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January 11, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



79 



F=OR iAZINXeR F=ORCIING 

 MAMMOTH . ^A .^. ^1 A MAMMOTH 



ASPARAGUS 



ROOTS 



Per dozen $ 1. 00 postpaid 



Per 100 4 00 postpaid 



Per 1000 35.(X) postpaid 



RHUBARB 



CLUMPS 



Per dozen $ 1.75 



Per 100 lO.(X) 



SELEOTED TVTHTVTTVVOTH KSPHRHGUS ROOT3 



From a renowned specialist, will force in four weeks, the most tender ^and delicious Asparagus. Can be forced under 

 greenhouse benches or in cellars. Customers were delighted with their success last reason, and are doubling their orders. 

 250 roots will be eold at the 1000 rate. Special quotation will be given on large lots. Write for our Wholesale List for 



Florists and Market Gardeners. Just issued. 



\JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market Street, PHILA DELPHIA, PA. J 



MentlOD The Review wneo »ou write 



Vegetable Forcing. 



FORCINa TOMATOES. 



I have been growing tomatoes in the 

 greenhouse for the last two years, with 

 only fair success. This year I should 

 like to have a banner crop and so I 

 write for information about growing 

 them. The varieties have been Globe 

 and Comet, and this year I shall try a 

 few Bonny Best in addition to the 

 others. I have been transplanting from 

 the seed bed into pots, 2-inch to 4-inch 

 in size, using fertilizer in the soil at 

 each move, and then into the perma- 

 nent bed. How far apart should the 

 rows be and how far apart should the 

 plants be in the row? Do you use fer- 

 tilizer when you set them in the final 

 bed? If so, what do you use and how 

 often? Do you cultivate them after 

 they are put in the permanent bed? 

 How do you pollenize them,^ and is it 

 necessary to pollenize after the venti- 

 lators and side sashes are kept open? Do 

 you spray with Bordeaux as a precau 

 tionary measure or wait until you see 

 the need of it? C. L. H. 



Use carefully prepared, fresh Bor- 

 deaux as a preventive. It is too late to 

 do much good after the crop is attacked 

 by fungous diseases. The germs of 

 the disease light on top of the leaves 

 and cannot germinate where the leaves 

 are coated with Bordeaux. 



Your varieties are all right. The dis- 

 tance will depend somewhat on the ar- 

 rangement of the house, etc. I like to 

 plant fifteen inches apart for single- 

 stem plants and have the rows in solid 

 beds three feet apart. If on raised 

 beds four to five feet wide, get two 

 rows in a bench. Some growers plant 

 eighteen inches apart each way. Spade 

 some rotted manure into the beds be- 

 fore planting and feed occasionally, 

 after they get to bearing, with com- 

 mercial fertilizers and liquid manure. 

 I think that after they commence to 

 bloom you will find that you can fer- 

 tilize all blooms by shaking each stalk 

 carefully by giving it a sharp tap every 

 day about noon, using a light stick 

 with a soft rag tied around it near the 

 end, so as not to bruise the stalk. Give 

 several quick, sharp taps on the stalk, 

 near the blooms. It can be done quick- 

 ly and, if it is properly done each day, 

 no blooms will be lost in good weather 



H. G. 



Stokes' Bonny Best Early Tomato 



Buy This Seed of the Originator, and Get it Right. 



It Is the flaest tomato (or forcing inside or for outdoor plantloK kn*^ wn to the trade. 



Price Introducer's Seed: Pkt , 10c; oz., 40c; »4 lb.. «l.0O; lb.. $3.75. Crown Set 

 Seed for greenhouse use. Pkt.. 20c; ^ oz.. 76c; o/., $1.26. "* Stokes' Standard" 

 Globe T'lmato. A new and wonderful strala of Ulobe Tomato. Sefd saved from 

 specimen fruits from line bred plants. Pkt., lOc; >qoz..SOc; oz.. 60c; '4lb.,tl.S0. 



