November 9, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



465 



tance, such as parsnip, salsify, and en- 

 dive, are grown most extensively in 

 San Benito County, Cal. Cauliflower 

 and broccolii seed are grown ni 

 the market growing districts, but 

 have become commercial products 

 only in the Pacific Northwest. Onion 

 sets are grown in the Willamette Val- 

 ley of Oregon, near Woodburn, and 

 also in eastern Colorado. 



Onion Sets. 



Talking with A. H. Smith of the 

 Leonard Seed Company, Chicago, he 

 says their crop of onion sets has now 

 been harvested and most of them 

 stored away for the winter. Early 

 southern shipments have been made 

 and many large dealers and jobbers 

 throughout the country, where they 

 have crates and storage room, are tak- 

 ing their sets early this year, storing 

 them now themselves so that they 

 will not run the risk of poor transpor- 

 tation or unfavorable weather condi- 

 tions at a later date. The crop of 

 onion sets this year is estimated about 

 20 per cent short of a normal crop. 



Weather conditions during harvest 

 have been ideal and the crop has been 

 harvested and stored dry, sound and 

 in good condition for keeping and Chi- 

 cago sets this year are probably the 

 best that were ever harvested. The 

 onion sets grown on the south side of 

 the city were thinned out some early 

 in the season by maggots and the re- 

 sult is that there are more overruns 

 or bulls to screen out from the south 

 side stock, but when these are prop- 

 erly screened out, the small sets that 

 are left are very choice. The sets 

 which were grown on the north side 

 of the city were not damaged to any 

 extent by maggots in the fields while 

 growing and run very small and 

 choice, very tew overruns or large 

 ones to screen out. 



The demand has been very heavy 

 and most of the dealers are well sold 

 up to the usual amount at this time 

 of year, with a large spring trade in 

 prospect, as many merchants have not 

 bought the full quantity they will need 

 for their spring trade. 



There is so much in the papers 

 these days about onions being good 

 for colds and influenza, it is said that 

 health departments in different large 

 cities are advising the free use of 

 onions as a preventive of influenza 

 and the people of certain nationali- 

 ties who are accustomed to eating 

 freely of onions, have escaped to a 

 large extent the epidemic this season, 

 all of which should have a tendency 

 to increase next year's planting of 

 onion seed and onion sets. 



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Radish Seed 



Radish seed, generally speaking, has 

 been reported a short crop in many 

 sections and as France and England 

 are drawing on this country for radish 

 and other small seeds Instead of our 

 importing them from over there, the 

 best Michigan stock of radish seed 

 which is grown from French seed and 

 is equal in every way to the best 

 French stock, if not superior, is sell- 

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 eral shortage is taken into considera- 

 tion. 



The favorable weather during liar- 

 vest this fall in Michigan has resulted 

 in a good crop of radish seed, much 

 larger than was expected early in the 

 year and some very choice seed is now 

 coming in from Michigan, so that seed 

 houses who make a business of grow- 

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 seed, are very much pleased with the 

 prospects and the seed they are re- 

 ceiving. 



Notes. 



Adolph Kruhm, formerly with the 

 Jerome B. Rice Seed Company, is now 

 with Beckert's Seed Store, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. In his capacity as secretary of 

 the company he will look after both 

 the purchasing and selling end of the 

 business. 



Joe Edmundson of the California 

 Seed Growers' Association, San Jose, 

 Calif., was expected in Chicago this 

 week, but a wire just received from 

 Mr. Edmundson states that owing to 

 his being so very busy shipping out 

 their crops this year and arranging 

 for next season's planting, he has 

 been unable to get away as expected, 

 but now expects to reach Chicago 

 about Nov. 10th on his eastern trip. 



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