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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



May 20, 190». 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Hastings, Mini. — Williniii ('linse ::\nil 

 J. Clyde Wileox, of Irving tuwnsliip, liavo 

 purchased land here, on wliich lliey in- 

 tend to erect at once two hirge green- 

 houses to grow llowers and vegetables 

 for the market. Mr. Chase is a well 

 known fanner. Mr. Wilcox gradnated 

 from 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- 

 shire. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chic.Tgo, Miiy ]8.~-ruLUiiilicis. TiOc to .$1.10 

 doz. ; lettuce, ]'<(■ U> \lth- h<>\; radislie^. l-^^<' 

 to 450 iUz. Imiiclies; niu>liruum;-. 4."ie \'> o'lc 

 lb. 



New York. Muy 17.— Cucuiulier.-. 40c' tn 75o 

 doz.; musliruonis, 2:.c to tJUc lb.: mint. .Ji'e to 

 35c doz. bundles; radislies, T.'ic to jSl.J.'i |ier 

 100 bunches; luniiitees, lilc to I'.c II). 



Boston. May IT. ■I■|lnlilt(>e^, i;oe to J.'»' lb.; 

 cucumbci-s. $i; tci .'<4 bii\; lettuce .$1 to .'fL.'O 

 box; biincb beels. 7.V to .«1..">0 diiz, luinebes; 

 buuch cunuts, .".(ic to 7."c doz. buncbes; inusli- 

 rooms. ffJ.M to $;! basket. 



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plants. Made of heavy Galvanized Wire and will not rust. 



Height complete 34 inches 



Height of bottom Bection 24 inches 



Height of top section 12 inches 



Diameter of circle 14 inches 



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WILTING OF CUCUMBERS. 



1 have a line house of cucumbers. 

 They look healthy and are full of small 

 cucumbers, but once in a while a plant 

 wilts when the temi)erature 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 00 ilegrees at 

 night, have the roof shaded and give lots 

 of air. I have to si)ray them several 

 times a day to keep them from wilting 

 worse. Is there tmything 1 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. II. 



There are many causes loi- cucumbers 

 wilting and it is hard to say Just what 

 causes the wilt in this particular case. 

 The temperature is not too hot ; 0.') ile- 

 grees ill night would be lu'tter tiian 00 

 degrees. iSliade is not necessary exce])t 

 iu tiie hottest wealher and Iheu it should 

 not be heavy. Full grown i)lauts require 

 heavy watering once every day and sonu'- 



Vegetable Plants 



BKICTS- Crosby, Egyptian and Eclipse, $1.25 

 per 1000. 



CABBAGE— Field-grown, all leading varie- 

 ties, $1.00 per 1000; 10,000 and over, 8,'Sc per 1000. 



CKLKRY-White Plume, Golden Self Blanch- 

 ing and Giant Pascal, $1.25 per 1000. ^ 



KG6 PLANT-N. Y. Improved ai^ Hlack 

 Beauty, $3.(K) per 1000. 



LKTTUCK— Big Boston, Boston Market, Ten- 

 nis Ball and Grand Kapids^, $1.00 per 1000. 



PKPPKRS-Kuby King, Bull Nose. Sweet 

 Mountain and Neapolitan, $3.00 per 1000. 

 Chinese Giant and Cayenne, 50c per 100. 

 Cash with order. 



R. Vincent, Jr.,& Sons Co ,''''"sr'"" 



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times twice a day. The soil nuist be 

 kept moist, or they will wilt. Sometimes 

 it looks wet on toj) and is dry fiirther 

 down. There is a disease called "bac- 

 terial wilt disease of cucumbers," but 

 it is rare ami no remedy has been found 

 for it, other than to cletai out thoroughly 

 iind stiirt over again. Insects at the 

 roots or mtiin stalk, just below the soil, 

 are the common causes of cucumbers wilt- 

 ing, and it is often the ca'se that the 

 grower thinks it a disease and never finds 

 out differently. 



J. II. might look u[) the articde on 

 "^Manure Gnats," on page 40 of the 

 Review of May 0. 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 be(>tle lays eggs at the base 

 of the plant. The young worms hatch- 

 ing out of these are the cause of the 



THE cost of labor saved 

 in six months will buy 

 and install a Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Greenhouse Irri- 

 gation. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



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



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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 

 thi^ plant. ' H. G. 



GARDENING AT IRONDEQUOIT. 



Intensive, extensive, and expensive are 

 wdids which convey to (uie netirly the 

 entire thought in connection with the 

 forcing of fancy vegetables by the gar- 

 deners at Irondequoit. N. Y. This town 

 occu])ies a uni(|ue and ct)mpar!itively en- 

 viable itositiou among localities where 

 fruits, iiowers ami vegetables of various 

 kinds are grown in abundance. It is 

 known, not iilone for the great quantities 

 that are produced, but for stock of 

 superior excellence in appearance and 

 (juality. To give an idea of one im- 

 mense farm is difficult. There are a 

 number of large growers here. Their 

 places ;ire not extensive as to acres, but 

 extensive tis to yield, intensive in science, 

 and exjiensive 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 

 jtlot is ten acres. To build up :i garden 

 farm like the itverage in Iroiidequuit 

 \voiild re(|uire an investment of lUMirly 

 $L'0,O0n. 'I'lio ten acres of land wouhl 

 cost $10,1111(1; three good greenhouses, 

 $5,000;' :t good house, $4,000. and other 

 e((iiiimient. $1,<"I00. Some such establish- 

 ments have been erected, and by careful 

 jilanning tli(> garden(>r has discovered it 

 to his advantage to erect more green- 

 houses, until now some have ten or 

 twelve hotises and have built tenant 

 houses for the help, which sometinu's 

 number ten. II. R. P. 



One insertion of the advertisement 

 Itrought me all the orders I need. — Geo. 

 S. Woodruff, Independence, la. 



