. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 458 The American Florist. Sept. 13, Market Gardeners Vegetable Growers' Association of America. NJ.,President:C. West, Irondequoit, N. Y., Vice-President; E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula O. Secretary; M. L. Kuetenik, Cleveland, O., Treasurer. Greenhouse Notes. One of the mistakes of greenhouse men is to allow crops to remain long after their usefulness has passed. This refers especially to cucumbers and to- matoes. While some returns are still coming in, diseases and insect pests are breeding and oft
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 458 The American Florist. Sept. 13, Market Gardeners Vegetable Growers' Association of America. NJ.,President:C. West, Irondequoit, N. Y., Vice-President; E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula O. Secretary; M. L. Kuetenik, Cleveland, O., Treasurer. Greenhouse Notes. One of the mistakes of greenhouse men is to allow crops to remain long after their usefulness has passed. This refers especially to cucumbers and to- matoes. While some returns are still coming in, diseases and insect pests are breeding and often valuable time |s lost in preparation for the winter crop. There is no question that it pays to promptly tear up and clean out all crops when the proper time arrives. Empty houses can be fumigated with sulphur to destroy any living pests. As a soil corrective air-slacked lime is best. Formerly growers believed in-a complete drying-out, figuring that this would sweeten the soil and thereby renew it. Recently it has been dem- onstrated that a moist condition is better, which means that after clean- ing out water should be turned on and the soil kept in good moist growing condition. To this end a mulch of fresh manure is added which is later spaded under. Houses treated in this way have produced better crops, being quite free from disease, while the ex- pense is very small. Before this moist treatment commences, whitewashing and painting are in order if needed. Growers are gradually painting their heating pipes also, as it adds to life and appearance and not much heating surface is lost. Makketman. Wichita, Kans. DEOUGHT HITS GBOWERS. "Cheer up, the worst is yet to come," would have been appropriate in these notes for the month of July, and as it has not rained yet, I will use it now. It surely is dry. Humidity is about half the normal, no dews, and the hottest August on record. Much more might be said, but what's the use? Except that it is the worst since the famous &
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