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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 19, 1910. 



of palm seeds from Lord Howe island, 

 whereby authority has been given to 

 leaseholders and contractors to combine 

 together to raise the price of seeds and 

 control the output generally, which com- 

 bine has raised the prices of seeds 650 

 per cent over the prices ruling before 

 the combine was initiated." 



He stated that at one time the price 

 was 8 shillings to 10 shillings a bushel, 

 but now it had gone up to nearly £3, a 

 rise of 650 per cent, and that most of 

 the extra profit went to the company 

 which controlled the output, and not to 

 the islanders generally. 



On the other hand, it was argued that 

 liefore the trade was organized and con- 

 trolled, the islanders were at the mercy 

 of buyers who paid starvation prices, 

 so that though Lord Howe's island had 

 a monopoly of the supply, the inhabi- 

 tants were reaping miserable returns for 

 their labors. The motion was finally 

 passed, and a deputation appointed to 

 wait upon the minister responsible for 

 the government of the island. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. Van Kleef & Sons, Boskoop, Hol- 

 land, nursery stock; the Elm City Nurs- 

 ery Co., New Haven, Conn., list of 

 rhododendrons and summer bedding 

 plants; the Jackson & Perkins Co., New- 

 ark, N. Y., "A Pew Nursery Necessi- 

 ties," such as tools, etc.; King Construc- 

 tion Co., North Tonawanda, N- Y., Bang 

 semi-iron frame greenhouse construction. 



Fine 

 Aster Seed 



Catalogi 



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Vick & Hill Co. 



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The best strains in existence. Chinensis, Urge 

 flowering frinRed, 12 separate colors or mixed, 'a tr. pkU. 

 40c; tr. pkt., 75c. Obconica Hybrids, unrivaled Ron*- 

 dorter and Lattman strains, absolutely the best. Large 

 Flowering: and Large Flowering Fnnged, 15 separate 

 colors or mixed, •« U pkt., 40c; tr. pkt., 75c. Obcon- 

 ica Gigantea, 5 separate colors or mixed, 'a tr. pkt., 

 7^; tr. pkt., $1.00. Every seed guaranteed fresh crop. 



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BURNETT BROS. 



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Vegetable Plants 



Per 100 1000 



Beet Plants |0.20 91.25 



KKK Plants 40 2.00 



Pepper Plants. Bull Nose, Sweet 



Mountain and Ruby King 40 2.00 



Tomatoes. Small plants. Earliana. 

 Early Jewel, Dwarf Stone, Cham- 

 pion, Ponderosa, and Matchless 30 2.00 



Tomatoes. Small plants. Stone, 



Paragon , Favorite and Success 20 1 .00 



Cabbasre. Full list of leading varieties, 20c per 



100; $1.00 per 1000; 10,000 and over, 85c per 1000. 

 Lettuce. Grand Rapids, Big Boston. Boston 



Market and Tennis Ball, 20c per 100; $1.00 per 



1000 ; 10.000 and over, 85c per 1000. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS.. 



CHICAGO, May 17. — Cucumbers, 50c to 90c 

 doz.; lettuce, 25c to 30c bos; radishes, $1.25 to 

 $1.50 hundred bunches. 



NEW YORK, May 16.— Cauliflower, $2 to 

 $2.50 doz.; cucumbers, $2 to $4 box; mushrooms, 

 50c to $1.50 4-lb. basket. 



BOSTON, May JtJ. — Tomatoes, 20c to 25c lb.; 

 cucumbers, $2 to $5 box; lettuce, 76c to $1.25 

 box; mushrooms, $1 to $2.50 4-lb box; beets, 

 $1 dozen bunches. 



DISEASES AND PREVENTION. 



[A paper by A. D. Selby, Botanist, Ohio 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, O., 

 read at the Ashtabula convention of tbe Green- 

 house Vegetable Growers' Association. Con- 

 tinued from the Review of May 12.] 



Ctscumber Diseases. 



Diseases of muskmelons and more par- 

 ticularly, perhaps, diseases of cucumbers, 

 are at times very rapid in their develop- 

 ment under glass and very destructive to 

 these crops. Without methods of soil 

 sterilization, successful forcing bouse 

 culture of muskmelons and cucumbers is 

 practically impossible. With soil ster- 

 ilization this culture is quite profitable. 

 This shows what factor we have in the 

 soil-infesting diseases which may be 

 killed out by the soil treatment. 



The diseases of cucumbers and melons 

 include about three or four leaf troubles, 

 two wilts, a fruit spot, and two serious 

 root troubles. 



Powdery mildew. — Powdery mildew 

 often attacks the leaves of cucumbers, es- 

 pecially when the temperature and sun- 

 shine are deficient for their growth. It 

 is rarely destructive and is controlled by 

 a spray of dilute copper solution. 



Downy mildew. — Downy mildew is 

 caused by the fungus, Plasmopara Cuben- 

 sis. It is a relative of the destructive 

 late blight of potatoes. It spreads 

 rapidly in the forcing house, but, if 

 taken promptly upon its first appearance, 

 may be controlled by Bordeaux mixture. 

 I have seen forcing houses of both musk- 

 melons and cucumbers promptly killed 

 off with this fungus. 



Anthracnose. — This disease attacks 

 both cucumbers and muskmelons, as well 

 as the bean. The fungus, CoUetotrichum 

 Lagenarium, causes rather rounded, dead 

 spots in the leaves and somewhat elon- 

 gated lesions on the stems. By attack- 

 ing both leaves and stems, the anthrac- 

 nose soon cuts down the yield of fruits. 

 It is successfully controlled by Bordeaux 

 mixture in the field, or in the greenhouse 

 by a solution of copper sulphate, one 

 pound to fifty gallons. 



Leaf-spot and fruit-spot. — Outdoors 

 we have had outbreaks in Ohio, caused 

 by various leaf-spot fungi. And in other 



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 cabbage, sweet po- 

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 plants at any de- 

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 is substantially con- 

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 in six months will buy 

 and install a Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Greenhouse Irri- 

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states, notably in Indiana and more re- 

 cently in Michigan, we have had the 

 cucumber scab or fruit-spot attacking 

 young fruits. As far as I know, these 

 troubles have not been conspicuous in 

 greenhouses, though I am not fully ad- 

 vised as to conditions beyond the borders 

 of Ohio. 



Melon leaf-blight. — Tlie nmskmelon 

 leaf-blight, which is quite a serious mat- 

 ter in fields, is also troublesome in the 

 forcing house. I believe firmly in the 

 efficiency of spraying to keep down this 

 leaf fungus, alternaria. Muskmelons will 

 not stand quite so strong a spray as 

 cucumbers, and the strength of Bordeaux 

 mixture may wisely be reduced. 



Cucumber and melon wilts. — With each 

 of these crops, we have two distinct wilt 

 diseases; namely, a bacterial disease, 

 which is transmitted by biting insects 

 and probably through the soil; and a 

 fusarium wilt, which is certainly trans- 

 mitted both by biting insects and 

 through the soil. Beyond soil treatment, 

 for which steaming is best, it is wise to 

 gather and burn all wilted plants of 

 either kind, should this trouble break 

 out in the greenhouse. 



Bhizoctonia. — Two or three years ago 



