NOVIiJMBEB 4, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



5J 



Vegetable Forcing. 



The Southwestern Hothouse Lettuce 

 Growers' Association will hold its second 

 meeting at Girard, Kan., November 11, 

 to discuss the future of the association 

 and other important business. Lettuce 

 growers are invited to attend and become 

 members. The president of the organiza- 

 tion is Stephen Hyde, Carthage, Mo., and 

 the secretary J. N. Draper, Springfield, 

 Mo. 



TROUBLE WITH WORMS. 



A small green worm, similar to the 

 cabbage worm but much smaller, is work- 

 ing on our lettuce in the greenhouses. We 

 have never been bothered with this pest 

 before. It works on the under side of 

 the leaves. Kindly give a remedy at 

 your earliest convenience. H. F. H. 



At this time of year many growers are 

 troubled with worms on all kinds of vege- 

 tables inside. Sometimes they are brought 

 in with young plants and sometimes they 

 hatch inside, from eggs laid by the many 

 different kinds of moths and butterflies. 

 They are usually hard to get rid of, be- 

 cause fumigating does not affect them, 

 and poison is out of the question, on ac- 

 count of the danger. 



The first precaution would be to kill 

 all butterflies as fast as they appear in 

 the house. Then go all over the plants 

 one at a time, turning the leaves carefully 

 in places where one has been eating. It 

 is a tedious task, but going once or twice 

 over a crop will catch enough of them so 

 that what are left will do little damage. 



H. G. 



WORMS ON CUCUMBER LEAVES. 



We have a house in winter cucumbers, 

 which seemed to be all right until the last 

 few days, when we noticed small worms 

 working on the leaves. They resemble a 

 measuring worm and are from one-half 

 to a little over an inch in length. They 

 are just eating up the leaves. We have 

 tried Paris green and fumigating paper, 

 but do not like to use the gas for fear of 

 killing the tips of the vines. E. & S. 



It is difficult to tell what the worm is 

 without seeing it, but if it is the fellow 

 I am familiar with, I would advise you to 

 go over every plant carefully, look sharp 

 for places where they have been eating 

 and catch them at it. A person can hunt 

 over a lot of young plants in a half day 

 and I believe this is the best way to get 

 rid of them. There will probably not be 

 any more after these are picked off now. 



Fumigating will do no good, even with 

 gas, in this case. Paris green is liable to 

 injure the foliage. Sometimes similar 

 pests can be poisoned by taking some let- 

 tuce or cabbage leaves, over which Paris 

 green has been sprinkled, and laying 

 them around on the bench near the stalks 

 of the cucumber vines. H. G. 



WORMS ON LETTUCE. 



Will you please tell me what I can do 

 to get rid of a worm that is working on 

 my lettuce! It resembles a cabbage 

 worm, but is a little darker. I am send- 

 ing you three or four specimens in a box. 

 Last winter I was not bothered with 

 them, but it was the first part of De- 

 cember before I sowed any seed, and 

 in a new greenhouse. This year I took 

 plants from the open ground September 



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1, and the worms are about to take the 

 crop. G. 



The worms, although similar to cab- 

 bage worms, are not the same. Just 

 what they are I am unable to say, but 

 they undoubtedly were carried in from 

 the outside with the plants and will 

 probably change into some kind of but- 

 terfly soon. If they do, the butterflies 

 should be caught and killed before they 

 lay any eggs. 



It will be a hard proposition to get 

 rid of the worms now. You cannot do it 

 by fumigating or by poisoning them. If 

 they do not hatch out at once, they must 

 be picked off by hand. It will be a tedi- 

 ous task, but probably the only way to 

 save the plants. Little chicks might 

 hunt them, but would probably eat the 

 lettuce too. Going twice over the crop 

 by hand ought to save it. H. G. 



VEGETABLE AND CARNATIONS. 



Please tell me how to fumigate my 

 greenhouse. I have carnations in it and 

 also vegetables. Will the smoke hurt 

 the vegetables? I have put some phos- 

 phate on the soil now. Will this do, or 

 will I have to use something stronger? 

 What is the best to use? 



I wish to force some asparagus under 

 the bench. Can it be done? I have 

 nice three-year-old roots. 



How shall I treat tomatoes to have 

 good success and how about their dis- 

 eases? Are they much more trouble than 

 carnations? I have forced vegetables in 

 hotbeds only and am less acquainted 

 with the methods in large greenhouses. 



J. M. 



Your vegetables will stand as much 

 smoke as your carnations ought to have. 

 If tobacco smoke is too strong, it takes 

 the color and smell out of the flowers. 



A nice way to fumigate is to get an 

 old wash boiler or similar article and 

 tie a rope to one handle, make a fire in 

 it of paper and a handful of dry stems, 

 then put on the damp stems and drag it 

 through the house slowly, fiUing the 

 house well with thick smoke, but take 

 the smoking can out with you when you 

 get to the end. The time to smoke is 

 before you see insects. Keep them from 

 breeding by light fumigations each week 

 and you will avoid lots of trouble. 



As to fertilizer, I could not say with- 

 out more particulars. Was the soil good 

 and fresh when put in? What else have 

 you in the house, and are they all grow- 

 ing fairly well now, or not? A sick 

 plant, like a sick person, needs little food. 

 If healthy and growing well, more can 

 be used. 



You can force the asparagus under the 

 benches in a bed of soil about a foot 

 deep. Pack the root clumps close together 

 and fill in between them with soil. Water 

 them well. When done bearing, throw 

 them away and have more clumps ready 

 to replace them. Since asparagus likes 



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a war9ier temperature than your other 

 crops, it will come slowly with you and 

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Tomatoes should be trained to a single 

 stem, keeping all branches picked off as 

 fast as they show. A plant about five 

 feet tall, with six or seven nice clusters 

 of fruit on it, makes a fairly good plant. 

 They can be g^own in rows, fifteen inches 

 apart in the row and the rows about three 

 feet apart, or one row only on a 3-foot 

 bench. Carnations and lettuce must be 

 grown in cooler houses than tomatoes, 

 asparagus and cucumbers. There are 

 three or four diseases which make tomato 

 growers some trouble. H. G. 



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