JLI.V 14. 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



the followinjj comniittcc of awards: Prof. 

 L. B. Judsoii, Jtliaca, N. Y. ; Michael 

 Keller. Kouho.'^tor, N. Y. ; Al Salter, Koch- 

 cstcr, N. Y. 

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



THE JULY CROP EEPORT. 



The general average conditiou of 

 crop growth in the United States July 

 1, 1010, was about r).'j per cent lower 

 than July 1, 1!)01>, 3.8 per cent lower 

 than July 2, 1908, and 3.4 per cent 

 lower th'in tlie 10-yoar 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 l)elow a year 

 ago and 4 per cent below the average; 

 in the Nortli 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.G ]>er 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. 1909. 10-yr. Av. 1910. 



Corn 85.4 89.3 85.1 



Wintor wheat 81.5 82.4 81.3 80.0 



Spring wheat 61.6 92.7 87.1 92.8 



All wheat 73.5 86.5 84.0 85.2 



Oats 82.2 88.3 86. C 01.0 



Barley 73.7 90.2 88.1 89.6 



Rye 87.5 91.4 90.4 00.6 



Flaxseed 65.0 95.1 91.1 



Rice 86.3 90.7 89.4 



Tobacco 85.3 89.8 86.3 



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, alfalf.T 84.5 91.4 »89.4 93.1 



Hay, millet 75.2 90.0 '88.0 



Kafir corn 82.7 89.4 •87.4 



Pastures 81.6 93.1 91.9 88.5 



Potatoes 86.3 93.0 90.9 .... 



.Sweet potatoes 87.4 89.7 89.5 



Apples 49.6 54.0 61.9 .'iS.O 



Peaches 62.1 50.0 61.4 62.0 



Pears 61.0 57.5 63.2 



<:rapes 80.2 90.2 88.5 



Hlackherries 77.0 88.8 *90.0 80.0 



K.is[,lM>rries 76.2 89.5 •88.6 79.2 



Watenneloiis 78.5 80.6 •SI. 4 77.4 



t'antaloupi-s 77.8 S2.4 •SO. 3 77.8 



<»ran;;es 82.6 86.1 ^88.6 



I-einnns 88.6 88.0 ^91.4 



Tomatoes 86.1 91.6 'SS.O 



Calilia-es 88.6 90.7 •Sr.4 88.5 



onions 89.8 91.7 ^90. 6 91.1 



beans idrv) 88.4 89.1 'Sg.G 



Heans (lima) S7.7 S9.1 SO. 3 



I'eaimls S7.1 86.7 'SO. 9 



Hniom corn 83.9 86.8 •84.7 



Hemp 86. 7 94.0 •ST.l 85.6 



llf>ps S9.6 79.2 •86.6 



S(ii}:hum 85.3 87.0 S8.6 



Sugar cane 87.0 92.5 !K>.o 84.7 



Siiu-ar beets s>.t.:', !X1.4 SS.O 90.5 



'"ttuii NJ.7 74. 6 TO..". 82. 



Tout' year averages. 



Th(> acreage of the cultivated crops, 

 ~u f;ir estimated by the Bureau of 

 >^tatistirs, is about 4.2 per cent greater 

 th;ni last vear. 



CHINESE RED TUBEROSES. 



in regard to the allegation, published 

 in tlie United States some time since, 

 'hat at Tientsin, China, tuberoses are 

 grown of a red color, and perhaps of 

 '•thci' shades, Consul-General Samuel S. 

 Knalicnsliue 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. G)ok, Portland, Ore. 



a gentleman who liad traveled in Chiii.'i 

 that he had seen red tuberoses grown 

 in Tientsin. 



•'Inquiry wa> made of a (iiiui.-in 

 florist hert\ a lesidcnt l\ir many 

 y(^ars. wlm statccl th;it tiirrc is no 

 natuial red tuberose, hut that the flow- 

 ers .'.re artilii-ially colored. .\s tht^ tube- 

 rose of the ordinary white \;iriety is 

 near flowering, the flower st.alks are 

 cut otr close to the ground and are 

 jdaced in water in widch is dissolved a 

 re<l earth, of wiiose composition lie is 

 ignorant. The coloring matter is drawn 

 up into the flowers, tinting them red — 

 tiie flrst that ajipear being very sliglitly 

 tinged, but the color becoming more 

 pronounced in those which open later. 

 He also stated tliat tlie red color can 

 be produced in this way by using ani- 

 line colors, not only reil, but any other 

 aniline c(dor which may be desired. Na- 

 tive gardeners, however, insisted that 

 natural red tuV)eroses w(>re grown, but 

 declined to sell bulbs of the alleged red 

 variety with a guarantee that the bulbs 

 would produce red flowers, the payment 

 to Vie withheld until the bulbs were 

 tested. 



" Fiiiallv a nativi^ jrardener admitted 



tiiat tiiese .-ire Imlbs of the ordinary 

 while tulierose. ri\ared in ordinary 

 llnwcr ])ots, in tiiis way: The opening 

 in the bottom of the ]iot is closed with 

 ;i cork; the pot is filled with earth 

 mixed to ;i mud with water in which 



tl oloriii^; matter lias Iieeii dissolved; 



ilie 1 iiilis :iic pl;inte(| in thi< after a 

 iiiiMiber of '-iii.'il! iiici>i(iiiv liaxo been 

 made in the liiwer half of tlie bulb 

 .•iliove the riicit<: a thin covering of nn- 

 cii|oi(<l earth is |ila<-ed o\-er the earth 

 m the j)ot to conceal tlie eolored por- 

 tion be](j\v; and the ]il;iiit is supplied 

 with water in whieli the clorlng mat- 

 ter has been dis^olvi^d. '\']\v resulting 

 ilower- h;i\i' the tint of tin coloring 

 mat 1 •■!■ u^e.j. ' ' 



St. Louis, Mo. — Ceo. B. Windier has 

 pending at Washington an :i{iplicat ion 

 lor a patent on his metlio.l of casting 

 ciincrete benches with the n-e of metal 

 leg leasing-. 



Janesville, Wis. Ed war.! .\irierpohl 

 re.-.ntly letniiied from a fortnight's 

 "iitini^- at < ednr F.;ike. in tiie northern 

 \vno(N. and \\:i< ^inco spent a few days 

 i n < 'liicniTO. 



