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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JCNB 10, 1909. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., 

 ornamental plants. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Eochester, orna- 

 mental shrubs. 



William Cooper & Nephews, spraying 

 fluids. 



EVERBEARING STRAWBERRffiS. 



It may interest readers of the Review 

 to know that several varieties of reliable 

 everbearing strawberries have been orig- 

 inated, and will be put into the hands of 

 nurserymen next spring, with a view to 

 their introduction in 1911. I had three 

 varieties here last year, and they fruited 

 continuously from June until freezing 

 weather, and that without watering, 

 mulching or shading. Even the young 

 runners, in many cases, bloomed before 

 they sent out roots. 



H. Eockhill, of Conrad, la., is the orig- 

 inator of these new varieties, and owns 

 every plant in existence. He has worked 

 twelve years to produce them. This spring 

 he sent nearly 3,000 plants, comprising 

 several varieties, to the M. Crawford Co. 

 for propagation. M. Crawford. 



JUNE CROP REPORT. 



Bountiful crops of the leading cereals 

 are promised this year, if the conditions 

 reported by the bureau of statistics at 

 Washington in the regular June crop 

 summary, issued June 8, are maintained 

 until harvest. The only bullish showing 

 was in regard to winter wheat, in which 

 there has been a lowering of conditions 

 since May, the reports on spring wheat, 

 oats, rye and barley giving promise of 

 larger yields than a year ago. 



The June report indicates a crop of 

 approximately 389,000,000 bushels of 

 winter wheat, as compared with a promise 

 of 403,000,000 bushels a month ago, and 

 a final yield last year of 438,000,000 

 bushels. 



A spring wheat crop of 301,000,000 

 bushels is indicated by the June figures, 

 compared to an indicated yield last June 

 of 286,000,000 bushels and a final crop 

 of 226,000,000 bushels. The heavy in- 

 dicated yield of spring wheat brings the 

 total wheat yield estimated up to 691,- 

 000,000 bushels, compared to a final har- 

 vest in 1908 of 664,000,000 bushels. The 

 area sown to spring wheat was estimated 

 at 18,391,000 acres, or 1,183,000 acres 

 more than a year ago. The condition 

 was estimated at 95.2, compared to 95 a 

 year ago and 92.6, the June 1 average 

 for ten years. 



The condition of oats, which was re- 

 ported at 88.7, was not so high as had 

 been looked for, comparing with 92.9 a 

 year ago. The oats acreage was esti- 

 mated at 32,422,000 acres, or 78,000 acres 

 more than the revised area last year, and 

 the suggested crop is 1,036,000,000 bush- 

 els, compared to an indicated yield last 

 June of 1,058,000,000 bushels. The final 

 yield in 1908 was 807,000,000 bushels, 

 the crop suffering severe damage between 

 June 1 and harvest time. 



The area sown to barley was estimated 

 at 6,881,000 acres, or 3.5 per cent more 

 than a year ago. Nearly all of the lead- 

 ing barley raising states, especially those 

 in the northwest, showed substantial in- 

 creases in acreage. The condition was 

 placed at 90.6, compared to 89.7 a year 

 ago and 90.6, the ten year average for 

 June 1, and indicating a crop of 198,- 

 860,000 bushels, or about 32,000,000 

 bushels more than a year ago. 



A rye crop of 30,960,000 bushels is 



estimated, compared to a final yield last 

 year of 31,851,000 bushels. The condi- 

 tion was estimated at 89.6, compared to 

 91.8 a year ago. The condition of meadow 

 hay was placed at 87.6, compared to 96.8 

 a year ago. The general average of pas- 

 tures was estimated at 89.3, compared to 

 80.1 on May 1 and 97.7 a year ago. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Paul Swanson, the Chicago mushroom 

 grower and spawn manufacturer, leaves 

 next week for a visit to his mother in 

 Sweden. He will call on the principal 

 spawn makers in England on his way 

 back. Mr. Swanson will be accompanied 

 by his family. 



Norfolk, Va. — Hail, accompanying the 

 severe storm which swept southeastern 

 Virginia late Saturday, June 5, seriously 

 damaged growing crops in many sections. 

 In Princess Anne county the largest 

 truck growers suffered almost complete 

 loss, with all corn, tomatoes, watermel- 

 ons, cantaloupes and grapes cut off. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



New York, June 7. — Cucumbers, $1 to $3 

 box; mushrooms, 10c to 60c lb.; tomatoes, 

 10c to 15c lb. 



Chicago, June 8. — Cucumbers, 40c to 50c doz. ; 

 lettuce, 5c to 10c box; radishes, 50c to $1 

 per 100 bunches; mushrooms, 35c to 45c lb. 



