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HORTICULTUBB 



April 19, 1913 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President. Chas. N. Page, 

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

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrlsburg, Pa.; 

 2nd vice-president, Arthur B. Clark, 

 MUford, Tonn.; secretary and treas- 

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

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford, Ravenna, 

 O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 June 24-25, 1913. 



Canners to Meet in Baltimore. 



As forecast in these columns, Balti- 

 more has been selected as the place 

 for holding the next annual conven- 

 tion of the Natioiial Canners' Associa- 

 tion and Allied Industries. 



The committee on location held its 

 final meeting in Baltimore on the 9th, 

 and decided the matter officially. At 

 this meeting contracts between the 

 officers of the three associations con- 

 nected with the canning industry, and 

 the Canned Goods Exchange of Balti- 

 more and the Baltimore hotel Propri- 

 etors, were signed, which practically 

 closes the case excepting in the mat- 

 ter of details. 



In this connection it may not be 

 amiss to remark that the city of Rich- 

 mond was a very close second to Balti- 

 more, and had it not been the fact 

 that Baltimore is the center of a great 

 canning industry and more accessible 

 to the men engaged in this business 

 than Richmond, it would have been 

 "nip-and-tuck" between the two. We 

 are informed that already the rush to 

 secure rooms at the leading hotels has 

 commenced, and we advise all those 

 expecting to attend the convention in 

 February next to make early applica- 

 tion for rooms or they may be unable 

 to secure what they want. 



Ctiange in Bolgiano Firm. 



Information has reached us of an 

 important change in the firm of J. 

 Bolgiano & Sons of BaltiUiore, Roland 

 Bolgiano having sold out to his broth- 

 er Charles or "Charlie," as he is famil- 

 iarly known. It is said that this has 

 been expected for some time by those 

 close to the members of this firm and 

 especially since the death of their 

 father some months ago. As Roland 

 Bolgiano is comparatively a young 

 man it is to be assumed that he will 

 go into some business, but we are ad- 

 vised that under the terms of sale to 

 his brother he agrees not to engage in 

 the seed business again, either direct- 

 ly or indirectly. 



Flood Damage. 



Private advices from the flood dis- 

 tricts of Indiana and Ohio confirm re- 

 cent newspaper reports that the dam- 

 age to property was not nearly as 

 heavy as the early stories indicated, 

 and that the loss of life was much 

 smaller than was generally believed. 

 A circular letter issued by the Living- 

 ston Seed Co. of Columbus, Ohio, 

 shows that this firm suffered little di- 

 rect loss, although it was very serious- 

 ly hampered for several days because 

 of the demoralization of mail and 

 wire service. Probably for a period of 

 ten days it was impossible to make 

 shipments, but we believe things are 

 going now fairly well although still 

 subject to some delays. It was gen- 



erally believed that the canners of 

 these two states had suffered heavy 

 losses, but letters received direct from 

 several of them show that while they 

 did sustain some losses they were not 

 in most cases of a crippling character, 

 and generally such as could be readily 

 replaced. 



Pea Crop Injured. 



It is reported that peas which were 

 planted early in Delaware and Mary- 

 land have been severely damaged by 

 winds and hail, while in some sections 

 the young plants have been buried up 

 by sand. It is quite generally believed 

 that the pea crop of the two states 

 will be short this season. In the 

 northwest planting has not com- 

 menced, but those operating in Mon- 

 tana, Idaho and other northwestern 

 states are anticipating an early spring. 

 Let us hope this will be realized. 



Growing of Beans in Ontario. 

 (Con.sul I'red C. Slater. S.irnin. Canada.) 



In sections of Ontario bean farming 

 is conducted extensively. The south- 

 ern extremity of this consular district 

 extends down into part of Kent Coun- 

 ty, bordering on Lake Erie, and this is 

 one of the best bean sections of the 

 Province. The crop suffered a partial 

 failure in 1912, due partly to drought 

 about planting time and partly to ex- 

 cessively wet weather later on. The 

 quality was particularly poor. 



The Ontario Bean Growers' Associa- 

 tion held its annual meeting at Ridge- 

 town, in Kent County, the 1st of 

 March. The association deplored the 

 fact that the yield of beans was on the 

 wane, and it was brought out that, 

 whereas Kent County had an acreage 

 of 33.275 in 1903, with an average yield 

 of 18.5 bushels per acre, and the Prov- 

 ince an average of 18.4 bushels, the 

 acreage in the county in 1912 was 

 34,325 and the average yield 16.7; the 

 Province's acreage being 69,703 and 

 average yield 17 bushels. The associa- 

 tion emphasized the need of better 

 seed and the problem of proper fertili- 

 zation. Much was said with reference 

 to getting the land back to its former 

 state of productiveness, when it had 

 produced as high as 40 bushels an 

 acre. 



Resolutions were passed favoring 

 the removal of duty on ditching and 

 tiling machinery, and instructing that 

 the Agricultural College of Ontario be 

 requested to aid in working for the 

 best interests of the bean-raising in- 

 dustry in fighting pests and in pro- 

 testing against the duty on acid phos- 

 phate. 



