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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 3, 1916. 



Vegetable Fordog. 



VEOETABLE MARKETS. 



CHICAGO, Mar. 1.— Cucumbers, 75c to $1.50 

 doz.; lettuce, 25c to 30c box; radishes, 15c to 

 35c dozen bunches. 



BOSTON, Feb. 28.— Cucumbers, $5 to $14 box; 

 tomatoes, 30c to 40c lb.; lettuce, 85c to $1.25 

 box; romaine, $1 to $1.15 box; esearoUe, 50c 

 to $1 doz.; rhubarb, 8c lb.; mint, 50c to 60c 

 doz.; radishes, $1.25 to $1.50 box; parsley, $2 to 

 $2.25 box. 



NEW YORK. Feb. 28. — Mushrooms continue 

 plenty and weak. Cucumbers steady. Radishes 

 and rhubarb are moving slowly. Tomatoes in 

 light supply. Beet tops, 75c box; cucumbers, 

 $1 to $2 doz.; lettuce, $2 to $2.50 strap; mint, 

 $1 dozen bunches; radishes, $1.50 to $2.50 hun- 

 dred bunches; rhubarb, 50c to 65e dozen bunches; 

 tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb. 



PLANTING SEED. 



Cboosing ihe Right Time. 



It is now about time that all vegetable 

 seeds, such as tomato, eggplant, pepper, 

 etc., should be planted. They ought to 

 be ready to transplant from the seed 

 boxes in about seven to twelve days, and 

 a month after transplanting they are 

 ready for the field or for the market. 

 In most small greenhouse ranges and 

 in many large places the handling of 

 vegetable plants is an important part of 

 the business. There is usually a demand 

 for more plants than the grower has 

 room to produce. The greatest mistake 

 that many make is to plant the seed too 

 early or too late and the most trouble- 

 some and expensive item is getting the 

 plants transplanted. 



A Safe Rule to Follow. 



It is difficult to give exact dates for 

 the planting of the seed, because in some 

 latitudes it is possible to plant out into 

 the garden much earlier than in others. 

 It also makes considerable difference how 

 the temperature of the house is kept in 

 which the plants are started. But it is a 

 safe rule to allow about five weeks from 

 the date of planting the seed to the date 

 of setting out the plants in the field. In 

 the latitude of Chicago and New York 

 it is risky to plant out tender plants 

 earlier than the last week in May — ex- 

 cepting, of course, cabbage and cauli- 

 flower, which may be put out as soon as 

 the ground can be worked, if they are 

 hardy and cool grown. 



Tomato plants seem to be in greatest 

 demand of all vegetable plants, but egg- 

 plant and peppers are also good sellers. 

 The earliest cabbage plants, being in de- 

 mand several weeks earlier, must be 

 planted much sooner, but it is not too 

 late yet to plant the seeds of second 

 early varieties, such as Succession and 

 Early Summer. Cauliflower is not so 

 much in demand and the seed is so ex- 

 pensive that it is best to grow only a 

 very limited number, for which a good 

 price must be received to come out even. 



The Seed Flats. 



All seed should be sown in flats, which 

 should be about three and one-half inches 

 deep. Fill these almost level full of 

 finely sifted, sandy soil. Make the sur- 

 face perfectly smooth and level with a 

 square piece of board, pressed down 

 gently. Barely cover the seed and 

 sprinkle lightly with a fine spray; then, 

 if any seed shows through, cover with a 

 little more fine soil. 



If a paper or a pane of glass is kept 

 over the top of the box a few days, until 

 *•-<» seeds commence to germinate, they 



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will not dry out so much and will come 

 up better and without any more than the 

 first sprinkling. Any covering must be 

 removed promptly as the seeds begin to 

 sprout. They must be watered sparingly 

 and aired freely. The object in filling 

 the box almost level full of soil is to 

 allow a free circulation of air across 

 the top, through the tiny seedlings, to 

 keep fungous growths from starting to 

 damp them off. 



Transplantiog. 



Transplant as soon as the seed leaves 

 are spread, as they are handled much 

 more easily then than later. Usually the 

 last ones are too large to handle, any- 

 how, before they get attention. For this 

 reason it is best not to plant all the seed 

 in one day. If a few boxes are planted 

 every day or two, they will not come on 

 faster than one man can handle them. 



In transplanting, they should not be 

 less than two inches apart; two and one- 

 half inches is better. If crowded too 

 closely, they grow too tall and weak. I 

 like to use flats for transplanting into 

 and I keep them inside for a few days, 

 until braced up; then I carry them out 

 to the coldframes or hotbeds where they 

 are to remain, being covered carefully 

 at night. H. G. 



The Eeview will send the Book of 

 Grafted Eoses for 25 cents. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGE— Wakefield and Succession, $1.50 per 



1000. 

 P ARSL EY— 25c per 100; $1.25 per 1000. 

 LETTUCE— Big Boston, Boston Market, Grand 



Rapids, $1.00 per 1000. 

 BEET PLANTS- $1.25perl000. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



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Harrisburg, Pa. — The expert florists 

 employed by the Philadelphia & Eeading 

 railway will soon start work beautifying 

 the various stations along the line. Over 

 200,000 plants of various kinds are now 

 being put in shape at the company's 

 hothouses at Wayne Junction. Nearly 

 200 stations will be supplied with various 

 kinds of flowers and shrubbery this year 

 and it is expected that it Avill take at 

 least two months to complete the distribu- 

 tion. 



Leavenworth, Kan. — J. E. Meinhart, 

 who recently purchased the Brenneman 

 greenhouses, at Webb City, Mo., will con- 

 tinue in business here as proprietor of 

 the Custom Flower Store, and will also 

 conduct a store in Webb City. The new- 

 ly acquired greenhouses, which comprise 

 45,000 square feet of glass, will be used 

 as the source of supply for both stores. 

 With the greenhouses Mr. Meinhart also 

 bought an eight-room house and four 

 acres of land. 



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