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The Florists^ Review 



XOVEMBEB 14, 1912. 



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PRINCEPS 



THE 



"Amaryllis Flowered'' 



Gladiolus 



is particularly fine this year. Bulbs are PLUMP and CLEAN. 

 A great GLADIOLUS and ought to be grown by everyone. 



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John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, L I., N.Y. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



EVER - BEABING STBAWBEBBIES. 



In an account of a local fair I find 

 the following: "Prominent among 

 these displays is that of the ever-bear- 

 ing strawberry, by Mr. Creep, of Mid- 

 dletown. This display consists of a 

 huge barrel bored full of holes, and 

 growing out from each is an ever- 

 bearing strawberry plant loaded down 

 with ripe fruit. ' ' Is this possible, and 

 if so, could the berries be grown in a 

 greenhouse? L. F. 



It happened that in the same mail 

 there was a sample of the fall-bearing 

 strawberries grown by Edward W. 

 Creep, Middletown, Pa. They were 

 handsome fruits. 



Replying to the inquiry about grow- 

 ing them in a greenhouse, we do not 

 know of its having been tried, but Mr. 

 Creep says in his letter he thinks they 

 will bear all winter in a greenhouse. 

 These varieties fruit outdoors in autumn 

 until quite severe frosts arrive. 



DISEASED CUCUMBERS. 



I wish you would tell me what is the 

 matter with a few cucumber plants 

 in our houses and mention a remedy. 

 The plants seem to be nearly all healthy 

 until they are from one to two months 

 old; then they seem to blight at the 

 tips, slightly wilt for a few days and 

 start again into growth, but the plants 

 have some yellow streaks and spots on 

 the leaves and the cukes have the 

 same peculiarity. The first plant which 

 was aflfected is now going ahead with a 

 strong growth, but the leaves do not 

 quite regain their right color. The soil 

 is light and sandy. No manure was 

 used this fall, but a crop of wheat and 

 vetch was grown and turned under, and 

 after three weeks the soil was steril- 

 ized. We grow the plants in solid beds, 

 three and one-half feet wide, with an 

 18-inch path between the beds. There 

 is a slight shade in the morning at the 

 spot where the plants are affected. Any 

 information will be greatly appreciated. 

 R. E. M. 



It is difficult to tell what is the mat- 

 ter with the plants, from the descrip- 

 tion, but I have a suspicion that it is 

 the bacterial wilt disease which is 

 giving cucumber growers so much 

 trouble all over the country. If it is 



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the wilt disease, it will spread rapidly 

 to other plants and the crop will never 

 pay, as so many of them will be so 

 affected that they will finally die out 

 without producing much of a crop. 

 There is only one preventive and that 

 is to pull the plants out and burn them. 

 In case it is not the trouble that I 

 suspect, it may be due to insects or 

 to some fertilizer affecting the roots 

 of tl^e plants. It is not due to the 

 shade. I shall be interested in know- 

 ing later how the plants act and may 

 be able to help you (Jut. H. G. 



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