June 18, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



133 



early and late sorts promise a better 

 yield. Future conditions may greatly 

 alter the prospects. 



At Chicago the onion set crop has 

 been retarded by cool weather and lack 

 of rain. The present outlook is not as 

 good as it was some two weeks back. 

 The maggot is working and bare spots 

 show in many places where the seed 

 came up strong at first. At other onion 

 set sections reports are not favorable. 

 This, with the addition of the serious 

 loss to the set crop, occasioned by the 

 floods, is likely to cause a very short 

 crop of sets. 



Philadelphia.— The long drought is 

 at an end. but has seriously affected the 

 1903 crop of seeds in this locality. Rad- 

 ishes, beets, turnips, rutabagas, spinach, 

 tomato and onion seeds will be less than 

 50 per cent of the expected yield. The 

 late rains will greatly benefit the onion 

 set situation, but it must, be remembered 

 that not more than 50 per cent of the 

 usual quantity of seed was sown for the 

 1903 crop. The large onion crop from 

 sets is also a failure and the market is 

 being supplied by importations from Ber- 

 muda and Egypt. The failure of the 

 large onion crop means no seed bulbs for 

 the planting of the 1904 crop. Much 

 of the early planting of sugar corn 

 has failed to germinate, presumably on 

 account of the dry weather, and the de- 

 mand for second and late planting has 

 been very heavy. The dry weather has 

 also greatly retarded the planting of 

 field corn and. as the season is now 

 well advanced, the demand for early ma- 

 turing varieties is unprecedented; both 

 white and yellow flint are completely 

 exhausted. Millets, cow peas, soja beans. 

 crimson clover and amber cane are in 

 heavy demnnd. the timothy and clover 

 crops for hay lwing an entire failure. 

 The mail trade for May and .Tune was 

 considerably below the average. The Ely 

 Seed Co. is seeking new quarters be- 

 cause of the expiration of their lease on 

 Market street. 



SAMPLES OF SEEDS. 

 Robert B. Armstrong, assistant sec- 

 retary of the treasury, issued the fol- 

 lowing order to officers of customs under 

 date of June 9: 



At the instance of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture it is hereby directed that, commencing 

 .luly 1. 1903. and continuing for one year. 

 2-ounce samples of all importations of 100 

 pounds or more of grass, clover and forage 

 H;iitt seeds be prepare,! at the earliest prac- 

 ticable date after entry and forwarded to 

 the Seed Laboratory, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, "Washington. L». C, labeled with names 

 and addresses of consignors and consign.-, ■>- 

 name of seed as given in the invoice and quan- 

 tity of the consignment. 



SEEDSMEN'S PROGRAM. 



Secretary S. F. Willard has mailed to 

 members a very handsome program for 

 the twenty-first annual meeting of the 

 American Seed Trade Association at At- 

 lantic City, X. J., June 23-25. Aside 

 from the president's address, the reports 

 of officers and committees, there is a 

 very strong lot of papers promised, in- 

 cluding the following: "Southern For- 

 age Plants," Geo. B. McVay. Birming- 

 ham, Ala.; "The Importance of Accurate 

 Descriptions of the Varieties of Garden 

 Vegetables," W. W. Tracy. Washington: 

 "Limiting our List of Varieties," Lester 

 L, Morse. Santa Clara, Cal. ; a paper on 

 bulbs, by H. F. Miehell, Philadelphia: 

 "Vine Seeds; Insect Pests and Reme- 

 dies," J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb. ; 

 "Seed Advertising, Past and Present; 



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Why it Does Not Pav Better and Some 

 Remedies," F. B. White. Chicago; "Cab- 

 bages," J. M. Lupton, Matt ituck, N. Y. ; 

 "Trials in Peas for the Government," 

 C. X. Keeny, LeRoy, X. Y. : "Systems in 

 Business," C. E. Wilson, Chicago; "The 

 Application of System to the Seed Busi- 

 ness," H. A. McKee. Chicago. A rate of 

 a fare and a third on the certificate plan 

 has been granted by all railroads and a 

 large attendance is expected. June 27 

 will be spent at Fordhook. 



IN KENTUCKY. 



Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky., 

 write as follows: 



"Up to about the first of June the 

 weather was exceedingly dry and all 

 crops, both in the garden and on the 

 farm, were looking very badly. Since 

 that time we have had a good deal of 

 rain and everything has improved won- 

 derfully. Onion sets now promise to be 

 a, fair crop and, while the acreage is not 

 as much as last year, we do not antici- 

 pate much shortage. Orchard .grass 

 has been helped out wonderfully and 

 now promises a pretty fair crop. Kale 

 seed is looking well, as is Seven Top 

 turnip for seed. The onion seed crop 

 will be a fair one. The acreage this 

 year is not as much as usual, but we 

 are not anticipating high prices. Blue 

 grass is reported to be somewhat, short- 

 er than last year. Red Top has suffered 

 more or less from the dry weather and 

 the price may be a little higher. Win- 

 ter turf oats promise to make a good 

 sized crop. There are thousands of 

 acres of these grown in this locality 

 and Louisville is now one of the prin- 

 cipal markets on these. 



"The demand for all kinds of seeds has 

 kept up remarkably well all during the 

 spring. In May the demand for millet 

 and cow peas was somewhat slow, due 

 to the weather conditions: in fact, no 

 one could plow on account of the dry 

 weather. Since the first of June there 

 has been an unusual demand for these 

 two items and prices have gone up 

 considerably. Nearly all seed corn 

 stocks in this market are exhausted. 

 though there is a fair supply of most 

 other seeds." 



Concord, N. H. — G. J. Benedict has 

 done much planting in neighboring towns 

 this season. 



Fixdlat. O. — Hail hit all the green- 

 house establishments May 27, doing dam- 

 age of from $100 to $700 in each place. 



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White Yell,,« Eve •' 50c 



Brlsrht Pink " 50c 



Brilliant Red " 50c 



ICns.v Mum '• 50c 



Blue , v " 50c 



Flesh Color.T. „ " 50c 



Mixture of above " 50c 



F.-ni L'tiv.-il Ml\.-d •' 50c 



Obcontca Gianditlora White " 50c 



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