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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



May 13, 1909. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, May 11. — Cucumbers, 75c to $1.10 

 doz. ; lettuce, 30c box; radishes, 15c to 50c doz. 

 bunches; mushrooms, 45c to 55c lb. 



Boston, May 10. — Lettuce, $1.25 to $1.75 box; 

 cucumbers, $2 to $5 box; tomatoes, 20c to 25c 

 lb.; beets, $1 to $1.50 doz. bunches; carrots, 

 75c to $1 doz. bunches. 



New York, May 10. — Cucumbers, 40c to 75c 

 doz. ; mushrooms, 25c to 50c lb. ; mint, 30c to 

 40c doz. bunches; radishes, $1 to $2 per 100 

 bunches; rhubarb, $1 to $4 per 100 bunches; 

 tomatoes, 10c to 20c lb. 



CUCUMBERS. 



This is the strenuous time of the year 

 for cucumber growers. The plants are 

 now well started up the trellis and are 

 anxiously being watched There is no 

 greenhouse vegetable more diflScult to 

 grow than the cucumber, and to get a 

 perfect crop requires a good deal of skill 

 on the part of the grower. There are 

 many things to consider that might 

 cause the loss of the entire crop in a 

 short time. The first thing to consider is 

 the temperature. The house must be 

 warm night and day to have them do as 

 they should. A night temperature of 65 

 to 68 or 70 degrees is about right, with 

 a day temperature of about 80 degrees 

 when bright. If the vines are kept too 

 warm in the daytime, the difference in 

 the temperature at night may be too 

 great and be injurious to the plants, and 

 if kept too cool they will not grow 

 enough to be profitable. 



Overwatering or insufficient water will 

 injure them considerably. When small 

 they do not require much water, but when 

 well started or full grown they require a 

 lot of it to keep the soil just moist 

 enough. Sometimes it will look too wet 

 on the surface and be injuriously dry 

 down deeper, where the roots are. The 

 only way to tell positively is to take a 

 small trowel and dig into it occasionally 

 in different places and find just how it is 

 deeper down. 



Ventilation is an important point. A 

 little air should be given as soon as the 

 sun begins to warm up the houses. It is 

 a mistake to wait until the houses are 

 hot enough for day temperature before 

 opening the ventilators. Very few grow- 

 ers give their houses enough ventilation. 

 Plants need fresh air, not only to breathe, 

 as people do, but they also need a free 

 circulation of air to keep the foliage dry 

 and to keep down the fungus and dis- 

 eases, which flourish in a close atmos- 

 phere. 



Soil is also important to consider. If 

 not eood and rich when put in, more 

 fertilizers should be added occasionally. 

 Diseases usually get started when the 

 plants have become soft or weak from 

 neglect or improper care. Insects of all 

 kinds must be watched for and cleaned 

 out before they get numerous enough to 

 be injurious. H. G. 



WINTER ONIONS. 



What kind of onions should I plant out 

 in open ground for winter and early 

 spring sales, and when is the proper time 

 to plant them? G. C. 



The winter onion is the kind you want. 

 Buy the top sets and plant them the last 

 of August, in rows, just as you would 

 any onion sets. Cultivate carefully the 

 remainder of the summer. They make 

 their growth before being frozen in the 



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Insecticide 

 and Fung^icide 



Kills all worms. Insects, etc., in the soil with- 

 out injury to the roots. Cucumber growers 

 particularly will find it invaluable. A gallon 

 diluted makes several bairels of solution to 

 sprinkle on the soil with watering can. Price, per 

 gallon, $2.00. Cash must accompany all orders. 



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fall. In the spring, as soon as thawed 

 out, they get green and are ready to 

 pull. Do not pull the entire patch, but 

 save a few rows from which to get your 

 supply of top sets for the planting that 

 summer. 



Top sets are those which come in clus- 

 ters on top of the stalk, like seed pods. 

 The onion sets generally used for spring 

 planting as soon as the ground can be 

 cultivated are called bottom sets, and 

 are" simply small onions of the same yel- 

 low and white kinds used for large or 

 main crop onions. They are produced 

 by planting the seed very thickly, so that 

 the onions cannot grow large. Many are 

 sold for pickling in the fall. The bal- 

 ance are used for spring sets, and come 

 on closely after the winter onions, or 

 about the time the winter onions are be- 

 ginning to get too strong to eat. For a 

 steady supply, both kinds are necessary, 

 as the winter onions get too hot and 

 tough for table use in a short time, al- 

 though they are nice and tender at first. 

 H. G. 



DENVER. 



State of Trade. 



Trade the last two weeks has only been 

 fair, owing to weather conditions, and 

 perhaps also to some customers having 

 had so many flowers at Easter that they 

 felt like giving them a rest for a time. 

 But the stock has been fine and appar- 

 ently plentiful. Roses have been and 

 are in good supply, while carnations, on 

 account of the weather, have shortened 

 up a little and it looks as if there would 

 be no abundance of them for Decoration 

 day. Outdoor flowers have not made an 

 appearance as yet. Sweet peas are com- 

 ing in, but not in large quantities, and 

 they find ready sale, as violets are on 



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With the Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Irrigation ONE 

 MAN can do the work 



of FORTY MEN 

 watering with a hose. 



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their last legs. Some fine plants are 

 seen, but as yet it has been too cold to 

 set them out. 



Variotis Notes. 



The Gallup Floral Co. has closed out 

 its business at 1547 California street. 



Among the recent visitors was .T. D. 

 Carmody, Evansville, Ind. 



Mothers' day made quite a call for 

 white carnations. None were to be had 

 at noon on that day. 



N. A. Benson, state vice-president of 

 the S. A. F., has sent out a timely letter 

 drumming up the attendance to the S. 

 A. F. convention at Cincinnati. 



E. S. K. 



Hamburg, N. Y. — Charles Guenther is 

 building an addition to his greenhouses. 



