March 81, 1910. 



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church decorations were executed, while 

 pot plants sold well. A large lot of hya- 

 cinths in pans seemed to appeal most to 

 his trade. 



The Holton & Hunkel Co. reports han- 

 dling more stock of all kinds than in any 

 former season. Shipping trade was fine, 

 and anything showing color in pot plants 

 was cleaned up several diiys previous to 

 Easter. 



The Edlef sen-Lei diger Co. says that 

 this year's Easter businena was a record- 

 breaker; it necessitated working Friday 

 and Saturday nights. The volume of 

 business at the Third street branch ran 

 away ahead of expectations, with enough 

 stock in all lines. 



The East Side Floral Co. had all that 

 could be handled and was more than 

 pleased with Easter trade. Sweet peas 

 and lilies were the long suit in cut 

 flowers. Here also plants sold well. 



William Zimmermann says that Easter 

 business was satisfactory and fully up to 

 last year. He doubled his working force 

 for the occasion. 



A. Groth, of North Milwaukee, is sup- 

 plying this market with carnations of 

 fancy quality these days. His Enchant- 

 ress are exceptionally fine. 



C. C. Pollworth Co. says it was fully 

 as good as'any other Easter. Their busi- 

 ness has been excellent all season. 



E.O. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



CHICAGO, March 29.— Cucumbers, $1 to fl.75 

 <!««.; lettuce, 30c to 02 '/^c box; radishes, 25c 

 to 75e doion bunches. 



BOSTON. March 28.— Tomatoes, 30c lb.; cu- 

 cumbers, $5 to $10 box; lettuce, $1.25 to $1.75 

 bor; mint, 50c to 75c doz. ; dandelions, $1 

 1k)x; romaine, 75c to $1 doz.; escarolie, 75c 

 doz.; rhubarb, 5o to 6c lb.; bunch beets, $1.75 

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

 $1.50 to $1.75 box. 



NEW YORK, March 28.— Beet tops steady. 

 Cucumbers In light supply. Lettuce dull and 

 lower. Mint dragging. Muslirooms arrived late 

 and prices lower. Kadlshes and rhubarb steady. 

 Tomatoes selllDg slowly. Beet tops, 75c box; 

 cucumbers, $1 to $1.50 doz.; lettuce, $2.50 to 

 $3.50 strap; mint, 25c to 50c dozen bunches; 

 mushrooms, 15c to 35c lb.; radishes, $2 to $3..50 

 hundred bunches; rhubarb, 25c to 40c dozen 

 bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb. 



CELERY FOR WINTER USE. 



Please tell me what is the best kind of 

 celery to plant in order to get large, ten- 

 der stalks for winter use. Also give me 

 a few cultural notes, stating what soil is 

 most suitable and what is the right dis- 

 tance between the plants and befween the 

 rows. I want a variety that is a good 

 keeper. L. M. B. 



White Plume celery has long been a 



TUBEROSES Per 100 



Mammoth Excelsior Pearl $L0O 



CALADIUMS 



6 to 7 2.00 



7 to 9 3.60 



9 to 12 6.00 



BEGONIAS, TaberouB, Single, Rose, Scarlet, CrimBon, 



White, Yellow 3 00 



Double 4.00 



GLOXINIAS, Red, White, Bine 4.00 



Per 1000 

 $ 9.00 



18.00 

 32.60 

 56 CO 



25.00 

 38.00 

 38.00 



GURRIE BROS. CO., Seedsmin and Florists, Milwaukee, Wis. 



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Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



XfltabUslied 18S4. RICKABDB BBOB.. Propa. 



Xmportara and Orowera of Hlcli-cnul* 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc. 



87 East 19th Street, Telephone 4236 Gramercy NEW TORK CITY 



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popular variety, but Go^lden Self -Blanch- 

 ing and Giant Pascal are now considered 

 better by many of the larger growers. 



Celery likes low, moist ground, that is 

 quite rich and soft. Peat beds and river 

 bottom land are used a great deal, but a 

 loose, soft soil, where irrigated, is excel- 

 lent. The plants should be placed about 

 eight inches apart in the rows. Some 

 growers plant two rows almost close to- 

 gether, breaking joints or zigzagging, so 

 that the plants in one row alternate with 

 those in the other. H. G. 



CLUB-FOOTED CABBAGE PLANTS. 



I have had a great deal of trouble in 

 the last two years with my cabbage 

 plants. They are club-footed, or head at 

 the roots, as the farmers say. Can you 

 tell me what makes them grow in that 

 way, and what I can do to the ground 

 that I sow the seed in so as to prevent 

 the trouble? I grow a good many plants 

 for the market and I had to throw away 

 a great many plants last year. Would 

 lime be good, worked into the ground 

 some time before sowing the seed? 



S. P. 



Yes, lime would help somewhat, but a 

 far better way is to get some clean, fresh, 

 new soil that does not need the lime. It 

 takes only a small quantity of soil to 

 plant the seed in and not any great quan- 

 tity to transplant into. There is but 

 slight expense or trouble, therefore, in 

 going to a piece of sod and getting some 

 of the finest soil obtainable by sifting it 

 out. Cabbages should be transplanted 

 as soon as they are up and the seed 

 should be planted in different batches, so 

 as not to come up all at once. It is high 

 time for early cabbage seed to be 

 planted. H. G. 



Vegetable Plants 



Per 100 1000 



Beet Plants 10.20 $1.25 



Kkb Plants -40 2.00 



Pepper Plants. Bull Nose, Sweet 



Mountain and Ruby King ^0 2.00 



Tomatoes. Small plants. Karliana, 



Karly lewel. Dwarf Stone, Cham- 



pion. Ponderosa. and Matchless — .30 2.00 

 Tomatoes. Small plants. Stone, 



Paragon, Favorite and Success 20 1 .00 



LIME FOR SOUR LAND. 



I have two acres of black loam land 

 that is cool and sour, on account of a 

 spring which is at the edge of the 

 tract. I have brought the water in the 

 spring down to two feet below the sur- 

 face, by means of an open ditch which 

 I dug last fall. Please tell me how 

 much lime will be needed to cure the 

 land of sourness, so it will grow a first- 

 class crop of celery and cauliflower. 

 Would salt be of any benefit? If so, 

 how much should be used? There is 

 plenty of stable manure on the ground 

 now. J. M. 



Lime is a valuable manure, for some 

 one or more of its salts enter into the 

 composition of every vegetable. Some 

 specimens of lime, however, contain an 

 excessively large proportion of magnesia, 

 which, absorbing carbonic acid too slow- 

 ly, remains in a caustic state, to the in- 

 jury of the roots of the plants, and the 

 diminution of benefit from the carbonic 

 acid evolved by the decomposing constitu- 

 ents of the soil. Thus, peat and bog earth 

 are beneficial to the plants grown upon 

 them by their containing gallic acid agd 

 other acids, which lime removes. 



For sour, boggy soil, sixty-five to sev- 

 enty bushels per acre is a suflScient quan- 

 tity. An excellent manure is formed by 

 mixing one bushel of salt with every two 

 bushels of lime. 



Lime cannot be applied too fresh from 

 the kiln, for if allowed to absorb car- 

 bonic acid from the air, it is rapidly con- 

 verted into chalk. Eibes. 



CASH WFTH ORDER. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., 



White Hu-ih 

 Hd. 



IVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Irrigation will 

 produce as much crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



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