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Januabt 20, 1910. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEOETABLE MARKETS. 



CHICAGO, Jan. 18.— Cucumbers, 75c to $1.25 

 doz.; lettuce, 27V^c box; ladlstaeB, 15c to 

 30c doz. bunches. 



BOSTON, Jan. 17.— Tomatoes, 15c to 25c lb.; 

 cucumbers, $4.50 to $8.50 box; lettuce, 50c to 

 75c box; parsley, $2 to $2.25 box; mint, 50c 

 to 60c doz. bunches; radishes, $1.50 box. 



NEW YORK, Jan. 17.— The few mushrooms 

 received worked out at about former rates. 

 Cucumbers quite plentiful, but largely of ordi- 

 nary quality. Fancy heavy lettuce would Ex- 

 ceed quotations if here. Mint steady. Radishes 

 firm. Rhubarb dull. Tomatoes in light supply 

 and steady. Cucumbers, 75c to $1 doz. ; lettuce, 

 75c to $1 strap; mint, 40c to 60c doz. bunches; 

 mushrooms, 20c to 40c lb.; radishes, $2 to $3 

 hundred bunches; rhubarb, 75c doz. bunches; 

 tomatoes, 10c to 20c lb. 



VORMS IN VEGETABLE HOUSES. 



I am sending you some samples of 

 small worms that are infesting the soil of 

 a bouse used for growing vegetables. Can 

 you have them examined and named?' 

 Also state if they eat the roots of cucum- 

 bers, lettuce, tomatoes, etc., and give a 

 remedy. S. C. 



The pest is one which I am not famil- 

 iar with, but I do not believe it is of a 

 kind that feeds on the roots of these 

 crops. 



S. C. does not state whether the soil 

 has been in the house a long or short 

 time. I suspect that it has been used 

 several years and I would advise chang- 

 ing it next summer surely, for some nice, 

 clean, fresh soil from a rich, new field. 

 In such soil crops seldom have insect ene- 

 mies or diseases during the first season. 



I would also suggest that you send a 

 sample of these worms to the Bureau of 

 Entomology of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 They can, no doubt, identify the worms 

 and tell you all about their habits, etc., 

 and they will do it willingly. H. G. 



TRANSPLANTING ONIONS. 



Will you kindly advise me regarding 

 the growing of the large varieties of 

 onions? I am located in Michigan and 

 have neither greenhouse nor hotbed to 

 start them in, and would like to know 

 whether sowing the seed in coldframes, 

 say about March 15, would enable me to 

 produce the large onions secured by the 

 transplanting process. Could I start them 

 later than this date? Would Prizetaker 

 be the best variety to grow, or is Ailsa 

 Craig better for the purpose? 



I want to thank you for the informa- 

 tion you have given during the last few 

 months. You have helped me a great 

 deal. W. H. G. 



You can start your plants in coldframes 

 quite satisfactorily. In fact, many pre- 

 fer a coldframe to a hotbed for onion 

 plants, claiming that they stand the trans- 

 planting better. I prefer a mild hotbed, 

 so they can be kept growing nicely and 

 so I can keep the ground warm and still 

 have the sash partly off most of the time, 

 to harden them to fresh air. 



If you grow them in coldframes you 

 should take extra precaution in other 

 ways to help make up for the absence of 

 bottom heat. Your frames should not be 

 full of cracks and knot holes. Repair 

 them first and have tight, well fitting 

 sashes. There will be nights when it will 

 be* necessary to cover the glass with mats 

 or strawy manure, to keep from freezing 

 inside. If you are fortunate enough to 



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have some Sunlight Double Glass Sashes, 

 you can save this trouble. These double 

 glazed sashes have two layers of glass, 

 about two inches apart, and are fine in- 

 deed and becoming very popular. If you 

 use the common sashes, have a pile of 

 strawy manure handy, which you can 

 throw over the glass easily when thought 

 advisable, removing it early next morn- 

 ing. 



