Febrlary 6, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



99 



Vegetable Forcing. 



LETTUCE IN HOTBEDS. 



Please tell me at how early a date 

 I can start lettuce in hotbeds, as I shall 

 not be able to get my houses up this 

 winter. The climate is that of north- 

 eastern Ohio. G. C. H. 



You can make your hotbeds for let- 

 tuce by the first part of February, 

 although you may have to cover the 

 glass with straw and manure or mats, 

 as there might be some zero weather 

 after the lettuce gets started, which 

 might freeze it hard enough to injure 

 it. If you use the double-glazed sashes 

 you will not have to cover them. Let- 

 tuce plants may be set in the field by 

 the middle of March in most seasons, 

 providing they are grown cold, so as to 

 be able to stand the freezing. Soft, 

 tender plants from the greenhouse or 

 hotbeds would not stand it. 



The double-glazed sashes are fine for 

 winter use. If they are used, I really 

 think it would be safe to start hotbeds 

 now. The chief danger is that the heat 

 of the hotbed might be all spent before 

 mild spring weather comes. This will 

 depend on how good the hotbed is. 



H. G. 



MEALY BUG IN GRAPERY. 



I would like to ask your advice 

 regarding a hothouse grapery. The 

 three varieties I have are the Black 

 Hamburg, Gross Colman and the Mus- 

 cats. The grape vines have been in the 

 greenhouse for the last twenty-eight 

 years and I have had charge of them 

 for the last five years. I prune them 

 the first week in January and start 

 them with heat about the middle of 

 February. The Hamburgs are ripe the 

 latter part of June. But I can not get 

 rid of the mealy bug. After pruning 1 

 wash the vines thoroughly with a brush, 

 using an insecticide, and they stay 

 ■ clean until the fruit sets. Then I am 

 troubled with the insect until the fruit 

 is ripe. Would it do to use kerosene in 

 any form, or fumigate the house before 

 starting the grapery? F. A. D. 



Your grape vines should be dormant 

 now, and if the fruit is all cut, give the 

 house a fumigation with hydrocyanic 

 acid gas. This will kill all bugs and 

 many eggs. If, perchance, there are 

 any eggs left which may hatch later, 

 give another fumigation a few days 

 after the house has, been started, and 

 just before the vines break. Use 

 earthenware jars when fumigating. 

 Secure ninety-eight per cent cyanide of 

 potassium. Find the cubic area of your 

 house by multiplying the length by the 

 breadth and then by the average height. 

 For each 1,000 cubic feet use. one ounce 

 of sulphuric acid, two ounces of water 

 and one-half ounce of cyanide. Place 

 the water in the jars first, then add the 

 acid and later drop in the cyanide 

 wrapped thickly in paper. Be sure all 

 ventilators are closed and that no cats 

 or other pets are locked up. Lock the 

 doors and allow no one to enter till 

 next morning. Remember to get out of 

 the house quickly after dropping in the 

 cyanide, as it generates a deadly gas 

 instantly. Do the work yourself; don't 

 trust it to any assistant. 



If you see any signs of bug in the 



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house just before the vines start to 

 color, select a cool night and give them 

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 somewhat scorched some of the tender 

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 this is a trifling loss when compared 

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 branches from bugs. The warmer the 

 night, the greater the danger of scorch- 

 ing foliage. Therefore, always choose 

 a cool night and give an all-night 

 exposure. 



Do not use kerosene on your canes, 

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