. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 542 The American Florist. Sept. 26, Vegetable Growers' Association of America. W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Pres ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Vice President; S. VV. Severance. Louisville. Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. O., Treasurer. Next annual convention and exhibition. Philadelphia October 6 9. 191'!. Chicago.—There will be no middle- men and no jobbers at Chicago Munic- ipal Marlvets Nos. 1 and 2 when they open Thursday, September 24. Farm- ers who raise the foodstuffs will
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 542 The American Florist. Sept. 26, Vegetable Growers' Association of America. W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Pres ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Vice President; S. VV. Severance. Louisville. Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. O., Treasurer. Next annual convention and exhibition. Philadelphia October 6 9. 191'!. Chicago.—There will be no middle- men and no jobbers at Chicago Munic- ipal Marlvets Nos. 1 and 2 when they open Thursday, September 24. Farm- ers who raise the foodstuffs will bring them to the markets and sell them di- rect to the consumers. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vepetahles. Chicago, September 22.—Mushrooms, 60 to 65 cents per pound; lettuce, tO to 20 cents per box; radishes. 75 cents per 100 bunches. New York, September 22.—Cucum- bers, prime, 50 cents to 75 cents per basket; mushrooms, 75 cents to $ per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 15 cents to 50 cents per box. Fall Tomatoes. To relieve the glut of lettuce in the fall, more and more growers are try- ing tomatoes. Those who have had no^experience should not jump too far at a time, as tomatoes are a very difficult crop to handle in the fall and unprepared markets are often in- different, making the product h^rd to sell at profitable figures. At the pro- ducing end of the game we wish to remind the grower to start early and push with all his skill to early fruition. It is very easy to hold back well developed fruit when the hard days come, and next to impossible to get a set of fruit in early winter. The tomato is very much subject to disease in the fall, probably because these diseases exist at that time out-of-doors and the air is full of germs and spores. Under the least unfavorable conditions our plants are attacked and ruin Is often the result. We believe in spray- ing regularly with Bordeaux as soon as the young plants are of any size; keep up temoerature, ventilate free- ly and do
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