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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabcii 12, 1008. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



. Chicago, March 10. — Cucumbers, $1 to 

 $2.75 box of 2 doz.; leaf lettuce, 17c to 

 20c case; watercress, 18c to 20c doz. 

 bunches; radishes, 30c to 45c doz. 

 bunches; mushrooms, 30c to 50c lb. 



New York, March 9, — Beet tops, 75c 

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

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

 box; head lettuce, 15c to 65c doz.; mush- 

 rooms, 25c to 55c lb.; radishes, $2 to 

 $3 per 100 bunches; rhubarb, 40c to 60c 

 doz. bunches; tomatoes, 15c to 25c lb.; 

 mint, 50c to 75c doz. bunches. 



Boston, March 9. — Dandelions (hot- 

 house), $1.25 to $1.50 box; beet greens, 

 75c to $1 box; tomatoes, 40c lb.; lettuce, 

 50c to 75c box; cucumbers, $3.50 to $13 

 box; romaine, $1 doz.; escarolle, 75c 

 doz.; chicory, $1 doz.; parsley, $1.50 to 

 $2 box; mint, 75c to $1 doz.; mush- 

 rooms, $2 4-lb. box; rhubarb, 7c lb. 



HOTHOUSE TOMATOES. 



The last planting of tomatoes for this 

 season should be in by this time, as the 

 time required for tomatoes to come to 

 bearing, after being planted in the beds 

 or benches, is about three months. Seed 

 planted now will, however, make nice pot 

 plants for planting out much more quick- 

 ly than they would a month ago. It is 

 not advisable to plant seed intended for 

 forcing later than March 1. 



There are few plants more susceptible 

 to water than the tomata. To hold them 

 back and make a short, sturdy growth, 

 they should be held a little dry, care be- 

 ing taken not to allow the foliage to 

 wither and burn. They can be held in 

 this way for a long time without injury, 

 and, on the other hand, if well watered 

 they will grow surprisingly fast, but are 

 inclined to be too tall and soft if crowded 

 too fast. If the plants are a little be- 

 hind, it is a good plan to keep them warm 

 and well watered for a while and then 

 harden them up by holding back on the 

 water a little until planting time. 



When the plants are put into the beds 

 they should be given a thorough water- 

 ing, much depending on how dry the 

 soil in the benches is at the time and 

 how good the drainage is. After this 

 is completed, then comes the most impor- 

 tant stage of the game. If they are held 

 just right, not too wet or too dry, they 

 will start to bloom very soon, and close 

 to the ground, but if overwatered they 

 will make a handsome growth of stalk 

 and foliage, with but few or no blooms. 

 It is not the time it takes them to get to 

 the top of the string, but the quantity 

 of good, healthy blooms and fruit, that 

 should concern the grower most. In wa- 

 tering, the bods should be watered thor- 

 oughly and then left alone until they 

 really need water again. Water will not 

 hurt the foliage in bright weather, but 

 it is better not to wet the plants above 

 the soil in winter weather or when in 

 bloom. 



The most popular method with Ameri- 

 can growers is the single stem culture, 

 but some growers prefer two or three 

 stalks to the plant in fall and winter 

 crops. When grown to single stems, the 

 plants are placed in rows about three 

 feet apart, or two rows to the bench, 

 and one foot apart in the row. A wire is 

 run along the bench and one overhead. 



HOLMES' TESTED SEEDS 



OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY 



Have you tried these seeds ? Thousands of market gardeners have ! They are proven and 



not found wanting ! 



HanisbuTB: Market Gardeners* Beet— the earliest beet in cultivation. 

 Houser Cabbase, the latest, largest, hardest, and smallest hearted cabbage known. Send 



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Salzer*9 

 Early Bird. 



■- Upp Wehavethe 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. Salzer Seed Co. Lock Box M, LaCrosse, Wis. 



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A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear loncer and yield better than from any other Tarlety of 

 Spawn. Thla is proTen by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in mushrooni 

 raisinr free. We warrant you If usinr our method of rrowinr mushrooms that all will ro well. 



KIRKEBY & 6UNDESTRUP, sTS. 4273 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS I 



TOMATO. Mayflower, Lorillard, Earl- 

 iana, Early June Pink and Early Jew- 

 el, 30c per 100, $2,00 per 1000. 



BEETS. Egyptian and Crosby's, 20c 

 per 100, $1.25 per 1000. 



CELERY. White Plume & Golden Self- 

 Blanching, 20c per 100, $1.25 per 1000. 



PARSLEY. MosB Curled, 30c per 100, 

 $2.00 per 1000. 



CAULIFLOWER. Early Snow Ball, 

 50c per 100. 



LETTUCE. Grand Rapid8,$1.00per 1000 



PEPPER & EGG PLANTS. Ready for trans- 

 planting, 40c per 100, $2.00 per 1000. 



R.VINCENT.Jr.&SONSCOMWhiteMarsh.Md. 



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Rhubarb Crowns 



WANTED 



We want from 2000 to 5000 No. 1 

 crowns for forcing purposes. They must 

 be at least two years without pulling, 

 and in prime condition. Address No. 

 147, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



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To these wires perpendicular strings are 

 tied, in the same way as in the training 

 of smilax or Asparagus plumosus in cut 

 flower establishments. The twine best 

 adapted for tying tomatoes in this man- 

 ner is four-ply jute. The fruit comes on 

 the main stalk and all branches should 

 be removed just as soon as long enough 

 to get a hold of. When the plants get 

 to growing nicely the foliage will become 

 entirely too thick. Some of the leaves 

 will have to be removed and all the re- 



There are no Dry Spols 



with The Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. ^^==^== 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



TROY, O. 



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FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising: Mashrooma by 

 utiliiingr the waste space under the 

 benches, and then utilizing the waate 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in growing flowers. Lambert's 

 Pure Culture MUSHROOM 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for 

 a trial Ded, together with illustrated book oi "Mush- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upor receipt 

 of 40c in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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LETTUCE PLANTS 



Grand Rapids and Simpson, $1.00 per 1000; 

 19.00 ner 10 000. 

 Unrooted Carnation Cuttinss, Pink Law- 

 son. Wolcott, Queen, EncbaDtress, tl-OO per 100; 

 S8.00 per 1000. 

 Gtoranlvuns, 2>{-in.Ricard and Nutt, 92.50 per 100 



B. E. WADSWORTH 



BOX <84 DAMVILLK, II.L. 



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mainder clipped, removing about one-half 

 or one-third of the leaf. This might 

 seem to the amateur grower to be severe 

 treatment, hut it will not hurt the plants 



