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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 4, 1908. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued, under date of May 23, 1908, 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 324, entitled 

 * ' Sweet Potatoes. ' ' The author is W. R. 

 Beattie, assistant horticulturist in the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. The pam- 

 phlet will interest all growers of this im- 

 portant crop and will be sent free on 

 application to the Department. 



GEKENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



New York, June 1. — No. 1 cucumbers, 

 $2 to $3 box; No. 2 cucumbers, $1 to 

 $1.50 box; mushrooms, 10c to 50c lb. 



Boston, June 1. — Tomatoes, 15c to 

 20c lb.; cucumbers, $1.50 to $3 box; 

 mushrooms, $2 to $2.25 box; lettuce, 50c 

 to 75c box. 



Chicago, June 2. — Cucumbers, 25c to 

 65c doz. ; lettuce, 10c to 12i/>c case; 

 radishes, 40c to 75c per 100 bunches; 

 mushrooms, 30c to 55c lb. 



FORCING STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



Kindly tell us how to handle straw- 

 berry plants for winter forcing, espe- 

 cially how to get them ready and what 

 varieties are best for the purpose. 



F. A. N. 



The preparation of strawberries for 

 winter forcing should begin as soon as 

 the young runners are large enough to 

 handle. The best way to insure a strong 

 plant is to plunge 3-inch pots filled with 

 good soil in the strawberry bed, peg a 

 plant from a good, strong runner in the 

 soil in the pot and keep all other run- 

 ners off by pinching out as soon as they 

 appear. Leave the plants thus until the 

 pots are well filled with roots, when they 

 may be severed from the parent plant 

 and in the course of a few days potted 

 up into larger pots. Set the pots on a 

 bed of ashes or some such material, to 

 prevent the worms from working up into 

 them too freely, and keep well supplied 

 with water. The final shift should be 

 into 6-inch pots, which should be well 

 filled with roots by fall, but do not 

 attempt to force until the plants h.ave 

 had a good freezing. Several varieties 

 adapt themselves to forcing, but a per- 

 fect flowered variety is essential. The 

 best we have tried is Nick Ohmer; it 

 seems to produce pollen more freely than 

 most others. W. S. Croydon. 



GREENHOUSE TOMATOES. 



' * Twelve years ago we grew our first 

 winter tomatoes, using Lorillard and 

 Dwarf Champion as the varieties," says 

 W. Van Fleet in describing the experi- 

 ments at the farm of the Rural New 

 Yorker. ' ' The yield was fair, although 

 the greenliouse, to accommodate other 

 plants, was run at a temperature much 

 lower than is usual for tomatoes, and the 

 construction such as to necessitate the 

 use of boxes or large pots instead of the 

 usual raised benches. A cross was ef- 

 fected between the two varieties, and the 

 best of the resulting offspring, after a 

 few seasons of selection, was introduced 

 to commerce under the name of Combina- 

 tion. It was a good-sized, bright scarlet 

 tomato, with much of the superior finish 

 of Lorillard, productive both under glass 

 and in the field, the only defect being a 

 rather short stigma that lessened chances 



Vegetable Plants..., 



Cabbage-Wakefleld, Early Plat Dutch, Early 

 All Head, Early Drumhead and other early vari- 

 eties; Sure Head, Late Plat Dutch, Danish Round 

 and Ball Head and other late varieties, 20c per 

 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 



Tomato-Stone, Pavorite, Paragon, etc., at 20c 



§er 100; $1.00 per 1000: $8.50 per 10,000. Dwarf 

 tone and Champion, June Pink and Early Jewel, 

 40c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. 



Celery- White Plume, Giant Pascal, Golden 

 Heart and other varieties at 20c per 100; $1.00 per 

 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 



Meets- Eclipse, Crosby's and Egyptian, 25c 

 per 100; $1.25 per 1000. Cash with order. 



