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HORTICULTURE, 



September 26, 1908 



Success With Plants 



can be counted on by the 

 grower who supplies his 

 plants and trees with the 

 elements they require. 

 Potash, phosphoric acid 

 and nitrogen are all nec- 

 essary, but 



POTASH 



in right quantity is abso- 

 lutelyessential to the most 

 abundant production of 

 blooms and fruits. 



For success and profit 

 use a commercial fertilizer 

 containing at least io to 

 12 per cent, of Potash. 



Send for our Free Books on Fertilizing, pre- 

 pared by experts and invaluable to horticul- 

 turists. Covers the subject clearly. 



GERMAN KALI WORKS 



93 Nassau Street 



New York City 



Alonadnock Bldg. 

 Chicago 



Candler Bldg. 

 Atlanta, Ga. 



Address office 



nearest 



you. 



Mignonette 



FARQUHAR'S 

 GIANT 



Oi., 75c; 1-4 oz., 25c 



R, & J. Farquhar & Co. 



6 & 7 South Market Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Seed Trade 



Fairly definite Information to band 

 confirms the worst fears of damage 

 ;n the vine seed crop, not alone 

 in Nebraska, but in Kansas ami 

 Oklahoma. Even Colorado lias not 

 i.iii exempt Prognosticating prices 

 is oi no benefit at this timi 

 and ii maj be left tor supply and de- 

 mand to determine, but vine seeds, and 

 particular^ musk melons, will cer- 

 tainly be among the luxuries, and 

 who are fortunate enough to 

 have carried any over, can draw al- 

 um:! anj price they may choose to ask. 



There will be small, if any, surplus 

 of Red Wethersfield onion seed accord- 

 ing to California reports, but there is 

 considerable of this seed in Connecti- 

 cut no doubt, and we still believe 

 prices will sink to lower levels on 

 nearly all varieties of onion seed. Just 

 at present it is safe only to deal in 

 generalities, but specifications will 

 soon be given. 



More favorable reports about corn 

 continue to come in, and despite many 

 fears, there will be enough to supply 

 normal requirements at moderate 

 prices. Notwithstanding the extreme 

 drought which has afflicted New Eng- 

 land, and nowhere worse than in Con- 

 necticut, corn is going to be a fairly 

 good crop, for which the farmers and 

 dealers of the Nutmeg State have good 

 cause to be thankful. 



There are pretty reliable rumors that 

 a number of seed pea and bean grow- 

 ers are willing and even eager to dis- 

 pose of their plants and quit the busi- 

 ness. But one of the old-time promi- 

 nent growers is mentioned in this con- 

 nection, and probably this is due to 

 momentary disappointment and disgust 

 over the repeated and heavy crop 

 shortages, which have virtually pre- 

 venti d growers of peas and beans from 

 making a reasonable profit for any 

 given period, say of five years. If a 

 grower is fortunate enough to make 

 a fair return on his capital one 

 year. he loses most of it the 

 next, and thus at the end of 

 live years he is very little ahead. 

 As one grower aptly puts it — "Hope 

 springs eternal in the seedsman's 

 breast, and he is always expecting that 

 next year he will get the crop he has 

 longed for." Were it not for this eter- 

 nal spring of hope, the average seed 

 grower would quit the business or die 

 of despair. 



Those growers who want to sell out 

 evidently do not want to shuffle off 

 just yet, but as they have little to be- 

 queath in seed stocks or reputation, 

 buyers are not camping on their lawns 

 to be first in line in the morning. A 

 good business reputation is a valuable 

 asset, and those who have thought only 

 ot how cheap they could produce 

 stocks, with little if any thought of 

 duality, find, now that they want to 

 sell out, that they have nothing that 

 anyone wants, and aside from the little 

 seed of doubtful quality, and their 

 buildings and machinery, their business 

 is an empty shell. No reputable grow- 

 er would have it known that he had 

 bought such stock, and would be 

 ashamed to look at himself in the glass 

 ii he had done so. Most of those who 

 have gone into the business without 



the equipment of experience or repu- 

 tation, have made a failure of it, and 

 have generally just had to quit because 

 they could not find a buyer. No one 

 wanted their business and as it was a 

 losing game they were compelled to 

 close it up. 



Preliminary estimates of deliveries 

 may be looked for within the next two 

 s, and then will the troubles of 

 the grower begin in earnest. He will 

 learn that he is regarded with sus- 

 picion by bis valued customers, and his 

 status will be much like the man 

 suspected of burglary. Verily this is 

 a vale of tears for the seed grower. 



The affairs of The Templin Co. of 

 Calla, Ohio, have finally been settled, 

 the former owners prior to the ap- 

 pointment of the receiver, having pur- 

 chased the business and real estate, 

 buildings, etc. The purchasers are Mr. 

 Mark Templin and Mr. C. W. Hen- 

 dricks, and they are to be congratu- 

 lated on regaining control. Under 

 their management the name of Temp- 

 lin will stand, as it always has, for 

 integrity and quality, and the trade 

 generally will wish them the largest 

 possible measure of success. 



The seedless apple and hipless dress 

 are dead issues alongside of that most 

 remarkable tomato figured and de- 

 scribed at length by one of our con- 

 temporaries last week. Being "the re- 

 sult of a combination between a toma- 

 to and a watermelon" it is well enti- 

 tled to the name of "Wonder." Go on 

 with the dance. 



It is said that the creditors of the 

 St. Louis Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., re- 

 cently adjudged bankrupt, will com- 

 promise on a 33 1-3 cent basis and that 

 the company will shortly reorganize 

 on a better basis and larger capital 

 than before. 



The seed growing business of V. 

 Fromhold & Co., Naumberg-on-Saale, 

 Germany, has been taken over by Emil 

 FYomhold, and will be conducted un- 

 der the name of E. Fromhold & Co. 



In last week's seed trade notes, in 

 the fourth paragraph, referring to in- 

 formation regarding the onion seed 

 crops, read "Connecticut" instead of 

 "Cincinnati." 



The L, L. Olds Seed Co. is now per- 

 manently located at 313-317 Wilson 

 street, Madison. Wis., but a branch 

 will be maintained at Clinton. 



Morris & Snow Seed Co. is now set r 

 tied in its new quarters at 425 South 

 Main street. Los Angeles. Calif. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



Wakefield and Suc- 

 cession, 25c. per 100, 



Cabbage 



$1.00 per loco. 



Lettuce ?S" 



Rapids, 25 



Parsley 



R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co. 



WHITE MARSH, MD. 



Ball and Grand 



per 100, $1.00 per 1000. 



strong plants, at $1.25 

 per 1000. 



