. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 398 The American Florist. Sept. s. Vegetable Growers' Association of America. W. J, I^itterscamp, Princeton. Pres ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro. Vice-President; S. W. Severance, Louisville. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland, Treasurer. Next annual convention and exhibition, 1914. September is the proper month lor starting new mushroom beds. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vejfetables. Chicago, September 1.—Mushrooms. 20 to ;i cents per pound; lettuce, 20 to cents per box; radishe
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 398 The American Florist. Sept. s. Vegetable Growers' Association of America. W. J, I^itterscamp, Princeton. Pres ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro. Vice-President; S. W. Severance, Louisville. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland, Treasurer. Next annual convention and exhibition, 1914. September is the proper month lor starting new mushroom beds. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vejfetables. Chicago, September 1.—Mushrooms. 20 to ;i cents per pound; lettuce, 20 to cents per box; radishes, $ per 100 bunches. New York. September 1.—Cucum- bers, prime, 40 cents to 85 cents per basket; mushrooms, cents to per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, cents to .$ Der box. Harvesting: Onions. Harvesting onions has been boiled down to a very simple process by the use of tile slatted or commonly known as Cummer crate. The onions are simp- ly topped as soon as the\' lay over and are crated at once, thereljy preventing any further handling. For topping by hand, sheepshears are used; it is im- portant not to cut too close, as a piece two or three inches long will permit the* onion to ripen better. The crates are preferably left in the field for cur- ing, say ten days or two weeks and then hauled to the sheds. In the field the crates should be racked up and the upper one covered with building paper or boards to shed rain. When the crop is all of goocl sized onions tills topping method is all right. Where there are too many small sized onions we often cure them in the old way by pulling II or 8 rows and throwing into windrows until well dried up; then crate with the tops on. For this crat- ing discarded strawberry crates are excellent. Later in the sheds these onions are simply worked over a screen which removes the chaff and dirt. White onions need extra care in curing as the sun and showers soon make them green. They must be kept shaded and dry and lioused e
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