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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 8, 1909. 



Vegetable Forciflg. 



BLACK ROr OF TOMATOES. 



We have a large house of tomatoes 

 which are badly affected with black spot. 

 The fruit does not seem to have grown 

 at all for the last five weeks. 

 Just before changing color the fruit 

 begins to spot. It is a dry house 

 and we never wet the foliage, but 

 the rain comes in a little and it 

 rained more or less about twenty-four 

 days in June. The disease seemed to 

 start directly after we used fertilizer 

 for them. No mulch has been used, and 

 the ventilators and doors are never 

 closed. D. A. & S. 



Judging from your letter, I believe 

 it is black or dry rot, or blossom end 

 rot, as it is usually called, that is caus- 

 ing the trouble. The plants have not 

 had enough water at the roots, or they 

 would not be so badly affected. Give 

 them a good watering and follow it up 

 soon afterward with another, so as to 

 make sure they are wet clear down to the 

 bottom of the benches. They will soon 

 quit rotting if you keep them watered 

 enough. On raised benches, in this hot 

 weather and with the soil full of roots, 

 one watering a day is not enough. Make 

 it your business to see that they are wet 

 enough well down into the soil and, if 

 necessary, water twice a day. It is not 

 advisable to wet the foliage unneces- 

 sarily, but it will not hurt them at this 

 time of year, as they dry off quickly 

 when the ventilators are open. 



Blogsom end rot was formerly thought 



against the black spot or blossom end 

 rot. 



Pick all affected fruit and clear up 

 the house. For fertilizer to mulch with, 

 use only well rotted manure. Never use 

 fresh manure on tomato plants that are 

 bearing. I prefer a fertilizer made of 

 two parts of bone meal and one part of 

 muriate of potash, dusted over the soil 

 occasionally. H. G. 



ASPARAGUS BEETLE. 



Please give remedy for the asparagus 

 beetle. J. M. 



The simplest remedy for the asparagus 

 beetle, which made its appearance here 

 a few days ago, is spraying with arse- 

 nate of lead at the rate of five pounds 

 to fifty gallons of water. Keep the 

 water thoroughly stirred while apply- 

 ing, as the lead will otherwise soon settle 

 at the bottom. If you have a sprayer 

 with an agitator at the bottom of the 

 barrel, you will be all right. Use a 

 Vermorel or Bordeaux nozzle when ap- 

 plying the poison. 



Paris green at the rate of one pound 

 to 200 gallons of water will also kill 

 the beetle. This is a somewhat quicker 

 working poison, but does not stick to the 

 foliage like arsenate of lead, a heavy 

 shower of rain washing it away entirely. 

 There is no fear of burning the foliage 

 with arsenate of lead. W. N. C. 



THE TITUS GREENHOUSES. 



One of the largest crops grown by the 

 gardeners at Irondequoit, N. Y., is cu- 

 cumbers; that is, of crops under glass. 

 It is said in Irondequoit that a million 



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to be a fungous disease, but has now 

 been found to be a bacterial disease and 

 no spraying will affect it in the least. 

 It is true that fungus (mold) often is 

 found growing on the rotten spots, but 

 only because these rotten spots make a 

 suitable place for that kind of fungus 

 to grow. If a tomato plant is properly 

 supplied v.ith water, it can protect itself 



"cukes" are shipped annually. In the 

 winter they sometimes bring as much as 

 $3 a dozen, but the principal income is, 

 of course, in the spring, when crops are 

 heavy if prices are light. Most of the 

 growers here take much care in sorting 

 and packing, aiming to have every fruit 

 in the box equally good. The best grades 

 are wrapped singly in waxed paper, the 



No Grower of Vegetables under glass can 

 afford to do without the Witlbold system of 



Watering 



—because with it a boy can do as much 

 as two men can do in a whole day with 

 the hose— and do it better. 



The syptpm is equally valuable out- 

 doors, and for many other crops besides 

 vegetables— wherever you need water. 



Send for our booMlet— with testimon- 

 ials-read and you'll send in your order. 



E. H. HUNT 



Exduaive Sales Agrent 

 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO 



Mention The Review when you write 



With the Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Irrigation ONE 

 MAN can do the work 



of FORTY MEN 

 watering: with a hose. 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



TROY, O. 



Vegetable Plants 



PAR8U:T-$1 25 per 1000. 



CABBAGE— Field-grown, all leading varie- 

 ties, 91.00 per 1000: lO.COO and over, 85c per 1000. 



CKLKRT- White Plume, Golden Self Blanch- 

 ing and Giant Pascal, SI 00 per 1000. 



■GG PLANT-N. Y. Improved and Black 

 Beauty, $3.00 per 10(0. 



LVmrCK-Blg Boston, Boston Market, Ten- 

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



PKPPXRS-Ruby King, Bull Nose. Sweet 

 Mountain and Neapolitan, 92 00 per 1000. 

 Chinese Giant and Oayenne, 50c per 100. 



Cash with order. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co i^^^sgr"' 



name of the grower usually being printed 

 on the wrapper. 



The aceompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a kodak picture taken in 

 one of the houses of Del Titus, who is 

 one of the best known and most success- 

 ful of the Irondequoit growers. He has 

 twelve greenhouses, each 30x235. Be- 

 sides cucumbers, his crops are Boston 

 head lettuce, radishes, cress, mint, beets, 

 tomatoes and parsley. All his houses are 

 equipped with C. W. Skinner's system of 

 watering. His stock all goes to Eoches- 

 ter, to hotels, stores and commission 

 houses, the latter reshipping to New 

 York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Buf- 

 falo. 



All the Irondequoit growers of vege- 

 tables under glass have had a prosperous 

 season, with fair crops and good prices, 

 and most of them will make improve- 

 ments to their establishments this sum- 

 mer. H. R. P. 



We were pleased to receive some good 

 orders the first week our advertisement 

 appeared in the Review. — W. G. MouL- 

 TON & Son, York Village, Maine. 



