know what to do for it. We are grow- 

 ing a bench of it in a house with other 

 stock, at about 55 degrees. E. H, L, 



Your trouble is a very general one, 

 commonly called leaf burn, which is 

 brought about mainly through unsuitable 

 atmospheric conditions, I am not at all 

 surprised that you should have trouble 

 with this disease, seeing that you are run- 

 ning the temperature of your house at 

 55 degrees. It is impossible to do lettuce 

 successfully at as high a temperature as 

 this; 45 degrees is as high as the house 

 ought to be allowed to run for this crop 

 while fire heat is being employed. The 

 term small worm is very indefinite; there 

 are so many insects which might be so 

 termed that would be apt to be found 

 on or around your plants, some harmful 



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THE EARLIEST TOMATO KNOWN 



Vines similar to the Dwarf Champion, standing 

 well up from the ground; fruit purplish pink in 

 color; will bear shipping equally as well as the 

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 in this section last season. Pkt., 10c: ^ oz., 20c: 

 oz., 35c; H lb., $1.00. 



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FliORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising BfnsIiroomB by 

 utiluing the waste space under the 

 benches, and then utiliziog the ^aste 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in growing flowers. Now is the 

 time to make your beds. Lambert's 

 Pure Culture MUSH ROOM SPAWN, the best 

 Mushroom Spawn in the market, is sold by all leading 

 seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for a small 

 trial bed, together with large illustrated book on 

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 receiptof 40c in postage stamps. Address American 

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Lettuce Plants 



Grmnd Rapids. Boston Market and Bis 

 Boston, 25c per 100; 91.00 per 1000. 



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$3,000 1 



ER ACRE IN 

 TOMATOES 



Outdoor culture, with my Concrete or Ce- 

 ment Plant Protector, patent pending. Set 

 plants six weeks earlier and get hothouse prices. 

 Will sell town rights and furnish mold. Send 2c 

 stamp for circular. J.H. HAL£T,Munitb, Mich. 

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COMET TOMATO SEED 



Grown from true stock. Excellent for forcing. 

 50c and 11.00 per pkt. H. M. SANDKRSON, 

 111 L.INOULN ST., WALTHAH, MASS. 

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and others harmless, but I fail to see 

 where any of them could possibly cause 

 or have anything to do with the disease 

 under consideration. If you must main- 

 tain a temperature of 55 degrees for the 

 other stock grown in the house, you had 

 better cut out the lettuce altogether, es- 

 pecially head lettuce. The Grand Bapids 

 variety, which is not a head lettuce, will 

 succeed at a higher temperature, but 55 

 degrees is too high even for this. 



Wm. Scott. 



