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March 30, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



75 



ISBELL'S NEW 



GRAND FORCING CUCUNBER 



A Great Outdoor Forcer 



In this remarkable new Cucumber we have attained 

 the Ideal sort for Gardeners, Truckers and Shippers. It 

 Is absolutely perfect in shape, and surprisingly uniform. 

 The photographic illustration on this page shows the 

 type, and they all look alike. 



In size they run between Arlington and Davis Perfect, 

 making them ideal in this respect and suited to all mar- 

 kets. When about 6 to 7 Inches long, there is not a 

 particle of waste when used as a slicer and the seeds at 

 that stage are hardly noticeable. 



The deep green color, however. Is the crowning merit 

 of this sort. It fully equals (some say excels) the Davis 

 Perfect in this respect, and the latter up to this date, 

 has been the darkest green variety obtainable. The 

 Davis Perfect, however, has proven a little too large for 

 some markets, and occasionally has a hard neck, from 

 which the New Grand Forcing Is absolutely free. Every 

 particle is edible. 



Isbell's New Grand Forcing 



has another grand quality and this is its wonderful 

 prolificacy. It seems to aim to produce a cucumber at 

 every joint. 



This new variety is bound to create a sensation and 

 every grower who wants to be abreast of the times must 

 plant It. 



A prominent Eastern seedsman when shown our crop, 

 wanted to buy 25 lbs. of It at once, and when we told 

 him we did not wish to sell any to other seedsmen, lie 

 dared us to set a price. This shows what an expert 

 thinks of this wonderful variety. 



The supply of seed Is not large and we request cus- 

 tomers to order early. 



Prices, by mall, postpaid : Pkt., 10c ; oz., 20c ; % lb., 

 60c; lb., $2.00. 



Isbell's Elegant 104 page Seed Annual and Wholesale 

 Price List for Market Gardeners sent free with every 

 order for one packet or more of Grand Forcing Cucum- 

 ber. 



S. M. ISBELL & CO. 



SEEDSMEN 



Box 88, JACKSON, MICHIGAN 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEQETABU: MABEETS. 



Chicago, March 28. — Cucumbers, 75c to $1.25 

 doz.; lettuce, 17 %c to 20c case. 



Boiton, March 27.— Parsley, $1 to $1.25 bushel; 

 tomatoes, 35c to 40c lb.; spinach, $1 to $1.25 

 bushel; radishes, 30c to 40c dozen bunches; 

 t>eet8, $1.50 to $1.75 dozen bunches; carrots, 75c 

 to $1 dozen bunches; rhubarb, 8c lb.; mush- 

 rooms, 35c to 50c lb.; lettuce, 65c to 85c box; 

 cucumbers, $3 to $8 box. 



New York, March 27. — Beet tops dull and 

 weak. Cucumbers flim. Lettuce steady. Mush- 

 rooms In active demand and firm. Mint scarce. 

 Radishes and rhubarb selling fairly. Tomatoes 

 neglected and low. Beet tops, 35c to 50c box; 

 cucumbers, $1 to $1.37 doz.; lettuce, 75c to $1.25 

 strap; mint, 75c to $1.25 dozen bunches; mush- 

 rooms. 50c to $l.GO 4-lb. basket; radishes, $2 to 

 $3 hundred bunches; rhubarb, 25c to 65c dozen 

 bunches; tomatoes, 8c to 15c lb. 



STEM-ROT OF LETTUCE. 



We are sending you under separate 

 cover some samples of lettuce and wish 

 you would examine it and inform us as 

 to the trouble. We never had any of 

 this trouble until this winter. The' dis- 

 ease attacks the small plants when first 

 double-rooted and continues until they 

 are ready to cut. Our soil is a loam 

 and we do not think it is too heavily 

 manured. The trouble exists in the dry 

 and moist beds alike. It is getting to 

 be a serious affair. If you can let us 

 know what the trouble is and the rem- 

 edy, the favor will be greatly appre- 

 ciated. C. & B. 



The diseased sample plants arrived in 

 good condition for examination. Your 



crops are attacked by the stem-rot of 

 lettuce, which gives so much trouble to 

 a great many growers. I would sug- 

 gest that you remove all the diseased 

 plants; they will only die when a little 

 older, anyhow. Take a shingle and 

 scrape the top soil off where they were 

 and carry it out of the house. Scatter 

 plenty of air-slaked lime around on the 

 soil at the diseased spots and in a circle 

 around them. Sulphur and lime mixed 

 is even better than lime alone, but the 

 lime should be fine. Mix them half and 

 half and dust the mixture on quite 

 freely. 



This disease, like all fungous dis- 

 eases, is really a plant growth, which 

 roots into the soil and stems of plants 

 also. The spores or seeds of the fungus 

 are borne on hair-like growths, like grain 

 heads in a field borne on long straws. 

 Whenever these spores mature and are 

 carried to other spots where conditions 

 are favorable, they germinate and start 

 another spot of the disease. If they 

 happen to alight in unfavorable places 

 they fail to germinate or make any 

 headway, just as garden crops would do 

 if conditions were not favorable for 

 them to grow in. Lime and sulphur 

 are both exterminators of fungous 

 growths, but still are not strong enough 

 to injure the crops. They therefore 

 kill off the fungus, preventing it from 

 going to seed and spreading over the 

 houses, as weed seed spreads over a 

 garden. 



The soil in a greenhouse, when once 

 thoroughly impregnated with the sp6res 

 of disease, will continue to make trouble 



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until changed for clean, fresh, new soil, 

 or until the old soil is sterilized. Ma- 

 nure in soil for lettuce really should be 

 put in long before the soil is used, as it 

 is usually the cause of the trouble. If 

 thoroughly rotted together, the soil is 

 also more valuable and there is less 

 chance for the fungus to have it to live 

 on. This fungus spreads over the sur- 

 face of the soil, living on decaying ma-, 

 terial, etc. 



I believe it unnecessary to mention 

 the importance of fresh air and ventila- 

 tion, but suggest that you keep the 

 water dowir on the soil, not wetting 

 the foliage, but running the hose in 

 between the plants, with the water 

 turned on slowly. Cultivate young 

 plants a little and do not keep them 

 too wet. H. G. 



