NOVBMBBB 11, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



59 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE GROWERS ORGANIZE. 



The Grand Eapids Vegetable Growers' 

 Association, including in its membership 

 twenty-six of the leading growers under 

 glass in and near that city, was formed 

 November 6, with the following oflBcers: 

 President, Louis B. Davis; vice-presi- 

 dent, R. Yonker; secretary- treasurer, 

 Frank DeKline; directors, Eugene Davis, 

 John Wierenga, Jacob Moelstra, Edward 

 Taylor, F. J. Cook, E. V. Huflf and 

 Henry Blanksma. A portion of the ware- 

 house of the C. D. Crittenden Co., 71 

 Market street, has been leased for use as 

 a central depot, where all produce will 

 be delivered, to be sorted, graded and 

 packed for shipment. An expert will 

 oversee this work. Business will be done 

 on a pro rata basis. The members repre- 

 sent about 500,000 square feet of gla«s. 



INSECTS ON LETTUCE. 



I should like to know the quantity of 

 salt to use in making a spray. Would 

 it be good for lettuce! I have not 

 found anything very effective for in- 

 sects on lettuce. I do not have any 

 success with smoke. J. M. W. 



Salt solution for spraying on plants 

 is of no particular value as an insecti- 

 cide and much injury may be done to 

 the crop by letting the plants get too 

 much of it. Better not use it. 



Perhaps you have some kind of in- 

 sects on your lettuce that are not easily 

 kiUed. Aphis or green lice can be kept 

 in check easily by smoking, but it must 

 be kept up each week regularly, whether 

 you have any green fly or not. If the 

 flies are extremely numerous, you should 

 fumigate two or three nights in succei- 

 sion. 



The best way to smoke with tobacco 

 stems is to start the fire in an old wash 

 boiler or metal bushel measure and drag 

 it through the house by a short rope, 

 going slowly, so as to produce a good, 

 thick smudge. Then, when you reach the 

 end of the house, you take your fumi- 

 gator outdoors, so as not to get the 

 smoke too strong in the house and injure 

 the edges of the leaves. If you have 

 poor luck with stems after using them 

 regularly, then try some of the Aphis 

 Punk fumigating papers. They are 

 quite satisfactory and much handier to 

 use. You can get them of any supply 

 house. Some kinds of fumigating pa- 

 pers are not a success, but this brand 

 I have found excellent. H. G. 



PROFITS IN MUSHROOMS. 



Can mushrooms be grown as profitably 

 as some advertisers claim f And in gen- 

 eral, which is the easiest to grow, most 

 profitable and least expensive! Would 

 you think that growing mushrooms here 

 in Colorado would differ much from 

 growing them in the eastf M. J. C. 



The cultivation of mushrooms under ar- 

 tificial conditions is somewhat similar the 

 world over, and it takes considerable ex- 

 perience in the way of skill and contriv- 

 ance to bring good results. The most ex- 

 pert and successful occasionally meet with 

 the most significant failures. 



As regards their profitableness, there 

 is no question if they are successfully 

 grown, and especially in Colorado. As in 



N« Grower of Veselibles under ftass ain 

 ■ffoni to do without the Wittbold systen 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 system Is equally valuable out- 

 doorB, and for many other crops besides 

 vegetables— wherever you need water. 



Send for our booklet— with testimon- 

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



E. H. HUNT 



Exolniive Salei Ateat 

 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO 



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all other branches of our profession, suc- 

 cess or failure is the result of how prac- 

 tically we carry on the work. If M. J. C. 

 is a beginner in the work, without any 

 knowledge of the mode of procedure, I 

 would recommend that he take a course 

 of study with some practical grower in 

 the line which he wishes to follow, and in 

 the meantime read some of the treatises 

 by practical men, as advertised in the 

 Review. J. B. 



GHlEEN FLY ON VEGETABLES. 



As a result of the dry season we had 

 here, in northern Ohio, my outside cauli- 

 flower and Brussels sprouts are full of 

 green fly and are mostly unfit for mar- 

 ket. 1 have been using Slug Shot, wood 

 ashes, salt, lime, etc., to kill the pest, but 

 without success. Kindly give me your 

 advice. S. M. 



The recent cold wave' has probably 

 killed off the insects, or if it has not, they 

 will probably do no more harm this sea- 

 son, so that using any more insecticides 

 would be a waste of time and money. 

 When the vegetables are cut to be sold, 

 turn the hose into them and wash away 

 the remaining insects from them. I 

 would suggest, if they appear to be get- 

 ting a start another year, that you use 

 some of the tobacco extracts, diluted in 

 water and sprayed onto the plants with 

 a small compressed air spraying can. 



H. G. 



GREEN FLY ON LETTUCE. 



What is best to do for green flies on 

 lettuce t E. W. O. 



For aphis on lettuce I know of nothing 

 better than the Aphis Punk fumigating 

 papers. They are of heavy brown paper 

 soaked in extracts of tobacco. When 

 rolled up loosely and lighted like a cigar, 

 they give off powerful fumes. Three or 

 four papers are enough for 100-foot 

 houses of good width. 



Some kinds of fumigating papers are 

 entirely unsatisfactory. 



Tobacco stems from the cigar factories 

 will answer well if used every week regu- 

 larly, but not too strong. Get them to 

 burning in an old wash boiler or galva- 

 nized iron bushel basket. Then tie a rope 

 to one handle and drag it slowly through 

 the house. Keep the stems from Wazing 

 by wetting them, and when you get to 

 the end of the house it will have a good 

 fog in it. 



There is only one effective way to han- 

 dle aphides or any other insects, and that 

 is to keep them from getting started. 



GRAND RAPIDS LmUCE 



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 Gardeners everywhere are delighted 

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 and Bhippera will have no other kind. 

 We realized the importance of this 

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 aimed to have the finest strain going. 



Our Extra-Selected Private Strain 



has been evolved by years of patient 

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 wholesale price liat. 



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Columbus, Ohio 



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IIVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Irrigation will 

 produce as much crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



TROY, O. 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGX— Wakefield and Bncceiilon, tl.OO 



per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 

 PARSLKT-26C per 100; >1.25 per 1000. 

 LK'ITUCE— Big Boiton, Boston Market, Grand 



Rapid!, 91.C0 per 1000. 



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Weak doses will kill the young insects, 

 but if fumigating is neglected until they 

 get mature, much damage is done and 

 they are much more diflScult to kill. 

 Sometimes severe injury to the plants 

 from too heavy fumigating will be the 

 outcome. H. G. 



