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HORTICULTURE 



February 13, 1909' 



makes right. Few if any of tlie ma- 

 chinery or supply men find any p:ii- 

 ticuiar fault with the payment of $2.U0; 

 it is not the amount of money involved 

 so much as the principle. They fur- 

 nish an excellent and, as everj'one 

 conceded this year, a really splendid 

 exhibition. It is given for the benefit 

 of the Canners, and they resent the 

 action of the Canners' Association in 

 taxing their prospective customers to 

 see a show which they have been to 

 such an expense and labor in prepar- 

 ing. Had the original plan of the Can- 

 ners' Association been carried out, 

 there would have been a large-sized re- 

 volt of their own members, as the 

 original purpose was to tajc everyone 

 $5.00 for a membership badge; but this 

 they wisely cut down to $2.00. Summing 

 up the situation, it may be said that 

 the members of the Machinery and 

 Supplies Association, neither individ- 

 ually nor collectively, care to anlago- 

 •nize the Canners' Association, or rath- 

 er the little oligarchy which is now 

 controlling it, by refusing to pay what- 

 ever tax they may impose, and the 

 Canners' Association, knowing this 

 fact, are taking full advantage of the 

 situation. 



A move was made by the Machinery 

 & Supplies Association, which is like- 

 ly to have results not exactly anticipat- 

 ed by the rank and file of the members 

 of either body; that is, the decision to 

 hold no exhibits of any character in 

 1910. The place of meeting, while 

 not definitely fixed, will probably be 

 Atlanta City, and the attendance of 

 the Canners, owing to the absence of 

 any machinery or other exhibits, is 

 likely to be very materially reduced, 

 and it will be interesting as an indi- 

 cation of how great a factor the ex- 

 hibits have been in drawing the at- 

 tendance of the Canners from all parts 

 of the country. Those Canners who 

 are advocates of the present manage- 

 ment insist that the exhibits of ma- 

 chinery and supplies are a detriment 

 to their conventions, and that the at- 

 tendance would be larger without 

 these exhibits. They give the Ma- 

 chinery and Supplies Association to 

 understand that they are tolerated 

 only during good behaviour, and that 

 failure on their part to meekly accept 

 orders from the leaders of the Can- 

 ners' Association would mean their 

 being barred from any future conven- 

 tion of the canners. Now if the ma- 

 chinery and supplies men expect to 

 maintain an independent organization 

 under their own control, there seems 

 ' to be but one course open for them, 

 and that is to hold an exhibition and 

 Invite the canners to attend, but with- 

 out any official connection with the 

 cannei-s' association. Should the latter 

 see fit to endorse the invitation and 

 decide to hold their convention at 

 the same time it would be very desir- 

 able, but there is little doubt that a 

 very large number of canners would 

 attend, whether the exhibition were 

 officially recognized or not. 



Fears were expressed before the 

 convention that the Louisville hotels 

 would be over-taxed by the crowd in 

 attendance, and this was established 

 as a fact, although every effort was 

 made for the comfort and convenience 

 of all present, and' the officers of the 

 local committee deserve great praise 

 for their efforts in this direction, par- 

 ticularly Mr. Gordon and Mr. McDon- 



PLANT STAKES -FOR easter lilies 



36 in. long X \\ in. 

 36 " " X i " 

 36 " 



Prr 1000 Per 5000 



$5.25 $25 OD 



5.25 25.00 



15.25 25.00 



42 in. long X i''„- in. 

 42 " " X i " . 



42 " " X 5 " 



Pel 



I Itii! APu\g Makrs l>trd llr 



.<(lc per 1000 additii 



$6.00 ^28.75 

 6.00 28. 75 

 6.00 28.75 



HYACINTH AND TULIP STAKES 



. long 15c per lOo. $ i.co |.cr i.xjr, f I.I^ |"T t, ;- in. I'.n^: ;oc 



DYED CREEN 



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HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 



1018 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA 



aid, who were tireless in their efforts 

 to make every one comfortable and 

 smooth out difficulties of every de- 

 scription. 



>mong the seed firms represented 

 were Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Leonard 

 Seed Co., W. \V. Barnard Co., W. H. 

 Grenell, Rogers Bros., S. D. Woodruff 

 & Sons, The Everett B. Clark Co., and 

 Hogg & Lyttle. 



THE BLUE GRASS QUESTION. 

 Horticulture Publishing Co. 



Dear Sirs: — My attention has been 

 called to your comment on an article 

 that was published in the Chicago 

 Florists' Review on December 10th. 

