NOVBUBEB 17, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



Business is improving. The shorten- 

 ing of stock and the increase of demand 

 have made the market firmer than at 

 any time during the last fortnight. 

 Some lines clean up readily, while oth- 

 ers which were almost a drug on the 

 market begin to hold their own. The 

 increase in shipping is pronounced. This 

 means that many buyers have about 

 exhausted their house or two of mums 

 and are now turning to the larger mar- 

 kets for supplies. 



Chrysanthemums are, of course, the 

 leading flower. At times the supply of 

 choice white seems a little short, but 

 the many consignments arriving at al- 

 most every hour relieve the tension and 

 keep the prices normal. Major B'onnaf- 

 fon and Dr. Enguehard are the leaders. 



Eoses, too, are coming in more slowly. 

 The Beauties, Killarneys, Tafts, Brides 

 and Bichmonds are of the best quality. 

 The pink varieties move quickly, while 

 white, especially the short, sometimes 

 hardly cleans up in a day's time. The 

 demand for Beauties is fair and prices 

 are about normal for the season. 



Other lines of stock are growing in 

 importance and favor. The supply of 

 New York double violets scarcely equals 

 the demand. The locally grown singles 

 are off-crop for a few days. "What is 

 true of the doubles is also true of 

 valley. Longiflorums, antirrhinums and 

 sweet peas are offered. Carnations are 

 in diminished supply and the prices are 

 going up. The green goods market is 

 active, with a sufficient supply in all 

 lines. 



Various Notes. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 Society was held at the club rooms 

 November 14. The attendance was 

 small. The following flower show com- 

 mittee was appointed: Ed. Forter, E. 

 Witterstaetter, "William Murphy, E. G. 

 Gillett and Max Rudolph. 



The bowling club will meet next Mon- 

 day evening, November 21, at Finke & 

 Craig's alleys. 



C. E. Critchell has been finding a 

 steady call for New York double 

 violets. 



"William Murphy has sent men to the 

 woods to look up holly and laurel. He 

 expects to handle both in carload lots. 



E. G. Gillett attended the Indianapo- 

 lis show November 11. He has been 

 receiving sweet peas from John E. 

 Nellest, of Grand Eapids. 



Miss Claire Murphy returned last 

 week from California. 



"William Speck and party visited Eich- 

 mond, Ind., November 13. 



Mr. and Mrs. P. J. dinger have re- 

 turned from the Chicago show. "While 

 there they called on relatives at Evans- 

 ton and Aurora. 



Mrs. Henry Schwarz is home from 

 her visit in Birmingham, Ala. 



Morris Meyer, formerly with A. Sun- 



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Vegetable Plants 



CABBAGK— Wakefield and Succession, $1.00 



per 1000; aOcperlOO. 

 LKTTUCK— Grand Rapids, Big Bo8ton,^oston 



Marlcet and Tennis Ball, $1.00 per 1000; 20c 



per 100. 

 PARSIiET— 30c per 100 : |1.25 per 1000. 



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Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pare Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitutioii of cheaper grades is 

 thus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



TtadeMark. American Spawn Co., Si Paul, Minn. 



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derbruch's Sons, has accepted the posi- 

 tion of foreman at the Bloomhurst 

 Greenhouses. 



Ed. Dennler celebrated his twenty- 

 first birthday anniversary November 12. 

 Among other guests were his fiancee 

 and prospective relatives. 



S. W. Carey, Urbana, O.; D. E. West, 

 Jamestown, O., and the Covington Seed 

 Co. are shipping good mums to C. E. 

 Critchell. 



Tom "Windram, of Cold Springs, Ky., 

 is fortunate in having a large bench 

 of Mrs. Jerome Jones that will be due 

 at Thanksgiving, and another bench of 

 Jeanne Nonin that, judging from their 

 present stage of development, will be 

 about ready for Christmas. 



"William Murphy has an order for 

 1,000 choice mums for the local retailer 

 who has the decoration for the wedding 

 of Miss Lena Herrmann, daughter of 

 Garry Herrmann, of baseball and Elk 

 fame. 



Visitors: Martin Keukauf, represent- 

 ing Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 and C. P. Dieterich, of Maysville, Ky. 



C. H. H. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



BEST TOMATOES FOR FORCING. 



I should like to know which are the 

 best tomatoes for greenhouse culture. 

 "Where can I get the seed? E. M. 



There are several good varieties of 

 tomatoes suitable for forcing. The 

 Comet is considered the leading all- 

 round variety by a majority of grow- 

 ers. It is not so early as some other 

 varieties, nor as large as others, but it 

 is a well shaped, medium sized, very 

 prolific variety, and does not seem to 

 take the diseases as quickly as some 

 others. 



"We give below a list of the forcing 

 varieties and a description of each: 



Our Extra - Selected Private Strain 



GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE 



has been evolved by jears of patient effort 

 and selection until we have it now at the top- 

 notch. We sell hundreds of pounds annually 

 to the most critical trade, and it gives uni- 

 formly best results. Plant it for big profits 

 fi-om your greenhouse. Oz., 10c; ^-Ib., 

 35c; lb., $1.35 postpaid. We have many 

 other line strains and specialties for market 

 gardeners. Watch this space for further news 

 or write today to Desk R for wholesale price 

 list. 



The Livingston Seed Co. 



Columbus, Ohio 



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Stirling Castle, early, very small, 

 |E)thers better. 



' Sunrise, earliest, smallest, but most 

 prolific. 



Winter Beauty, early, fair sized^ 

 very good. 



Holmes' Supreme, also early, fail 

 sized, very good. 



Comet, somewhat later, smooth, me- 

 dium size, rather dwarf and stocky in 

 growth, solid fruit, good keeper and 

 shipper, requires about three or four 

 inches more space than most varieties^ 

 very prolific. 



Frogmore Selected, slightly larger 

 than Comet, fruit rather peach shaped; 

 a trifle later than Comet and will not 

 yield as many pounds per plant, but 

 is generally a favorite wherever 

 grown, on account of its rather pe- 

 culiar shape and good size. 



Lorillard Forcing, good size, good 

 shape; not among the earliest, but a 

 good cropper. 



Sutton's Best of All, very fine, 

 large fruit; not so early or prolific as 

 Comet, but is grown with good suc- 

 cess by some growers. 



There are other varieties, but these 

 are the foremost. The common out- 

 door varieties are not suitable for 

 forcing, ^hey are larger fruited, but 

 do not yield enough per plant to pay 

 as well. All forcing tomatoes are 

 bright red. They take better than the 

 pink or purple shades. 



Any of the larger seed houses can 

 furnish the seed. If they have not 

 in stock what you want they should 

 get it for their customers. Look over 

 the advertisements in The Eeview be- 

 fore ordering. 