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for full setting in midwinter when pollen 

 is scantily produced. Very good yields 

 were, however, reported from trials in 

 many localities. Combination has since 

 been used in our experiments as a 

 breeder, .crossing it first with Mayflower 

 to lengthen the stigma and then with 

 Best of All, a famons English variety of 

 fine color and large size, but with ob- 

 jectionable coarse foliage. Considerable 

 disturbances followed these repeated in- 

 jections of alien blood, the seedlings 

 coming anything but uniform in growth 

 and fruit, but five years' selection of 

 the most promising type, after again 

 crossing with the original Lorillard, has 

 given us a dependable variety, well suited 

 to our conditions. Thirty plants are 

 grown each winter in 12-inch pots, and 

 space is given in the lower portions of 

 the house for sixteen plants of Quarter 

 Century, a scarlet-fruited, dwarf-grow- 

 ing variety, also an outcome of the orig- 

 inal cross of Lorillard and the pink or 

 crimson Dwarf Champion. These Quar- 

 ter Century plants are grown two each in 

 14-inch pots, the combined yield in 

 weight of fruits being about equal to 

 that of each plant of the perfected Com- 

 bination, though the individual tomatoes 

 average much smaller. 



"We get an average yield for the two 

 varieties of six pounds to the pot for the 

 winter. We marketed just 240 pounds 

 during the past season, from December 

 20 to April 25, at the uniform price of 

 25 cents the pound, amounting to $60 for 

 the crop. This is not by any means a 

 banner yield, as ten pounds per plant has 

 been attained in modern forcing houses 

 under ideal conditions, but must be con- 

 sidered good for our comparatively low 

 temperature. There were 993 tomatoes 

 in the 240 pounds, making the average 

 weight a trifle less than four ounces 

 each. Sizes running not over six to the 

 ])ound are acceptable in market, but those 

 approaching four to the pound are liked, 

 as they make a better appearance when 

 sliced." 



Herrington 's book on mums sent by 

 the Eeview for 50 cents. 



There are no Dry Spots 



with The . Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. ====== 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROT. O. 



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FLORISTS haye a cplendid oi^Of 

 tunity of raising Maahrooma by 

 utilixing the waate space under the 

 benches, and then utilizing; the waate 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in grrowingr flowers. Liambert'l 

 Pure Culture MUSHROOBI 

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

 leadinf seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enougrn for 

 a trial oed, together with illustrated book on "Mash- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40c in postagre stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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2,000,000 TOMATO PLANTS 



Dwarf Stone, New Stone, LiVinKston's Beauty, 

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



....GERANIUMS.... 



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

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



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Albion, Mich. — M. & S. L. Dysinger 

 say they had a fine Memorial day trade 

 in both plants and cut flowers, a good 

 increase over previous years. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — A. E. Kunderd, of 

 Kendallville, and M. E. Rice, of this city, 

 have formed a partnership and expect to 

 build up a fine horticultural establish- 

 ment here. 



SPECIAL-SPRING STOCK 



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Fine, stocky plants in bud and bloom, 2k-in., 

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Panslas— Extra fine strain, in bud and bloom, 

 $1.90 per 100; $17.00 per 1000. 



Coleus— Assorted, rooted cuttings, 75c per 100: 

 214-in., $2.50 per 100. 



Gamuts, $S.0O per 100. 



Caladlum, 15c and 20c. 



Asparasrus Plumosus— 4-in., $10.00 per 100. 



Asparagus SprenK«rl— 2>4-in., $3.00; S-in., 

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



250 German Ivy, 2i2-in. pots 3.00 



300 Heliotrope, 4in. pots 8.00 



600 Lantanas, 2^2-in. pots, named varieties 4.00 



500 LobeUa Speciosa, 2^-in. pots 3.00 



Per 100 

 5000 Geraniums, 4-in. pots, double and 

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2000 Verbenas, 2'-j-in. pota 2.50 



500 Vinca Varleeated, 2i2-in. pots 3.00 



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