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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Febkuary 20, 1008. 



Vegetable Fordflg. 



Simon Dumseb, of Elgin, 111., gets 

 after the greenfly in his lettuce houses 

 with hot water. He uses the city water, 

 ^aummg it through a heater, and says 

 that water hot enough to be uncomforta- 

 ble to the fingers at the nozzle does not 

 hurt the lettuce, but that the greenfly 

 does not like it and the hot water is a 

 preventive and even a cure for lettuce 

 rot. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Feb. 18. — Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80e doz. ; leaf lettuce, 17%c to 20e case; 

 mushrooms, 25c to 50c lb.; radishes, 20c 

 to 40c doz. bunches. 



New York, Feb. 17. — Beet tops, 75e 

 to $1 bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, $1.25 to 

 $1.75 doz.; No. 2 cucuiiibers, $3 to $5 

 box; lettuce, 15c to 75c doz.; mushrooms, 

 25c to 55c lb. ; radishes, $2 to $3 per 100 

 bunches; rhubarb, 30c to 50e doz. 

 bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 25e lb.; mint, 

 50c to 75c doz. bunches. 



Boston, Feb. 17. — Cucumbers, $1.50 to 

 $14 bu. box; lettuce, 40c to 75c box of 

 2 doz.; tomatoes, 25c to 35c lb.; chicory, 

 $1 doz.; romaine, $1 doz.; escarolle, 75e 

 doz.; parsley, $2.25 to $2.50 box; mint, 

 75c doz.; mushrooms, $2 to $2.25 per 

 4-lb. box; beet greens, 75c to $1 box; 

 dandelion greens, $1.25 to $1.50 barrel; 

 rhubarb, 7e lb. 



VEGETABLE PACKAGES. 



In the Boston market cucumbers are 

 packed in bushel boxes, the number of 

 cucumbers varying with the size and 

 quality. The standard lettuce box con- 

 tains two dozen heads. 



In the Chicago market all the lettuce 

 locally grown under glass is of the leaf 

 varieties. The standard case is a box 

 roughly made, about twenty-four inches 

 long, nine inches wide and six inches 

 deep. These cases contain from one 

 dozen to one and one-half dozens bunches 

 of leaf lettuce, or two to two and one- 

 quarter pounds. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



I want to grow this spring, for the 

 trade, 400,000 vegetable plants, in east- 

 ern Pennsylvania, of the following va- 

 rieties: Tomato, transplanted and pot- 

 grown; cabbage, early and late; beets, 

 lettuce, cauliflower, pepper, egg plant, 

 3 -inch pots; celery and sweet potato. 

 Will you please advise me when to plant 

 the seeds in my carnation house, which 

 contains 8,000 square feet, and when 

 they should go out in the coldframes or 

 hotbeds, of 2,000 square feetf What 

 kind of soil and temperature should they 

 have and will pulverized sheep manure 

 be good to mix with the soil in the cold- 

 frames! 



I have always had trouble with pepper 

 and egg plant seed. Should the seeds be 

 soaked, or started in a hotbed with 

 steady heatf I want to grow pot toma- 

 toes, having them in bloom May 15. How 

 can I grow them in 4-inch pots to have 

 them about twelve to fifteen inches high 

 and thick and stocky f 



I would like an article on each vegeta- 

 ble mentioned, stating how to handle it 

 from the sowing to the selling time; 

 which ones can stand coldframes, which 

 a small depth of manure and which re- 

 quire a hotbed. How much salt should 



Salzer** 

 Early Bird. 



■7 D p p We have the finest, earliest Scarlet Radish 

 on earth, namely Salzer's Early Bird. 



A Half-Ounce Package Free! 



We gladly send you free a half-ounce package to try 



for 1908, and our Market Gardener's Wholesale Catalog. 



Write today. 



Or, If you will send us Sets, in postage, we will add to the radish a 



package of Salzer's Blue Ribbon Rockyford Muskmelon, the finest 



muskmelon this side of the stars, and also a package of Salzer's 



Fourth of July Watermelon, the earliest watermelon grown. 



John A. Salzor Seed Co. Lock Box M. LaCrosse* Wis. 



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The Apex 



CUCUMBER 



Suitable for Southern truck growers, 

 stajang plump and holding its dark 

 green color a long time after cutting, 

 making it one of the best for shipping. 



