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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



YELLOW CUCUMBEB FOLLA-GE. 



What causes cucumber vines outdoors 

 to turn yellow, and how can it be pre- 



yented f 



J. J. H. 



MelonB and cucumbers growing out- 

 doors have of late years been killed in 

 immense numbers by a blight which 

 causes the leaves to turn ligiit colored 

 and finally brown, the discoloration 

 running from the center of the hills 

 toward the growing tips. This disease 

 usually appears with the first cold 

 nights in August. The cause we do not 

 know; remedies also are of no great 

 avail. Spraying with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture at intervals during the growing 

 season has only partially checked the 

 spread of this scourge and many grow- 

 ers have become discouraged and 

 dropped outdoor cucumber (ulture. If 

 seed is sown quite early, a crop may be 

 secured, but later sowings are invari- 

 ably attacked and a real remedy is still 

 lacking. C. W. 



BHUBABB UKDEB BENCHES. 



Can rhubarb be grown successfully 

 under the benches of a carnation house, 

 a chrysanthemum house or a lettuce 

 house without detriment to the crops on 

 the benches? Could the rhubarb roots 

 be placed uudfer the benches for forcing 

 immediately after the crop of mums 

 had been cut, and would it in any way 

 interfere with a crop of Grand Rapids 

 lettuce grown upon the benches, follow- 

 ing the chrysanthemums? 



W. w. r. C. 



While rhubarb could be grown under 

 any of the benches named, and without 

 interfering particularly with any of the 

 crops you refer to, it will not do satis- 

 factorily in 80 low a temperature as 

 obtains where lettuce, mums and carna- 

 tions are grown. To grow rhubarb suc- 

 cessfully, a warm and dark location is 

 desirable. When grown in the dark, 

 the stalks come a rich red color and 

 draw up to good length. In the light 

 and a cooler temperature, rhubarb is 

 ■low in starting and the stalks are 

 green as compared with those grown in 

 the dark. 



A cellar which will grow good mush- 

 rooms is an ideal place for rhubarb. The 

 temperature for its successful wiuter 

 culture should not be less than 60 de- 

 grees, and bottom heat is a decided 

 benefit. Some growers utilize coldframes 

 of considerable depth, putting in a b^d 

 of cattle manure for bottom heat. The 

 glass is kept darkened with mats. Any 

 shed, pit, cellar or frame which can be 

 given a minimum of 60 degrees will 

 grow excellent rhubarb. C. 



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