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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 28, 1008. 



ment and in a normal status, both as to 

 methods of growing and marketing, as 

 well as the demand for the crop. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Nkw York, May 25. — No. 1 cucum- 

 bers, $2.50 to $4 box; No. 2 cucumbers, 

 $1.25 to $2 box; mushrooms, 10c to 

 50c lb. 



Boston, May 25. — Cucumbers, $1.50 to 

 $3.50 box; lettuce, 75c box; tomatoes, 

 15c to 20c lb.; mushrooms, $2.50 4-lb 

 box; bunch beets, $1.50 doz. 

 • Chicago, May 26. — Cucumbers, 25c to 

 65c doz.; leaf lettuce, 15c to 20c case; 

 watercress, 15c to 2gc basket; radishes, 

 $1 to $1.25 per 100 bunches; mushrooms, 

 15c to 50c lb. 



i, y)NIONS FOR BUNCHING 



' ' I have tried a number of varieties of 

 onions for the early green bunching 

 crop," says W. F. Massey. "My prac- 

 tice has been altogether in the south, 

 and my planting has been entirely in 

 the autumn. I have used with great sat- 

 isfaction sets of a white onion sold in 

 Norfolk, Ya., as the Queen. But it is 

 not the early Queen of the northern cata- 

 logues, and is a larger and better onion. 

 Sets of this planted in September gave 

 in North Carolina fine bunching onions 

 in February, but late in the season they 

 run to seed and are spoiled. My greatest 

 success has been with the Yellpw ' and 

 White Potato onion. These make no 

 seed, but increase by multiplication of 

 the bulbs. The smaller ones can be 

 pulled off for bunching and the larger 

 ones left to make the earliest of all ripe 

 onions. The Yellow Potato onion makes 

 a large bulb, but is not a good keeper, 

 and must be sold early. The White Po- 

 tato onion never grows to a large size, 

 but is fine for bunching, and is the best 

 keeper of any onion I have ever grown. 

 I have lifted them in July and kept them 

 over a year before planting again, and 

 they were perfectly sound and un- 

 sprouted. 



"I always use sets for the bunching 

 crop. The sets of the Potato onion can 

 be planted in the fall, deeply in well- 

 manured ridges, so that when the soil is 

 pulled from them in the spring the bulbs 

 vdll be on the surface. I have grown 

 with success, even in the south, fine crops 

 of ripe onions from seed sown very early 

 in spring, and I would not use sets for 

 the ripe crop except of the Potato onion, 

 with which sets are the only resource. 

 For producing sets of the Queen onion 

 I sow the seed thickly on soil of mod- 

 erate fertility about the middle of April, 

 and when the tops ripen I take them up 

 and cure with the tops on, and never re- 

 move the tops till wanted for planting. 

 In fact, I have found that all onions 

 keep better if stored with the dry tops 

 on. 



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CUCUMBEBS. 



The keeping of plants clean is one of 

 the most troublesome parts of cucumber 

 cultivation now that the weather is 

 warm. Unless they are kept well spray- 

 ed, both red spider and thrips will get 

 a hold and increase rapidly on account 

 of the tender nature of the foliage. 

 Water cannot be use^d with sufficient force 



Vegetable Plants.... 



CAraAGK-WakeflelcI. L. I. Second Early, 

 Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, WinDiDgstadt 

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

 10 ,000. 



BEKTS— Eclipse, Croeby's and Egyptian, 25c 

 per 100; $1 .26 per 1000. 



UETTUCB— Boston Market, Tennis Ball, Bij; 

 Boston and Grand Rapids, aoc per 100: $1.00 per 

 1000. 



CKLXBT— White Plume and O. S. Blancbinr, 

 20c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



R.yillCENT,Jr.fcSONSCO.,Wkttillanii,Ml 



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to dislodge the pests when they have 

 once got a good hold, so the idea should 

 be to try to prevent them doing so 

 by frequent syringing, made just as hard 

 as the plants will stand without injury 

 to the foliage. 



An occasional spraying of some in- 

 secticide can also be used with good 

 effect. Any of tbe nnmeroiw extracts 

 of tobacco, diluted according * to direc- 

 tions, are good. An emulsioa of whale- 

 oil soap is also good, and if a little 

 kerosene is added it makes the mixture 

 more effective. But the latter must be 

 used in limited quantity or damage may 

 resul^. 



Chir experience is that it is almost 

 impossible to use any insecticides strong 

 enough to destroy either red spider or 

 thrips, if the plants are badly inf^ted, 

 without injury to the plants themselves, 

 but they certainly do act as a preventive 

 if used in time, as they can be put on 

 sufficiently strong to make the foliage 

 of the plants an unsuitable hibernating 

 place for any of the troublesome pests. 



