. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo6. The American Florist. 95 MARKET GARDENS. South is shipping cailoads of new tomatoes now. Jersey seed sweet potato growers arc reported holding back their crop. Texas will ship 800 cars early cab- bage this year beginning about Jl<'ebru- ary 15. New York.—Onion bulbs are soiling about as follows: Yellows, $; Reds, $2; Whites, $3, per bag. Greenhouse grown vegetables at Chi- cago have never been so low in price for 20 }'ears, choice greenhouse grown lettuce selling at 10 cents to 15 cents per c
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo6. The American Florist. 95 MARKET GARDENS. South is shipping cailoads of new tomatoes now. Jersey seed sweet potato growers arc reported holding back their crop. Texas will ship 800 cars early cab- bage this year beginning about Jl<'ebru- ary 15. New York.—Onion bulbs are soiling about as follows: Yellows, $; Reds, $2; Whites, $3, per bag. Greenhouse grown vegetables at Chi- cago have never been so low in price for 20 }'ears, choice greenhouse grown lettuce selling at 10 cents to 15 cents per case, the cases alone costing seven cents. This exceedingly low price on vegetables can hardly be attributed to financial conditions because it begun before the panic came upon us. Per- haps the mild winter weather is the most logical explanation. Prospects for the Season. Although vegetable forces have Jiad probably the most unsatisfactory season on record, as regards markets, they should not get discouraged at this stage of the game. The next three or four months will certainly be better, and May might tui-n out to be a good "horoe- ; I hear some growers say: "X am going to hunt 15,000 to 25,000 2- inch geraniums and use my space to better ; Now this is a wrong idea; to jump into an unprepared mar- ket that way is often disastrous; more often so than otherwise. As a rule, our markets have been fairly well supplied with bedding plants, and to turn any great amount of glass into another line is risky. Very often April and May are the best months for lettuce. The south ceases to be a factor, the demand is increased by the smiling . spring sun—everybody wants something green—and the chances are excellent that the regular lino will pay best if adiiered to. Better figure out how to time crops to best advantage and how to follow with a succeeding crop so no space is vacant. Bear in mind that head lettuce gen- erally is a failure indoors after A
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