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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 18, 1909.' 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, March 16. — Cucumbers, 86c to $1.25 

 doz.; lettuce, 2Bc to 30c box; radishes, 10c to 

 35c doz. bunches; mushrooms, 40c to 50c lb. 



New York, March 16. — Beet tops, 75c to $1 

 box; cucumbers, 75c to |1.50 doz.; lettuce, $1 to 

 $1.50 strap; mushrooms, 20c to 50 lb.; mint, 

 35c to 45c doz. bunches; radishes, $2 to |3 per 

 100 bunches; rhubarb, 30c to 60c doz.; tomatoes, 

 5c to 15c lb. 



Boston, March 15.— Bunch beets, $2.50 to $3 

 doz.; bunch carrots, 25c to 75c doz.; dandelions, 

 $1.50 to $1.75 box; cucumbers, $5 to $13 box; 

 tomatoes, 40c to 60c lb.; romaine, 75c to $1 

 doz.; escarolle, 75c to $1 doz.; asparagus, $3 to 

 $3.50 doz.; parsley, $1.25 to $1.50 box; mint, 

 60c to 76c doz.; rhubarb, 9c to 10c lb.; lettuce, 

 60c to $1 box; beet greens, 75c to $1 box; 

 mushrooms, $1.60 to $1.75 box. 



TOMATO RUST. 



The Tomato's Chief Enemy. 



A fungous disease (Cladosporium 

 fulvum), known as "tomato rust," is 

 giving hothouse tomato growers much 

 trouble and seems to be present in all 

 parts of the country where tomatoes are 

 grown under glass. It is evident that 

 it is here to stay, much as is mildew on 

 roses, and must be considered as the 

 chief of all the diseases to which toma- 

 toes are subject. 



As compared to mildew, it is similar 

 only by being of moldy appearance and 

 in spots on the foliage. Its color is 

 brown and its growth is found on the 

 under side of the leaf, instead of on 

 top, like mildew. 



Although it is not generally known, 

 the real growth of all such fungi is in- 

 side the leaf, between the upper and 

 lower skin of the leaf. The growth that 

 we see is simply the bloom and seed of 

 the hidden plant, breaking out thus that 

 the spores may be carried on the air, 

 or otherwise, to new places. 



Fungous Growths Explained. 



The mushroom might be taken as a 

 good example of this hidden growth. 

 The real plant of the mushroom (mush- 

 rooms and toadstools belong to the 

 fungoid families) is underground, run- 

 ning all through the manure like tiny 

 cotton threads for weeks before break- 

 ing through above into mushrooms, 

 which are really the bloom and seed of 

 the underground plant. If a mushroom 

 is allowed to open up flat, then is jpicked 

 and the stem removed from the flat or 

 upper part, and if this part is placed on 

 a piece of white paper overnight, top 

 side up as it grew, it will be found upon 

 lifting it in the morning that the print 

 of the under side of the mushroom is 

 left plainly on the paper, and by close 

 examination this will be found to be 

 spores or seeds of the mushroom, which 

 fell from the blades or gills of the ma- 

 ture mushroom. 



So it is with other fungous growths, 

 like mildew and the tomato rust of 

 which we speak. The plant is really 

 on the inside of the leaf. Each of the 

 threads of the mold-like growth has a 

 head on it, like a straw of grain. This 

 is a spore, which, when carried to an- 

 other plant, will infest the leaf and 

 spread the growth of the fungi, as 

 weed seed from a few weeds will seed a 

 whole field.' 



First Signs of the Disease. 



In this tomato disease the first signs 

 are pale or yellowish spots on the leaves, 



and for a few days nothing can be found 

 on either surface of the leaf, but soon 

 a downy fuzz will appear underneath 

 and in a few days it will grow and come 

 to minute heads. 



There is no doubt but that infection 

 takes place on the upper side of the 

 leaf, where the spores are more likely to 

 alight, but it does not break out on the 

 upper side of the leaf, like mildew, be- 

 cause it is not the nature of this par- 

 ticular fungus to do so. It always 

 breaks out underneath; never on top. 



This fungus flourishes in almost ex- 

 actly the same conditions that mildew 

 likes, and the same preventive, good and 

 careful ventilation from the start, is 

 applied to both. 



Remedies. 



