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34 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



SBPTDHBaR 16, 1909. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



RADISHES AND LETTUCE. 



We have two greenhouses, each 30x150 

 feet, arranged with raised benches con- 

 taining six inches of extra rich, well- 

 manured soil, with 114-inch steam pipes 

 underneath. We should like to grow in 

 one house radishes, and in the other house 

 lettuce. What time should we plant the 

 seed to have both houses ready for mar- 

 ket by Thanksgiving and the holidays? 

 What varieties of radishes should we 

 plant, and what varieties of lettuce, one- 

 half of head lettuce and the other half 

 of the loose-leaved varieties? What tem- 

 peratures should we carry in each house? 

 Would it be well to add some extra rich 

 fertilizer to the soil before planting? 

 Our houses are even- span, running north 

 and south, and we can regulate the tem- 

 perature to any degree up to 75 degrees. 



A. J. B. 



If You Grow Mushrooms 



and want fbe best spawn nuMle« na* 



ANGLO-AMERICAN 



An ezceptionally fine lot of Spawn ready for eblpment. If 

 your dealer cannot supply you write direct to us. 



Anglo-American Spawn Co., Kennett Square, Pa. 



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Badishes mature in from four to six 

 weeks in winter from the day of plant- 

 ing the seed, depending upon weather, 

 variety and the grower. I would say, 

 plant your radish seeds October 15 to 18, 

 and they will be ready" to market a few 

 days before Thanksgiving; then if the 

 beds are all pulled and spaded up 

 promptly and replanted without loss of a 

 day you may get a second crop for New 

 Year's. Selected stock Scarlet Globe 

 Forcing is the best variety, in the opin- 

 ion of most growers. If the soil is good 

 now you do not need any more fertilizer 

 at present. Plant in rows four inches 

 apart and about nine or ten radishes to 

 the lineal foot of row. If too thick, they 

 come too slowly, and are of poorer qual- 

 ity. 



Lettuce requires ten to twelve weeks 

 from date of planting the seed. Head 

 lettuce is about two weeks slower than 

 the leaf lettuce. Seed planted soon now 

 should make salable lettuce for Thanks- 

 giving. More seed should be started 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAOK— SnccenBlon, Flat Dutcb and Savoy. 



SI .00 per 1000: 18.50 per 10,000. 

 CKL« ay -White Plume and Golden Self 



BUnchtnsr, »l 00 per 1000; $8 50 per 10,000. 

 PARSLXT-25C per 100; ll.2i per 1000. 

 Oaah with order. 



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days. Of course you could not keep it 

 that low until cooler weather. H. G. 



THE NEW MANVILLE TOMATO. 



A. A. Harper, of Pine Bluff, Ark., has 

 sent to the Review some photographs of 

 a new tomato which he is testing, and 

 which has been named the Manville, in 

 honor of the originator, Eev. M. W. 

 Manville. One of the photographs is 

 here reproduced, ^nd shows, says Mr. 

 Harper, "several samples of the fruit, 

 weighing from two to two and one-half 

 pounds apiece." Mr. Harper states that 

 he has grown the tomato this year and 

 finds it better than the originator claims 

 it to be. The originator's notes on the 

 variety are as follows: 



"There appeared among my tomatoes 

 twenty years ago one that seemed to be 

 a knot of depressions and elevations. I 

 began to select with a view to increase 

 the size and smoothness. Under ordinary 

 garden culture these objects are being 

 attained, but there is much yet to be 

 done to attain the full end I have in 

 view. I am working along four lines — 

 color; thickness of skin, so as to pre- 

 vent ' scalding ' ; size, and f ruitfulness. 



The Manville Tomato. 



later, so as to be ready to transplant into 

 the beds as soon as the first crop is cut 

 and the beds spaded over. Rawson's Hot- 

 house head lettuce and Grand Rapids 

 loose leaf lettuce are satisfactory varie- 

 ties. Leaf lettuce pays the best in most 

 markets, but some markets demand the 

 head lettuce. 



The same temperatures suit both let- 

 tuce and radishes, 45 to 50 degrees at 

 night and about 60 degrees on bright 



Three shapes have been secured — irregu- 

 lar, fluted with dim divisions like a 

 cantaloupe, and smooth. It keeps its 

 flavor till frost, is attractive in color and 

 of a flavor that commands the local mar- 

 ket. It is the tomato for the South- 

 land. Seed from the different types are 

 mixed, in the hope that others will carry 

 development beyond the point attained by 

 one who has not the trained horticultural 

 skill to produce the highest results. TEe 



No Grower of Vegetables under glass can 

 afford to do without the Wittbold system of 



Waterina 



— because with it a boy can do as much 

 as two men can do in a whole day with 

 the hose— and do it better. 



The Bystem is equally valuable out- 

 doors, and for many other crops besidea 

 vegetables— wherever you need water. 



Send for our booklet— with testimon- 

 ials—read and you'll send in your order. 



E. H. HUNT 



ExclnsiTe Sales Aaent 

 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



IVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Irrigation will 

 produce as much crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



Mention T*'«» P"'-<»^v i'->'>"i vmt write. 



verdict of all who have tested it is that 

 tomato lovers have just cause to rejoice." 

 Mr. Harper says that he considers the 

 foregoing description quite modest in its 

 praise. He says that he intends to sell a 

 few plants of the new variety next sea- 

 son, but that the stock will be limited 

 for some years, on account of the fact 

 that there are so few seeds in each to 

 mate. 



CUCUMBERS IN ENGLAND. 



As an English grower and a subscriber 

 to the Review, I should like to ask what 

 is the cause of cucumbers turning yellow 

 when about three inches long. H. Y. 



As to cucumbers turning yellow and 

 falling off, I would say that if they did 

 so with us it would show that the blooms 

 had not been pollinated. I believe, how- 

 ever, that H. Y. grows only Telegraph 

 types, which do not require pollinating, 

 and I am not well informed on them, as 

 we grow only Improved White Spine on 

 this side. The English or Telegraph 

 types are only a curiosity here, as they 

 will not sell in our markets. H. G. 



The Beview teaches those who want 

 to learn and also those who know. — Cabl 

 S. GiLMOBE, Kenton, O. 



