. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 722 The American Florist. Oct. so, I IVIarket Gardeners Greenbonse Vegetable Growers and Market Gardeners' Association. Waid, , President; FraDklJD Dt-Kleine, Grand Rapids, Mich., Vice-President: S. W. Severance, S'S Illi- nois Life Building, Louisville, Ky., Secre- tary; M. L. Ruetenik, Cleveland, u., Treas. Canastota, N. Y., October 22.—It Is expected the onion crop in this sec- tion will total 200,000 bushels, a record output, says the New York Commercial. The muck lands north of this place
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 722 The American Florist. Oct. so, I IVIarket Gardeners Greenbonse Vegetable Growers and Market Gardeners' Association. Waid, , President; FraDklJD Dt-Kleine, Grand Rapids, Mich., Vice-President: S. W. Severance, S'S Illi- nois Life Building, Louisville, Ky., Secre- tary; M. L. Ruetenik, Cleveland, u., Treas. Canastota, N. Y., October 22.—It Is expected the onion crop in this sec- tion will total 200,000 bushels, a record output, says the New York Commercial. The muck lands north of this place are admirably adapted to the growth of this vegetable. More than 100,000 bushels already have been harvested from this district. H. L. Bauder has marketed 40,000 bushels. the fire to burn backwards against the draft, which requires a long time. This is a great help on mild days or nights, when frequent attention is un- necessary. Maeketman. Notes on Firing. To many men firing a boiler seems very simple and common work, yet how manj' can get up steam on short notice, say steam a tubular boiler from cold water in 15 minutes, or arrange a fire to burn slowly for a long period? Among the many men who have come and gone to fire, we do not recall one who was well posted in his duties. The proper way to start a fire in a hurry in a square fire box is to com- mence with perfectly clean grates; cover the grates with newspaper or packing paper—just a thin sheet to stop air currents and prevent waste of coal. Then commence filling the Tomatoes for Winter. Many growers are making quite a specialty of winter fruiting tomatoes now and the illustration herewith is from an excellent photograph taken at M. M. Miesse's, Lancaster, O., place of a newly planted house. Although the treatment of the planta is prac- tically the same as for the summer fruiters, considerably more care is necessary in the details. The grower has to watch out that the plants are not over watered and take special pre-
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