. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 798 The American Florist. N'ov. i^, Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and Market Gardeners' AsssocloHon. F \ Dunl>ar. Ashtabula. President; = j' Perry. Grand Rapids. Mich .Vice-Pres- ident; Cleveland Treas- urer; S. VV. Severance, 508 Illinois Life Building. Louisville. Secretary. Spawnlns: Mushroom Bed. Ed. American Florist:— What is the proper time to spawn mushroom beds? Is it necessary to wait for a stated temperature before insert- ing the spawn, and are all beds, irrespec- tive of siz
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 798 The American Florist. N'ov. i^, Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and Market Gardeners' AsssocloHon. F \ Dunl>ar. Ashtabula. President; = j' Perry. Grand Rapids. Mich .Vice-Pres- ident; Cleveland Treas- urer; S. VV. Severance, 508 Illinois Life Building. Louisville. Secretary. Spawnlns: Mushroom Bed. Ed. American Florist:— What is the proper time to spawn mushroom beds? Is it necessary to wait for a stated temperature before insert- ing the spawn, and are all beds, irrespec- tive of size, to be spawned at the same temperature? C. S. In quite the majority of cases it is perfectly safe to spawn mushroom beds as soon as the heat is on the turn and not to wait for the heat to decline tc any stated figure. A sudden change in the weather from cold and dry to damii. mild conditions may cause a bed to run up again very slightly after it has reached its zenith of heat, but such cases are very uncommon, and, provided the spawn was good and used in sufficiently large "sets," there is no danger. Even should a portion of the outside of the sets get a little too hot it would not injure the inside part, but only have the effect of making it run more freely. We have •never waited for a stated temperature, but always relied on tests by the hand -on a stick pushed into the beds. Ine.^- perienced growers who are not as yet •confident of their powers may prefer to I'ely on plunging thermometers, and, if so. may safely spawn when the heat settles down and begins to decline. A temper- ature of 95° is perfectly safe, or even a little higher, especially in small beds. G. Winter Blijfht on Tomatoes. Ed. AMERICA^' Florist :— I would like your opinion as to what causes the spots in the tomatoes sent un- der separate cover. A. M. New York. For the benefit of "A. ; and several other correspondents we reprint the fol- lowing article and illustrations as pub-
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