A plentiful supply of water will be re- 

 quired by the plants now. If they 

 are allowed to get dry and flaggy in 

 the heat of the day, it will result in 

 the dropping off of a good deal of the 

 fruits in the earlier stages of their de- 

 velopment. When the plant receives a 

 check, either from want of water or any 

 other cause, a good many of the cucum- 

 bers that are well set and have even 

 reached a length of two or three inches, 

 will begin to turn yellow, this yellow- 

 ness being the first indication that the 

 channels conducting the supply of nutri- 

 ment to the fruits are failing to per- 

 form their proper functions, through 

 some unsuitable condition, and the fruit, 

 being robbed of the necessary supply 

 of nutriment, drags out a miserable ex- 

 istence for some Tittle time, but finally 

 gives up the fight and drops off, to the 

 dismay and chagrin of the cultivator, 

 who often does not know what is the 

 matter with his plants. 



I don't see how any florist can do 

 business "Without the Review. — Alfeed 

 RuNNiON, Sheldon, Dl. 



rVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Irrigation will 

 produce as hiuch crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it. 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



TROY, O. 



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FliOBISTS hare a tplendid oppmr- 

 tuaity of nisinc BlnalirooiiM hr 

 tttUixinc the waate apaoe ondertfaa 

 beaches, and then atiluiiur the ■wwtattm 

 material of expendecT miuhrooa 

 beda in Kiowinr flowers. Iiambert'i 

 Par* Cultor* MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN, the beat Spawn in the market, ia aold Inr all 

 leadina seed amen. A freah aample brick, enonarb for 

 a trialbed, tocether with illuatrated book on "Hmah- 

 room Caltare," will be mailed poatpakt upon receipt 

 of 40« in poatace atampa. Addreaa Amarloan 

 Spawn Company, St. Panl, Minn. 



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2,000,000 TOMATO PUNTS 



Dwarf Stone, New Stone, LivinESton's Beauty, 

 11.25 per 100 ; $10.00 per 10,000. 



....GERANIUMS.... 



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

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



B. E. WAD8W0RTH, Box 224, Diflvllto, ill. 



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Wellsville, N. Y. — ^V. E. Bruee has 

 started a greenhouse here, for the grow- 

 ing of potted plants, etc. 



SoMEESWOETH, N. H. — G. S. Bamsburg 

 booked a large number of advance orders 

 for Memorial day, and found it neces- 

 sary to engage extra help for the occa- 

 sion. 



Wenham, Mass. — Connolly Bros, are 

 constructing a rose garden on the estate 

 of John A. Burnham. The plan of the 

 garden is elaborate, including considera- 

 ble landscape work. 



BiCHKOND, Ind. — Considerable im- 

 provement will be made this season in 

 the greenhouses at Glen Miller park, in- 

 cluding the erection of an additional 

 house and the installation of a new 

 heating system. 



Hutchinson, Minn. — The Hutchinson 

 Greenhouses, which were partly destroyed 

 by fire last fall, at a loss of $1,000, are 

 rebuilt and in better condition than ever 

 for growing cut flowers. Their special- 

 ties are vegetable plants and pansies. 



THE PHOENIX NURSERY CO. 



NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS, 



BLOOMINGTON, ILL. 



OrTKRS GRKXNHOU8K lUBFLUS STOCK 



Per 100 

 10,e$0 Aatera, 2k-in. pots, assorted colors, 



good stock $2.60 



5,000 Altamanthenw, 2-ln. pots, red and 



yellow 2.60 



1,500 Cannaa, 4-in. pots, named varieties. 8.00 



2S0 German iTy, 2i9-iD. pots 3.00 



300 HeUotrope, 4-in. pots 8.00 



600 L*ntaiias, 2^-in. pots, named varieties 4.00 



500 LrOballa Speclosa, 2^iD. pots 8.00 



The above stock is first-class and in fine condition. Will make special low prices, 



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Per 100 

 5000 Gwantnma, 4-in. pots, double and 

 siDKle. pink, white and red: all good kinds. $8.00 



2000 Verbanaa, 2Vin. pots 2.60 



500 Vlnoa Variecated, 2^-in. pots 3.00 



600 Duaty Miller, 2-in. pots 2.60 



5000 Coleua, 2>2-in. pots. Golden Bedder, 



Verschaff eltii and other v arieties 3.50 



1000 Bmllax, 2-in. pots 2.00 



3000 Salvlaa, 2^-in. pots, Zurich and St. 

 Louis 3.50 



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