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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 20, 1009. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Hastings, Mich. — William Chase and 

 J, Clyde Wilcox, of Irving township, have 

 purchased land here, oij which they in- 

 tend to erect at once two large green- 

 houses to grow flowers and vegetables 

 for the market. Mr. Chase is a well 

 k&own farmer. Mr. Wilcox graduated 

 ftom the State Agricultural College in 

 1907, and since that time has been as- 

 sistant professor of horticulture in the 

 State Agricultural College of New Hamp- 

 sl^re. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Cblcago, May 18.— Cucumbers, 50c to fl.lO 

 do^.; lettuce, 15c to 20c box; radishes, 12 %c 

 to 4Sic dOE. bunches; mushrooms, 45c to 55c 

 lb. 



New York, May 17. — Cucumbers, 40c to 75c 

 dM.; mushrooms, 25c to COc lb.; mint, 30c to 

 88c doi. bunches; radishes, 75c to |1.25 per 

 lOO bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 15c lb. 



Boston, May 17.— Tomatoes, 20c to 25c lb.; 

 encumbers, $2 to $4 box; lettuce, $1 to $1.50 

 box; bunch beets, 75e to $1.50 doz. bunches; 

 bunch carrots, 50e to 75c doz. bunches; mush- 

 rooms, $2.50 to $3 basket. 



WILTING OF CUCUMBERS. 



I have a fine house of cucumbers. 

 They look healthy and are full of small 

 cucumbers, but once in a while a plant 

 wilts when the temperature gets to about 

 80 degrees; not the whole plant at once, 

 but from one to three leaves in a day. 

 I keep the house at about 60 degrees at 

 night, have the roof shaded and give Jots 

 of air. I have to spray them several 

 times a day to keep them from wilting 

 worse. Is there anything I can do to 

 stop it? The beds are on the ground 

 and the soil is nearly all new. The leaves 

 are of extra large size. J. H. 



There are many causes for cucumbers 

 wilting and it is hard to say just what 

 causes the wilt in this particular case. 

 The temperature is not too hot; 65 de- 

 grees at night would be better than 60 

 degrees. Shade is not necessary except 

 in the hottest weather and then it should 

 not be heavy. Full grown plants require 

 heavy watering once every day and some- 



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Vegetable Plants 



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times twice a day. The soil must be 

 kept moist, or they will wilt. Sometimes 

 it looks wet on top and is dry farther 

 down. There is a disease called "bac- 

 terial wilt disease of cucumbers," but 

 it is rare and no remedy has been found 

 for it, other than to clean out thoroughly 

 and start over again. Insects at the 

 roots or main stalk, just below the soil, 

 are the common causes of cucumbers wilt- 

 ing, and it is often the calSe that the 

 grower thinks it a disease and never finds 

 out differently. 



J. H. might look up the article on 

 "Manure Gnats," on page 46 of the 

 Keview of May 6. I think it highly 

 probable that it is either the sciara there 

 referred to, or else the striped cucumber 

 beetle which is causing his plants to wilt. 

 The striped beetle lays eggs at the base 

 of the plant. The young worms hatch- 

 ing out of these are the cause of the 



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One of the Dell Titus Vegetable Houses, Irondequoit^ N. Y. 



THE cost of labor saved 

 in six months will buy 

 and install a Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Greenhouse Irri- 

 gation. 



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wilting. They eat into the main root 

 and can be found in there by splitting 

 the root of an affected plant. The plants 

 wither for a few days and finally die. 

 Tobacco dust will help to keep the old 

 bugs from laying eggs at the base' of 

 the plant. H. G. 



GARDENING AT IRONDEQUOIT. 



Intensive, extensive, and expensive are 

 words which convey to one nearly the 

 entire thought in connection with the 

 forcing of fancy vegetables by the gar- 

 deners at Irondequoit, N. Y. This town 

 occupies a unique and comparatively en- 

 viable position among localities where 

 fruits, flowers and vegetables of various 

 kinds are grown in abundance. It is 

 known, not alone for the great quantities 

 that are produced, but for stock of 

 superior excellence in appearance and 

 quality. To give an idea of one im- 

 mense farm is difficult. There are a 

 number of large growers here. Their 

 places are not extensive as to acres, but 

 extensive as to yield, intensive in science, 

 and expensive in maintaining, yet return 

 good profits. Some growers make a 

 business of growing mixed crops, while 

 others specialize with one. 



In the early days of gardening in this 

 town, land could be purchased for $50 to 

 $100 per acre, but at the present time 

 one is fortunate to find a piece of land 

 for $1,000 per acre. There is none to 

 sell. The average size of a gardener's 

 plot is ten acres. To build up a garden 

 farm like the average in Irondequoit 

 would require an investment of nearly 

 $20,000. The ten acres of land would 

 cost $10,000; three good greenhouses, 

 $5,000;' a good house, $4,000, and other 

 equipment, $1,000. Some such establish- 

 ments have been erected, and by careful 

 planning the gardener has discovered it 

 to his advantage to erect more green- 

 houses, until now some have ten or 

 twelve houses and have built tenant 

 houses for the help, which sometimes 

 number ten. H. R. P. 



One insertion of the advertisement 

 brought me all the orders I need. — Geo. 

 S. WooDEUFP, Independence, la. 



