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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 6, 1908. 



cause anil if spraying with Bordeaux will 

 prevent it? H. E. B. 



Providing you have a suitable variety 

 for forcing, black rot in tomatoes is sel- 

 dom troublesome when the conditions are 

 right. Some varieties are so susceptible 

 to this that it does not pay to grow them, 

 but with such varieties as Stirling Castle 

 and Lorillard I have never experienced 

 any trouble, providing the moisture in the 

 house was pretty well dried up before 

 closing down time, so that the atmos- 

 phere was dry while the house was close. 

 While air is on the house fungous dis- 

 eases make little or no headway, but with 

 a close house and a heavy atmosphere the 

 conditions are just right for their devel- 

 opment and spread. By trying to avoid 

 such conditions and picking off all af- 

 fected fruit as soon as the disease makes 

 its appearance, you ought to be able to 

 stamp it out, unless your variety is en- 

 tirely unsuitable. 



An important point with this crop is 

 to procure seed from healthy stock of re- 

 liable, well tried varieties. If the seed 

 is saved from indoor-grown plants for 

 several successive years, the artificial 

 conditions to which they are subjected 

 naturally reduce their vitality. Hence, 

 to maintain the healthy condition of the 

 plants it is necessary to grow plants out- 

 doors under natural conditions for the 

 purpose of seed saving. Much can be 

 done by selection. If you find a plant 

 which is free from disease and unusually 

 free of growth, which sets better or, in 

 short, shows any points of advantage 

 over its neighbors, save the seed from 

 this and plant it outdoors for stock. 



The tomato plant will stand a good 

 deal of feeding when in active growth, 

 but of course it can be overdone, espe- 

 cially during the dull, short days, when 

 little or no feeding is necessary. If you 

 have been feeding injudiciously, it would 

 certainly help to encourage the disease 

 and might even be the direct cause of it, 

 but without knowing the conditions more 

 fully 1 could not say whether it is the 

 cause of all your trouble or not. 



Wm. Scott. 



GRAPE VINES UNDER GLASS. 



There is no doubt that the most trou- 

 blesome pest which growers of grapes 

 under glass have to deal with is mealy 

 bug, and therefore every means at com- 

 mand should be used in order to get the 

 vines clear of it, if infected, and to keep 

 them free from it when clean. 



It is a debatable point whether or not 

 the removing of the loose bark is benefi- 

 cial or otherwise, of itself, to grape vines, 

 but there is no questioning the advisabil- 

 ity or the necessity of it when mealy bug 

 has found a snug home in its crevices. 

 Then it will be well, after the vines are 

 pruned, to go carefully over them and re- 

 move all the loose bark and the bug at 

 the same time, using extra care so as not 

 to penetrate into what may be called the 

 quick of the vine, and being careful, also, 

 not to rub any eyes from the vines. 



When this work is done, the vines 

 should be thoroughly gone over with a 

 preparation composed as follows: One 

 pound whale-oil soap, dissolved in one 

 gallon of hot water; four ounces flowers 

 of sulphur; one-half wineglass kerosene. 

 To this, after being thoroughly incorpo- 

 rated, should be added clay and cow ma- 

 nure in suflScient quantity to make the 

 whole of such consistency that, when ap- 

 plied with a soft brush, a coat will ad- 

 here to the vines. Out of that coating 



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enough matter will reach any bug remain- 

 ing on the vines to put an end to its ex- 

 istence. It will also help to repel any 

 advances mealy bug may indicate a de- 

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 to come out of other hiding places in the 

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FL,ORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

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LETTUCE PLANTS 



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