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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVBMBBB 5, 1908. 



Vegetable Forciflg. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Boston, Nov. 4. — Tomatoes, 10c to 

 15c lb.; cucumbers, $1.50 to $7.50 box. 



Chicago, Nov. 4. — Leaf lettuce, 15c 

 to 20c case; cucumbers, 50c to $1 doz. ; 

 mushrooms, 25c to 40c lb. 



VEGETABLE FORCERS ORGANIZE 



Initial Meetinc; at Cleveland. 



Proprietors of vegetable greenhouses 

 from several states met at Cleveland, O., 

 October 30 and 31 and formed the Green- 

 house Vegetable Growers' Association oi 

 America, with a membership of sixty- 

 five. 



The mcerting was a result of a sugges- 

 tion by S. B. Chester, of Cleveland. E. 

 A. Dunbar, of Ashtabula, sales manager 

 of the Ashtabula Lettuce Growers' As- 

 Bociation, took the matter up and a gen- 

 .eral call was issued for the meeting. 



History of the Movement. 



Mr. Dunbar was the prime mover in 

 the Ashtabula Lettuce Growers' Associa- 

 tion, the first organization of the sort in 

 the United States. An experience of ten 

 years in successfully managing the affairs 

 of his organization has peculiarly fitted 

 .him as a pioneer in national association 

 work. 



The Ashtabula Lettuce Growers' As- 

 sociation has done much to improve the 

 output of the greenhouses in that city. 

 Some growers formerly sent out light- 

 weight baskets and some offered inferior 

 goods, but the association has enforced a 

 full-weight package and a member does 

 not dare put the stamp on' inferior goods 

 for fear of confiscation. The result has 

 been a fair demand for association goods 

 when outsiders could not market their 

 product and top prices when the demand 

 is good. Pittsburg commission men say 

 that the AsKlabula Lettuce Growers' As- 

 sociation is by far the most successful of 

 anything of the sort that has come with- 

 in their observation. 



The Business Sessions. 



Mr. Dunbar presided as temporary 

 chairman and was unanimously elected 

 president. His firm, that of Dunbar & 

 Hopkins, is the oldest of a group of suc- 

 cesful modern vegetable forcing houses at 

 Ashtabula, having been established about 

 fifteen years. 



The object of this new organization is 

 purely educational. 



Papers were read by Frank Luce, of 

 Ashtabula, O.; B. H. Thome and W. J. 

 Green, of Wooster, O. ; C. W. Waid, New 

 CarUsie, O.; L. C. Corbett, of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, and W. F. 

 Massey, of Salisbury, Md., most of whom 

 have a wide reputation as experts on 

 vegetable forcing. 



Life memberships are $15, annual 

 memberships $3 for the first year and $2 

 each year thereafter. 



Soilj^terilization, the selection and im- 

 prot'fefiiJ*t of seed and. the various meth- 

 ods of bettering known varieties of |>ot 

 house vegetables were quite exhaustively 

 discussed. 



Later it is expected that the question 



St a uniform style of packing and grad- 

 }^ goods; more favorable accoii»moda- 

 tions from transportation companies and 



A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear lonsrer and yield better than from any other variety of 

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^VEfiETABLESEED? 



FOR FORCING 



"Stokea* Standarda" are alvmyB 

 tbe finest strains. 



Radish, Prussian Globe, ^4 lb.. 20c: 1 lb. ,60c. 

 Radish, Stokes' Scarlet Globe, U lb., 20c; 



lib.. 60c. 

 Liettnce, Grand Rapids Forcing, oz., lOc; 



i4lb.,36c: lib.. $126. 

 JLettuce, Stokes' Bis; Boston, oz., 10c; 



^4 lb., 35c: 1 lb.. $1.25. 

 Tomato, Sparks' Earllana, Stokes' 



Special No. 10 Strain, packet, 10c; oz., 



40c: Vlb., $1.10. 

 Tomato, Imp. Pink, packet, 10c: oz., 40c; 



^4 lb., $1.10. 

 Add postage 8c per lb., if wanted by mail. 



Let me estimate on your spring: require- 

 ments for Teg:etable seeds. 



