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April 17, 1909 



Seed Trade 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



Wataon 8. Woodruff, Orange, Conn., 

 Frea ; J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb., 

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

 O., Bee'y and Trens. Twenty-seventli an- 

 Baal convention June 22-24, 1909. at ClKton 

 House, Niagara Kails, Ont. 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 

 LEAGUE. 



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

 mtK Sec'y. 



Wholesale Seedsmen's League. 



The meeting of the board of direc- 

 tors called for the 14th inst. has heen 

 postponed on account of illness in 

 the families of two of its members. 

 The new tariff bill was the special 

 matter scheduled for consideration. 

 The following letter is self-explana- 

 tory: 



April 13, 1909. 

 F. W. Bniggerhof, Esq., 



Messrs. J. M. Thorburn & Co., New 

 York, N. Y. 

 Mv Dear Mr. Bruggerhof :— I am very 

 sorrv I shall not have the pleasure of see- 

 ing "vou tomorrow as I have just received 

 word that the Tresident of our company Is 

 in the same unfortunate position as myself 

 In having a son very ill, therefore, the 

 Board Meeting has been postponed. 



Even if I have to come on to New York 

 espeeiallv I shall certainly make It a point 

 to do so as soon as I can see my way clear 

 so as to see you personally. 



Think you will be interested in the en- 

 closed copy that I have had made from 

 pages 80 .iud SI of the new Senate Bill. 

 While this leaves parsley, corn salad, en- 

 dive, leek, lettuce, salsify, squash and to- 

 matoes at 10c. per lb., yet I think you will 

 agree with me that it is most desirable that 

 we should have specific duties. 

 With kindest regards. 



Sincerely yours, 



W. ATLEE BURPEE. 

 The following is the excerpt re- 

 ferred to by Mr. Burpee as having been 

 copied from pp. SO and 81 of the Sen- 

 ate hill. 



(Advance Committee Report.) 



61st Congress — 1st Session. 



H R 1438 



In the Senate of " the United States, 



April 10, 1909. 



Read twice and referred to the Committee 



on Finance. 



AN ACT. — To provide revenue, equalize 



duties, and encourage the Inlustrles of the 



United States, and for other purposes. 



261 Potatoes, twenty-five cents per bushel 

 of sixty pounds. 



262 Seeds: Castor Beans or seeds, twenty- 

 five cents per bushel of fifty pounds; 

 flaxseed or linseed and other oil seeds 

 not specially provided for twenty-flve 

 rents per bushel of flfty-six pounds; 

 popp.v seeds, fifteen cents per bushel; 

 mushroom spawn and spinach seed, 

 one cent per pound; beet, except 

 sugar beet, carrot, parsnip, radish, 

 turnip and ruta-baga seed, four cents 

 per pound; cabbage, collard. kale and 

 kohlrabi seed, eight cents per pound; 

 egg plant and pepper seed twenty- 

 five cents per pound; seeds of all kinds 

 not specially provided for in this sec- 



^ tion. ten cents per pound. 



263 Straw, one dollar and fifty cents per 

 ton. 



264 Teazels, thirty per centum ad valorem. 



265 Vegetables In their natural state, not 

 specially provided for in this section, 

 twenty-five cents per centum ad va- 

 lorem. 



The good work done by individuals 

 in the effort to secure specific duties 

 has been quite conspicuous and the 

 trade at large is under obligations to 

 all of them. One of the most active 

 and earnest workers in this connec- 

 tion has been Mr. J. C. Vaughan of 



Chicago, as the following letter of ap- 

 preciation from Mr, Burpee will show: 



April 13, l'.)09. 

 Mr. J. C. Vaughan, Chicago. 111. 



My Dear Mr. Vnu;;ban:— The enclosed 

 copy of letter to D. M. Ferry & Co. will 

 explain Itself. 



While the writer has worked earnestly 

 with our Members of Congress and Senator 

 Penrose he Is Inclined to believe that the 

 seed trade owes more to you than to any 

 one other Individual in the way of secur- 

 ing the prospects for specific duties. 

 Very truly yours, 



W. ATLEE BURPEE. 



Legislative Doings. 



New York state seedsmen and partic- 

 ularly the grass seed houses, were much 

 disturbed over a bill introduced in the 

 Legislature some weeks ago prescrib- 

 ing, as such measures usually do, im- 

 possible conditions, but it is not likely 

 to pass at this session, or if it does, 

 its teeth will be drawn. The writer 

 has this from a source unquestionably 

 reliable, therefore the trade need not 

 lie awake o'nights worrying over It. 