The soil should be nicely prepared, fine, 

 soft and fresh. Plant the seed thickly, in 

 rows about four inches apart. Keep the 

 seed and young plants just moist — not 

 too wet — and ventilate every day, cover- 

 ing again early in the afternoon. 



Prizetaker is the old standby. Some 

 prefer Ailsa Craig, but in some localities 

 the Prizetaker is still doing the best. 

 Suppose you try both kinds. March 15 is 

 early enough and April would not be too 

 late in your latitude. 



My frames are portable and are used 

 for either coldframes or hotbeds, as de- 

 sired. They are made of two boards, set 

 on edge, fifteen feet long and six feet 

 apart. The two end boards and two 

 braces hold the frame. These frames are 

 the right size for five sashes, each 3x6 

 feet. The north board is twelve inches 

 and the south one ten inches high. We 

 set these anywhere, and when we want a 

 hotbed we make a pile of manure larger 

 than the frame each way and two feet 

 deep when tramped and leveled. Then we 

 set the frame on this. It is not necessary 

 to dig a pit. H. G. 



VORMS IN LETTUCE ROOTS. 



I am having a great deal of trouble 

 in growing lettuce in one of my old 

 houses. I am sending you a sample 

 plant, the roots of which are apparently 

 destroyed by small worms. I am also 

 putting in a sample of the worms. Kindly 

 tell me, if possible, the nature of the 

 trouble and the best way to get rid of it. 

 I find it almost impossible to destroy all 

 the worms by sterilizing the soil; some 

 of them seem to escape and are there to 

 work on the new plants as soon as set. 



C. D. L. 



The samples were frozen solid when 

 received, and I was unable even to find 

 the worm. 



If the soil had been thoroughly ster- 

 ilized no worms could have escaped, but 

 it is often the case that growers put in 

 manure after sterilizing; this should 

 be done before the soil is sterilized. 



Sterilizing the soil is necessary in some 

 cases, but where clean, new, sweet soil 

 can be had it is best to change the soil 

 every summer. In that way and by 

 being sanitary in the care of the crop, 

 sterilizing will be rendered unnecessary 



Livingston's Famous Tomatoes 



surpass in all important points. Their 

 superior characteristice are known 

 wherever tomatoes are grown, and their 

 ever increasing popularity obliges us to 

 grow tons of tomato seed every year. 



New Globe-shaped Sorb 



are the best money can buy. Genuine 

 stock sold only imder "True Blue" seal. 



Livingston's Globe— First early purple, 

 of finest quality. Fkt.. lOc; oc, SOo; 

 >4 lb., $1.00, postpaid. 



lilvlngston's Hnmmer — Early, ball- 

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Try sas aackit sf all three terts for 20c 



Comet Tomato is a superior forcing 

 sort producing ball shaped fruits In clus- 

 ters. Grown on our own farms ! Fkt., 

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in most eases. Soil that is kept over in- 

 side for more than one season is posi- 

 tively not as good as it should be the 

 next season, no matter what treatment 

 is given it. There is something lacking 

 in it, and all the fertilizing and steriliz- 

 ing or anything else you may do to it 

 will not make it pure, new, sweet soil, 

 such as you can get fresh from the fields 

 at less trouble and expense than trying 

 to doctor the old soil. 



As to the worms that are eating the 

 roots, I cannot think what kind it could 

 be, never having had trouble of that 

 kind, and I probably could not tell the 

 name of it or the remedy if I had found 

 the worm in your package. I would sug- 

 gest that you send a sample to your state 

 agricultural college and address it to the 

 professor in charge of the Department of 

 Entomology. He, no doubt, can help you 

 to fight them. 



Lime water is excellent for the com- 

 mon angleworms and manure worms, as 

 well as other worms in the soil, and 

 might kill off your particular pests. You 

 can try it easily and it will benefit the 



