JULY 14, 1910. 



TheWeekly Florists' R<vi(EW. 



43 



regard to the water-supply as furnished 

 at the well or pui^jp*.- 



Almost invariably the water hoisting 

 machinery in use is of the variety 

 called noria, an adaptation with little im- 

 provement of that used in biblical times, 

 and since in the Holy Land, Egypt, 

 Algeria, and Tunisia. It is practically 

 an endless-chain bucket arrangement 

 hanging down into the well, the gourds 

 or pottery receptacles of the Arab and 

 Berber having given way to zinc pan- 

 like pails. 



If the noria is small it is worked by 

 one or two persons, or the whole family 

 may turn the great geared pole wind- 

 lass for an hour or two each day. In 

 this case the area worked is of small 

 proportions, and much of the flower cul- 

 ture here is on this scale. "With a larger 

 noria a donkey, mule, or horse is used, 

 sometimes a tandem of two. Kaising 

 water in this manner does not seem par- 

 ticularly arduous, but three horses per 

 day are readily tired out thereat, as is 

 the case with a noria recently installed. 

 This primitive and cumbersome ma- 

 chine has thirty buckets attached to 

 its chain, emptying from each bucket 

 nearly eight gallons of water at a time, 

 but it is impossible to run it with less 

 than three horses per day. A greater 

 quantity of water was used on the 

 flower farm where this large machine 

 was recently installed than on any 

 other property visited, and the machine 

 was considered the most efficient of its 

 kind that could be secured. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE GBOWEBS TO MEET. 



Sam W. Severance, secretary, states 

 that the third annual convention of the 

 Greenhouse Vegetable Growers' and 

 Market Gardeners' Association of 

 America will be held at Grand Eapids, 

 Mieh., September 27 to 29, and promises 

 to be the most successful ever held by 

 that organization. A splendid program 

 is being prepared and subjects of in 

 terest to the vegetable forcer, market 

 gardener and truck' farmer will have a- 

 place in it. Grand Eapids is the home 

 of Grand Eapids Lettuce and Davis 

 Perfect Cucumber, and the convention 

 will afford an opportunity to visit the 

 famous forcing establishments in that 

 citv. 



STEAWBEBBY BUNNEBS. 



Should strawberry runners be nipped 

 before and during fruiting time, to re- 

 tain the strength in the plants? 



J. J. H. 



Little would be gained by removing 

 the runners from the strawberry plants 

 during the fruiting period. Anything 



Vegetable Plants 



^Jobbaare. All Head, Succession. Second Early. 



Early Summer. Flat Dutch. Sure Head. Danish 



Round and Ball Head, at 20c per 100, $1.00 per 



1000; 10,000 and over. 85o per 1000. 

 Celery, white Plume, (iolden Self-Blanching. 



Giant Pascal, Golden Heart and Boston Market. 



20c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; 10,000 and over, 85c 



per 1000. 



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gained by so doing would be more than 

 offset by the delay in securing runners 

 for fruiting crowns for the following 

 year. I always like to get runners as 

 early as possible and plan to commence 

 layering in pots as soon as the fruit is 

 picked. Early in August is a good time 

 to prepare and plant a new bed. If 

 strong layers from pots are used, a fiae 

 crop can be had the following season 

 by adopting the hill system of culture, 

 in preference to matted rows, which are 

 generally adopted commercially. 



C. W. 



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 BUT HOW GOOD" 



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