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219 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA 

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Seeds for Forcing 



UTINOSTON'S TRUE BLUE STRAINS 



I.ettuce- Grand Rapids.... Vlb., 35c: lb., $1.25 



Radlah-FlrebaU 14-lb., 16c; lb., .50 



Radish-Im. Scarlet Globe. Vlb., 20c; lb., .60 



Radish— Rosy Gem ^-Ib.. 15c; lb., .50 



Tomato-L's Globe, oz..36c: >4-lb..$1.10: lb., 4.00 



Tomato-L'sBeaaty,oz.,25c: '4-lb.,60c:lb., 1.75 



If to be mailed add 8c per lb. for po8tag:e. 



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other matters of vital interest to grow- 

 ers will be taken up. 



The place for the second yearly meet- 

 ing will be decided by the executive com- 

 mittee. 



Officers Elected. 



These officers were elected to serve un- 

 til January 1, 1910: 



President — E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula, 

 O. 



Vice-president — S. J. Perry, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich. 



Secretary — S. W. Severance, Louis- 

 ville. 



Treasurer — S. B. Chester, Cleveland. 



President Dunbar announced this 

 executive committee: Franklin De 

 Kleine, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Richard 

 Hittinger, Belmont, Mass.; W. .7. Rit- 

 terskamp, Princeton, Ind. ; W. F. Mas- 

 sey, Salisbury, Md. ; C. W. Waid, New 

 Carlisle, O. ; W. D. Weinschenk, New 

 Castle, Pa. 



No session was held Friday afternoon, 

 but those present went four miles south 

 of Cleveland to visit the greenhouse dis- 

 trict. They visited the plants of C. B. 

 Hinckley, M. L. Ruetenik, J. L. Foote, C. 

 M. Hooper, Frank and Chas. Wutrick, H. 

 H. Richardson and S. B. Chester. 



Those Present. 



Tliose present by states are as follows : 

 From Indiana: W. S. Roebuck, Mrs. 



Lizzie Roebuck, Adolph Schilling, Fort 



Wayne; Chris. Kiestring, Logansport; 



W. J. Ritterskamp, Princeton; John G. 



Frisz, Vincennes; L. H. Mahan, Terre 



Haute. 



From Maryland: W. F. Massey, Salis- I 



bury. ' 



THE cost of labor saved 

 ' in six months will buy 

 and install a Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Greenhouse Irri- 

 gation. 



Tha Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



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Vegetable Plants 



CABBAGE— Wakefield and Succession, 25e 

 per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



LETTUCE— Boston Market, Tennis Ball, Grand 

 Rapids and Big Boston, 25c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



PARSLET-StronR plants, $1.25 per 1000. 



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Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades Is 

 thus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 ^^^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 ^^ /»>v postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 V^^ S^^ celpt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



Trade Mark. American Spawn Co., Si Paul, Minn. 



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COMET TOMATO SEED 



Grown from true stock. Excellent for forcing. 

 50c and $1.00 per pkt. H. M SANDERSON, 

 m LINCOLN ST., WALTHAM, MASS. 



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From Kentucky : .T. P. Fister, Lexing- 

 ton ; S. W. Severance, Louisville. 



From Massachusetts: Eichard Hit- 

 tinger, Belmont; Dana C. Hyde, Cam- 

 bridge. 



From New York: C. D. Le Van, San- 

 born. 



From Washington, D. C: L. C Cor- 

 bett, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



From Michigan: S. J. Perry, H. 

 Blanksma, Eugene Davis, T. E. Graham, 

 Franklin D. Kleine, J. M. and F. Mo- 

 lesta, E. V. Huflf, John Wierenga, L. A. 

 Brillhart, of Grand E^pids; Lee Cham- 

 berlain, Howell. 



From Pennsylvania: F. M. Teasler, 

 F. J. and B. J. Zuck, Erie; W. H. and 



E. P. Weinschenk, Joseph C. Wirtz, New 

 Castle. 



From Ohio: E. A. Dunbar, C. W. 

 Hopkins, E. A. Adams, Eoy F. Adams, 

 J. H: Eice, J. L. Smith, Thomas Fricker, 

 C. H. Gallup, B. W. Griswold, Jr., of 

 Ashtabula ; L. A. Whitmore, Buchtel ; J. 



F. Fahrenkamp, Cincinnati; E. J. bus- 

 sing. Canal Winchester; F. E. Chapman, 

 Geneva; M. M. Miesse, Lancaster; J. G. 

 Darrow, Lowellville; C. W. Waid, New 

 Carlisle; J. S. Bush, North Olmstead; 



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