July 0, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



249 



Thos. J. Wade wishes to call atten- 

 tion to the fact that the officials in 

 charge of the government seed distribu- 

 tion are competent seedsmen, whom he 

 believes to be friendly to the seed trade. 

 But has this been questioned? Certainly 

 the trade does not believe the act of Con- 

 gress to be friendly. 



The warm weather is improving the 

 general run of seed crops. Peas are 

 blossoming and some of the extra earlies 

 are beginning to set. Dwarf beans gen- 

 erally are showing a good stand. The 

 green podded sorts, with the exception 

 of Stringless, so far give the best prom- 

 ise, some of the wax sorts showing a 

 trifle thin. 



The absence of recent advices on such 

 important garden seeds as celery, parsley, 

 carrot, pepper, etc., would indicate that 

 no serious shortage on deliveries of them 

 is anticipated. It is yet too early, how- 

 ever, to say what may develop, as a good 

 proportion of these seeds come from 

 European and California sources and re- 

 liable reports usually arrive late. 



Radish seed crops in the Michigan 

 district are improving. White Vienna 

 in some instances is going behind. Char- 

 tier, Cincinnati Market, Woods Frame 

 and Long Scarlet are up to the average, 

 but the acreage was shortened by the 

 sand blow during the early dry spell. 

 The turnip-shaped sorts are doing fairly 

 with the exception of Olive Short Leaf. 



Late advices from Kentucky are to 

 the effect that the Kentucky blue grass 

 crop is estimated about the same as last 

 year, with prices a little lower; orchard 

 grass about the same as last year, prices 

 likely to be as high. The clover pros- 

 pect is fair; crop doing well. The sea- 

 son on the whole is unfavorable for 

 grass seeds. As to onion sets, the crop 

 prospect at present is fair. No orders 

 are being booked for future delivery on 

 account of small acreage and uncertain- 

 ties as to the outcome of the crop. 



Onio?i sets at Louisville are about 

 ready to harvest. The crop there will 

 fall much below last year's, and the qual- 

 ity will not be so uniform. At Indian- 

 apolis the quality is likely to be uniform, 

 with a less number of bushels than ex- 

 pected. Chicago began with a much 

 shorter acreage than ordinary, and it all 

 depends upon the weather of the next 

 two weeks as to what the harvest will 

 develop. The general opinion is that good 

 prices must prevail for onion sets, and a 

 rising market from harvest time on is 

 looked for. 



Philadelphia. — The onion set situa- 

 tion is really a serious one with the lo- 

 cal seedsmen. From present indications 

 the crop cannot be over 25 per cent of 

 that of 1902. Practically no contracts 

 were made for 1903 crop delivery and 

 the farmers who have a few sets in sight. 

 are fully alive to the situation and re- 

 fuse offers on yellows at $3 for fall de- 

 livery. The same is true of turnips and 

 rutabaga seeds. Farmers whose crops 

 are not covered by contract talk 25 cents 

 per pound, but back out when offers are 

 made to close at this price. Owing to 

 better weather conditions, the counter 

 and mail trade of the latter half of 

 June was very heavy. The demand for 

 vegetable plants was heavier than in any 

 previous year. 



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Excepting a week of excessive heat, we 

 have had fine weather, warm days and 

 cool nights. Business has been steady, 

 without a break, until July 4, and the 

 growers are still busy with shipping for 

 the resort trade. It has been the most 

 prosperous spring the local trade has 

 ever had. Bedding plants sold out close; 

 cut flowers were scarce most of the time, 

 and carnations sold out close all through 

 June, and at prices unheard of before 

 for that month, but the weather condi- 

 tions were favorable for good flowers, 

 even if they did not yield as many as 

 might at times have been wished for. Re- 

 ]>l:nitiiig is under way in both roses and 

 violets. 



The florists have held several meetings 

 in conjunction with the lettuce and veg- 

 etable growers, with the intention to 

 form a stock company to buy coal and 

 other supplies, particularly glass, steam 

 pipe and fittings. Besides supplying the 

 florists at cost, a general business is con- 

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