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HORTICULTURE 



May 22, 1909 



Seed Trade 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 

 Wataon 8. Woodrnff, Orange, Conn., 

 rr*« ; J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb., 

 ni«t VlcePrea.; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 

 ©., Bec'y and Treas. Twenty-seventh an- 

 Bial convention June 22-«, 1809, at Clifton 

 ■onae, Niagara Falls, Ont. 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 

 LEAGUE, 

 r. W. Bruffgerhof, Prea.; Burnet Land- 

 atK, Sec'y. 



Unfavorable Weather Conditions. 



Occasional complaints of seeds rot- 

 ting in the ground are drifing in, and 

 the number of such complaints are 

 likely to be legion as the weather 

 could not better serve that purpose 

 than the assortment we have been 

 getting for several weeks. As a rule 

 complainants are not considerate 

 enough to admit that the failures in 

 germination are due to the weather, 

 but charge such failure directly to the 

 seeds. Explanations are usually inef- 

 fective, and though veteran sedsmen 

 may consider themselves immune, the 

 manner in which many of these com- 

 plaints are made is, to be very mild, 

 most irritating. It goes with the busi- 

 ness however, and there is no escape. 



Personal. 



Mr. and Mrs. Burpee are planning 

 their third annual trip to Europe and 

 it is said their two eldest boys will 

 accompany them. This comes to us 

 by wireless, but the sailing date is 

 not known. 



Planting Delayed. 

 From numerous reports received 

 during the past week, things are not 

 going serenely in the planting of seed 

 crops. Wisconsin and Michigan have 

 been too cold and wet to permit the 

 planting o£ peas, excepting in a very 

 few instances, where small lots of 

 Alaskas and other hardy peas have 

 been "mudded" in, and these will prove 

 largely a failure. As late as May 12th 

 not ten per cent, of the peas had been 

 planted. This means that they will 

 blossom just at the hottest time of 

 midsummer followed by the unavoid- 

 able blight. How serious this rnay 

 prove none can say but it is causing 

 growers some anxiety even now. Of 

 course it may be all in the cards for 

 the season to give us a bumper crop, 

 but beyond dispute it starts under a 

 decided handicap. Still let us hope 

 for a fair crop, or a short one even, 

 in preference to anythi-ng of the bump- 

 er order, as no greater misfortune 

 could befall the growers than such 

 a crop at this juncture, and particu- 

 larly of the canners' varieties. 



Howard M. Earl will start shortly 

 on his annual or semi-annual trip to 

 the Pacific Coast. It is said Mr. 

 Earl may visit Europe on his return 

 from the coast. While there is doubt- 

 less much enjoyment to be extract c:l 

 from these trips, they mean hours and 

 days of most strenuous physical and 

 mental labor. 



Notes. 

 Sioux Falls, 8. D.— The O. S. Jones 

 Seed Co. have decided to build at once 

 a re-enforced concrete building to cost 

 about $35,000. It will be three stories 

 and basement, 44 feet front, 142 feet 

 deep, and must be completed before 

 November 1 according to the terms of 

 the contract. Bids will be asked for as 

 soon as plans are completed. 



From the vicinity of Chicago we 

 learn that some of the onion set 

 growers in the Bowmanville district 

 have l5een so delayed by the spring 

 rains that they are only just able at 

 this writing to get on their ground to 

 plant it. In the neighborhood of Pull- 

 man and Riverside the ground is 

 higher and more progress has been 

 made. But while the season is late, 

 still the old advice may safely be fol- 

 lowed, "Plant onion seed while the 

 cherries are in bloom." 



Leesley Bros., growers of onion sets 

 outside the Chicago limits on the south 

 west, have only just completed their 

 planting. The cold wet spring has 

 greatly delayed this work. A little 

 over one hundred pounds of seed to 

 the acre is used, making an enormous 

 aggregate on such a large place. They 

 plant by means of a beet drill and by 

 attaching four of these, are able to 

 cover the ground very rapidly. Leesley 

 Bros, are progressive young men. They 

 have lately leased a tract of two hun- 

 dred more acres to further extend their 

 business. 



PRIMULA SEED 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS FIMBRIATA 



y, Tr. Pkt. Tr. Fkt. 



