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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOTOMBBB 25, 1009. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



RHUBARB AND ASPARAGUS. 



Will someone kindly tell us how to 

 force rhubarb and asparagus, and what 

 kinds to uset J. W. E. 



Both rhubarb and asparagus force in 

 about the same manner and in the same 

 temperature. 



Palmetto is undoubtedly the most pop- 

 ular and satisfactory variety of aspara- 

 gus. As to rhubarb, there is some dif- 

 ference of opinion. Burbanic's Linnaeus 

 or Giant Victoria will be found satis- 

 factory. 



Strong, healthy clumps, not less than 

 three years old, should be secured. The 

 stronger and healthier they are in the 

 field, the better they will force. They 

 require little light and one bed can be 

 grown above another, in the same way 

 as mushrooms. 



The beds should be about a foot deep 

 and the clumps packed in close together, 

 filling in between them with soil, having 

 about two inches in the bottom before 

 starting and putting more on top to 

 entirely cover the crowns after placing 

 them. Soak well and add more soil, 

 where it settles enough to require it, to 

 smooth up the beds. A temperature of 

 50 degrees is high enough to start with, 

 but may be raised to 60 and 70 degrees 

 after growth is started. Considerable 

 water is required to keep the soil always 

 moist. 



A batch of plants does not yield very 

 long and is worthless when taken out. 

 More plants may be dug and stored in a 

 cold shed, to be had any time when 

 needed to replant the beds all winter. 

 It is best not to dig them until cold 

 weather and leave some soil on the roots. 



H. G. 



WHITE FLY ON CUCUMBERS. 



My house of cucumbers and tomatoes, 

 just bearing fruit, is infested with a 

 little white fly and the young ones can 

 be seen on the cucumber leaves, I have 

 fumigated with punk and sprayed the 

 leaves with Fir Tree oil, but without re- 

 sult. There are hundreds of them. What 

 would you advise me to do to clean them 

 out! J. E. P. 



The insect is no other than the com- 

 mon white fly. This insect is now a pest 

 in greehouses all over the country and 

 can be found on weeds, etc., outside in 

 summer. Fumigating with the tobacco 

 product will not affect them in the 

 least and spraying will be found entirely 

 unsatisfactory. There is only one way 

 to get rid of them positively, and that 

 is to fumigate with hydrocyanic acid gas. 

 Although they are easily killed by this 

 method, no other has been found to be 

 at all effective. The complete directions 

 for using this gas have been published 

 frequently in the Eeview, but many grow- 

 ers, especially beginners, have not had 

 occasion to use it, and are, consequently, 

 not informed on the subject. 



You will need some half -gallon stone 

 jars, four or five of them for each 100 

 feet of house. You will also need sul- 

 phuric acid and some cyanide of potash, 

 ninety-eight per cent pure. A house about 

 twenty-five feet wide, with gutters seven 

 feet high, will require four jars per 

 100 feet of length. In each jar is 

 placed a pint of water and a little less 



No Grower of Vegetables under class can 

 afford to do without the Wittbold systen 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 system is equally valuable out- 

 doors, and for many other crops besides 

 vegetables— wherever you need wuter. 



Send for our booklet— with testimon- 

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



E. H. HUNT 



Exclaslve Sales Agent 

 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO 



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Vegetable Seeds 



FOR FORCING 



STOKES' STANDARDS are always the Finest Strains 



Tomato, Bonny Best Early, the flnest to- 

 mato for forcing known; better than the Comet'' 

 or Lorillard. Seed specially saved for green- 

 house Krowing. Pkt.. 20c; ^ oz., 75c; oz., $1.25. 



Radish, Prussian Globe, ^4 lb., 20c; lb., 60c. 



Radish, Stokes' Scarlet Globe, H lb., 20c; 

 lib., 60c. 



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

 H lb., 85c; lb., $1.25. 



Lettuce, Stokes* BIb Boston, oz., 10c; 

 H lb.. S5c; lb., $1.25. 



Add poBtase, 8c per lb., if wanted by mail. 



Let me estimate on your ipringr requirements 



for vegetable seeds. 



Stokes' Seed Store 



219 Market St., PHIUDEIPHIA, PA. 



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Finest strain of Long Island grown 



Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage 



and other high grade seeds for Market 

 Gardeners and Florists. Send for prices. 



J. M. THORDURN St CO. 



8S Barclay Street, throash to 

 S8 Park Place, MBW YORK. 



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than a pint of acid. These are fixed up 

 a half hour before fumigating. Then 

 all that is necessary to do is to drop in 

 a package containing one and one-half 

 to two ounces of the cyanide, for light 

 or heavy fumigating. The packages 

 should be wrapped in double papers or 

 little sacks, and the whole package 

 dropped in without unwrapping it. Start 

 at the far end of the house and drop one 

 carefully, walking quickly to the next 

 jar, and so on. When you get to the 

 end of the house, get out quickly and 

 lock the house to keep everyone out until 

 morning. 



The acid will soon eat through the 

 papers and decompose the cyanide, mak- 

 ing a poisonous gas. The cyanide itself 



Rosy Gem Radish 



(also called "Rapid Forcing"), is a great 

 favorite in many markets. It's a very 

 pretty sort and a "tasty" one besides. 

 This makes it sell very readily and the 

 other good qualities keep it in demand. 



Our Superior Strain 



of this variety is of highest vitality, pro- 

 duces typical roots of uniform beauty, 

 which bring fancy prices everywhere. 

 Plant our strain of Ro»y Gem Radish for 

 quick and profitable returns from your 

 benches. Oz., 5c; H lb., 15c; lb., 

 50c, postpaid. 



Fireball or Non Plus Ultra, rich, 

 solid scarlet. Oz;, 5c; k lb., 15c; lb., 45c. 

 Postpaid. 



You could not buy any better seed at 

 any cost and you would not get as good 

 results from many higher piiced stocks 

 on the market. Watch this space for 

 further "True Blue" news. For prompt 

 attention address orders to 

 Desk R. 



The Living:ston Seed Co. 

 Columbus, Ohio 



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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 Co. 



TROY, O. 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGS— Wakefield and Sncceision, ll.M 



per 1000; $8.60 per 10,000. 

 PAR8LXT-26C per 100; 11.25 per 1000. 

 LKTTUCK— Big Boston, Boston Market, Grand 



Rapidi, $1.00 per 1000. 



Oaah with order. 



R.VIncenUr.,&SonsCi,'~*;j.'^ 



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is the deadliest of poisons and must be 

 handled with the greatest care. The fo- 

 liage must be dry when using it. Do not 

 use it when the house is wet, or it will 

 injure the plants. H. Q. 



Hartford, Conn. — The greenhouses of 

 J. Albert Brodrib, on "Windsor avenue, 

 were recently damaged by fire. 



