. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1911 Both plants and Bulba^/: CarefiiHy Select^df^ ;*^ ^ ' vh\\Q' we (16 not qlalm t|iat our" HE^^l§ii 'ar^/' k absoijBtely free from diseas^oi: that^vei-y b^llk.^ v^^ ;a peffect.*pllift;%'t^d^clai% ffi^ .. I -M&^jfercJ^ifer'ij^pj^fe \v^^^&y of, jspElw i ^ aJ»d ^^ 'i'^^^Weing are producing'relults, #? |fcfc#,'sll!^- bc*!)^ WeerJjjfQjn^ 4ise^^^ '#t,;'S^5jtee^iy||^,ty e^eral c^QiUlfiSwnvl^tlie. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables. New York, April 2.—Mushrooms, 35 cents to 45 cents per pound; cucum- b
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1911 Both plants and Bulba^/: CarefiiHy Select^df^ ;*^ ^ ' vh\\Q' we (16 not qlalm t|iat our" HE^^l§ii 'ar^/' k absoijBtely free from diseas^oi: that^vei-y b^llk.^ v^^ ;a peffect.*pllift;%'t^d^clai% ffi^ .. I -M&^jfercJ^ifer'ij^pj^fe \v^^^&y of, jspElw i ^ aJ»d ^^ 'i'^^^Weing are producing'relults, #? |fcfc#,'sll!^- bc*!)^ WeerJjjfQjn^ 4ise^^^ '#t,;'S^5jtee^iy||^,ty e^eral c^QiUlfiSwnvl^tlie. Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables. New York, April 2.—Mushrooms, 35 cents to 45 cents per pound; cucum- bers, $1 to $ per dozen; lettuce, 90 cents per dozen heads; toinatoes. 27 cents per pound; radishes, 3 cents per bunch; mint, 75 cents per dozen bunches; grapes, Gros Colman, 80 cents per pound; peaches, $3 per dozen. Beet tops, $1 per bushel. Chicago, April 6.—Mushroms, 25 cents to 40 cents per pound; cucum- bers, $ to $ per dozen; leaf lettuce, 30 cents per box; head lettuce, Florida, $ per hamper, Louisiana, $5 and $7 per barrel; tomatoes, 20 cents per pound; radishes, 50 cents per dozen; grapes, Gros Colman, 75 cents per pound; rhubarb, 60 cents. Hop Slioots as A Vegetable. ' In the spring when the hop plant begins to throw up shoots, it is cus- tomary in this country (England) to thin out and throw away the shoots, leaving only two or three to each plant. In some continental countries, however, these hop shoots are used as a vegetable, being gathered when from lour to five inches long, and boiled and eaten lilce asparagus. They are most largely employed in this way in Belgium, where, according to in- formation furnished by the ministry of agriculture, the shoots are gath- ered from about 2,500 acres of hops. The average production is about 70 pounds per acre. They are sold fresh, and are also supplied to preserving factories. They are among the earliest spping vegetables, and appear on the bill of fare of all the large restaurants in Belgium from the b
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