Oz., 20c; X-lb., 35c; lb., $1.00 



A full line of Market Orowers' Seed 

 SpeoialtieB 



PLANTERS' SEED CO. 



SFRINOFIEI.D, MO. 



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I put in a bed 6x100 feet to keep the 

 cabbage maggot out? Is salt good for 

 celery seedbeds or is it best used in the 

 bed they are transplanted to? 



B. J. P. 



In a carnation house temperature, cab- 

 bage and cauliflower seeds should be 

 sown about the middle of March to give 

 nice plants by setting-out time. Sow 

 the seeds in flats with about two inches 

 of soil and cover them over to the depth 

 of one-eighth of an inch. If your seed 

 is good and fresh, sow rather thinly, so 

 that the little plants will not crowd one 

 another and become drawn before they 

 are large enough for pricking off. The 

 time to prick off is shortly after they 

 have made the first rough leaf. If you 

 intend to put them in a frame at this 

 stage, suflBcient heating material should 

 be put in the frame to maintain a tem- 

 perature of from 50 to 55 degrees. 



To insure good, stocky plants they 

 should be allowed a space of two inches 

 each way in the frame. At this distance 

 a sash 3x6 feet will accommodate about 

 650 plants. Keep close and shade for a 

 few days after transplanting, until they 

 have obtained hold of the fresh material ; 

 then give all the light possible and suf- 

 ficient air to prevent the temperature in 

 the frame from rising above 65 degrees. 



As the season advances and the weather 

 becomes warmer, gradually give more air 

 and, as planting-out time approaches, 

 gradually harden off so that the sashes 

 can be removed altogether for a few 

 days and nights previous to planting out. 

 This will prevent any severe check and 

 the plants will prove much more satis- 

 factory. 



Tomato seeds peed not be sown until 

 about two weeks later than the cabbage, 

 as they grow fast after they are once 

 started and cannot be planted out be- 

 fore danger of frost is over, which is 

 quite a little later than cabbage can be 

 set out. The seeds may be sown in flats, 

 the same as cabbage, and if you have 

 room in your house, the plants should be 

 pricked over into flats again, about two 

 inches apart, and potted up when about 

 three inches high. They require a night 

 temperature of 60 degrees to keep them 

 growing freely. The only way to keep 



LIVINGSTOM'S NKW 



CORELESS TOMATO 



A distinct new creation, better than our 

 Stone. Globe-shaped, but little indenture 

 and no corrugations at stem end and no 

 green core. The coming tomato for canning 

 and catsup. Rich, bright red color, large 

 size, great cropper. Packet, »0c; 3 for 60c; 

 7 for $1.00, postpaid. 



Our Snperb lOO-page Catalogue shows 



Livingston s New Cureless Tomato in natural 

 colors and describes all of Livingston's other 

 tomatoes, and also offers everything that is 

 newest and best in vegetables and flower 

 seeds, bulbs and plants. It U free, send 

 for It today. 



LIVINGSTON SBKD CO. 



Famons for Tomatoes. 



Box 473. COLVMBUS, O. 



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FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising Mnsbrooms by 

 utiliiins the waste space under the 

 benches, and then utilizing the waste 

 material of expendea mushroom 

 beds in growing flowers. I.ambert's 

 Pore Cnltnre MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN, the best Spawn in the market, is sold by all 

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for 

 a trial t>ed, together with illustrated book on "Mash- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40o in postage stamps. Address Amerlo»n 

 Spawn Company, St. PanI, Minn. 



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Lettuce Plants 



Gtemnd Raplda, Boston Market and Blc 

 Boston, 25c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



TOMATO JSJ.-r-.S" '•" •-™^- 

 R.VINCEIIT,Jr.&$0N$CO.,WliltiMarsli,M<. 



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LETTUCE PLANTS 



Grand Rapids and Simpson, $1.00 per 1000; 

 $9.00 ner 10,000. 

 Unrooted Camatlon Cuttings, Pink Law- 

 ion, Wolcott, Queen, EnchantresB, 11.00 per 100; 

 $8.00 per 1000. 

 Geraniums, 23^-In.Ricar(! and Nutt, $2.50 per 100 



B. E. WADSWORTH 



BOX Sa4 DAirVILLX, XXX. 



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