DBCBMBBE 30, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



55 



Vegetable Seeds 



FOR FORCING 



Stokes' Standards are always the Finest Strains 



Tomato, Bonny Beat Karly, the fineBt 

 tomato for forcing known; better tnan the 

 Comet or Lorillard . Seed specially saved for 

 ereenhouse growing. Pkt., 20c; \t oz., 75c; 

 oz..$l 25. 



Radlsb, FrnsBian Globe, ^4 lb, 20c; lb., 



Kadisb, Stokes' Scarlet Globe, ^4 lb., 

 20c; 1 lb. 60c. 



Lettace, Grand Rapida Forcing, oz., 

 lOc; ^ lb.. 35c; lb., $1.26. 



Lettnce, Stokes' Big Boston, oz., 10c; 

 14 lb.. 35c; ft)., $1.25. 



Add postage, 8c per lb., if wanted by mall. 



Let me estimate on your spring; requirements 

 for vegetable seeds. 



See our offer on "Forcing Gladiolus, '' page 

 74, Dec. 16 issue of the Florists' Review. 



Stokes' Seed Slore 



219 Market St., FHILADIXPHIA, PA. 



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Vegetable Fordiig. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



CHICAGO, Dec. 28.— Cucumbers, 75c to $1.50 

 <loz. ; lettuce, 35c to 40c box; radishes, 10c to 

 'A)c doz. bunches; mushrooms, 50c to 60c lb. 



BOSTON, Dec. 27.— Lettuce, 40c to 65c box; 

 cucumbers, $4 to $8 box; tomatoes, 15c to 25c 

 lb.; parsley, $1 to $1.25 box; radishes, $1.25 

 box. 



NEW YORK, Dec. 27.— Mushrooms In fair 

 supply, but demand active and prices slightly 

 higher. Cucumbers firm for fancy, but lower 

 grades dull. No important receipts of lettuce. 

 Mint held steady. Radishes selling slowly. 

 Tomatoes steady. Cucumbers, 75c to $1.25 doz.; 

 lettuce, 50c to $1 strap; mint, 35c to 50c doz. 

 bunches; mushrooms, 20c to 60c lb.; radishes, 

 .ft. 50 to $2 hundred bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 

 :!2c lb. 



EARLY CABBAGE PLANTS. 



Can Early Wakefield cabbages be 

 grown in 4-inch pots to set out about 

 May 15? What time VFOuld you start 

 the seed to have strong plants from 

 4-inch pots? I am located in New York 

 state. W. B. 



Yes, early cabbages can be started in 

 pots, just the same as tomatoes, and can 

 be grown to nice plants when put in 

 the field, but they are seldom grown in 

 pots. I have known some market gar- 

 deners to grow them in 2-inch pots and 

 have nice little plants for the fields, but 

 4-inch pots would take up entirely too 

 much room for such cheap stuff as cab- 

 bage plants. A cabbage head is worth 

 only about 5 cents when cut from the 

 garden, while you ought to grow some- 

 thing on your benches that would net you 

 more than that at wholesale when taken 

 from 4-inch pots in the spring. Green- 

 house room is too valuable in the spring 

 for 4-inch cabbages, and most growers 

 think 2-inch pot grown ones are too ex- 

 pensive. 



Another point worth mentioning is the 

 time of planting out; you say about 

 May 15. They are better off in the field 

 ^our or five weeks earlier than that. Cab- 

 bage plants stand hard freezing if they 

 are grown cool and are strong and 

 liealthy when put out. Last year I had 

 i'lants out in the field as soon as the frost 

 was out of the ground so we could work 

 't. This was about April 1 and in your 

 '■ititude. The ground froze somewhat 

 •^n many nights afterward, and it was 

 '^iieh a cold April that I thought they 

 ^vere ruined. They did not grow much 

 •'•nd looked more like red cabbages after 

 ^he cold spell was over, but they started 

 ^0 grow and did well as soon as the 



Seeds forthe Market Gardener 



are our specialty. Quality, our first consideration. We have a very large and complete 

 stock of all kinds of seeds and everything In the line of fruit trees, berry buthes, etc. 



Our new 112-page catalogue contains true description and no overdrawn illustrations. 

 Our prices are right quality considered. Market Gardeners are requested to write for our 

 Market Garden Wholesale Catalogue, sent free on request. 



GERMAN NURSERIES & SEED HOUSE .Sf^^lU BEATRICE, NEB. 



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ireli«3J>le 



GROWERS of under glass crops place great 

 confidence in our special strains of 

 Vegetables. A few are offered herewith. 



