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HORTICULTURE 



March H, 19i>H 



Seed Trade 



lletail seedsmen report peas as mov- 

 ing slowly thus far this season, and at- 

 tribute this to the unsatisfactory prices 

 received for this crop last season, and 

 to the difficulty of getting them i)icl<ed 

 after the crop was grown. This latter 

 complaint has become chronic, but un- 

 less there is a change in business con- 

 ditions before the gardening season 

 opens this spring this matter should 

 no longer disturb the farmers' dreams 



While peas have moved slowly, there 

 has been an active demand for beans, 

 particularly of the green pod varieties, 

 and more especially the Black Valen- 

 tines. Without attracting attention 

 this variety has disappeared from the 

 market, and now can scarcely be 

 bought at any price. Not only have 

 the present supplies of these beans 

 become exhausted, but stock seed is 

 so scarce that growers are unable to 

 accept orders tendered them for the 

 190S crop. Of course the practical im- 

 possibility of securing this variety for 

 this season's planting, will compel 

 truckers to turn to others, such as the 

 Red Valentine, Refugee and the String- 

 less Green Pods, and unless the fever 

 for seed beans speedily subsides, re- 

 serves of the varieties named will be 

 reduced to very small proportions 

 when planting time is over. But what 

 of another year'? Perhaps it is well 

 not to cross that bridge until we reach 

 it. 



Excepting countertrade which is not 

 quite equal to last year— due entirely 

 to the weather — seedsmen report busi- 

 ness as excellent. Of course there are 

 a few exceptions, as always to all rules, 

 but, in general, seed business is good 

 and this applies particularly to the 

 mail order houses. A few days of 

 warm weather will start counter trade 

 into life, and the retail dealers will 

 have their innings. 



P. K. Nott, late with .Josiah Young, 

 of Troy, N. Y., is now with Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co. 



C. S. Stewart has taken a position 

 with the National Seed Co., 117 Fifth 

 -\ve., Chicago. 



C. Peterson & Sons, Escanaba. Mich.. 

 will add flower and vegetable seeds to 

 iheir florist business. 



Visitors In Philadelphia; Carl t'. 

 Cropp Chicago; Chas. R. Kimberlin, 

 Santa' Clara, Cal.; W. C. Langbridge, 

 Cambridge, N. Y. 



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HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 1016 Market St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



position, and is now with Henry F. 

 Michel 1 Co. 



\Vm. Elliott & Sons are to move 

 about May 1st to Vesey street. This 

 move is made necessary hy the practi- 

 cal doubling of their rent. There has 

 been an increase in rentals of from 

 'lO to 100 per cent, in the vicinity of 

 tfie lunnel stations in New York. 



Mr. Charles Kimberlin, of Santa 

 Clara, Cal., expects to finish his busi- 

 ness in the east this week and leave 

 for home. He seems to be the "last of 

 the Mohicans." It is reported that 

 Lester H. Morse will not send a repre- 

 sentative east this season. 



The counter trade in Toledo, O.. has 

 been very slow so far. All are up 

 against the passage of a new State bill 

 to hav-i clover and grass seeds 9S per 

 cent, pure. Introduced bv a man who 

 thinks he knows it all, and as this 

 city is the principal market for clover 

 seed, Toledo dealers are hit more than 

 seedsmen elsewhere. 



James H. Cheyne who has been in 

 the employ of Schlegel & Fottler Co.. 

 Boston, for some time, is leaving to 

 take a position with B. L. Beard in 

 landscape work. 



Onion seed of the 1908 crop is of- 

 fered at strong prices by the California 

 growers. Reds at around $1.25, White 

 Portugal at $1.25, yellowg at around 

 $1.00 and White Globe at $1.50 to $1.75. 



.Joseph Bradley, for twenty years 

 with .Johnson & Stokes, and, since 

 the di?solution of that firm, with 

 the .Johnson Seed Co., has resigned his 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 

 LEAGUE. 