Mr. Robert Sydenham, Birmingham, 

 is contemplating a trip to the United 

 States during the summer when the 

 sweet peas are in bloom. He intends 

 to visit the trials and the show of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. The 

 versatile and genial "Uncle Robert" 

 knows sweet peas from A to Z, and 

 his next edition of "All About Sweet 

 Peas" will no doubt be enriched by 

 his American investigations and im- 

 pressions. Sure we are of this, his 

 notebook and pencil will have a busy 

 time across the Atlantic. "Uncle Rob- 

 ert" is never in a hurry, but all the 

 same, to use a Yankee term, he is a 

 hustler. — Horticultural Trade Journal. 



THE TARIFF. 



Draft of Proposed Bill Now Before 

 Congress as it Affects Horti- 

 cultural Products. 



Schedule G, Section 219, reads; "Orchids, 

 palms, azaleas, and all other decorative or 

 greenhouse plants and cut flowers, pre- 

 served or fresh, 25 per centum advalorum; 

 lily of the valley pips, tulips, narcissus, be- 

 gonia and gloxinia Ijulhs $1 per thousand; 

 hyacinth, astilbe, dieiytra and lily of the 

 valley clumps, $2.50 per thousand; lily 

 bulbs and calla bulbs, $5 per thousand; 

 paeony. Iris Kaempferi or Germanica, can- 

 na, dahlia and amaryllis bulbs. $10 per 

 thousand; all other bulbs, bulbous roots or 

 i;orms which are cultivated for tlioir flow- 

 ers or foliage, 50 cents per thousand." 



Schedule G, Section 220. reads: "Stocks, 

 cuttings or seedlings of Myrobolan plum, 

 Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, Manetti Mul- 

 tiflora and briar rose, three years old or 

 less, $1 per thousand plants: storks, cut- 

 tings or seedlings of pear, apple, quince 

 and the Saint JuHen plum, three years old 

 or less, $1 per thousand plants; rose plants, 

 budded grafted or grown on their own 

 roots. 4 cents each; stocks, cuttings and 

 seedlings of all fruit and ornamental trees, 

 deciduous and evergreen shrubs and vines, 

 and all trees, shrubs, plants and vines com- 

 monl.v known as nursery or greenhouse 

 stock, not especiall.v provided for in this 

 section, 15 per centum advalorum." 



Schedule G, Section 221, reads: "Seeds: 

 Castor beans or seeds, 20 cents per bushel 

 nf 50 pounds; flaxseed or linseed and other 

 ull seeds not specially provided for in this 

 section, 20 cents per bushel of 56 pounds; 

 poppy seed. 15 cents per bushel of 47 

 pounds: mushroom spawn and spinach 

 seed, 1 cent per pound; canary seed, y^ 

 cent per pound; caraway seed, 1 cent per 

 pound: anise seed, 2 cents per pound; beet 

 (except sugar beet), carrot, corn salad, 

 parsley, parsnip, radish, turnip and ruta- 

 baga seed, 3 cents per pound; cabbage, 

 coilard. kale and kohl-rabi seed, 6 cents 

 per pound; egg plant and pepper seed, 10 

 cents per pound: seeds of all kinds not 

 specially provided for in this section. 15 

 per centum advalorum. Provided. That no 

 allowance shall be made for dirt or other 

 impurities in seeds provided for in this 

 |iara graph." 



FREE LIST. 



Section 561 reads: "Myrobolans." 

 Section 602 reads: "Seeds, cardamou, 

 cauliflower, celery, coriander, cotton, cum- 

 min, fennel, fenugreek, hemp, hoarhound, 

 niangehvurzel, mustard, rape. Saint John's 

 bread or bean, sorghum, sugar beet and 

 sugar cane for seeds, bulbs and bulbous 

 roots, not edible and not otherwise pro- 

 vided for in tills section, all flower and 

 grass seeds; everygreen seedlings: all the 

 foregoing not specially provided for in this 

 section. 



Concerning the above and its inac- 

 curacies. James McHutchison has writ- 

 ten the following letter to the Chair- 

 man, which we publish in full: 



April 12, 1913. 

 Hon. Oscar W. Underwood, Chairman of 

 Ways and Means Committee, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Dear Sir: Sections 219 and 220 of Sched- 

 ule G in the new tariff bill covers hortl- 

 cnlfural products as bulbs, plants and 

 trees. In such articles accuracy of clas- 

 sification and definition is of vastl.v more 

 importance than the rate of duty, because 

 the rate of dut.v depends altogether upon 

 the definition of the items. 



The last tariff contained man.v mistakes, 

 which involved much expense to the im- 

 porters In having the Board of Appraisers 

 pass upon disputed points. Unless some 

 changes are made in the wording of the 

 two paragraphs mentioned above, we will 

 have the same trouble over again as the 

 new tariff makes exa'fly the same mis- 

 takes. 



In the new tariff the same items carry 

 different rates of dut.v. other items are 

 classified incorrectly; we refer in particu- 

 lar to the following: 



Section 219 rates "Orchids, palms, 

 azaleas and all other decorative or green- 

 house plants 25 per centum advalorum. 

 Section 220 rates "all fruit or ornamental 

 trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and 

 vines commonly known as nursery or 

 greenhouse stock 15 per centum adva- 

 lorum." This makes the same items 15 

 and 25 per centum advalorum. "greenhouse 

 plants" and "greenhouse stock" being the 

 same. 



( Coniiaued on pa^e bob) 



