. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 322 The American Florist. Sept. ^, Market Gardeners OrpeDbouse Veieleble GrowMS and Haiket ' AssocloUoo. E A Dunbar Ashtabula, O., President: S J Perry Grand Kapids Mich .Vice-Pres- ident; S. B. Chester. urer- S. W. Severance, 508 Illinois Lite Building, Louisville Ky., Secretary Next in Ashtabula October 12, IW.' SWEET POTATOES should be as care- fully harvested and handled as the choicest apples. No vegetable is more easily injured by rough handling. CLEVELAND growers re
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 322 The American Florist. Sept. ^, Market Gardeners OrpeDbouse Veieleble GrowMS and Haiket ' AssocloUoo. E A Dunbar Ashtabula, O., President: S J Perry Grand Kapids Mich .Vice-Pres- ident; S. B. Chester. urer- S. W. Severance, 508 Illinois Lite Building, Louisville Ky., Secretary Next in Ashtabula October 12, IW.' SWEET POTATOES should be as care- fully harvested and handled as the choicest apples. No vegetable is more easily injured by rough handling. CLEVELAND growers report that the hot days "boil" their tomatoes in- stead of ripening them, while the cold nights prevent the late flowers setting. This combination has the effect of raising prices. A McMEANS, of the Ontario Agri- cultural College, Guelph, has been visiting the market gardeners around Chicago this week collecting data on cabbage to be incorporated into a re- port similar to his report on onions last season. Indoor Tomatoes. The practice of growing a fall crop of tomatoes under glass is increasing. There is not as much demand for let- tuce in the fall months as in the spring, hence a faU crop of tomatoes will help to keep the glass area oc- cupied to good advantage. The main point about this fall crop is an early start, in order to get a heavy set of fruit before cold weather sets in. It is very difficult, or next to impossible, to get a good set late in the fall; on the other hand, a good crop can be ripened in cool houses, if started time- ly, to catch the late warm days. At this time of the year, when the air is alive with blight spores from the outside crop, the wise grower will spray his plants with Bordeaux once a week until cool weather sets in. Al- though so much has been said and ?written in regard to Bordeaux, we will give a few reminders. The mixture once prepared, must be used or thrown away; it does not keep. One cannot bother to slake a little lime or disso
Size: 1464px × 1707px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
