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HOBTICULTURE 



January 18, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, Chas. N. Page, 

 Des Moines, la. ; 1st vice-president, 

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clarlt, 

 Milford, Conn.; secretary and treas- 

 urer, C E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; as- 

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna, 

 O. Next convention June, 1913. 



Good Resolutions. 



We owe our readers ample apology 

 for the dearth of general information 

 regarding trade conditions under this 

 heading. However, as it is the season 

 of the year for good resolutions we 

 will promise, and to the best of our 

 ability will "make good" in the mat- 

 ter of more regular news affecting the 

 Interests of the trade. 



Despite the scarcity of news, the 

 trade has often been entertained in 

 this column by our genial friend, G. 

 C. W. who as usual jumps into the 

 fray regardless of consequences. He 

 is always more or less instructive, and 

 always Interesting, and he has the 

 happy faculty of arguing as well on 

 one side of a proposition as another, 

 and cheerfully takes the side the oth- 

 er fellow doesn't want, all of which Is 

 respectfully, and affectionately sub- 

 mitted to the aforesaid G. C. W. 



Beans Enough. 

 It seems a little late to be giving 

 information about crops, yet it is only 

 within a few weeks that the growers 

 have definitely found their bearings as 

 to the bean crop, and we are glad to 

 say that from all information we have 

 received, conditions have not proved 

 nearly so bad as was feared during 

 October, and even as late as November 

 last. A few varieties have proved 

 failures, others have produced very 

 light crops, necessitating short deliv- 

 eries, but with the help of the carry- 

 over from last year, there will be beans 

 enough to meet all ordinary demands 

 of the trade. 



An Unfounded Assertion. 

 Some time since a circular letter was 

 sent out to the canners of the country, 

 among other remarkable statements 

 which it contained being one that peas 

 canned from seed grown in the far 

 northwest would turn dark in the can 

 and had very tough skins. Careful in- 

 quiry among the canners does not sus- 

 tain these statements, and it seems 

 rather surprising that any responsible 

 concern would make statements of 

 this kind which they were unable to 

 prove. So far as the weight of evi- 

 dence goes in the matter, it is to the 

 effect that not only do the peas not 

 turn dark in the can, and that they 

 do not develop a tougher skin than 

 peas grown in any other part of the 

 country, but that the seed does in fact 

 show a marked strength and vigor 

 over seed grown in any part of the 

 east, and we believe it is a ques- 

 tion of only one or two years more 

 experiment when not only the can- 

 ners, but the seedsmen of the country 

 will insist on having northwestern 

 grown seed. We believe the fact Is be- 

 yond question that the seed peas 

 grown in Michigan and Wisconsin as 

 well as Canada during the past five 

 years have deteriorated in vigor and 



What More Should You Expect? 



The following is from a communication received from Messrs. Valentine 

 Burgevin's Sons, Kingston, N. Y., January 8, 1913 : 



"We wish to say that we find the \'ERMINE an ex- 

 cellent thing-. We used it on a bench planted with 

 Smilax to kill root lice, or maggots, which ate the roots, 

 and after two applications our Smilax is taking on new 

 life and has started ofif to grow." 



The following from Messrs. Newman & Legg, of Manasquan, N. J., 



January 4, 1913 : 



"This fall we had occasion to try your FUNGINE on 

 a large house of sweet peas. They were so badly 

 affected with mildew that we were going to throw 

 them out — meaning a total loss of the crop. We had 

 tried sulphur and all the usual mildew remedies with- 

 out being able to control it. A caller asked us if we 

 had tried FUNGINE, saying that he had heard it was 

 good for mildew. We gave them one good syringing 

 with FUNGINE, with the result that in forty-eight hours 

 there was not a particle of live mildew in the house." 



For farther particulars see our advertisement, Page 93 



APHINE MANUFACTURING CO., Madison, N. J. M. C. EBEL, General Manager 



%#^^ll will want Snapdragon indoors and out this 

 W llll spring, and will be greatly pleased with my 

 ■ *^" famous SILVER PINK. It is a delicate 

 shade and will make you money inside and give you great 

 satisfaction outside. It will blossom this year in every 

 .State in the Union and in many foreign countries. Be 

 one of us. Pure seed at $i.oo per pkt. of over 500 seed, 

 ?pkts.,$2.50. Plants (ready Feb. 20), with 3 to 5 branches, 

 $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1,000. Cash. 



C^. ^. f9A.IVISI 



SOMERSWORTH, 



Poinsettias 



Stock Plants 



3-YEAR OLD. HEAVY. 

 $8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000. 



The CARL HAGENBURGER CO. 



W. MENTOR, OHIO 



Please mention Horticulture when writing. 



by actual test have shown enfeebled 



vitality. 



A Warning. 



While discussing the matter of grow- 

 ing pea seed, the great scarcity of the 

 past few years with the abnormally 

 high prices has had the usual effect of 

 causing to spring up a brood of Irre- 

 sponsible farmers for the most part, 

 who call themselves seed-growers 

 without knowing more than the barest 

 rudiments of the business and these 

 none too well. They are offering to 

 grow peas on contract at absurdy low 

 figures, but anyone who may be tempt- 

 ed to place orders with them may find 

 such seed dear as a gift. That they 

 will find a few who are always tempt- 

 ed by low prices, goes without saying, 

 as there is a small part of the people 

 who can be fooled all of the time. Two 

 or three good average crops of peas 



(Cpftttitufd on page So) 



N. H. 



SMITH'S CHRYSANTHEMirM MANUAL 



(3rd EDITION) 



Ready January 10th 

 Price 50c postpaid 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 



Novelties for 1913 and all the best 

 Standard Sorts 



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ELMER D. SMITH & CO.. MRIAN, MICH. 



COLD STORAGE 



Lily of the Valley 



For January Forcing 



New crop should never be used for 

 January forcing, as it does not force 

 easily or give tbe requisite amount of 

 foliage so early in the season. Cold 

 St >rage Valley should always be used 

 for .January forcing. 



We carry only one grade — the very 

 highest quality obtainable. Cases con- 

 taining 250 pips. $5.00 each; 500 pips, 

 .?n.50 each; and 1000 pips, $18.00 each. 



F. R. PIERSON CO. 



Tarrytown-on-Hudson, . • N. Y. 



BULBS and- 



HARDY PLANTS 



Contracts made for Seed Growing 



Send for price list 



E. S. MILLER, WADINii UVEfi, N. Y. 