 A special meeting of the Directors of 

 the League, F. W. Bruggerhof presid- 

 ing, was held 18th February, at which 

 meeting there was passed the follow- 

 ing resolutions: 



"Recognizing the f:vit tluit tlie Seed 

 Trade of America should have au estab- 

 lished custom similar to that adopted b.v 

 their kindred association, (The S. A. F.) 

 we. the Board ot Directors of The Whole- 

 sale Seedsmen's Ijcague, at- a mectin;; hrUl 

 in New York. Fel)ruary 18, 1908, unanimous- 

 ly adopt the following motions: 



'Itesolved, Tliat as the business of grow- 

 ing, selling and distributing seeds has be- 

 come such ai\ important pursuit, it now 

 seems alisolutely necessary that those of us 

 having tlie interests of the business at 

 heart should recommend our fellow seeds- 

 men to respect the energies and progressive 

 methods of each other; and it is further 



"licsolved. That the originator, discov- 

 erer, or introducer ot a new variety of 

 seed grain or plant lias the sole right of 

 naming said vai'lcty. and that this name 

 should be the one under which this variety 

 is to be known in the trade thereafter, 

 and ihc name not altered (except that it 

 may be optional to leave oB the name of 

 the individual or firm, when used as a pre- 

 flxi or changed in any way until it is ab- 

 solutelv demonstrated by continued selec- 

 tion the variety has been so improved or 

 changed as to warrant its being given a 

 new name. ^ , 



"Kesolved. That where a Seedsman 

 spends time and money in search of new 

 and distinct varieties of seeds, that it Is 



his right to jiame an.v variety he may dls- 

 co\er Nvhic'h lias merit and w-hich has not 

 heretofore been catalogued or offered by 

 the .\inerican Seed Trade. 



'■Resolved. That we, the Roard of Direc- 

 lors of The WholesAle Seedsmen's League, 

 hereby express our strong disapproval of 

 the iiractice that has occasionally obtained 

 witii some dealers of offering under new 

 names such varieties^ of seeds, or plants, 

 which should be known only under the 

 names given to them b.v their introducers; 

 wliidi original names may be fairly con- 

 sidered as trademarks, and the property 

 iif the originator or introducer. 



"Resolved. That we hereby pledge the in- 

 fluence and tlie support of The Wholesale 

 Seedsmen's League to the end that, when 

 introducers of newl.v discovered or im- 

 proved varieties of seeds shall have dis- 

 seminated the same under special names, 

 they should be protected against unwar- 

 I'anted and unfair competition through the 

 ofFering of tUe.se novelties h.v others under 

 other iiam(?s than those given to them by 

 the originators or introducers. 



"Resolved, That the Secretary of the 

 League be instructed tcf take up tliis suh- 

 leet with The American Seed Trade As.so- 

 ciation. with a view to having said As- 

 sociation [lass suital.ile resolutions at the 

 next annual meeting in .Tune, to the effect 

 that everj' new variety of seeds, either 

 vegetable, flower or grain, that may be in- 

 tiodui;ed and catalogued hereafter by an 

 ,\nieriean Seedsman should be registered un- 

 der its proper name, with a full description 

 aad source of origin, with the Secretary of 

 either The Wholesale. Seedsmen's League 

 or The American Seed Trade Association, 

 as may be decided upon after conference 

 of C'>:ninittees to be appointed by the Pres- 

 iilei'ts of the two organizations, said Joint 

 Committee being authorized to fix the 

 amount of the noniiual charge to be made 

 to eover cost of such registration and at- 

 tendant expenses. It is recommended that 

 either said Johit Committee, or a Special 

 Comniittpe, be made a Standing Committee 

 to consider all <iuestions in dispute as to 

 the naming of varieties, and if impossible 

 to adiust same amicably between the dis- 

 putants, to submit reports to the Board of 

 Directors of both organizations. 



"Resolved, That copies of these resolu- 

 tions be sent to each member of The Whole- 

 sale Seedsmen's Jjeague, and that a sufB- 

 cient number of copies be sent to the Secre- 

 tary of The American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion for mailing to eacli member thereof. 



"Siieh distribution of copies of these reso- 

 liiti(ms to be accompanied by an explana- 

 tion from the Secretary that we seek the 

 , co-operation of all honorable liouses, in 

 the interests of all. in an earnest endeavor 

 to fix firmlv vhe usages of the American 

 Seed Trade upon the highest plane of busi- 

 ness ethics." 



The Secretary was instructed to mad a 

 lopy of this action to all members of the 

 Len'gui'. and to other Secdmeu in close affili- 



BURNET I,ANDRKTH. 

 Secretary of the League. 



A NEW STRAWBERRY 



We have been growing and selling Strawberry Plants 

 in this town over thirty vears. We introduced 

 Brandywine. Kittie Rice, Sen. Dunlap, Wm. Belt and 

 others of value. Now we are bringing out 



THE HIGHLAND 



which weenpect to take the lead as a MonPV. Maker. 

 Let us tell you about it and forty others. It will cost 

 vou hut 3 postal card. 

 M. CRAWFORD S CO., Box 1020, Guyalioga Falls, Ohio 