Most conservative reliable houses ad- 

 mit that the right kind of bill, drawn 

 on reasonable practical lines would be 

 of benefit to honest dealers, and un- 

 questionably some sort of regulation 

 is needed, but the framers of such bills 

 are usually ignorant of the matters 

 they are trying to regulate, and in ad- 

 dition more or less politics is always 

 injected into such meastires. 



Fortunately for the seedsmen of this 

 state, many of them have "friends at 

 Court." and there is not much danger 

 of any drastic or injurious legislation 

 being enacted. A few such friends at 

 Washington would spare them many 

 anxious hours. 



A Thriving Youngster. 



Among the younger of the Mail Or- 

 der houses which has been having a 

 steady and healthy growth may be 

 mentioned the Joseph Harris Co., of 

 Cold Water, N. Y. This business was 

 founded by the late Joseph Harris, one 

 of the foremost agricultural writers of 

 his day, and under the able manage- 

 ment of his son, Mr. S. M. Harris, the 

 business has, without the burning of 

 any red fire, attained large proportions, 

 and at the same time has earned a 

 most enviable reputation. The home 

 of this firm is at Moreton Farm, but a 

 few miles from Rochester, N. Y., an 

 ideal countrj- place, and destined in 

 time to become almost as much of a 

 household word wherever seeds are 

 used, as "Fardhook." This firm is a 

 cretlit to the trade, and young Mr. Har- 

 ris has earned most hearty congratula- 

 Uons. 



Beans and Cucumbers. 



No hidden supplies of the Bush lima 

 beans have been uncovered, and the 

 conclusion has heen reached that the 

 supply of these beans is exhausted and 

 this is especially true of the Burpee 

 types. The same will be said of the 

 leading varieties of green pod, snap or 

 string beans at the close of the season. 



Prices of the standard varieties of 

 cucumbers have eased off materially, 

 but many of the most popular sorts of 

 musk melons are not procurable at 

 all. 'WTiat another crop failure would 

 mean can be readily imagined. 



Aster Seed 



Our .\ster seed Is grown for us by 

 i-\pc:-ii'iiced and reliable growers, and 

 cannot be excelled for qnalitv of seed 

 .iTirl ;i'Mity of stix'k. 



improved Semple's Branching 



A str.iln which has been secured by 

 years of carefjl selection. 



Tr. Pkt Oj. 



Crimson 40 $1.50 



Lavender 40 1.50 



Shell Pink 40 1.50 



Rose Pink 40 1.50 



Purple 40 1.50 



White 40 1.50 



Mixed 40 1.50 



For other varieties see our General 

 Wholesale Catalogue; a copy mailed 

 for the asking. 



HENRY F. MIGHELL CO. 



1018 Market St., PHILA. 



a decidedly wintry character. A se- 

 vere snow storm ending in a hard 

 freeze swept Central and Western New 

 York, and it seemed much more like 

 the middle of Januar\- than April. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Kankakee, III. — Faber Bros., one 

 house. 



Somerset, Mass. — Traynor Bros., one 

 house. 



Menominee, Mich. — Charles Schultz, 

 additions. 



Kennewick, Wash. — C. M. Stockman, 

 one house. 



Baldwinville, Mass. — T. J. Symons, 

 one house. 



W. LaFayette, Ind.— H. Roth, im- 

 provements. 



Madisonville, N. J. — Chas. Roberts, 

 conservatory. 



Elmhurst, III.— Keimel & Wendland, 

 three houses. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Edward Winkler, 

 house, 40 X 150. 



Greenwich, Conn. — Mrs. E. M. Blake, 

 range of houses. 



Murray Hill, N. J.— L. B. Codding- 

 ton, one house. 



Media, Pa. — Asa Bonsell. Cumber- 

 land Cemetery, one house. 



Albany, N. Y.— Park Dept., house, 

 26x.52: propagating house. 11x52. 



Twin Lake, Mich. — Earl Steams, 

 one house; Floyd Oliver, one house. 



Hoerber Bros, are employing a 

 larger force of men to push work on 

 their new plant at Evanston, just 

 north of Chicago. 



Baskets, Crates, 



Ladders, Veneers 



and Boxes. 



Cold backward weather still retards 

 counter trade and last week this was of 



BACON & CO. 



Appleton, N. Y. 



