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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 30, 1014. 



Vegetable Forcing 



A POOB OBOP OF LETTUOE. 



Will you kindly tell me what is the 

 trouble with my lettuce! This is the 

 third crop and it all seems to be stunted, 

 liome of it having rust spots and most 

 of it decaying around the bottom, most- 

 ly in the stem. There are a good many 

 lice on it and I have been fumigating 

 with tobacco stems twice a week. Do 

 you think this would cause it! Does 

 the ground need fertilizer, or would 

 heavy watering cause this trouble? I 

 am losing about one-third of my crop 

 and am at a loss what to do. My green- 

 houses are five years old and the soil 

 has never been changed, but all my pre- 

 vious lettuce crops have consisted of 

 nice, big bunches. S. & K. 



There are several probable reasons for 

 your lettuce doing poorly. In the first 

 place, if you have never changed your 

 soil and you are using it each year for 

 lettuce culture, it is somewhat surpris- 

 ing that it has given you good returns 

 until now. About all the large lettuce 

 specialists now sterilize their soil each 

 year. If you use steam and will do like- 

 wise, you will have vastly better crops. 

 Then, while you do not say anything 

 about manuring your soil, it is probable 

 that the soil lacWi- plant food. Horse 

 manure, with all coarse straw removed, 

 and not too fresh, should be spread two 

 to three inches thick over your beds and 

 well mixed with the soil. Lettuce re- 

 quires considerable nitrogen and good 

 horse manure is better for it than com- 

 mercial fertilizer. 



Fumigation with tobacco stems is lia- 

 ble to scorch the foliage; tobacco papers 

 and liquids are safer. Many of the best 

 growers now use hydrocyanic acid gas. 

 You cannot get good lettuce where aphis 

 is allowed to breed. Lettuce, if it is 

 well watered when planted and if the 

 soil is stirred between the plants, needs 

 practically no watering in winter. Ex- 

 cessive watering is harmful and would 

 only aggravate such trouble as you 

 have. The night temperature for the 

 winter and early spring months should 

 run from 45 to 50 degrees, certainly not 

 over the higher figure. C. W. 



BLACK HAMBUBO QBAPES. 



We have grapes, mostly Black Ham- 

 burg, in 12-inch pots, in a greenhouse 

 with a -nicht temperature of 50 de- 

 grees. Could they be grown outdoors 

 iust as well, in this Ohio climate! 



A. S. R. 



Black Hamburg and other varieties 

 of European grapes, including all the 

 Muscats, Black Alicante, Gros Colman, 

 Golden Quoon and others, would not 

 do so well outdoors in your climate. 

 They would not prove hardy, for one 

 thing, and, vhile plants might be stood 

 outdoors and ripen a crop, the fruit 

 would be much inferior to such as 

 would be produced under glass. 



RED CEDAR 



Tr«« and Plant TMba 



With stave feet; prevent 

 floor and tub from rot. 

 Made in sizes from 6-inch 

 to 30-inch diameter. 



The Anericti Wn^eiwire 

 NItCt. Toledo, O..US.A. 



PLANT TUBS 



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GREENHOUSE GLASS 



WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE SOUTHWEST 



Our glass is of a heavy, uniform strength. We recommend that you antici- 

 pate your requirements NOW, as factories will soon go out of blast for the usual 

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 have your inquiries. 



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Greenhouse 



WE HAVE THE STOCK 

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New Bnad New Style. 

 H*M "RITBRTOn** 

 Fumisked in lengtht up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 

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 • Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 e. 



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714 Oiestnut St^ 



Pmila»blphia, Fa. 



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Waamer Plant Boxes are 



the best and cheapest in the market 

 tor Palms, Boxwood, Bay Trees, 

 etc. They are attractive in design, 

 strong and durable, suitable tor 

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Write for prices. 



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Sidney, Ohio 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION 



has paid $282,000.00 for glass broken during 

 the last 27 years. For particulars concern- 

 ing Hail Insarance. address 

 JOHN G. ESLER. Sec'y, Saddle River, N. J. 



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write. 



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 NKW TORR 



Hastlca is elastic and tenaclons. admits of 

 expansion and contraction. Putty becomes 

 hard and brittle. Broken glass more easily 

 removed without breaking of other glass as 

 occurs with hard putty. 



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Ml-669 WasklBfftoB Blvd., CHICACK), ILL. 



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TUBS AT HALF"~" 



Our special "Rot Proof" iron band tubs at the 

 following prices: 



14-inch each, $0.45; doz., $4.80; 100, $88.00 



16- inch each, .60: doz.. 6.60:1(0, 60.00 



18-inch each, .70; doz., 8.00; 100, 60.00 



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 780S KUCLID AVE. CHICAOO 



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