Lettuce, Frencli Unrivaled— Similar 

 to Big Boston but better. Forms large but- 

 tery heads, oz., '20c; H lb., 60c; lb., $2.10. 

 postpsid. 



Radlsli, Dreer's Selected Caxdinal 

 Globe— The crisp little red radlsb that comes 

 so early. H lb., 2.')c; lb . 85c. postpaid. 



Tomato, Best of All— Strictly a forcing 

 variety. Deep scarlet and very productive, 

 *s oz. 20c; oz., 35c, postpaid. 



All the best standard varieties of vegetablr 

 seeds are offered in our Market Garden- 

 ers' Price List, a copy of which we gladly 

 send to those engaged in growing vegetables 

 for market. 



HENRY A. DREER 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAOX— Wakefield and Sncceiilon, $1.M 



per 1000; S8.60 per 10,000. 

 PAR8LKT-26C per 100; S1.25 per 1000. 

 LETTUCK— Big Boston, Boston Market, Grand 



Rapids, $1.00 per 1000. 



Gash with order. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Ci,'"*;?.-^ 



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weather warmed up a little and came in 

 two weeks ahead of those planted out 

 after the cold wave. 



I think the best way is to plant the 

 seed about the last week in February, and 

 as soon as they are up transplant them 

 into flats and keep them in the green- 

 house for a week or two, until well 

 started; then carry them out into the 

 coldframes. Have plenty of manure 

 around the frames, with an extra supply 

 to cover over the sash with on any ex- 

 tremely cold nights, until they are 

 planted out. H. G. 



EVANSVILLE,IND. 



The Market. 



So far as making deliveries was con- 

 cerned, the weather was extremely bad 

 for the florists, but to people in general 

 the weather was all right, as we had a 

 white Christmas, something that has not 

 happened here for a number of years. 

 The day before Christmas started in with 

 sleet and rain, turning to snow later, with 

 a strong wind blowing. Plants had to be 

 wrapped and this required extra work. 

 However, everyone did a big business. 



Plants were plentiful. Eoses, carna- 

 tions and other cut flowers were scarce, 

 considering the demand, though carna- 

 tions were in better than roses. Beauties 

 brought as high as $12 per dozen and 

 other roses $1.50 to $3. Carnations sold 

 for $1 to $1.50. Eed carnations, being 

 scarce, brought $1.75 to $2. Paper 

 Whites sold at 75 cents per dozen. 



Livingston's Famous Tomatoes 



surpass In all important points. Their 

 superior characteristics are known 

 wherever tomatoes are grown, and their 

 ever increasing popularity obliges us to 

 grow tans of tomato seed every year. 



New Globe-shaped Sorts 



are the best money can buy. Genuine 

 stock sold only under "True Blue" seal. 



Livingston's Globe— Flrft early purple, 

 of finest quality. Pkt.. 10c; oz.,30c; 

 '4 lb., $1.00, postpaid. 



Livingston's Hummer - Early, ball- 

 shaptd. bright red. Borne in fine clus- 

 ters. Pkt., lOc; OS., 30c; ^4 lb., 80c. 



Livingston's Coreless— Large, ball- 

 Shaped main crop. Pkt., 16c; ox., 

 35c; '4 lb., $1.10, postpaid. 



Try ise packet sf all three sorts far 20c 



Comet Tomato is a superior forcing 

 sort producing ball shaped fruits In clus- 

 ters. Grown on our own farms ! Pkt., 

 lOc; oz., 30c; '4 lb., 80c. Postpaid. 



Write to DESK R for booklet " Tomato Facts" 

 and New Caialagnes today ! 



The Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, 0. 



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Variotii Notes. 



The William Blackman Floral Co. was 

 crowded at all times. Their supply of 

 plants was big and the demand good. 

 Eed carnations were scarce, but other 

 carnations were more plentiful. The rose 

 cut was short. Business was fully up to 

 the mark for last year. 



Julius Niednagel & Sons sold out of 

 everything. Plants were fine and sold 

 fast. They had a good cut of carnations. 

 Eoses were not so plentiful. 



Benjamin Kramer did a big business, 

 having but little of anything left. 



J. C. Elsperman reports business as 

 fine. 



Henry Seymour refused lots of orders. 

 Stock was scarce with him. E. L. F. 



Greensbtjrg, Ind. — John L. Dille and 

 William C. Konzleman will locate a flower 

 growing business in this city. 



Eaymond, N. H. — Irvin Folsom reports 

 under date of December 16 that up to 

 that time the weather here was unusually 

 mild and dry, and there were fears of a 

 shortage in the water supply. 



