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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 30, 1008. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, April 28. — Cucumbers, 25c 

 to 75c doz.; leaf lettuce, 17%c to 20c 

 case; watercress, 10c to 15c doz.; rad- 

 ishes, 15c to 40c doz. bunches; mush- 

 rooms, 25c to 50c lb. 



New York, April 27. — Cucumbers 

 plentiful and weak. Lettuce moving 

 slowly, unless fancy. Mushrooms 

 steady, with a few fancy, large white 

 reaching 65c to 70c. Mint steady. Rad- 

 ishes and rhubarb in fair demand. No. 

 1 cucumbers, 50c doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, 

 $2 to $2.50 box; lettuce, 25e to $1 doz.; 

 mushrooms, 25c to 60c lb.; radishes, 

 $1.25 to $2 per 100 bunches; rhubarb, 

 $2 to $3 per 100 bunches; tomatoes, 15c 

 to 25c lb. ; mint, 40c to 50c doz. bunches. 



Boston, Api:il 27. — Supplies are heav- 

 ier and trade rather quiet, with a down- 

 ward tendency in prices, except lettuce, 

 tomatoes and mushrooms, which are 

 higher. Lettuce, 50c to $1 box; rad- 

 ishes, $1.25 box; beet greens, 65c to 75c 

 box; cucumbers, $1.50 to $5 box; toma- 

 toes, 30c to 40c lb.; parsley, $1.50 to 

 $1.75 box; mint, 75c to $1 doz.; ro- 

 maine, $1 doz.; escarolle, 75c doz.; 

 chicory, $1 doz.; rhubarb, 4c to 5c lb.; 

 mushrooms, $2.25 to $2.50 basket of 4 

 lbs.; bunch beets, $1 to $1.50 doz. 



FIGHTING RED SPIDER. 



I often notice, in the Review, valuable 

 articles on red spider and other subjects, 

 which interest me much. But the in- 

 quiry in the issue of April 16, headed 

 "Red Spider on Lettuce" and answered 

 by H. G., I think is misleading. His 

 statement, "They are easily kept down 

 by use of the hose," causes me much 

 wonder. Personally, I do not believe let- 

 tuce plants will stand enough pounding 

 with the hose to rid them of red spider. 



I have no relief to hand H. L., but 

 please don't hand him out a sure disap- 

 pointment. I have grow^n violets for 

 eight years and find that when a plant 

 gets any size and is infested with spider, 

 the best remedy is to take it up care- 

 fully and burn it, always keeping a care- 

 ful watch for the enemy and not letting 

 it get a start or chance to spread. 



With all due credit to articles writ- 

 ten along that line, I am certain they 

 are not ' * easily kept down. ' ' I am yet 

 in hopes there will be some remedy, in the 

 way of a vapor or similar method, found 

 for this mite. I do not want it to be 

 understood that water is not a help. It 

 is a help, but in any case a very crude 

 weapon. I have a water pressure of 

 ninety pounds, all that anyone could de- 

 sire. L. 



KOHLRABL 



Among the most easily cultivated and 

 satisfactory vegetables is the kohlrabi. 

 The plant is comparatively little known 

 in America and is generally quite profit- 

 able to the market gardener who grows 

 it. 



It partakes of the nature of the cab- 

 bage and the turnip and is often used 

 as a substitute for the latter. The plant 

 is hardy, often enduring severe frosts and 

 also resisting drouth. The upper part 

 of the stem swells into a large, fleshy 

 head above the ground, resembling the 

 turnip. The edible part ranges upward 

 from the size of an orange. Its flavor 



Vegetable Plants.... 



CABBAGK-Wakefleld, L. I. Second Early, 

 Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, WinningBtadt 

 and other late varieties, $1.00 per 1000; $8.60 per 

 10,000. 



BESTS— Eclipse, Crosby's and Egyptian, 25c 

 per 100: $1.25 per 1000. 



UBTTUCK- Boston Market, Tennis Ball, Big 

 Boston and Grand RapidK, 2(Jc per 100; $1.00 per 

 1000. 



CKLKRY— White Plume and G. S. Blanching, 

 20c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



R.YINCENT,Jr.&SONSCO.,WliiteMarsh,Md. 



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resembles both the turnip and cabbage. 

 It can be stored iway in winter like 

 turnips. 



Kohlrabi is best for the table when 

 about the size of a cocoanut. It is then 

 tender and of fine flavor, but when it 

 becomes larger it is tough and stringy. 

 In cooking the vegetable it is sliced and 

 boiled until it becomes soft, when it may 

 be served like turnips. 



The plant grows best in deep rich soil 

 and for early use the seed should be 

 sown as early as permissible outdoors. 

 When the plants are three or four inches 

 high they are transplanted into rows two 

 feet apart, a foot apart in the row. For 

 a late crop seed should be sown early in 

 May, and another sowing made a month 

 later. Th^ most commonly grown varie- 

 ties are Early White and Early Purple. 

