November 2, 1918 



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SEED TRADE 



Black Leg Epidemic Fought By Seed 

 Growers. 



To protect cabbage growers against 

 the black leg disease which prevailed 

 In so many fields this season, the seed 

 growers' committee will disinfect all 

 the Wisconsin Hollander seed grown 

 in the Racine-Kenosha plots this sea- 

 son. The plant pathology department 

 of the University of Wisconsin will di- 

 rect the work. 



"The Wisconsin Hollander strain, de- 

 veloped at the Wisconsin Experiment 

 station, is practically immiiue to cab- 

 bage yellows, but it is subject to black 

 leg just as other strains are," says R. 

 E. Vaughan. "Both commercial and 

 experimental plots of the Hollander 

 demonstrated this year the advantage 

 of planting it as a safeguard against 

 cabbage yellows, as the conditions for 

 the disease were especially favorable 

 and ordinary commercial varieties 

 were badly affected. Black leg was 

 very destructive in Iowa, Illinois, In- 

 diana, and Ohio, as well as in Wiscon- 

 sin. The hot weather was also unfa- 

 vorable, and there was a considerable 

 number of maggots and green worms. 

 The Wisconsin Hollander suffered 

 losses from these sources along with 

 other strains." 



The plant pathology department ad- 

 vises that the epidemic of black leg 

 this year promises a scattering of the 

 disease next year, and further out- 

 breaks. Rotation of the seed bed and 

 the field are recommended by the way 

 of prevention. Disinfection of seed, 

 preferably with the corrosive subli- 

 mate solution, is also advised. Selec- 

 tion of seed heads from dry plants 

 with strong, vigorous root systems, 

 and no sign of the disease is an im- 

 portant safeguard for purity of next 

 year's seed crop. 



Investigating Seed Exports. 

 The seed-reporting service of the Bu- 

 reau 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 intelligent- 

 ly and expeditiously, it seemed desir- 

 able at this time to ascertain facts as 

 to the kinds and total quantities of 

 vegetable seeds for which export 

 licenses are desired. These facts will 

 be considered in connection with in- 

 formation as to the available supplies 

 and probable consumption, and can be 

 used as a basis for advising the War 

 Trade Board relative to granting ex- 

 port licenses. With this end in view 



The Godfrey strong roots $2.25 doz. $17.50 per 100 



Aethiopica 6 to 8 inches circum. 2.50 doz. 22.50 per 100 

 Aethiopica 3 to 4 inches circum. 1.50 doz. 10.00 per 100 

 Freesia Purity Ys to 3-^ in. diam. $1.00 per 100 $7.50 per 1000 

 Dutch and French Bulbs are now here. Send us your list of 

 requirements for special quotations. 



Asparagus plumosus nanus seed $2.50 1000 5000 for $12.00 

 Cyclamen B's Gigantic separate 



colors or mixed 1.00 per 100 $9.00 per 1000 



Sow winter flowering Sweet Peas to follow *'Munis," and for spring 

 an«l Easter flowering. Full list sent on request. 



Jlribur C. Boddington Co., Inc. 



12$ Chambers Street, see&smei; new Vork City 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Rasmes 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS I ESTED SEEDS, Inc., CeDmerce BldgTeoIton, M»t. 



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 CANE STAKES 



Per bale Per bale 



NATCRAl/, 6-9 «., 600 S7.00 



9-13 ft.. 400 8.50 



Prices ex warehouse New York 

 Terms — Net cash 30 days. 



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95 Chambers St., 



New Tork 



FKEESIA PURITY MAJNIMOTH, % 



iuch and up. 

 SWEET PEAS, Winter Flowering 



Spencer, best varieties. 

 J.II.HM <;iG.\NTEUM. from cold 



stora^^e. in cases of 350, 

 CVCL.VMEN SEED, finest American 



iirown, new varieties, 



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Send lis a card stating kind and 



quantities wanted and will give you 



special prices. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



53 Barclay .Street 



Tlironeh to 64 Park Place 



NEW YORK CITY 



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. 



Complete figures have not yet been 

 compiled from this inquiry, but it may 

 be said that a large increase in exports 

 over 1917 is contemplated this year by 

 a number of concerns. This increase 

 amounts in certain cases to Ave or six 

 times the amount exported in 1917. 



ONIONS SAVE SOLDIERS' LIVES. 



During the coming summer (Dec. 

 to May) we are going to ask our 

 readers to grow larger quantities of 

 onions! The object of the request is 

 to increase the quantities of this veg- 

 etable, so that more may be available 

 to send to the troops in East Africa 

 and other hot, trying climates. 



A journalist friend, who called on 

 Us a few days ago when home on a 

 few weeks' sick leave, told us that 

 iiothing under God's sun was of so 

 much benefit to sick mem. He is in 

 the Medical Corps, and he says that 



nothing would have such a stimulant 

 effect as an onion, in fact he vows 

 that he has seen an onion save a 

 man's life, on more than one occa- 

 sion. 



Dried cabbage, he tells us, eats 

 more or less like pieces of boiled 

 paper — carrots are better, hut not to 

 be compared with an onion. The onion 

 can be sent up fresh, i. e., it need not 

 be dried or dehydrated. It is alive, 

 and it gives life! We feel sure read- 

 ers will welcome any suggestion 

 whereby they may help to alleviate 

 — if only in a small waj' — the hard- 

 ships of our fighting men. They 

 want onions, and the first step to 

 getting onions to them is to have the 

 Imlbs to send. — South African Gar- 

 dening and Country Life. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



