. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Vegetable Growers' Association ol America.; N. President- C. vV'est. IrondeQuoit. N. Vice-President; E A Dunbar. Ashtabula, Secretary: M L Ruetenik, Cleveland. O., Treasurer. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables. Chicago. November 11.—Mushrooms, 25 cents to 50 cents per pound; lettuce, 7>/2 cents to 10 cents, small cases; cu- cumbers, 50 cents to $ per case of t-wo dozen; tomatoes, .$ to $ for 10 pounds. Ne-m- York, November 9.—Cucum- bers, 75 cents to $1 per dozen
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Vegetable Growers' Association ol America.; N. President- C. vV'est. IrondeQuoit. N. Vice-President; E A Dunbar. Ashtabula, Secretary: M L Ruetenik, Cleveland. O., Treasurer. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables. Chicago. November 11.—Mushrooms, 25 cents to 50 cents per pound; lettuce, 7>/2 cents to 10 cents, small cases; cu- cumbers, 50 cents to $ per case of t-wo dozen; tomatoes, .$ to $ for 10 pounds. Ne-m- York, November 9.—Cucum- bers, 75 cents to $1 per dozen; mush- rooms, 75 cents to $ per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 6 cents to 12 cents per pound. Value of Potato Spraying. The importance of potato spraying is proved ane-sv -by experiments con- ducted during a period of ten years by the New York Agricultural Experi- ment Station. A popular edition of Bulletin 349, -which has been sum- marized by F. H. Hall, the editor, is entitled "Ten Years of Potato Spray- ing" and revie-n's the entire period of experimentation. An average increase of 69 bushels to the acre has been secured by spraying at Geneva, and a good increase also resulted at River- head. L. I., -where duplicate experi- ments were made, although the aver- age -was not so high here, owing to lighter soil and adverse climatic con- ditions. In only two years, however, was there a failure to get an increase, while the average for three sprayings was 25 bushels, and 45%, bushels where sprayings were made every two weeks. A nine-year series of tests, known as "farmer's business experiments," were also made by the farmers them- selves under the direction of the sta- tion authorities, and carefully kept records -fvere taken. The average gain in these tests -was bushels, and the net profit gained was $ an acre. Volunteer experiments made by farmers showed an even greater in- crease, although these are not thought to be wholly reliable. However, t
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