STOK[S' BIG BOnTON LEHUCE STOKES' GRAND RAPIDS LETFUCE 



A superior strain. A superior strain. 



Oz., 16c; X lb, 35c; Lb., $1.25. Oz., 15c; X lb., 35c; Lb., $1.25. 



Send for Seed Catalogue and Market Gardeners' Wholesale Lists. 



WALTER r. STOKES, Seedsman. Philadelphia, Pa. 



^ Mention The Kf view when you write. 



MARKET GARDENERS I 



DON'T PAY FANCY 



PRICES FOR YOUR 



When you can buy the true 



Northern Grown Seed Stock 



of hlKh«>gt germinating an dearly maturing qual- 

 ities direct frnm the Krower. Send today 

 for our Market Gardeners' Catalugue and save 

 money. 



Farmer Seed & Nunery Co. 



511 4th Are., 



Faribanlt, Minn. 



Mention The Review wtien you write 



BEST FKEKCH SEED. 

 Radish, Scarlet Globe; Self-Blanching Celery; 

 Lettuce, Improved Big Boston (quality extra). 

 Black Seed Big Boston, Beaulieu's Forcing, 45 

 head fill up a barrel; Beaulieu's Globe White 

 Tipped Forcing ("^ pink, i^ white) new radish; 

 White Tipped Scarlet turnip; Beet, Detroit, 

 Crosby; long smooth parsley, large rooted, extra; 

 Spinach, Savoy, Vlroflay, Triumph, etc.; Endive, 

 Curled and EscaroUe. All this has been selected 

 by myself and Is the quality as used by the 

 market gardeners of Paris. Send for prices. 



BEAULIETT. 



Woodhaven, Borough of Queens, New York. 



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liawrence, Mass. — A. H. Wagland, 

 known also in the local trade as Wag- 

 land the Florist, finds that his five 

 greenhouses, which cover all his avail- 

 able space at 647 Broadway, are much 

 too small to supply the needed stock, 

 and he is therefore planning to begin 

 the erection of a range of greenhouses 

 on his farm, about a mile distant from 

 his present location. He also contem- 

 plates opening a store on the main 

 street of the city. His new delivery 

 automobile, which has been in use 

 about two months, is proving to be a 

 good acquisition. Master Harry Wag- 

 land has full charge of the delivery. 

 This business was started nine years 

 ago, with one greenhouse, and has had 

 a steady, substantial growth. 



Special Strain of 

 Golden Self-Blanching 



CELERY 



Wo offer an exceptionally fine strain known as our 

 Perfection Strain . This seed Is crop 1910: has 

 been thoroughly tried out and wo know it is rieht. 

 It Is almost free from green sorts, and more than 

 one customer has told us they did not find a hollow 

 stalk in the field this year. The germination Is per- 

 fect. We consider It Perfection in every respect 

 and do not think It can be improved on. 



1 oz., 85c; ><«lb., $3.25; lb., $1».00, postpaid 



Send Postal lor 1912 Descriptive Catalogue. 



I. N. Simon & Son 



Grawern of Seed Specialties* 

 fur Market Gardeuertk 



6 N. Front St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when vou writa 



Special to the Trade 



We make a specialty of STTowing all kinds of 

 VeRetable Plants for the Setd and Plant Trade, 

 includinr the bfst varieties of Forcing Toma- 

 toes, Asparasrus, Cauilflow>r. Egg Plants Pep- 

 pers. Parsley. Lettuce, <'abbage. etc. Special 

 prices made on large orders for spring delivery. 

 Let us know your wants. 



We have a fine lot of Tomato Plants, trans- 

 planted and potted: Comet, Lorillard Bonny 

 Best, Sutton's A-1, Sutton's Abundance and 

 Winter Beauty, also Extra Early Erfurt and 

 Snowball Cauliflower. 



Cash required witli orders from 

 unknown correspondents 



fox-Hall farm, \l,^- Norfolk, Va. 



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Watch for onr Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pun Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades is 

 thus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



TradeMark. American Spawn Co., St Paul, Minn. 



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