. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. .Ueutlou The Review when yon write. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS DEPARTMENT ONION SETS SPROUT TOO SOON. Our onion sets seem to draw moisture and then start to grow before planting time. How can we prevent this.' K. G.—Kan. Keep the onion sets in a i;olcl, dry cellar. If they can be spread thinly over a fine-mesh wire and turned over occasionally, they will be less inclinefl to sprout, C. W. STORAGE OF HORSE-RADISH. I have a large quantity of young horse-radish roots to dispose of this fall or next spring, and would like to know how to handle them. Shall I
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. .Ueutlou The Review when yon write. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS DEPARTMENT ONION SETS SPROUT TOO SOON. Our onion sets seem to draw moisture and then start to grow before planting time. How can we prevent this.' K. G.—Kan. Keep the onion sets in a i;olcl, dry cellar. If they can be spread thinly over a fine-mesh wire and turned over occasionally, they will be less inclinefl to sprout, C. W. STORAGE OF HORSE-RADISH. I have a large quantity of young horse-radish roots to dispose of this fall or next spring, and would like to know how to handle them. Shall I dig them this fall and pack them away for the winter? If so, how should thev be packed? Should they be disposed of this fall or left in the ground until spring? We prefer to dig them in the fall, as we are too busy in the spring, which is more or less late here. A. J. L.—Minn. Dig the horse-radish roots this fall and pack them in damp sand in a frost- proof cellar over winter. This will keep them plump. Spring is too busy a sea- son to do what can be as well done now. C. W. Tarrytown, N. Y.—J. R. Fothering- ham is devoting his time and attention to the retail store of the F. R. Pierson Co. This is one of the handsomest stores in the United States and busi- ness is excellent and rapidly increasing. Lamar, Colo.—Roy White has pur- chased the stock in the Lamar Green- house Co. owned by Mr. Brower, and takes over the management of the T^rop- erty August 25. The conii)any special- izes in geraniums for the wliolesale trade. Bulbs are Arriving Harrisii, 5/7, at $5 00 per KG; Case of 400 $ 6/7," " " " '• . Purity Preesias, 5/8, per 1000 Mammoth, per 1000 Callas (Aethiopica), large flowering size, per 100, Paper White Narcissi, per 1000 Alliums, per 1000 Pine 4-inch Cyclamen plants, per 100 Formosa lilies now due to arrive. Write us on your needs in Bulbs. C. C. POLLWORTH MILWAUKEE. ICHEL
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