But preventives and remedies are dif- 

 ferent. If an attack of tomato leaf rust 

 sets in, the best thing to do first is to 

 spray the upper sides of the foliage 

 with either Bordeaux mixture or the 

 ammoniacal carbonate of copper solution, 

 and the spores will be prevented from 

 germinating when they alight on the 

 poison. It is also well to spray the 

 under sides of any leaves that are al- 

 ready attacked, so that the spores will 

 be killed before they spread, as in pull- 

 ing and burning a thistle when in bloom, 

 before the seed gets scattered. The 

 latter named fungicide is the more suit- 

 able if the plants have fruit on, as it 

 will not soil the fruit as Bordeaux does, 

 but it is not considered as lasting as Bor- 

 deaux. 



Spraying, unless done thoroughly, is 

 time and money vrasted. The best kind 

 of sprayer for greenhouses is a com- 

 pressed air sprayer, pumped up like a 

 bicycle tire, and it should be under good 

 pressure in order to make a fine, mist- 

 like spray. It takes a good sprayer, a 

 good pressure and a good man to do 

 it, if any benefit is to come from it. 



H. G. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Current Comment 



If the Harrisii lilies growing almost 

 wild around here could be forced at will 

 to bloom at a certain time, few bulbs 

 would be imported. They multiply here, 

 when left in the ground, at an astonish- 

 ing rate. This year they vdU be just in 

 time for Easter, when they seem to be 

 more in demand than ever before. Dis- 

 ease is not known among them, and al- 

 though not producing so many flowers 

 on a stem they are just as perfect as the 

 best ones coming from Bermuda or 

 Japan. 



The Metairie Eidge Nursery Co. has 

 issued its new catalogue. They handle 

 field grown roses in quantity and devote 

 75,000 feet of glass to cut roses. Amer- 

 ican Beauties are grown on solid beds. 

 It is the most planted. Mr. Papworth 

 says that his bills for northern roses are 

 reduced to almost nothing now, and that 

 he often has a surplus to dispose of here 

 at wholesale. A large portion of two 

 houses is now planted in cucumbers. 

 It is a paying crop. No matter what 

 kind of artificial heat you will use in 

 northern latitudes, they will never attain 

 the same perfection as here under our 

 bright, hot sun. In the nursery about 

 25,000 hardy palms are planted. The 

 company has just been filling a contract 

 to furnish the Southern Land Co. with a 

 large quantity of palms and trees and 

 is figuring on another big order. A new 



With the Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Irrigfation ONE 

 MAN can do the work 



of FORTY MEN 

 waterings with a hose. 



The Skinner Irrieatlon Go. 



TROY, O. 



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Vegetable Plants 



FOR TRANSPLANTING 



CABBA6K— Wakefield and Succession, $1.50 



per 1000. 

 KGG PLANT - N. Y. Improved and Black 



B>^auty, 4('c per 100; $3 00 per 1000. 

 PBPPSR— Bull Noee, Ruby Kine and Sweet 



Mountain, 40c per 100; $8.00 per 1000. 

 Obinese Giant and Oayenne, 60c per 100. 

 TOMATO— Karliana, Chalk's Jewel and Early 



June Pink, 30c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. 

 Cash with order. 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO.. Whitemarsh, Md. 



Meptton The itenew when yog write 



CONNOVER 



15,0001-yr.-old Asparagus plants, extra fine. 

 $4.00 per 1000. 

 1500 DRACAENA INDIVI8A PerlOO 



2-in $2.00 



3000 Pbcenlx Canariensis Palms, 8-in 8.00 



1500 Chamserops Ezcelsa. 2>s-in 6,00 



500 Asparagus SDrengeri, 3-in 5.00 



500 Asparagus Plumosus, 3-in 6.00 



3000 Ooleus, 4 varieties, rooted cuttings 60 



2000 Qeraniums— S. Nutt, Double Ivy and 

 Miss Perkins, 2'fl-in 2.50 



W. E. Trimble Greenhouse Co., Princeton, Hi. 



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The Helm 

 Safety Clip 



PATENTED 



is the thing to tie 

 your crosa wires. 



Write me for a 

 sample and price. 



Albert Bell^ Connersville, Ind. 



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Golden Glow Chrysanthemums 

 Shasta Daisies 



2^-in. pots, $5.00 per 100. 

 Fine stock. Order at once. 



JACOB SCHULZ, 



550 So. Fourth Avenue, LOUISVILLE KY. 



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piece of ground has just been purchased 

 by the company, with the expectation 

 that it will be needed in the near future. 



M. M. L. 



Thk Bevoew sends the Florists' Man- 

 ual, by Wm. Scott, postpaid, for $5. 



The Bevdew is ahead of any other 

 paper for florists and I cannot do with* 

 out it— H. W. Wright, Amarillo, Tor. 



