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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuary 3, 1910. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



CIIICA'JO Feb. 1.— Cucumbers, 75c to $1.25 

 doz. ; lettuce, 25c bo.\ ; radishes, 15c to 40c doz. 

 bunches. 



BOSTON, Jan. 31.— Cucumbers, $3 to $0 box; 

 tomatoes, 20c to 30c lb.; parsley, |2 box; 

 radishes, $1.50 box; lettuce, tiOc to 75c box; 

 mint, 50c to 00c doz. 



NEW YOKK, Jan. 31.— Mushrooms quite 

 plenty and weak. Cucumbers steady. Lettuce 

 largely poor. Mint dull. Radishes and rhubarb 

 move slowly. Tomatoes firm. Cucumbers, 75<- 

 to $1.50 doz; lettuce, $1 to $2 strap; mint, 40c 

 to 50c doz. bunches ; mushrooms, 20c to 40c lb. ; 

 radishes, $1.50 to $3 hundred bunches; rhubarb, 

 65c to 75c dozen bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 

 20c lb. 



FUMIGATING N COLD WEATHER 



I have read with interest the paper by 

 Prof. Jarvis on "The Value of Insecti- 

 cides," in the Review of November 25, 

 1909, but there is one thing I should like 

 to know: How do you get rid of the 

 hydrocyanic acid gas in cold weather, 

 when the heating pipes are working in 

 full force and the ventilators are closed? 



L. G. G. 



The gas will not be strong enough to 

 be dangerous in the morning, after using 

 it in the house in the evening. It is well 

 to open the ventilators for a few minutes 

 before staying in the house to work. The 

 odor will be noticeable, however, all that 

 day. Sometimes I do not open the ven- 

 tilators at all to air the house, if it is 

 an extremely cold or windy morning. 



We fumigate at about 5:30 p. m., and 

 the night man goes into the houses at 

 daylight for the first time. H. G. 



CLOTH-COVERED FRAMES. 



Please tell me what you think of the 

 plant protecting cloth for growing early 

 cabbage plants here in Ohio, starting 

 them in the greenhouse and transplant- 

 ing into the beds about March 20. Would 

 it improve the cloth any to oil it, in 

 order to turn the water? H. D. H. 



My experience with cloth-covered 

 frames has been entirely unsatisfactory. 

 I used muslin-covered frames and oiled 

 most of them. 1 think they are a nuis- 

 ance. Besides, considering the cost of 

 new cloth and the labor of putting it on 

 each year, 1 believe they are more ex- 

 pensive in time than glass sashes, and I 

 would not trade a glazed sash for a 

 dozen of the cloth covers. My advice 

 would be to use glass sashes, even if you 

 have to cut down the number. You will 

 be better satisfied and have better re- 

 sults. Farther south, cloth is used quite 

 extensively, but even there they are un- 

 satisfactory in most cases, for many rea- 

 sons. H- ^• 



EFFECT OF GAS ON MUSHROOMS. 



Please inform me if fumigation with 

 hydrocyanic acid gas can be safely un- 

 dertaken when there is a fine crop ot 

 mushrooms under the center bench. It 

 I cover the mushroom bed well with 

 paper will it be safe to eat the mush- 

 rooms after fumigation? J. !>• 



This brings up a point which I had 

 never heard of before. I do not know 

 how much hydrocyanic gas the mush- 

 rooms would stand without injury, but 

 one thing I am positive of is, that no 

 harm could come from eating the mush- 

 rooms after the house had been fumi- 



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gated. I doubt much whether the gas 

 would have any eflfect on the mushrooms 

 unless too strong for plants, and I feel 

 sure that even if it was strong enough 

 to injure them the papers would protect 

 them, especially if the newspapers were 

 carefully laid over them. 



Perhaps some reader can give some in- 



formation relative to 

 affected by the gas. 



mushrooms beini 

 H. G. 



PROPAGATING RHUBAHB. 



How is rhubarb generally propagated 

 — by seeds or divisions? I want to raise 

 plants to sell. O. F. S. 



Rhubarb is generally propagated by 

 division of the clumps, which are quite 

 prolific. By lifting the clumps, dividing 

 them and resetting the field with the old 

 crowns, large numbers of young ones 

 can be obtained for sale or for enlarg- 

 ing the field. H. G. 



Worcester, Mass. — H. F. A. Lange 

 wife recently admitted as a member of 

 the "Worcester Merchants' Association. 



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Marysville, Mich. — Frank Pieldman, 

 of the Turnpike road, has a gang of men 

 at work erecting a big greenhouse on his 

 farm, which he will convert into a market 

 garden. 



Maldent, Mass. — James J. McCormack, 

 who has greenhouses on Adams street, 

 is to remove his uptown store from its 

 present location to one on the opposite 

 side of Pleasant street. 



Binghamton, N. y. — C. H. Hunt has 

 started a greenhouse here for lettuce and 

 other vegetables, but thinks that a little 

 later he may grow flowers instead, as he 

 thinks the latter may be more profitable. 

 At present his house is stocked with let- 

 tuce and radishes. 



