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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



JANDABY 5, 1911. 



FOR WINTER FORCING 



MAMMOTH 



ASPARAGUS 



ROOTS 



Per dozen I 1.00 Postpaid 



" 100 4.00 



" 1000 35.00 



MAMMOTH 



RHUBARB 



CLUMPS 



Per dozen $1.75 



" 100 10,00 



SELECTED MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



From a renowne<l specialist, will force in four weelcs, the most tender and delicious Asparagus. Can be forced under Greenhouse benches 

 or in Cellars. Cu.stomer.s were deli(?htod with their success last season, and are doubling their orders. 250 roots will be sold at the 1000 rate. 

 Special quotition will be given on large lots. Write for our Wholesale List for Florists and Market Gardeners— just issued. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market Stmt, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGIITABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, January 3. — Cucumbers, $1.50 to $2 

 Uoz. ; leaf lettuce, 25c to 40c case; mushrooms, 

 50c lb. 



New York, January 2. — Cucumbers, $1 to $1.75 

 doz.; lettuce, $1.50 to $2 2 box strap; mush- 

 rooms, 15c to 40c lb.; mint, $3 to $4 hundred 

 bunches; radishes, $2 to $2.50 hundred bunches: 

 rhubarb, 90c to $1 dozen bunches; tomatoes, 15c 

 to 40c lb. 



Boston, January 2. — Cucumbers, $3.50 to $11 

 box; tomatoes, liOc to 45c lb.; lettuce, $1 to 

 $1.25 box: radishes, 30c doz.; mushrooms, 30c 

 to 50c lb.; mint, tJOc dozen bunches; parsley, 

 $2 to $2.23 box. 



MABKET PRICE OF LETTUC3E. 



I am growing a quantity of lettuce 

 this year and am watching your market 

 reports for prices, but do not know how 

 many a 2-box strap contains. Will you 

 kindly inform me about this? I am 

 offered 75 cents per dozen for the leaf 

 or curly lettuce, such as GFrand Eapids 

 and Hanson. Is this price all right? 



J. M. 



Chicago lettuce boxes hold about four 

 and one-half pounds of lettuce, or four- 

 teen to eighteen bunches. There seems 

 to be no regular weight or number to 

 the case, although a few growers see 

 that each case has five pounds in it. Of 

 course, the number of bunches depends 

 on the size of the lettuce when cut. 

 The price you mention I would consider 

 all right for the early part of Decem- 

 ber, when you were getting it. 



H. G. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The after-the-holiday news is usuallj' 

 the nearest correct, so it may be well to 

 add a little summary to last week's 

 report. Christmas trade was better 

 than last year, worse, or about as good, 

 depending on whom you are talking to. 

 There is no doubt that plant trade cut 

 a larger figure than ever before, and at 

 least one of the larger shops admitted 

 that it was the best end of the Christ- 

 mas business. All the shops, indeed, 

 did a larger plant trade than usual. 



The fact that plants were pushed so 

 hard interfered with the cut flower 

 end, up to Saturday, when plants took 

 a back seat and little was heard of but 

 flowers. Killarney and Richmond roses 

 seemed to have the preference, chiefly 



Seeds for the Market Gardener 



are our specialty. Quality, our first consideration. We have a very large and complete stock 

 of all kinds of seeds and everything in the line of fruit trees, berry bushes, etc. 



Our new 136 page 26th Anniversary Catalogue contains true description and no overdrawn 

 illustratioDS Our prices are right, quality considered. Market Gardeners are requested to 

 write for our Market Garden Wholesale Catalogue, sent free on request. 



GERMAN NURSERIES & SEED HOUSE, ^ISfm BEATRICE, NEB. 



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Langdon's Tomatoes 



CI have tried all the various strains of Earli- 

 ana xnt the market, and yours is the only 

 one I have found that meets my Idea of what 

 a good early Tomato should be. 



—Prof. W. F. Nassey. 

 "Grower" writes. Nov. 13. 1910: "I think your 

 strain the finest early variety ever produced for 

 outdoor use, and a good heavy cropper. For forcing 

 It Is also very good. It seems to dn better with two 

 or three stems than with one alone. It can be 

 planted much closer than other forcing varieties, 

 and has not yet shown a fruit with me that bad 

 blossom end rot or dry rot. although other varieties 

 around It have shown It more or less. It Is remark- 

 ably solid and meaty ln«ide, but has one fault like 

 all Earllanas, having a thin skin. If kept too dry 

 they Bh6w a softness, but they will stand more water 

 and feed than any other variety I ever grew." 



"Grower" runs 100,000 sq. ft. of elass 

 and know^a what a Kood tomato sbouldbe. 



Send for our circular for further description and 

 see Market Growers' Journal of Nov. B. 



If you want to be first on your market with per- 

 fect tomatoes tliat will bring a premium over top- 

 notch prices. plantLanedoii'sMortheruAdiron- 

 dack Strain of Karliaua Tomatoes. Equally 

 good for field or lorclng. 



Prices: hi oz.. 40c; 1 oz.. 60c; 2 oz., $1.20; 4 oz.. 

 $2.00; 8 1 z., $3.60; 1 lb.. $6.00. 



F. A H. P. LANGDON 



Maple RidKe Farm, Constable, N. T. 



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O.K. 



SRKWN 

 8 lbs. for $1.00 



WN. ELLIOn & SONS 



42 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



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because they were of such high quality 

 and the prices were so nearly right, 

 and because regular flower buyers find 

 them such satisfactory house flowers, 

 looking good after they are a week old, 

 even if full-blown. Beauties and or- 

 chids were not so much in demand. In 



Our Selected Strain 



Extra Early White Spine Cucumber 



excels in all important points. Fine for 

 forcirig. Fruits straight and smooth, deep 

 green and crisp. Ready for slicing before 

 many other standard sorts. Oz., 10c; H 

 lb., 25c: lh.,8.')c: postpaid. 



Davis Perfect— A fine seller, of ideal 

 shape and color. Oz.. 10c; '4 lb., 35c; lb.. 

 $1.85; postpaid. 



Vickery Forcins: —Bright green . 

 heavy cropper. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; H lb., 

 |1 10; postpaid. 



Rawson's Hothouse Cucumber — 

 Large, handsome fruits of deep green 

 color. Hkt., 10c; *fl oz., 25c; oz.,4oc; ^ 

 lb.. 11.25; postpaid. 



Wholesale and Iletall Catalogues ready 

 now. Address inquiries and orders to 

 Desk R, 



The Livin^rston Seed Co. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 



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Watcb for onr Trade Mark stamped' 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitution of chea 



kper er; 

 Fresn i 



<o> 



'ftdcs ift- 

 thus easilv exposed. Fresfi sample 

 brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address. 



TradeMark. American Spawn Co.. St Paul, Minn,. 



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fact, Beauties have a hard time keeping 

 up with the other roses grown here 

 these days, and it seems that they must 

 come down in price to do so, which 

 they did at Christmas. Violets, while 

 they sold cheaper than last year, did 

 more than hold their own and seem in 