Alba Magniflca »0.60 »1 OO 



Chi8vrick lied 60 I.OO 



Holhorn Klue 60 1.00 



Kerinesina Splendeiis 60 1.00 



Ko8v Morn 60 1.00 



MlcheU'e Pri7,e Mixture, 



beautifully fringed varieties... 60 1.00 



PRIMULA OBCONIGA GRANDIFLORA 



Tr. Pkt. 



Compacta »0.60 



Fimbriata (i-i6 02 , $1.15) BO 



Oigantea (Arendsi) 60 



Kermeslna (i 16 oz. $1.50) 40 



Rosea (1-16 oi., $1.00) 30 



White (1-16 oz., $1.35) 30 



Mixed (i-8oz.,$..oc) 30 



Write for our Wliolesale Catalogue, 



HENRY F. MIGKELL CO. 



1018 Market St., PHILA. 



The Coming Convention. 

 Only a tew weeks more and the 

 seedsmen will gather at Niagara Falls, 

 and they should have a most enjoy- 

 able time if good weather smiles on 

 them. If it is only provprbial June 

 variety nothing more can be asked 

 for -What is so lovely as a day m 

 June?" 



Retail trade continues active, but in 

 lessening volume each week. It will 

 be well into June befoK the business 

 subsides, and it will be f.mnd one of 

 the most prosperous the trade has ever 

 experienced. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



James Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, 

 Scotland. — Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Roses, Border Plants, Shrubs and 

 Trees. 



Erhard-Frederiksen, Swindlngegaard, 

 Denmark. — Wholesale price list of 

 cauliflower, cabbage, and turnip seeds 

 and grains. 



Barrett Manufacturing Company; ad- 

 dress, all leading cities in U. S. — Illus- 

 trated book of Tarvia, the great dust- 

 laying composition for roadways. 



John Grerard, New Britain, Conn. — 

 Wholesale Price List of Pansy Seeds. 

 Mr. Gerard is probably the most widely 

 known importer of high grade pansy 

 seed in America. His list is exceed- 

 ingly useful and every pansy grower 

 should ask him for a copy. The pro- 

 duct of seven of the best pansy specia- 

 lists in Europe is represented. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Napanee, Ind.— C. A. Doswell, one 

 house. 



Adams, Mass. 

 house. 



-A. J. Boothman, one 



Greenport, N. Y. — Augustus Ham, 

 one house. 



Baltimore, Md. — Hilpert & Hammen, 

 one house. 



Topsfield, Mass.— Bradley W. Palmer, 

 one house. 



Maquoketa, 



three houses. 



Kokomo, Ind.— L 



house, 3.5x300. 



la.— Mrs. J. Odgers, 

 A. Coles, one 



Cambridge, Mass. 

 carnation house. 



Union Center, N. Y 

 range of houses. 



Sidney Hoffman, 

 W. H. Davis, 



Benton Harbor, Mich.— C. Edinbor- 

 ough, one house. 



Holly, Mich.— H. J. Green, enlarging 

 and improving greenhouses. 



Kalamazoo, Mich.— G. Van Bochove 

 & Bro., four violet houses, each 22x300. 



Ithaca, N. Y.— The State Legisla- 

 ture has appropriated $30,000 for the 

 erection of greenhouses to be built for 

 the department of horticulture of Cor- 

 nell University. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



BEETS. Crosby, Egyptian and Eclipse, $1.25 per 



CABBA«E. Field Grown, all leading varieties, 

 $i.co per 1000. lo.oo* and over, 85c per 1000. 



CELERy. White Plume, Golden Self Blanching 

 and Giant Pascal, $i.J5 per 1000. 



EGG PI, ANT. N. V. Improved and Black Beauty, 

 $3.00 per 1000. 



LETTUCE. Big Boston, Boston Market, Tennis 

 Ball and Grand Rapids, $1.00 per 1000. 



PEPPERS. Ruby King, Bull Nose, Sweet Moun- 

 tain and Neapolitan, $3.00 per 1000. Chinese 

 Giant and Cayenne, 50c per 100. 



Cash with Order 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO. 



White Marsh, IMd. 



