. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 538 The American Florist. Oct. JO. MARKET GARDENS. Asparagus growers have a beetle enemy. A OmCAGO dealer in manure which is handled by cars from the city secured a practical monopoly through the common council, which has, it is said, been made void by the courts. WiTOKA, Minn.—D. J. Mahoney is the inventor of a gage and means for attach- ing the same to regulate the depth to which the runner or furrow opener shall be permitted to enter the soil and also regulate the depth at which seed shall be deposited. The dev
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 538 The American Florist. Oct. JO. MARKET GARDENS. Asparagus growers have a beetle enemy. A OmCAGO dealer in manure which is handled by cars from the city secured a practical monopoly through the common council, which has, it is said, been made void by the courts. WiTOKA, Minn.—D. J. Mahoney is the inventor of a gage and means for attach- ing the same to regulate the depth to which the runner or furrow opener shall be permitted to enter the soil and also regulate the depth at which seed shall be deposited. The device can be readily applied to or removed from any of the wheel planters commonly in use without changing the same. Forcing Tomatoes. A paper read by Professor W. S. Blair of the Macdonald College, Quebec, before the Canadian Horticultoral Association at its meeting at Niagara Falls. August 19, 1908. It is doubtful whether tomato forcing as a distinct business can be profitably conducted in Canada. I think, however, that tomatoes can often be profitably worked in as a spring crop after some of the commonly grown greenhouse crops are past their best. It was with this thought in mind that work with tomatoes under glass has been taken up at the Macdonald College. MORE MFFICTILT THAN SUMMER CULTURE, It is possibly not necessary for me to state that the winter forcing of tomatoes is much more difficult than the spring forcing. The tomato loves light and heat and to ripen its fruit during the dark days of midwinter, when sunlight is not only scarce but not strong enough to clear the glass of its heavy coating of frost, is no easy proposition. For this reason it is doubtful to what extent winter forcing can be carried on; This point we aim to work out and experi- ments to that end are now in progress. Our first planting has just been made into permanent beds, hoping to have our fruit well formed by December, depend- ing largely upon heat alone for ripening. This phase of the qu
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