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HORTICULTURE 



August 22, 190S 



Seed Trade 



The predictions of a shoit pea crop 

 which have appeared in HORT1CUL- 

 TUJK.E since last June, arc no longer 

 questioned. It is "a certainty and not 

 a theory" which confronts the trade, 

 and we are getting measurably near 

 the point where figures in the way of 

 preliminary estimates can be given 

 about as follows: Alaska, 50 to 60 

 per cent.: Advancers, 4o to 60; Hors- 

 fords, 50 to 65; Admirals, 50 to 65; 

 Surprise, 40 to 50, Extra Earlies, 60 to 

 To- Gradus, to to 60; Thomas Laxton, 

 50 to 65: Telephones, Duke of Albany, 

 Alderman and all peas of that class, 

 35 to 50; Champion of England, 40 to 

 CO; Dwarf Telephones, 30 to 50. Most 

 late semi-dwarfs such as Yorkshire 

 Hero, Prince of Wales, Juno. Heroine, 

 etc., will range from 40 to 60. Let it 

 be remembered that these estimates 

 are the "first in the field," probably 

 weeks in advance of any official figures, 

 and before any peas have been har- 

 vested except a few Alaskas and Extra 

 Earlies, and the range between high 

 and low figures will not seem so wide 

 as on first reading. It is very con- 

 fidently predicted that actual deliver- 

 ies will come between the two figures. 

 and nearer the low than the high. 

 Paste this iu your hat for future 

 reference. 



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Again the pendulum swings towards 

 a fair average sweet corn crop, and 

 at this writing the prospects are quite 

 encouraging. Rains came just in time 

 to save the crop from the scorching 

 heat, and it was quite possibly helped 

 more in the end than it was damaged. 



Unfortunately the same cannot be 

 said of vine seeds in the Waterloo 

 district at least, and nowhere is the 

 crop in really fine condition. No ex- 

 traordinary advance in prices is looked 

 for at this time, as the aggregate acre- 

 age is large and a considerable short- 

 age in the crop is not an unmixed 

 evil, and seldom is, unless of course it 

 reaches the dimensions of the short- 

 age in vine seed crops of five or six 

 years' ago, or last year's shortage in 

 the pea crop, or for that matter this 

 year's. This applies to the grower as 

 well as the dealer, as full contract 

 deliveries almost invariably mean sur- 



GIGANTIC PANSIES 



Can only be produced from the Giant Strains. Our CHALLENGE 

 PANSY seed contains only the Giant self colors, the Giant 

 Striped and Variegated and the Giant Blotched, all carefully 

 mixed in proportion. You could not buy better seed if you paid 

 $100 per Ounce. 



PANSY BODDINGTON'S CHALLENGE 



Trade pkt. 50c; 8 oz. 75c; I oz. $1.50; i oz. $2.75; Ounce $5.00 



We also offer pans/ seed in separate colors. 

 Write for special price and catalogue. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINCTON 



SEEDSMAN 



342 West 14th Street - NEW YORK CITY 



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pluses in the hands of growers, which 

 most of them are foolish enough to 

 try to dispose of by cutting prices be- 

 low contracting figures. liut chickens 

 come home to roost very quickly in 

 such cases, for when the grower starts 

 out making contracts for the following 

 year he is lucky if he can get his cut 

 price, and sometimes has to go yet 

 lower. These large crops usually 

 mean .s'nking prices and sluggish mar- 

 kets, while a 75 to SO per cent de- 

 liveiy is rarely complained of, and 

 generally keeps the market in an 

 active and healthy condition. 



J. Comont of J. Carter & Co., Lon- 

 don and S. P.. Dicks of Cooper, Taber 

 & Co.. London, are among the recent 

 at rivals in New York. 



The W. H. Mixson Seed Co., Charles- 

 ton, S. C, is the outgrowth of the 

 seed business carried on by the 

 Southern Fruit Co., with the same 

 officers and management. 



Referring again to peas, a very ex- 

 teusiv? grower reports the complete 

 loss of over 1000 acres of Alaskas 

 owing to excessive rains, and because 

 the peas were on low ground. Besides 

 Alaskas, the concern has lost hundreds 

 of acres of other varieties, and their 

 experience is much the same as all of 

 the other growers. 



The Nott Seed Co. has been incor- 

 porated with offices at Troy, N. Y. 

 The active head of this concern is Mr. 

 P. K. Nott, late with Josiah Young 

 also of Troy, N. Y. Mr. Nott is a high 

 class seedsman, and his many friends 

 will wish him success, but he is yet 

 to demonstrate whether he has ideas 

 c riginal and attractive enough to 

 make a place for himself in an already 

 over-crowded field. 



The National Seed Co., of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, will make its bow to the public 

 the coming season. The head of the 

 concern is Mr. Richard Templin, for- 

 merly of Calla, Ohio. Mr. Templin is 

 certainly going to operate on original 

 lines, and the results will be watched 

 with keen interest. It goes without 

 saying that nothing of a fake character 

 will form any part of his plans. The 

 L. Templin Co., of which he was for 

 many years the active head, was 

 among the foremost in reliability and 

 integrity. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Joseph Heacock Company, Wyncote. 

 Pa.— Heacock's Kentias. 



W. E. Marshall & Co., New York 

 City— Bulb Catalogue for fall, 1908. 



Otto Mann, Leipsic, Germany — 

 Wholesale list of Bulbs, Plants and 

 small fruits. 



Cherry Hill Nurseries, West New- 

 bury, Mass. — Evergreens, with hints 

 on transplanting. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester. N. 

 Y. — Select list of Peonies. Phloxes. 

 Irises for fall planting. 



Mohican Peony Gardens, Sinking 

 Springs. Pa. — -An illustrated descrip- 

 tive list of this firm's only specialty. 

 Peonies. 



Elmsford Nurseries. Scott Bros., 

 prop., Elmsford, N. Y. — Pall Price list 

 of Bulbs. Roots, Plants. Trees, Shrubs 

 and Evergreens. 



SWEET PEAS 



Ztolaeek's Winter Flowering 



Christinas Pink. Pink and white. 

 Florence Denzer. Pure white. 

 firs. EdieWild. Caimioered. Pero?. 

 25c; per ^ lb. 7^c: per lb. $?.oo. 



Newer Varieties 



Le Harquis Dark- blue. 

 Mrs Alex Wallace. Lavender. 

 firs. F. J. Delansky. Daybreak pink. 

 firs Wm. Sim. S«lironpiok. Per oz. 

 50c: per & lb. $150; perlb. $5.00. 



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