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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JANUABY 12, 1911. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, January 10.— Cucumbers, $1.50 to $2 

 doz. ; lettuce, 25c to 27%c case; mushrooins, 

 50c lb. 



New York, January 9. — Cucumbers, $1 to $1.50 

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

 rooms, 50c to $1.25 4-lb. basket; mint, $3 to $4 

 hundred bunches; radishes, $2 to $2.50 hundred 

 bunches; rhubarb, 90c dozen bunches: tomatoes. 

 15c to 35c lb. 



Boston, January 9. — Cucumbers, $3 to $10 box; 

 lettuce, 75c to $1 box; mushrooms, 30c to 60c 

 lb.; radishes, 30c dozen bunches; tomatoes, 35c 

 to 45c lb.; parsley, $2 to $2.25 box; spinach, 

 $1.75 to $2 box. 



COMMEBCIAL FEBTILIZEBS. 



What is the best commercial fertilizer 

 for general truck crops, and also for 

 geraniums and other potted plants, to 

 be used with stable manure? 



W. N. T. 



There is much difference of opinion 

 as to what particular brand of fertilizer 

 is best for any crop or purpose. For 

 geraniums and many potted plants I 

 like bone meal or blood and bone. Pul- 

 verized sheep manure you will find ex- 

 cellent for most greenhouse purposes. 



For the truck garden a fertilizer 

 should be selected according to the crop 

 grown, as some crops require far more 

 of some one of the ingredients of fer- 

 tilizer that are used by plants than do 

 others. What is called a well balanced 

 fertilizer will, however, give good re- 

 sults for most truck crops. H. G. 



DOUBLE GLASS IN GBEENHOUSE. 



I am contemplating the building of a 

 cucumber forcing house. Do you think 

 it would be advisable to use double 

 glass f Fuel here, in the central part of 

 Washington state, is extremely high 

 priced — $10 per ton for soft coal. What 

 disadvantage, if any, would there be in 

 the use of double glass f Are there any 

 growers who use double glass on tropical 

 houses! G. W. B. 



I could not grow cucumbers profitably 

 if obliged to pay $10 per ton for soft 

 coal, and would not advise any one to 

 try it. Of course, I mean by that in 

 severe winter weather. Toward spring, 

 when they require much less fuel, and at 

 the time of finishing them up, when they 

 need no fuel at all, it would not matter 

 so much what the coal cost. 



Two thicknesses of glass keep down 

 the fuel bill a good deal and would be 

 all right when brand-new, but would 

 soon have to be cleaned by taking out 

 the lower layer. Dirt will get in be- 

 tween the layers, where you can not 

 reach it in any other way. If the lower 

 layer is put in without putty and just 

 butted together, it is little trouble to 

 remove and clean it on a small scale. I 

 have seen the experiment tried two or 

 three times, and noticed that in each 

 case the glass was finally left out alto- 

 gether. 



My advice would be to build the 

 house strongly and solidly and use the 

 best 16x24 glass, which should be 

 bedded in the best greenhouse putty by 

 experienced hands, so that the roof will 

 be absolutely tight, with no cracks 

 where the glass laps. Fit the ventila- 

 tors carefully and do not use any 

 cracked or broken glass or pieces. Put 

 on storm doors in winter and have the 

 perpendicular bars in both gable ends 

 made so that you can put in glass on the 



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fill the bill with the most particular planters. Even size, 

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 Pkt., 10c; H oz., SOc; oz., 35c; M lb., 50c: lb.. 

 $1.85. poHtpalcl. 



LiivinKTHton'H Beauty is still the standard purple 

 market tomato. Early, productive, solid, best quality. Pkt., 

 5c; oz., '40v; H lb., 50c; lb., $1.85, ituHtpaid. 



HiivinKHton 'h Stone is the (greatest canning tomato 

 known today. Our "headquarter" stock is absolutely un- 

 equaled. Oz., URc; H lb., 75c; lb., $;i.60, postpaid. 



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inside as well as the outside. The ends 

 of a house are invariably cold, but this 

 precaution would help to keep them 

 warmer, and that small amount of 

 double glass could be removed every 

 fall, cleaned and put back in a day. 



Grow lettuce until toward spring, by 

 all means, and cucumbers for spring and 

 early summer. H. G. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The IHarket. 



Business has been brisk here since the 

 holidays, both in the cut flower line and 

 blooming plants, such as azaleas, be- 

 gonias, cyclamen, etc. Funeral work 

 has been heavy for the last week or two 

 and it was hard at times to get enough 

 stock to go around, although the supply 

 has been quite heavy considering the 

 amount of cloudy weather we have had 

 in the last two weeks. 



Eoses have been good and demand has 

 kept them cleaned up at all times, but 

 carnations have come in somewhat 

 lighter than during the holidays and 

 there have been several days when they 

 were at a great premium. Sweet peas 

 are fine and find a ready sale, with 

 prices somewhat lower, and narcissi and 

 Eomans have been in good supply and 

 were used to good advantage when other 

 stock was used up. Violets are meeting 

 with a good demand both in single and 

 double. 



Smilax has been rather scarce since 

 Christmas, as it was pretty well cut out 

 at that time. 



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Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club dance was held 

 Wednesday, January 11. 



Sherman Stephens reports good busi- 

 ness out his way, with plenty of funeral 

 work. 



The Munk Floral Co. is sporting a de- 

 livery automobile, which makes a neat 

 advertisement for them. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. reports 

 heavy business last week, especially in 

 funeral work. 



The Columbus Floral Co. is having 

 some good cuts of carnations at this 

 time. 



Wilson's seed store has been making 

 a drive on carnations lately and is mov- 

 ing quite a lot of stock. 



The Livingston Seed Co. has been 

 quite busy in the flower department, and 



