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HORTICULTUBE 



March 8, 1913 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President, Chas. N. Page, 

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

 Harry L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa.; 

 2nd rice-president, Arthur B. Clark. 

 Milford, Conn.; secretary and treas- 

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

 sistant secretary, J. M. Ford. Ravenna, 

 O. Next convention at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 June 24-2.'>. 191 S. 



Reluctant Contracting. 



Attention lias several times been 

 called to the reluctance of the seed 

 trade to place contracts for their fu- 

 ture requirements in seeds. It is all 

 the more noticeable because it is in 

 such marked contrast to the nervous 

 anxiety and haste of a year ago. While 

 probably this applies more especially 

 to peas, yet as tar as we can ascertain. 

 it is quite general. We, of course, have 

 nothing but an academic interest in 

 the matter, and simply comment on it 

 as an interesting contrast to a year 

 ago. For a number of years the trade 

 has been looking for a bumper crop 

 of peas as well as other seeds, but they 

 have been as unvaryingly disappointed 

 as those who are looking for the Mes- 

 siah. No doubt both will come, — but 

 when? There is one point in favor of 

 the waiting game at the present time; 

 that is, the very high contracting 

 prices which are ruling on nearly all 

 lines of seeds, and it looks like a much 

 better gamble to bet on buying Gradus 

 peas after harvest at a less price than 

 the contracting figure when that figure 

 is $6 or more per bushel. If the price 

 was down $1 per bushel the short end 

 would not look so attractive. We men- 

 tion Gradus simply because they repre- 

 sent more nearly perhaps than any 

 other variety the trend of prices on ths 

 entire line. 



"Free Seeds" Doonned? 



One of the best and most comforting 

 bits of news which the trade has read 

 in many moons was the brief paia- 

 graph in the daily papers announcing 

 that there would be no more free seeds. 

 We have no details excepting that the 

 Senate struck out the appropriation for 

 the free distribution of garden seeds, 

 and if it will only stand pat this long 

 time imposition on the seed trade of 

 the country will be abolished. All ef- 

 forts of Individuals connected with the 

 Department of Agriculture to prove 

 that the free-seed distribution has been 

 a boon to the seedsmen of the country 

 have been lame and futile. It was only 

 recently that someone, on behalf of 

 the Department of Agriculture, at- 

 tempted to prove that by buying up 

 surplus stocks and removing them 

 from the market values were left to 

 take a more legitimate course. We be- 

 lieve we showed how utterly absurd 

 this argument was by citing convinc- 

 ing evidence of the fact that so-called 

 surpluses were deliberately arranged 

 for in anticipation of this government 

 order, and if the iniquitous free-s?ed 

 distribution has received its quietus, 

 there will be a general chorus of 

 amens from the seedsmen of the coun- 

 try. It is earnestly to be hoped that 

 the next Secretary of Agriculture will 

 not, like the present one, foster this 

 outrage, for as a matter of fact dur- 

 ing the incumbency of Mr. Wilson the 

 free-seed distribution has grown from 



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New Crop 



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 BREENHOUSE GROWN SEED 



and of Distinctive Quality 



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Also all other Seiisonnble Seeds anil Supplies 



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..3u 1..50 



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Spark's Earliana $0.13 $0.45 



Chalk's Early Jewel 13 .45 



Early Aeme 12 -45 



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Dwarf Champion 15 .55 



New Stone 10 .35 



Livingston's Beauty 12 .46 



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Ldvingston's Paragon 10 .35 



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Livingston's Globe 15 



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Other Specialties are: Cauliflower, Cabbage Seed, Onion Seed, Onion 

 Sets, Sweet Corn, Pepper, Lettuce and Celery. 



Write for Catalogue and Trade List. 



J. AUG. DRAKE, 



SEEDSMAN 



CHESTER, NEW JERSEY 



about 11.000,000 to 65,000,000 packages 

 per year, and let it be understood that 

 this was not over Mr, Wilson's protest 

 but with his fostering care and that 

 ot his subordinates. 



Next Canners' Convention. 



The presidents of the three associa- 

 tions,— that of the National Canners, 

 Machinery and Supplies and the Nat- 

 ional Brokers, and the secretaries ot 

 the three associations, are to meet in 

 New York the second or third week in 

 March and discuss, and so far as pos- 

 sible decide on the city where will b? 

 held the next National Convention. 

 There are several bidders. Ultimately, 

 of course, the choice will center on one 

 after which there will be considerable 

 work in drawing up contracts covering 

 the concessions and privileges de- 

 manded by the allied associations. 

 When these have been granted and 

 everything put in writing, signed and 

 delivered, the place selected will be 

 made public. We shall endeavor to 

 furnish such information as may be of 

 interest to the seed trade along thes3 

 lines. 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 PLANTS, SEEDS, BULBS 



Bend ni year wanti. We will take care of 

 tbera. We supply stock at market price. 



Catalogue for the tisking 



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121S BetzBldg. Philadelphia. 



TOMATO SEED 



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Growers for Wholesale Trade Only. 



SANTA ANA, CALIFORNFA. 



One of the most asinine of the 

 many absurd seed measures intro- 

 duced of late is a bill before the Ten- 

 nessee Legislature making it obligat- 

 ory to state on all package labels the 

 time when germinating qualities of 

 the contents would cease! Unfortu- 

 nately finite humanity has not yet 

 reached that stage of development 

 when the tenure of life of man. beast, 

 plant or seed can be safely predicted. 

 What is the next stunt? 



