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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, 1909 



Tobacco Papor 



IS THE 



STRONGEST, 



BEST PACKED, 



EASIEST APPLIED. 



24 >heet> $ 0.75 



144 (heett 3.50 



288 (beets 6.50 



1728 sheeU 35.10 



"NICO-FUME 



JJ 



Furnishes the 

 Most Nicotine for the Money! 



... rianufactured by .., 

 THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO. 



LoulSTllle, Ky, 



LIQUID 



OVER 40% NICOTINE 



By far the 



CHEAPEST. 



JUST NOTK PRICE! 



Pint $ 1.50 



•/2 Gallon 5.50 



Gallon 10.50 



5 Gallons 47.25 



Seed Trade 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



Watson S. Woodruff, Orange, Conn., 

 Pres.; J. C. Eobinson, Waterloo, Neb., 

 First VlcePres.; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 

 O., Sec'y and Tieas. Twenty-seventli an- 

 nual conventlin June 22-21, 1909, at Clifton 

 House, Niagara Falls, Out. 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 



LEAGUE. 



F. W. Bruggerhof, Pres.; Burnet Land- 

 reth, Sec'y. 



The Season's Record. 



The season is drawing towards its 

 close, and seedsmen ai'e making com- 

 parisons of the year's business with 

 those of the past and particularly of 

 last year, and while the early part of 

 the season showed a gratifying in- 

 crease, March has been more or less of 

 a disappointment to most of the mail 

 order houses, and the close of the sea- 

 son is e.xpected to show little if any 

 increase over 1908. Those firms which 

 are not strictly mail order houses can- 

 not as yet make comparisons, as local 

 trade on which many of them mainly 

 depend has scarcely opened. Indica- 

 tions are encouraging, however, that 

 the volume of business will be large, 

 and the close of the season will no 

 doitbt show a good and satisfactory av- 

 erage. From the wholesale seedsmen's 

 point of view, business has been excel- 

 lent up to date, and everything points 



SHEEP MANURE 



Pulverized, Free from Adulteration 



In Bag, $1 8.00 per Ton. Casb with Order 



ROBERT SIMPSON 



CLIFTON, N. J. 



THE PRIZE WINNING STRAWBERRY 



The Barrymore 



Send lor Folder at Once. 



H, L, CRANE, Oflainatar, 



Westwoed Mass. 



THE STRAWBERRY BLIGHT, ITS 

 CAUSE AND CURE. 



How to more than doiiMc the yield of 

 crop M-ltbout increasing the cost of pro- 

 duction. A great discovery. Price of 

 hook $2. Worth $25. 



WM. C. TRIMBLE, - Princeton, III. 



to a continuance of the same until the 

 close of the season. 



Bean Scarcity. 



Many weeks ago it was stated in 

 HORTICULTURE that green pod 

 beans were in short supply and that a 

 surprise was in store for the trade if 

 there was an active demand from con- 

 sumers. The demand has been really 

 better than was anticipated, and there 

 is now akin to a famine in the lead- 

 ing green pod sorts, such as Red Val- 

 entines, Burpees and Giant Stringless 

 and Black Valentines, the latter having 

 been virtually out of the market since 

 December, such a potent magnet as 

 $8.00 per bushel failing to draw out 

 any. , 



The present wholesale price of choice 

 high grade Red Valentine is $3.50 to 

 $3.75, with offerings small, while the 

 Stringless Green Pods are selling at 

 $4.50' to $5.00, and very few attainable 

 even at these figures. 



As these beans are in more or less 

 active demand as late as July, the 

 opinion expressed by a well-known 

 representative of one of the foremost 

 wholesale houses is worthy of note. 

 He says that before the end of July 

 fancy stocks of Red Valentines will 

 bring $5.00 and Burpees and Giant 

 Stringless will readily draw $6.00 to 

 $7.00 per bushel if obtainable at all. 

 All that stands between the planter and 

 a g'enuine bean famine is the old and 

 often abused Refugee or "1000 to 1," 

 and even these are advancing in prices 

 and should reach $4.00 per bushel be- 

 fore the demand is satisfied. 



Many varieties of peas are unobtain- 

 able in quantity, but the season is 

 nearing its end for peas, and excepting 

 a few bags now and then required by 

 retailers, the demand has about ceased. 



About Onion Seed. 



Onion seed has been in fair demand, 

 but considerable reserve of Yellow 

 Globe Danvers will be carried over. 

 The Plat Danvers and Yellow Stras- 

 burg are well cleaned up, and these va- 

 rieties will now draw better prices 

 than the Globes. White Portugal is 

 in short supply, as is also White 

 Globe, though the latter is more read- 

 ily obtained. Of the reds, Wethersfield 

 and Early Flat Red are pretty well 

 used up, but the Red Globes are still in 

 fair supply. 



Com of some varieties is rather 

 short, the medium and extra early 

 sorts in particular, while Stowell's 

 Evergreen seems to be abundant if 

 one may judge by a price list recently 

 sent out by a Connecticut house offer- 

 ing it at $1.85. One may doubt the 

 wiwloni of these cut prices towards 



WIZflRb 



Dried, screened and packed in bags of 

 100 lbs. each. 



PULVERIZED SHEEP MANURE 



PUKK IINII'ORM RELIABLE 



A strong and quick acting manure, 

 highly recommended for carnations 

 and chrysanthemums. 



SHREDDED CATTLE MANURE 



EASY TO H.VNIJLJ; AND APPLY 



Stronger and better In every way 

 than rough manure. I..asts much 

 longer on the benches. Unequalled tor 

 mulching and feeding roses, liquid 

 manuring and mixing with bench and 

 potting soil. Used by all the largest 

 growers. 



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Ue for Circula 



ud Prices, 



THE 



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 SOAP SPRAY 



Vegetable poisons alone. 

 Harmless to man. 

 Deadly to insects. 



$1.50 Single Gallon. Dilute to 25 

 EASTERN CHEMICAL CO. 



Pittsburg Street, Boston, JVlass. 



In ordering goods please add "I saw 

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Which Spray Pump. 



ets the 

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cal Fruit Growers, These pumps 

 widely known as 



DEMING SPRAYERS 



and are made In 23 sty] 

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 Write for our 1909 catalog 

 Spraying Chart. Add 4 cents 

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