. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. I<)OJ. The Amerjcan Florist. 517 MARKET GARDENS. Fumigating:. The careful grower is always on the lookout lo keep down insect pests as it is so nuich easier to control them by timely efforts than belated methods. Lettuce growers should be especially careful; it is next lo impossible to clean out an infested lettuce l)ed, and blighty lettuce is not wanted in the market. Aphides have a wonderful effect on checking a crop. Not only do they in- jure the plant by sucking out the nour- ishing sap, but they also poiso
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. I<)OJ. The Amerjcan Florist. 517 MARKET GARDENS. Fumigating:. The careful grower is always on the lookout lo keep down insect pests as it is so nuich easier to control them by timely efforts than belated methods. Lettuce growers should be especially careful; it is next lo impossible to clean out an infested lettuce l)ed, and blighty lettuce is not wanted in the market. Aphides have a wonderful effect on checking a crop. Not only do they in- jure the plant by sucking out the nour- ishing sap, but they also poison the plant. The effort must not only be made in the growing houses, but also in the plant house or houses; the young plants are easily injured by strong measures necessary to kill the adult insect. There are a innnber of excellent to- bacco products on the market, but they have not f? spawn. Be sure to try my spawn this season, l-'irst siiipment of fresh spawn will be in about June 1,5. Write me and 1 will send you free of charge valu able information on the subject. FRESH SUPPLY OF SPAWN EVMY MONTH Chicago. KNUD GUNDESTRUP, l.'iiitod of something over 2,000 nrres and a total .shortage in yield of quite a million bushels as compared with the crop of a year ago, the total crop for 1907 being 5,140,174 bushels as against .5, in 1906. "Talcing it as a whole," the firm goes on to say, "we might say that the quality of the stock being harvested is hardly up to the average. -\s a rule the onions average small in size and show a considerable percentage of 'thicknecks' and picklers, and this is es- peoially true of the west, where they suf- fered from extreme wet and cold weather in the spring, which retarded growth, and an . of weeds during the grow- ing season, all of which is not conducive to the production of first-class storage .stock. The crop is fully three weeks late in maturing and many of our corespond- ents report the
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