1284 Tur VeceTaBLe Inpustry 1n New York Stare 
new shoots developing on the wires are pinched off just beyond 
the second node. 
During the past season two troubles have materially lowered 
the yield of greenhouse cucumbers in New York State. Nama- 
todes or eel-worms were very severe in many houses. The growers 
have not practiced systematic sterilization, but nearly all of them 
steam sterilized their soils in the fall. The other trouble which 
has caused a great deal of loss is a new disease known as white 
pickle. This new trouble has shown up especially in the Ironde- 
quoit district. The effects are first found upon the fruit, it turn- 
ing a lighter green color. Often the fruit becomes blotched in 
appearance, which blotches sometimes show as warts. Both 
small and large fruits are attacked. Later the leaves turn yellow 
and die. This disease seems to be more prevalent with fall than: 
with spring cucumbers. As yet, nothing is known as to the cause 
of this trouble, although it is thought to be contagious. There-: 
fore, the plants should be removed from the house as soon as they 
become affected. 
Red spider, white fly and aphides have been very severe in 
many cucumber houses. For red spiders the growers syringe the 
undersides of the leaves with a strong current of cold water. For 
white fly they fumigate with hydrocyanic gas at the rate of one 
ounce potassium evanide to four thousand cubic feet, and nicoti- 
cide fumes efficiently control the aphis or green fly. 
The fruit is picked regularly every morning and marketed 
locally. The earliest cucumbers in spring bring two dollars a 
dozen. The price gradually goes down to a dollar or ninety cents 
per dozen in May and June. 
Rochester growers figure on a yield of thirty-seven dozen 
cucumbers per hundred square feet of area as a good average. 
Many of the men secure better yields than this. 
TOMATOES 
New York State markets demand a red tomato. The Bonny 
Best and the Peerless or Lord Roberts are the two varieties most 
extensively grown. Some men have-much better success with one 
than with the other. The chief objection to the Bonny Best, 
brought up by men who are successful with the Peerless, is that 