Boston, June 7. — Cucumbers, $1.50 to $3 box; 

 tomatoes, 20c to 25c lb. ; mushrooms, $2.50 to 

 $3.50 4-lb. box; parsley, $1 to $1.25 box; bunch 

 beets, $1 to $1.50 doz.; bunch carrots, 75c to-^l 

 doz. ; bunch turnips, 75c to $1 doz. 



MULCHING STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



Please tell me whether sphagnum moss 

 would be good to mulch strawberries 

 with. Any information on this subject 

 will be thankfully received. L. D. P. 



I never heard of using sphagnum moss 

 for mulching strawberry plants, but I am 

 afraid that it would hold the moisture 

 too long after a rain and let the berries 

 get wet in the mulch, while straw drains 

 quickly, and the berries have a dry, clean 

 mat to lie on. I cannot see where 

 sphagnum would have any advantage over 

 the straw for a mulch. It would also be 

 more expensive. H. G. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



R. W. Allen, of Hudson, N. Y., reports 

 the heaviest business within his recollec- 

 tion. Everything went at Memorial day. 

 At the time of my visit he was decorat- 

 ing the Clark lot at the cemetery with 

 such uncommon plants as crotons, Pan- 

 danus Veitchii and the like. He thinks of 

 growing a house of cattleyas, having 

 many calls for the blooms. 



Adam Laub's Son is the title of the 

 new firm that succeeds A. Laub & Sons, 

 at Wappingers Falls, N. Y., and it is 

 safe to say that the excellent reputation 

 made by the old firm in the past will be 

 maintained in the future. A new 

 Kroeschell boUer has been installed. 



That Decoration day at Newburgh, N, 

 Y., broke all records is the opinion of R. 

 Harry Cathcart, Jr., of the Yuess Gar- 

 dens Co. Both cut flowers and plants 

 never sold better. 



The Schaefer Co., at Newburgh, did a 

 big business in Memorial wreaths. 



The Newburgh Floral Co. made heavy 



Vegetable Plants 



BESTS— OroBby, Egyptian and Eclipse, $1.-J5 

 per 1000. 



CABBAGC— Field-grown, all leading varit 

 ties, $1.00 per 1000; 10,000 and over, 85c per 1000. 



CKLKRT— White Plume, Golden Self Blanch 

 ing and Giant Pascal, $1.25 per 1000. 



KGG PLANT-N. Y. Improved and Blacl; 

 Beauty, $3.00 per 1000. 



LBTTUCK-Big Boston, Boston Market, Ten 

 nis Ball and Grand Rapids, $1 00 per 1000. 



PKPPKR8-Ruby King, Bull Nose. Sweet 

 Mountain and Neapolitan. $2 00 per 100<.> 

 Chinese Giant and Cayenne, 50c per 100. 

 Cash with order. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co p'*"*^?.""' 



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With the Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Irrigation ONE 

 MAN can do the work 



of FORTY MEN 

 watering with a hose. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY. O. 



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10,0(10 Tomato Plants 



All transplanted in flats. 



Dwarf Cluunplon $8.00 per 1000 



June Pink 6.00 



KarlleatotAU 5.00 



Satisfaction guaranteed Cash with order 



Peter Schrozsynski 



810 Harding Ave. CHICAGO, ILL 



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shipments of carnations, and could have 

 quadrupled the number had old Sol been 

 more accommodating about that time. 



The Saltford Flower Shop, at Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., has some fine orders to 

 fill for the sweet girl graduates at the 

 famous Vassar College and at Bennett 

 School. 



The Chatham Floral Co., at Chatham, 

 N. Y., is going heavier into carnations 

 and lighter on violets, although the art of 

 growing the latter is not a lost one with 

 them, by any means. They are simply 

 meeting the demand. 



A. J. Schmutz, of North Adams, Mass., 

 believes in specializing. This year he 

 had a fine lot of geraniums and fuchsias 

 grown as standards. They sold well at 

 good prices. He intends adding lantanas 

 and heliotropes, as these are easily 

 trained. 



A. C. Holton, of Bennington, Vt., re- 

 ports a good season. He has plans made 

 to make a considerable addition to his 

 plant this summer. 



Alex. Elmslie & Co., of Barre, Vt., are 

 adding one house, 20x100 feet, of Lord & 

 Burnham construction. Plants of all 

 kinds sold well. 



E. Bannigan has purchased the Mont- 

 pelier Greenhouses, at Montpelier, Vt., 

 and assumes all responsibility after July 

 1. Mr. Bannigan has been connected 

 with the establishment for some years as 

 grower. 



H. W. Field, of Northampton, Mass., 