 , Gardeners who supply vegetable plants 

 are likely to have a call for kohlrabi as 

 the National Council of Horticulture is 

 recommending it in its press service. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



James Mackenzie, gardener to William 

 Maxwell, at Rockville, Conn., has made 

 plans for a large sunken garden. Plant- 

 ing will commence this spring. 



Theodore Standt, of Rockville, sold all 

 his flowering stock at Easter and is pre- 

 paring for a banner Memorial business. 



The Fountain Co., at Middletown, 

 Conn., reports the volume of busi- 

 ness somewhat less than last year at this 

 time, but owing to the lateness of the 

 season expects to more than make up 

 the deficiency from the seed end. 



William A. Dawson, of Willimantic, 

 Conn., says he has not thrown away a 

 good bloom this season, and he notes the 

 steadily increasing call for well grown 

 pot plants. 



J. F. Smith, of Norwich, Conn., grows 

 large quantities of ten weeks' stocks and 

 finds it a profitable flower. He has a 

 grand white from a selected strain. 

 Beauty of Nice is the pink. 



F. J. Langenbach, of Norwich, is fav- 

 orably located at the entrance to the 

 cemetery and enjoys a good patronage. 



Thomas W. Head, superintendent of 

 the splendid M, F. Plant estate at Gro- 

 ton. Conn., is working on a plan to 

 transform the forest recently acquired, 

 and consisting of 1,400 acres, into a game 

 preserve. The natural conditions are 

 ideal. A flne trout stream runs through 

 the estate. It is proposed to dam a part 

 of the stream and make an artificial lake, 

 to be planted with hardy aquatics. This 

 domain is situated at Lyme, about ten 

 miles from the beautiful home place, 

 where the planting of large trees is still 

 in progress. During the last two years 

 some fino specimens of deciduous trees 

 have been moved, with complete success. 

 An immense rockery is under way. I 

 noted a fine crop of peaches in sight, 

 also figs and grapes, with Marshall 

 strawberries ripening up in flne shape — 

 all under glass, of course. Mr. Head has 



gjIVE ACRES with the 



Skinner Irrigation will 



produce as much crops as 



TEN ACRES without it. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



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FI.ORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising BIn8lurQ»IOR..bgr 

 utilixing the waste apace uAderthe 

 benches, and then utilizing the waite 

 material of ezpendea mushroom 

 beds in grrowing flowers. I<ainbert'i 

 Pare CtUtnre MUSHROOM 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enoucb for 

 a trial Ded, together with illustrated l>ook on "Mash- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40o in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Mlnn^ 



Mention The Etevlew wlipn yon wr*te. 



2,000,000 TOMATO PLANTS 



Dwarf Stone, New Stone, Livingston's Beauty. 

 $1.25 per 100 ; $10.00 per 10,000. 



....GERANIUMS.... 



Ricard, Nutt, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; 

 $12.60 per 1000. German Ivy, S-in., $3.00 per 100. 



B. E. WAD8W0RTH, Box 224, Danville, III. 



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the handling of a force of 200 men. He 

 resides at the lodge and is master of a 

 lodge, also mayor of the town and presi- 

 dent of the New London Horticultural 

 Society. 



A. P. Meredith, gardener to Nathaniel 

 Thayer, at Lancaster, Mass., considers 

 Gladiolus Shakespeare one of the finest 

 for forcing. It throws a perfect spike, 

 the flower being beautifully tinted. 

 Phlox divaricata is another favorite. 



Thomas Boland, at Nahant, grows the 

 largest collection of ericas to be found 

 on this continent, including the rare 

 E. Cavendishii, a grand variety, which 

 has long racemes of rich yellow bloom, 

 with deep green foliage. He had a great 

 sale at Easter and is now potting up a 

 large block of Lorraine begonias for 

 summer delivery. 



I saw Mark Aitken at Springfield, 

 Mass., putting the finishing touches to a 

 6-foot casket cross, which took 650 Tulip 

 Vermilion Brilliant; also a 5-foot cross 

 composed of orchids — the richest pieces I 

 have seen for some time. He noted a 

 good sale for medium sized baskets filled 

 with blooming plants at Easter; also for 

 pyramid azaleas. M. 



I ENCLOSE a money order for another 

 year's subscription to the Review, for I 

 cannot do without it; I can hardly wait, 

 after one issue is read, until it is time 

 to receive the next one. — F. C. Winkle- 

 MANN, Hillsboro, 111. 



Kennett Square, Pa. — A company 

 has been formed here for the manufac- 

 ture of mushroom spawn. The new firm 

 will be known as the Anglo-American 

 Spawn Co. and will manufacture the 

 spawn according to a process which is 

 said to be entirely distinct from, and 

 much superior to, the methods commonly 

 used. Some of the necessary buildings 

 have' been erected and others are under 

 way. 



