. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 732 The America]^ Florist. Nov, jy Greenhouse Veiietable Growers and Market Oardeoers* Asssoclallon. E. A. Dunhar, Ashtabula. O., President: S. J. Perry. Grand Rapids. Mich , Vice-Pres- ident; , Cleveland. Treas- urer: S. W. Severance, 508 Illinois Life Building. Louisville. Ky., Secretary. The e.\-cellent paper L. C. Corbett. 'ton, D. C, on "Developing New Forcing Lettuces" read before the Greenhouse Vegetable Growers" conven- tion appears in this issue on i^age 711. Hea
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 732 The America]^ Florist. Nov, jy Greenhouse Veiietable Growers and Market Oardeoers* Asssoclallon. E. A. Dunhar, Ashtabula. O., President: S. J. Perry. Grand Rapids. Mich , Vice-Pres- ident; , Cleveland. Treas- urer: S. W. Severance, 508 Illinois Life Building. Louisville. Ky., Secretary. The e.\-cellent paper L. C. Corbett. 'ton, D. C, on "Developing New Forcing Lettuces" read before the Greenhouse Vegetable Growers" conven- tion appears in this issue on i^age 711. Head Lettuce. At this time there is more interest shown in head lettuce than in other forcing subject. This is owing to the acute of Grand Rapids lettuce as experienced last season. It will be well for growers to look into this subject more closely, at the same time going slowly. On the one hand the opinion pre- vails that he who has good head lettuce has the market; on the other, as long as leaf lettuce can be sold, stick to it. In other words, head lettuce is a difficult crop to produce. It is useless to try to head lettuce in warm places. No other crop save cauli- flower is so impatient for water. Use plenty of old manure and top dress with fertilizers; the crop is as greedy as cauli- flower. The young plants must from the beginning have room to expand. They should grow flat on the earth and not up. Once drawn up, plants are w'orthless. Therefore avoid deep planting and close seeding. Provided the soil is rich enough, head lettuce will do well in heavy soils. The grower should aim to have his crop off when the warm spring spells set in. At that time it further crops are desired they should be produced in frames with removable sash. Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Convention On October 30' there assembled in Cleveland, O., some 75 to SO market gar- deners who grow vegetables under glass, and formed what is hereafter to be known as the "Greenhouse
Size: 2356px × 1061px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
