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The Weekly Rorists* Review. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETa 



CHICAGO, April 6.— Cacumbcrs, fl to |1.S5 

 doE.; lettuce, 25c to 27^c box; radlsbcs, 25c 

 to 75c doaen bunches. 



NEW YOEK, April 4. — Mushrooms in modi-ate 

 supply and steady. Cucumbers dull. Lettuce 

 weak. Radishes and rhubarb without chuuge. 

 Beet tops, 50c box; cucumbers, 90c to ^1.25 

 dOB.; cauliflowers, |3.60 box of 12 to 14; le^tuce, 

 $1 to $1.75 strap; mint, 15c to 26c dozen 

 bunches; mushrooms, 15c to 40c lb.; radishes, 

 f2 to $2.60 hundred bunches; rhubarb, 26c to 40c 

 dozen bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 20c lb. 



BOSTON, April 4. — Hot weather; heavy ar- 

 rlTalB from the south and increased hothouse 

 supplies have caused declines in prices. Trade 

 Is quite good. Cucumbers, $3 to $7 box; to- 

 matoes, 20c to 30c lb.; lettuce, $1 to 41.26 box; 

 bunch carrots, |1 doz. ; bunch beets, 1.76 doz.; 

 parsley, $1.26 to $1.60 box; radishes, $2 to 

 $2.26 box; rhubarb (local hothouse), 6c to 6c 

 lb.; romalne, $1 doz.; escaroUe, 76c to $1 doz. ; 

 moBhrooms, $1.26 to $2 basket. 



MUMS AS A CATCH CROP. 



We should like to know if mnma ought 

 to be Bet outdoors a while, or be put in 

 the house as soon aa lettuce and radish 

 are out in the spring. I see where one 

 man says the cuttings ought to be all 

 started by March 1, and another says 

 there is plenty of time after March 1 

 for all. Are cuttings broken from 

 the new plants good to put in the sand 

 to raise plants, and do they need to be 

 broken back the same as carnations t 



W. D. P. & S. 



Chrysanthemums started March 1 are 

 intended to furnish large specimen 

 blooms for exhibition purposes. May 1 

 to June 1 is a suitable time to propagate 

 for commercial blooms. The shoots 

 which come from the base of the old 

 plants are the best for propagating pur- 

 poses. Those rooted in April and the 

 early part of May can be pinched once if 

 necessary, and two or three shoots al- 

 lowed to grow, which will each carry a 

 nice flower. As a general thing, one 

 flower is allowed per plant. The cuttings 

 should not go out of doors at all. Pot 

 oflE singly when rooted. Stand on a bench 

 and plant directly from these into the 

 beds or benches. Do not allow them to 

 remain long enough in the pots to be- 

 come hard or the roots matted. When 

 one bloom per plant is to be carried, no 

 pinching must be done. C. W. 



CHICORY. 



Will you kindly tell me the name of 

 the enclosed vegetable and how to grow 

 itt A. J. P. 



The vegetable is chicory, a common 

 crop in Prance and other parts of Eu- 

 rope, but comparatively little known in 

 this country. 



There are several quite different varie- 

 ties of chicory. One large-rooted variety 

 is known as a substitute for, and an 

 adulterant of, coffee, the roots being 

 roasted and ground for this purpose. 

 The samples submitted, however, are 

 new, bleached shoots from roots of the 

 salad variety, which have been grown 

 outside in summer and forced in a dark 

 place in winter. 



The culture is simple and the plants 

 are prolific. I believe that in a few years 

 it will be grown extensively in thia eoim- 

 try. The chicory should be grown on a 

 good, soft, rich piece of garden soil, 

 which should need no application of fer- 

 tilizer at the time of putting in the crop. 



The seed is sown in rows, like parsnip 



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Pepper Plants. Bull Nose. Sweet 

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or vegetable oyster seed. The rows 

 should be fourteen or sixteen inches 

 apart. After the plants are up nicely, 

 they must be thinned out, leaving them 

 seven or eight inches apart in the row. 

 Do not plant them until about May 1. 

 Keep them well cultivated and weeded 

 until fall. 



In November the roots, which some- 

 what resemble horse radish or salsify, are 

 carefully lifted. They should not be all 

 taken in at once, but in several batches 

 at different times. 



A shed like a mushroom house, or un- 

 der benches in the greenhouse where 

 there are no heating pipes, will be suit- 

 able places for forcing. The place must 

 be dark, like a mushroom house, in order 

 to bleach the shoots properly. 



The roots are packed in good soil about 

 three inches apart each way, leaving the 

 tops showing above the surface of the 

 soil. All leaves are trimmed off to within 

 a half inch of the crown. Fine soil 

 should be worked in between the roots 

 and the bed should be well watered, fill- 

 ing in more soil where needed, but being 

 careful to leave the tops in sight above 

 the surface of the soil. They must be 

 kept moist and dark and all drafts must 

 be excluded. They should be sprayed 

 occasionally and kept at a temperature 

 of about 60 degrees day and night. In 

 about three weeks the sprouts or bleached 

 heads will be salable. Select only well 

 blanched tops and cut with a sharp knife. 



It is well to have the roots stored in a 

 cool shed or cellar, where they can be 



There are no Dry Spots 



with The Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. =!^=^^= 



ne Skinner Irrigation Co. 



TROY, O. 



had at any time in winter when needed to 

 replant the beds. H. G. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



This city has been having the most 

 delightful spring weather, with the tem- 

 perature just right to bring the people 

 out. 



Trees and shrubbery will be in blos- 

 som in a few days if this weather con- 

 tinues, and will certainly be injured if 

 we have a hard frost. Lilac is in full 

 leaf. Magnolias are almost ready to 

 open their flowers and many of the 

 earliest blooming shrubs are showing 

 color. The single early tulips in some 

 places are already in bloom, as also are 

 the Emperor narcissi. All of this the 

 first week in April makes us fear for 

 our spring flowers, when we remember 

 that snow and frost are common and al- 

 ways expected at any time this month, 

 not to speak of the first two weeks of 

 May. 



However, business has been good all 

 the week, cleaning stock up nicely, and 

 there has been plenty of it. Violets are 

 getting smaller every day and it will 

 not t^e much more warm weather to 

 finish them. The southern daffodils 

 which came into this market have scarcely 

 paid the express charges. In most cases 

 whole consignments arrived soft as mush. 



