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HORTICULTURE 



October 12, 1918 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President. F. W. Bolgiano, 

 Washington, D. C; First Vice-President, 

 Wm. G. Scarlett, Baltimore, Md.; Second 

 Vice-President, David Burpee, Philadel- 

 plila. Pa.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Vegetable Seed Export inquiry. 

 The Seed Reporting Service of the 

 Bureau of Markets frequently is called 

 upon to advise the War Trade Board 

 relative to the granting of licenses for 

 the export of vegetable seeds. In or- 

 der that this might be done intel- 

 ligently and expeditiously, it seemed 

 desirable at this time to ascertain 

 facts as to the kinds and total quan- 

 tities of vegetable seeds for which ex- 

 port licenses are desired. These facts 

 will be considered in conection with 

 information as to the available sup- 

 plies and probable consumption, and 

 can be used as a basis for advising 

 the War Trade Board relative to 

 granting export licenses. With this 

 end in view an inquiry has been made 

 by the Seed Reporting Service as to 

 the exports of vegetable seeds to 

 Canada, our other allies, and neutral 

 countries. 



This inquiry has been sent to large 

 seedsmen and exporters of vegetable 

 seeds. The major part of these re- 

 ports, which were of a purely volun- 

 tary nature, has been received and 

 partially tabulated. Among the ques- 

 tions asked in this inquiry were: (1) 

 Quantities of seed exported during 

 year ending July 1. IfllS; (2) bona fide 

 export orders received for shipment 

 between July 1, 1918, and July 1, 1919; 

 (3) quantity covered by question 2 

 which was shipped between July 1. 

 1918, and September 15, 1918. (4) 

 probable export shipments on orders 

 covered by question two, for which 

 export licenses will be requested, to 

 be made between September 15, 1918. 

 and July 1, 1919; (5) estimated prob- 

 able quantity of seed which will be 

 exported on which orders have not 

 been received; and (6) percentage of 

 seed covered by question two which 

 was grown from foreign-grown stock. 

 Complete figures have not yet been 

 compiled from this inquiry, but it may 

 be said that a large Increase in ex- 

 ports over 1917 is contemplated this 

 year by a number of concerns. This 

 increase amounts in certain cases to 

 five or six times the amount exported 

 in 1917. The very few cases in which 

 decreased exports are noted would 

 seem to be mostly in those kinds 

 which are in short supply this year. 



SWEET PEAS 



Winter flowering Spencer Australian Var- 

 ieties direct from the Originator. 



FLOWER SEED FOR SUMMER SOWING 



Asparagus Sprengeri, Bellis Perennis, Cal- 

 ceolaria, Calendula, Cineraria, Cyclamen, 

 Gypsophila Gr. Alba, Mignonette, Pansy, 

 Snapdragon. All selected stock. 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO. 



The Seed Store 



12 mnd IS Fanenll HaU Sq., BoitoB 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynea 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDSy Inc., co>mer»Bidg..Boiton, Mat*. 



BAMBOO 

 CANE STAKES 



IVr bale l*er bale 

 N.VTVKAI,, 6-9 fl.. 600 $7.00 



9-12 ft.. 400 8.50 



Prices ex w.irehouse New York 



Term.s — Net c;isli 30 cLtj-s. 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



95 Cliambers St.. 



New York 



As soon as the results of this inquiry 

 are available, it is planned to call a 

 conference with a representative of 

 the War Trade Board and all applica- 

 tions which have been listed will be 

 considered at that conference. Im- 

 mediately thereafter the War Trade 

 Board will act on all applications that 

 are in its hands. It is important, 

 therefore, that all seedsmen and ex- 

 porters who contemplate making 

 foreign shipments of vegetable seed 

 this year, whether they have received 

 inquiries or not, should immediately 

 notify the Seed Reporting Service of 

 such contemplated exports, together 

 with the data previously indicated as 

 within the scope of the inquiry. 



Corn Diseases Being Studied. 

 Investigations of the root, stalk, and 

 ear rots of corn, started last spring by 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture in co-operation with the Purdue 

 University Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, in Indiana, have resulted thus 

 far in a survey which shows that the 

 root rots are present in all of the corn- 

 growing states and that the careful 

 selection of disease-free seed is an im- 

 portant means of combating this and 

 other rots. The use of infected seed 



Freesia Purity 



MAMMOTH SIZE 



Also 5-8 and np 

 FREESIA — refracta alba S-g inch. 

 SWEET WILLIAM — single mixed 



fine strain. 



CYCLAMEN Seed. Finest American 



erown from ttie very finest strains. 



Prices on Application 



J.M.THORBURN&CO. 



53 Barclay Street 



Through to 54 Parle Place 



NEW YORK CITY 



is responsible for the introduction of 

 the diseases. Their chief effects noted 

 readily are blighted plants, spindling 

 stalks, and stalks with ears either 

 partially formed or completely re- 

 tarded and resulting in barrenness. 

 Sweet corn, it has been found, seems 

 to be more subject to these rots than 

 field corn, and especial care should be 

 given in a selection and care of seed. 



THE 



HORTICULTURAL 

 CATALOG 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR 



WESTERN NURSERYMEN 

 FLORISTS, SEEDSMEN 



Contains alphabet ical listings of 



available surplus stock* et«. 



$1.00 per year. Foreign $1.50 



THE HORTICULTURAL CATALOG 



LOS .\NliKLES, CALIFORNIA 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