 1508, under the head of "Grass Seeds," 

 quoting from a circular issued by Con- 

 rad Appel of Damstardt, Germany, 

 casting a reflection upon the American 

 seed dealers and exporters. Those who 

 are well posted in the business will 

 pay no attention whatever to remarks 

 of this kind coming from such sources, 

 but there are others who might take 

 this statement for a fact, inasmuch 

 as it has been published by a reput- 

 able journal. 



In my business experience — which 

 has extended over quite a number of 

 years — I have never yet found the time 

 that it was not possible to secure a 

 supply of true Poa pratensis or Ken- 

 tucky Blue Grass seed. I have also 

 found that complaints similar to the 

 one made by Conrad Appel, are made 

 based upon some transaction which if 

 thoroughly investigated, would put an 

 entirely different color to the situation 

 and more than likely the shoe would 

 be on the other foot. Quite frequently 

 the price at which the goods are sold 

 has more to do with the transaction 

 than the quality. As a matter of fact 

 I will state that the party in question, 

 or anyone either in the foreign or 

 home trade, can secure from the 

 American dealers, as high a grade, 

 not only of Kentucky Blue Grass, but 

 of all other seeds, as it is possible to 

 secure in any of the markets in the 

 world: but the proper way to secure 

 these qualities is not to go at it like 

 some of our foreign buyers and shop 

 around and place the order at prices 

 known to be lower than the American 

 trade themselves were paying for the 

 highest grades. 



As a rule it is not possible for the 

 buyer of any commodity to secure the 

 highest qualities at prices quoted for 

 the lower grades. A little care on the 

 part of the buyer is all that is neces- 

 sary to be exercised and there will be 

 no occasion for any such blanket 

 statement as this gentleman has used 

 in his circular. 



Yours very truly, 

 ALBERT McCULLOUGH. 



Cincinnati. O. 



WATSON ON THE SEED TRADE. 



Anent tlial Blue Ciass charge, every- 

 body knows that there are scallawag^ 

 amongst the dealers in that commodiiy, 

 but they — the scallawags — are not 

 seedsmen; only speculators. 



Your defence of the seedsmen 1 ap- 

 Ijreciate very much! It's the blasted 

 hyenas on the outskirts of the trade 

 that pose as seedsmen who do the dirt. 

 Rven at that, the frade, as a trade, is 

 the cleanest and most honorable, alsa 

 cue of the most difl'icuU, on earth, and 

 don't you forget it! If all the papers 

 would stand last to your sane and 

 sensible view of things, public opinion 

 would soon veer very close to "hero- 

 v.orship," instead of the present sus- 

 picious attitude. Ignorance, stupidity, 

 silliness, yellow lournalism, shoddy 

 paternalism, and v.nin glory h.ave com- 

 bined to vilify the most beneficent 

 agency in the building up of the United 

 Slates, from Jamestown and Plymouth 

 Rock to the present minute. Every 

 American who is not a friend of the 

 seed trade ought to have fire and brim- 

 stone heaped in showers on his head. 

 G. C. W. 



NOTES. 



Wei land, Ont.— N. Vaughan & Son 

 have purchased a site and will erect a 

 seed cleaning plant. 



A first dividend of 8 per cent has 

 been paid to the creditors of the Temp- 

 lin Co., late of Calla, O. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. F. Tonkin, Buffalo, N. Y.— "Seeds 

 of Quality", Season 1909. A mail order 

 list. 



Burnett Brothers, New York. — Seeds, 

 Bulbs and Plants. Spring, 1909. A very 

 striking cover illustration of Burnett's 

 Liberty "Tomato" in colors, gives im- 

 mediate distinction' to this catalogue. 

 There are nine pages of novelties and 

 specialties in seeds. 



Schlegel & Fottler Co., Boston. 

 —The catalogue is in the usual well- 

 arranged and compact form issued by 

 this firm. Shirley poppies and "Deli- 

 cious" squash on front and baci: 

 covers, respectively, in sepia tint, are- 

 .'ittractively effective. 



H. E. Fiske Seed Co., Boston, Mass. 

 —Seed, Plants, Bulbs, and Poultry sup- 

 plies. A very neat cover in grey tints 

 shows vegetables on the front and 

 Shirley poppies on the back pages. Ar- 

 rangement of contents, printing and il- 

 lustrations are all good. 



O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J.— 

 Wholesale Price List for 1909 of 

 Florists' Selected Flower Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Plants. This is a very compre- 

 hensive list, compact, yet sufficiently 

 copious and suggestive. Text printed 

 in blue; covers in bronze ink. 



