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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVBUBBB 12, 1908. 



Vegetable Fordflg. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Boston, Nov. 9. — Tomatoes, 12 cents 

 to 15 cents pound; cucumbers, $2 to $7 

 box. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. — Cucumbers, 50 

 cents to $1 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 20 cents 

 to 35 cents case; radishes, 40 cents to 

 50 cents dozen bunches. 



New Yoek, Nov. 9. — Boston cucum- 

 bers, $2.50 to $8 box; Boston lettuce, 50 

 cents to $1 strap; mushrooms, 30 cents 

 to 80 cents pound; tomatoes, 8 cents to 

 15 cents pound. 



CAULIFLOWER WILL NOT HEAD. 



Will some man of experience in this 

 particular line explain why apparently 

 good strains of European cauliflower, 

 purchased from reliable sources in this 

 country, will frequently not head in a 

 satisfactory manner and sometimes will 

 not head at all? The writer believes he 

 knows how to grow and cultivate cauli- 

 flower, but frequently cannot get satis- 

 factory results. Market Gardener. 



The best cauliflower growers often fail 

 to get their plantations to head uni- 

 formly. They know that the head will 

 not be regularly formed unless the 

 growth of the plant proceeds continu- 

 ously, without check from beginning to 

 end. 



Adverse weather conditions are prob- 

 ably the main cause of the heads not 

 forming properly. At Chicago, where 

 there are some very successful cauli- 

 flower growers, the aim seems to be to 

 get the plants set out early enough to 

 get them well along to the heading stage 

 before the hot, dry weather. Cool, moist 

 weather is one of the essential things 

 in the cultivation of cauliflower. It will 

 not head well in the hot summer weather, 

 and a dry spell coming at a critical time 

 will blast the heads, even though they 

 are well along and give excellent 

 promise. 



It requires considerable skUl and fa- 

 vorable weather to make a good crop of 

 spring planted cauliflower. In the fall 

 it requires less skill and it seems much 

 easier then to get a good crop. The 

 same seed is used for both spring and 

 fall planting, and frequently seed that 

 fails to make a good spring planted crop 

 will make an excellent fall planted one. 



In the opinion of the most successful 

 growers, favorable weather does more 

 than anything else to make a good crop 

 of cauliflower. Cultural skill is neces- 

 sary; 80 is good seed, but the weather 

 has most to do with it. 



SOIL STERILIZATION. 



[A paper by B. H. Thorne, of Woostcr, C, 

 read at the meeting of greenhouse vegetable 

 growers In Cleveland, October 31, 1908.] 



In sterilizing soil in the greenhouse 



we have two general classes of diseases 



to contend with. In the first class we 



have bacterial or fungous diseases, such 



as drop and rosette, and in the second 



class insect diseases, such as nematodes. 



There are two efficient methods of ster- 

 ilization. One method is by the use of 

 formaldehyde or formalin, the other by 

 the use of heat, usually in the form of 

 steam. Formalin is useful only in cases 

 of fungous or bacterial diseases, while 

 steam is efficient in all cases. 



A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear lonirer and yield better than from any otber variety of 

 Spawn. TtaiB is proven by facts. Full particulars and information bow to succeed in musbroom 

 raising free. We warrant you, if using our metbod of growing musbrooms, tbat all will go well. 



KIRKEBY&6UN0ESTRUP SEED GO.,4273 Milwaukss An.,GlllGagO 



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VEGETABLE SEEDS 



FOR FORCING 



"Stokea* Standards" ar« always 



tb« ttneat strains. 



Radish, Pmssian Globe, '4 lb., 20c; 1 lb.,60c. 

 Badisb, Stokes' Scarlet Globe, ^ lb.. 20c; 

 ' 1 lb., 60c. 

 Liettace, Grand Rapids Forcing, oz., 10c; 



I4 lb.. 35c: 1 lb.. $1.26. 

 f^ettnce, Stokes' Big Boston, oz., 10c; 



>4lb.,35c; 1 lb.. $1.26. 

 Tomato, Sparks' Earliana, Stokes' 



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



40c; Vlb.. $1.10. 

