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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mat 7, 1908. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, May 5. — Cucumbers, 25c to 

 75c doz. ; leaf lettuce, 10c to 12 ^c case; 

 watercress, 10c doz.; radishes, 15c to 

 30c doz. bunches; mushrooms, 35c to 

 60c lb. 



Boston, May 4. — Supplies of rhubarb 

 and asparagus grown outdoors are now 

 arriving freely. Trade is fairly good. 

 Cucumbers, $1.50 to $4 box; parsley, 

 $1.50 to $1.75 box; tomatoes, 30c to 40c 

 lb.; lettuce, 50c to $1 box; mushrooms, 

 $2.50 4-lb. basket; mint, 75c to $1 doz.; 

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

 doz. 



New York, May 4. — Mushrooms in 

 light receipt and steady for choice. Cu- 

 cumbers plenty and dull. Lettuce in 

 some accumulation and weaker. Eadishes 

 steady. Bhubarb dull. No. 1 cucumbers, 

 $2.50 to $3 box; No. 2 cucumbers, $1.25 

 to $2 box; lettuce, 25c to 75c doz.; mush- 

 rooms, 12c to 50c lb.; radishes, $1.25 to 

 $2 per 100 bunches; rhubarb, $1.50 to 

 $2 per 100 bunches; mint, 25c to 50c 

 doz. bunches. 



LETTUCE IN SOLID BEDS. 



Lettuce growers generally use solid 

 beds, but in one or two vegetable forc- 

 ing districts, notably the one north of 

 Chicago, where leaf lettuce is grown, 

 raised benches still are used. On the 

 subject of which is the better, William 

 Turner, of Oceanic, N. J., who is a widely 

 experienced grower, recently had this 

 to say in an address before the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society: 



* ' The demand for lettuce is ever in- 

 creasing and, without doubt, this is one 

 of the main winter crops. Monstrous 

 houses have been built for the lettuce 

 industry within the last few years, which 

 probably twenty-five years ago \vould 

 have been thought madness. Years ago 

 lettuce was grown on raised benches. It 

 was thought of much benefit having the 

 plants near the glass, but certainly a 

 mistaken idea, for those cool-blooded 

 vegetables. In the first place, it is too 

 hot for the roots; and, second, the plants 

 require too much water on the benches. 

 One great advantage in solid beds is, 

 the Crops don 't require water very often. 

 In fact, if the surface soil can be kept 

 on the dry side, providing there is plenty 

 of moisture below, the roots then will 

 have a tendency to work down, giving 



Plants.... 



CABBAGE-Wakefleld, L. I. Second Early. 

 Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, WinniiigBtadt 

 and other late varieties, $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 

 10.000. 



BSETS— Eclipse, Orosby's and Egyptian, 25c 

 per 100; $1.25 per 1000. 



LETTUCE- Boston Market, Tennis Ball, Big 

 Boston and Grand Rapids, 2lic per 100; $1.00 per 

 1000. 



CELERY- White Plume and G. S. Blanching, 

 20c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



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the plants health and vigor, which is 

 all-important for best results, but a thor- 

 ough good watering just as they begin 

 to head will help increase, the size and 

 quicken maturity. Airing plays an im- 

 portant part, regards success or failure 

 with this ever-popular vegetable. The 

 most dreaded fungus or disease is com- 

 monly called sunburn, although this is er- 

 roneous, as the disease spreads more 

 readily in a spell of dull weather than 

 when it is bright. One thing is certain, 

 when a crop is badly infested it is use- 

 leas; better throw it out, take the top 

 soil out and replace with fresh or steril- 

 ize the soil, as the only safeguard to 

 eradicate the evil. 



' ' Probably there is no vegetable more 

 improved by growing under glass than 

 cauliflower, requiring the same treatment 

 in every respect as lettuce, as regards 

 temperature, solid beds, etc., but the soil 

 used may be of a trifle heavier nature 

 and it is perfectly safe to feed them con- 

 siderably more than lettuce, as they are 

 strong-rooting vegetables. Yes, even 

 (luring the short days this vegetable will 

 respond readily to liberal treatment. I 

 would not advocate starting plants be- 

 fore, say, the first week in September. 

 Sow seed according to the number of 

 plants required. Transplant once about 

 four inches apart, then in about three 

 weeks transplant again where they are 

 to mature, in rows eighteen inches apart 

 and fifteen inches in the rows. The first 

 crop should be ready to cut from the first 

 part of December on. For a succession 

 sow seed two weeks apart. Cauliflower de- 

 lights in rich compost, and, without 

 doubt, a liberal supply of hardwood ashes 

 is a capital fertilizer for this crop. I 

 question if there is another vegetable 

 forced that will take as much nitrate of 

 soda to good advantage as the cauli- 

 flower. ' ' 



LAND OF BIG WHEAT FIELDS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the establishment of Joseph Tosini, at 

 Sioux Falls, S. D., in the land of the big 



There are no Dry Spots 



with The Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. == 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY. O. 



Establishment of Joseph Tosinit Sioux Falls, S. D. 



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FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising: Masbroomi by 

 utUizinK the waste spaoe under the 

 benches, and then utilizing: the wast* 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in g:rowing: flowers. £iainbert's 

 Fare Culture MUSHROOM 

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

 leadins seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enourh for 

 a trial bed, together with illustrated book od "Mush- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upoD receipt 

 of 40c in postage stamps. Address Axaerloan 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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 cuttinga, $1.50 per 100; 

 $12.50 per 1000. German Ivy, 3-in., $3.00 per 100. 



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



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wheat fields. Business has been fine with 

 Mr. Tosini ever since he made his start 

 a few years ago, and the autumn of 1907 

 was the best to date. He looks forward 

 to 1908 as marking a still greater in- 

 crease in his trade, for Sioux Falls is 

 prosperous. It exists largely on the 

 money derived from the natural resources 

 of the country, and the farmers are 

 flush. They have no debts and have 

 money in the bank. 



Naturally Mr. Tosini grows a great 

 variety of material. Besides cut flowers 

 in variety, he grows large quantities of 

 bedding stock and has each spring a good 

 sale for vegetable plants. He does quite 

 a shipping trade in cut flowers to tho 

 surrounding towns. 



Ctarysaathemiim 



By Arthur Herrington 



Formerly president Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America. 



The most complete and comprehensive 

 work on the cultivation of the chrysan- 

 themum that has yet been published in 

 America. Its scope and character may 

 be gleaned from the list of coi/tents, 

 which comprises chapters on composts; 

 planting; benches, boxes or pots; general 

 cultural details; crown and terminal buds; 

 feeding, its object and application; care 

 of the buds; exhibttion and judg'ng; spec- 

 imen plants, plants in pots; raising from 

 seed and hybridizing; sports; hardy 

 chrysanthemums; chrysanthemums for 

 south and west; insect pests and diseases; 

 classification and selection of varieties 

 for special purposes: history of the chrys- 

 anthemum, etc. The book will be wel- 

 comed for the lucid, comprehensive, as 

 well as the practical character of its con- 

 tents. Handsomely illustrated. 168 

 pages, 5x7 inches. Price 50c postpaid. 



Florists* PublishiniT Co., 

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