July 14, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



the following committee of awards : Prof. 

 L. B, Judson, Ithaca, N. Y.; Michael 

 Keller, Eochester, N. Y. ; Al Salter, Roch- 

 ester N. Y. 

 July 10, 1910. L. Merton Gage, Sec. 



THE JULY CEOP EEPORT. 



The general average condition of 

 crop growth in the United States July 

 1, 1910, was about 5.5 per cent lower 

 than July 1, 1909, 3.8 per cent lower 

 than July 1, 1908, and 3.4 per cent 

 lower than the 10-year average condi- 

 tion July 1. In the New England states 

 conditions are 3.5 per cent better than 

 a year ago and 4.1 per cent above the 

 average. In the Southern states condi- 

 tions are about 3.5 per cent better than 

 July 1 a year ago and 2.4 above the 

 10-year average; in the North Central 

 states, east of the Mississippi river, 

 conditions are 8.7 per cent below a year 

 ago and 4 per cent below the average; 

 in the North Central states west of the 

 Mississippi river, 15 per cent lower 

 than a year ago and 12.2 per cent below 

 the average; in the far western states, 

 3.6 per cent below a year ago and 4.3 

 per cent below the average. 



The following tabulation is a sum- 

 mary for the United States of crop 

 conditions July 1, with comparisons, as 

 estimated by the Bureau of Statistics 

 of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture: 



Condition July 1. June 1, 



Crops. 1910. 190e. lO-Tr.Ar. 1910. 



Corn 86.4 80.8 85.1 



Winter wheat 81.6 82.4 81.3 80.0 



Spring wheat 61.6 02.7 87.1 92.8 



All wheat 73.6 86.6 84.0 8S.2 



Oats 82.2 88.3 86.6 91.0 



Barley 73.7 90.2 88.1 80.6 



Rye 87.6 91.4 90.4 90.6 



Flaxseed 66.0 96.1 91.1 .... 



Rice 86.3 90.7 89.4 



Tobacco 85.3 80.8 86.8 



Hay (all) 80.2 87.8 86.1 



Hay, timothy 79.2 87.1 85.4 



Hay, clover 82.8 83.8 84.6 86.6 



Hay, alfalfa 84.6 91.4 *89.4 98.1 



Hay, millet 76.2 90.0 •88.0 



Kafir com 82.7 89.4 ♦87.4 



Pastures 81.6 93.1 91.0 88.6 



Potatoes 86.3 93.0 90.9 .... 



Sweet potatoes 87.4 89.7 89.6 .... 



Apples 49.6 64.6 61.9 63.0 



Peaches 62.1 60.0 61.4 62.0 



Pears 61.0 67.5 63.2 



Grapes 80.2 90.2 88.5 



Blackberries 77.0 88.8 *90.0 80.0 



Raspberries 76.2 89.6 •88.6 79.2 



Watermelons 78.6 80.6 •81.4 77.4 



Cantaloupes 77.8 82.4 •80.3 77.8 



Oranges 82.6 86.1 •88.6 .... 



Lemons 88.6 88.0 ^01.4 .... 



Tomatoes 86.1 91.6 •88.0 .... 



Cabbages 88.6 90.7 •ST. 4 88.6 



Onions 89.8 91.7 •OO.O 91.1 



Beans (dry) 88.4 89.1 '89.6 



Beans (lima) 87.7 89.1 86.8 



Peanuts 87.1 86.7 •86.9 .... 



Broom com 83.9 86.8 ^84. 7 



Hemp 86.7 94.0 •87.1 86.6 



Hops 89.6 79.2 ^86. 6 .... 



Sorghum 86.3 87.0 88.6 



Sugar cane 87.0 92.5 90.0 84.7 



Sugar beets 89.3 90.4 88.0 90.6 



Cotton 80.7 74.6 79.6 82.0 



•Four-year averages. 



The acreage of the cultivated crops, 

 so far estimated by the Bureau of 

 Statistics, is about 4.2 per cent greater 

 than last year. 



CHINESE BED TUBEBOSES. 



In regard to the allegation, published 

 in the United States some time since, 

 that at Tientsin, China, tuberoses are 

 grown of a red color, and perhaps of 

 other shades, Consul-General Samuel S. 

 Knabenshue makes the following re- 

 port: 



"Some time since, this consulate re- 

 ceived a letter from a florist in the 

 United States, inclosing a sum of money 

 with the request that he be furnished 

 with its value in red tuberose bulbs. He 

 stated that he had been informed by 



Store of R. C. Cook, Portland, Ore. 



a gentleman who had traveled in China 

 that he had seen red tuberoses grown 

 in Tientsin. 



"Inquiry was made of a German 

 florist here, a resident for many 

 years, who stated that there is no 

 natural red tuberose, but that the flow- 

 ers are artificially colored. As the tube- 

 rose of the ordinary white variety is 

 near flowering, the flower stalks are 

 cut off close to the ground and are 

 placed in water in which is dissolved a 

 red earth, of whose composition he is 

 ignorant. The coloring matter is drawn 

 up into the flowers, tinting them red — 

 the tirst that appear being very slightly 

 tinged, but the color becoming more 

 pronounced in those which open later. 

 He also stated that the red color can 

 be produced in this way by using ani- 

 line colors, not only red, but any other 

 aniline color which may be desired. Na- 

 tive gardeners, however, insisted that 

 natural red tuberoses were grown, but 

 declined to sell bulbs of the alleged red 

 variety with a guarantee that the bulbs 

 would produce red flowers, the payment 

 to be withheld until the bulbs were 

 tested. 



"Finally a native gardener admitted 



that these are bulbs of the ordinary 

 white tuberose, reared in ordinary 

 flower pots, in this way: The opening 

 in the bottom of the pot is closed with 

 a cork; the pot is filled with earth 

 mixed to a mud with water in which 

 the coloring matter has been dissolved; 

 the bulbs are planted in this after a 

 number of small incisions have been 

 made in the lower half of the bulb 

 above the roots; a thin covering of un- 

 colored earth is placed over the earth 

 in the pot to conceal the colored por- 

 tion below; and the plant is supplied 

 with water in which the coloring mat- 

 ter has been dissolved. The resulting 

 flowers have the tint of the coloring 

 matter used." 



St. Louis, Mo.— Geo. B. Windier has 

 pending at Washington an application 

 for a patent on his method of casting 

 concrete benches with the use of metal 

 leg casings. 



'^Janesville, Wis.— Edward Amerpohl 

 recently returned from a fortnight's 

 outing at Cedar Lake, in the northern 

 woods, and has since spent a few days 

 in Chicago. 



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