July 20. 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



61 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, F. W. Bolgiano, 

 Washington, D. C. ; First Vice-Fresident, 

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

 Vice-President, David Burpee, Philadel- 

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

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



New York Seed Trade, 

 Business is really over for the sea- 

 son and we are wondering now what 

 will happen in 1919 as far as seed 

 selling is concerned. The 1918 crops 

 both here and in Europe are still very 

 uncertain and we know not even now 

 in many cases what we shall have to 

 pay our growers for such seeds as 

 they may be able to deliver, as ar- 

 rangements with them generally were 

 that prices would be fixed about the 

 time of the harvest. It is to be hoped 

 that prices will not be high, for we 

 feel sure that we have already 

 reached our limit in altitude and if 

 unusual advances are made we shall 

 be accused of profiteering and further- 

 more it is quite certain that sales will 

 diminish. 



Seed Crop Conditions. 

 The United States Seed Reporter 

 says that a majority of the growing 

 vegetable seed crops are in good con- 

 dition, according to reports received 

 from many large growers in the 

 United States, although failures have 

 been reported for some crops in cer- 

 tain sections. A deficiency of mois- 

 ture all the season and hot weather 

 during June damaged many crops 

 severely in California and the Pacific 

 northwest, while in the middle west 

 and east good stands are reported be- 

 cause of the unusually good growing 

 weather that has prevailed. Crops 

 growing in the river districts of Cali- 

 fornia have suffered the least from 

 drought, and the prospects in this sec- 

 tion are that fair to normal seed crops 

 will be harvested, although reports 

 dated June 28 estimate recent damage 

 by the hot weather in this section 

 from fifteen per cent to "slight dam- 

 age," according to local conditions. 

 Growers in the east and middle west 

 almost uniformly report good growing 

 conditions, although stating that it Is 

 too early in the season to make an in- 

 telligent forecast. Stored root crops 

 were damaged by frost last winter in 

 many sections and some growers state 

 that this will result in a decreased 

 acreage. 



SWEET PEAS 



Winter flowering Spencer Australian Var- 

 ieties direct from the Originator. 



FLOWER SEED FOR SUMM^ER SOWING 



Asparagus Sprengeri, Bellis Perennis, Cal- 

 ceolaria, Calendula. Cineraria, Cyclamen, 

 Gypsophila Gr. Alba, Mignonette. Pansy, 

 Snapdragon. All selected stock. 



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Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

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V. S. Food Administration. 

 Br'er Tater ain't skeerin' up a 

 ghos' wen he sa.v we alls mus' eat 

 less wheat en less meat en save all 

 de fat en sugar we kin. We has jist 

 got ter feed dat big army er fightin' 

 sojer boys, en we kin do hit b.v eatin' 

 right smart mo' taters en gar(len sass 

 en eatin' mo' fish en game 'slid er 

 pork and beef. Ef we aUs don't 

 gin ter feed dem sojers ri^'ht now 

 we'll be feedin' somebody 'Co' long 

 en it won't be us. 



BERMUDA LILY BULBS COMING 



We have received a telegram from 

 Wm. F. Gude reporting that the war 

 trade board has passed the following 

 resolution in regard to the importation 

 of lily bulbs from Bermuda: "Re- 

 solved, That the licenses shall be is- 

 sued for the importation of lily bulbs 

 from Bermuda when shipped by the 

 S. S. Charybdis." This Is good news. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 

 Ashtabula, O.— Silvius & Silvius 

 Floral Co., capital stock, $15,000. In- 

 corporators, Roy L. and Virginia Sil- 

 vius. 



Houston, Tex. — San Jacinto Seed 

 Co., capital stock, $10,000. Incorpora- 

 tors, J. P. Rikard, J. D. Franklow and 

 R. Gerard. 



Freesia Purity 



JIAilMOTH SIZE 



.\lso .^-8 and up 

 FREESIA — refracta alba 5-8 inch. 

 SHEET HILLI.\M — single mixed 

 fine strain. 



CYC'L.\MEN Seed. Finest American 

 grown from the ver.v finest strains. 



Prices ou Application 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



53 Barclay Street 



Through to 34 Park Place 



NEW YORK CITY 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 GARDEN PEA SEED In variety; alao other 

 Itema of the abort crop of this paat aeaaon 

 aa well as a full line of Qarden Seeda, will 

 be quoted you upon application to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



82 Dey St., NEW YORK and ORANGE, CONN 



J. BOLGIANO ft SON 



Careful Seed Growers and Seed Distribu- 

 tora for One Hundred' Years 



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