 Tomato, Jane Pink, packet, 10c; oz., 40c; 



I4 lb., $1.10. 

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



Let me estimate on your spring require- 

 ments for vegetable seeds. 



STOKES' SEED STORE 



219 Market St., PHILADELPHIA 



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Seeds for Forciog 



lilTINGSTON'S TRUE BLUR STRAINS 



Lettuce- Grand Rapida....i4-lb., 36c; lb., $1.25 



Radiab-Flreball Vlb., 16c; lb., .50 



Radiah-Im. Scarlet Globe. 14-lb., 20c; lb., .60 



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



Tomato-L'sGlobe,oz.,35c; ^-Ib., $1.10; lb., 4.00 



Tomato-L's Beauty, oz.,25c; ^-lb..60c; lb., 1.76 



If to be mailed add 8c per lb. for postage. 



LITINGSTON SEED CO., Bsx T04, Columbus, Oliio 



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Sterilization "WHb Formalin. 



In describing the methods of sterili- 

 zation we will bigin with formalin. The 

 soil to be sterilized can be handled best 

 if placed in the beds where it is to re- 

 main, or, in case of old soil, if left in 

 its original beds. The beds are pre- 

 pared the same as for planting, taking 

 care to get the soil as fine as possible, 

 and if any manure or new soil is needed 

 it should be added at this time. If the 

 soil is loose it should be firmed or 

 tramped. 



The bed is then watered enough to 

 bring every particle of soil into a moist 

 condition. As soon as the surplus water 

 has drained off and the surface can be 

 raked without soil sticking to the teeth 

 of the rake, it is ready for treatment. 

 The watering of the soil is to bring bac- 

 teria and fungi into an active state of 

 life, and to moisten the soil enough so 

 that the least amount of mixture will do 

 the work. 



Mixing and Applyinsf. 



The mixture is made of two pounds 

 of forty per cent formalin to fifty gal- 

 lons of water and can be applied with 

 a barrel force pump and hose, or it can 

 be put into the water tanks, when a tank 

 is used, or may be applied with a mixer, 

 to be described shortly. The formalin 

 can be run into the watering system and 

 applied by the usual method of watering. 



In applying the mixture to the soil, 

 the bed is first raked about an inch deep. 

 This raking allows the mixture to settle 

 faster into the soil and prevents its 

 spreading over much surface. The bed 

 is watered as heavily as possible the 

 first time and then gone over from one 



IVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Imitation will 

 produce as much crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



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Vegetable Plants 



CABBAGK— Wakefield and Succession, 25a 

 per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



LETTUCE— Boston Market. Tennis Ball, Grand 

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



FARBLBT-Strong plants. $1.25 per 1000. 



R.VIHCEHT.Jr.&SOIISCO.,™'".!!^" 



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Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



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Substitution of cheaper grades is 

 tbus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 brick, with illustrated book, mailed 



postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



TradeMark. American Spawn Co., St Paul, Minn. 



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COMET TOMATO SEED 



Grawn from true stock. Excellent for forcing. 

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

 111 LINCOLN ST., WALTHAH, BIA8S. 



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to three times more, or until you are 

 absolutely sure the mixture has gone 

 down to the bottom of the soil and, in 

 the case of ground beds, from one to 

 two inches deeper. If the mixture is 

 doing its work properly, fishworms leave 

 their skin behind them as they crawl 

 along and they die in from ten minutes 

 to^nalf an hour. 



The bed is then let stand from four 

 to six days, or until all traces of for- 

 »malin have disappeared and it is dry 

 enough to plant. If planted too soon, 

 the young plants will die. About a gal- 

 lon of mixture is needed to the cubic 

 foot of soil. 



The Formalin Mixer. 



The formalin mixer is made of two or- 

 dinary kitchen range tanks, one above 

 and at one «ide of the other. The up- 

 per one holds the formalin and the 

 lower one is the mixer. The tops of 

 both are connected by a small pipe with 

 a valve in it. This pipe is to equalize 

 the pressure in both tanks by the pass- 

 age of air back and forth. 



The formalin tank has a glass water 

 gauge at the bottom to show when the 



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