. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 66& MARKET GARDENS. The Cucumber Mildew Case. Another stage in this case, which was referred to in our issue of Septcniher 28, p. 517, has been reached, defendant, D. T. West, who was temporarily en- joined from planting his fall and winter crop of cucumbers under glass, having received permission to go ahead with his work. There is still the possibility of an appeal by plaintiff and we also hear that Mr. West has been sued by a neighboring farmer for a heavy sum in damages owing, p
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 66& MARKET GARDENS. The Cucumber Mildew Case. Another stage in this case, which was referred to in our issue of Septcniher 28, p. 517, has been reached, defendant, D. T. West, who was temporarily en- joined from planting his fall and winter crop of cucumbers under glass, having received permission to go ahead with his work. There is still the possibility of an appeal by plaintiff and we also hear that Mr. West has been sued by a neighboring farmer for a heavy sum in damages owing, presumably, to innocula- tion of his outdoor plants from Mr. West's indoor grown crop. To refer to a matter of this kind while it is, in a manner, sub judice may not be altogether regular yet we think we may be in order in saying that we were pleased with Judge j\Icmminger's deci- sion. Mr. West has considerable capital profitably invested in his plant, and the fact that it is profitably invested shows that care is taken to keep mildew and other fungoid diseases away. Other- wise he could not bring his crop to per- fection or work his houses save at a loss. The allegations made that disease spread from his houses are vague and not proven, and certainly plants growing under glass are much more amenable to treatment for this and other disease or insect pests than are those growing in the fields. If such an allegation were true the increasing acreage being de- voted to vegetable culture under glass would be a serious matter, demanding attention at once, and there is not a doubt that badly managed greenhouses with such fungoid pests allowed to run riot would be a menace to plants of the same species grown in the vicinity. But successful growers of indoor vegetables, according to our knowledge of them, and we have no reason to think that Mr. West differs from others in this respect, are not the men to allow their plants to do anything of the kind, and for their own sake these disease
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