September 14, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



373 



of onion seed have been reduced since the 

 laat report because of greater damage re- 

 sulting from unfavorable weathor condi- 

 tions tban was apparent a month in^n. The 

 acreage covered by reports tabulated here 

 represent approximately three-fourths of 

 the reported total acreage for thf United 

 States. It is thought that the estimate of 

 2S0 pounds per acre is conservativ*-. Based 

 on this yield, this year's production will be 

 nearly, if not quite, double that reported 

 for 1M17. 



Radish — There has been practiraUy no 

 change In the crop prospects for radish 

 seed since the last report. The avera-^e esti- 

 mated yield expected Is 200 poun.is per 

 acre for the acreage represented in this 

 report. The larger part of the California 

 acreage is harvested. The general con- 

 dition of the crop in Michigan and other 

 eastern seed-growing areas where con- 

 ditions are not so advanced is reported to 

 lie from "fair to poor." It is believed the 

 greatly increased acreage, which was ap- 

 proximately double that plante.i in 1917, 

 ■will make the total production for 1918 

 equal to normal. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



It is reported that the Duti ii bulb 

 growers are once more buying bulbs for 

 planting out, instead of going in almost 

 exclusively for food production. This is 

 a straw which shows which way the wind 

 blows, or at any rate it gives an idea that 

 the astute Dutchman, who is in some ways 

 better able to judge than we are, has a 

 strong idea that the end of the war is in 

 sight. 



From the Horticultural Advertiser 



of Aug. 28th an English trade paper, 



this supplements to a certain extent 



our editorial of last week on the 



same subject.. 



DUTCH BULB SHIPMENTS. 



Cable advices to M. Van Waveren 

 & Sons are to the effect that the ex- 

 portation of bulbs from Holland was 

 ended Aug. 31, 1918. Total cases ex- 

 ported between 15,000 and 18,000, as 

 against 37,000 cases in 1917, all for- 

 warded via England. 



Cable advices also state that most 

 of Van Waveren's shipments had ar- 

 rived in England on or before Aug. 

 20, and they expect goods to begin to 

 reach this side within a week or ten 

 days. Steamship companies and brok- 

 ers in England do not seem to be per- 

 mitted to cable definite movements of 

 the shipments. 



Owing to the extreme necessity of 

 producing foodstuffs In Holland, the 

 government had ordered that the area 

 devoted to bulb growing must be re- 

 duced to 2/3 of the average area em- 

 ployed for the 1917 and 1918 crop. 

 Many varieties of bulbs have totally 

 disappeared in Holland during the 

 last year or two, and a further process 

 of elimination will be the result of the 

 new government order. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa.— Trade Price List, Fall, 1918. 



John Connon Co., Hamilton, Ont. — 

 Wholesale Price List, Fall 1918, of 

 Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Peren- 

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MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. 

 The Minnesota State Fair, Septem- 

 ber 2nd to 7th, was a record breaker 

 in point of attendance. The exhibits 

 in most of the departments were as 

 good as usual and, in many, much bet- 

 ter. The space in the Horticultural 

 Building for horticultural products 

 was cut down nearly one-quarter and 

 a United States Government exhibit 

 put in. This tightened up the ex- 

 hibits and also was the means of 

 bringing a great many more people to 

 the building than usual. This build- 

 ing with its show of apples, vegetables 

 and flowers, was one of the most at- 

 tractive, if not the most attractive, 

 building on the grounds. The flower 

 exhibit, both commercial and amateur, 

 although somewhat crowded, showed 

 off to better advantage than in other 

 years. The amateur exhibts of gar- 

 den flower collections was especially 

 good and attracted a large number of 

 people. Two of the nurseries of the 

 state put up good nursery exhibits. 

 These were interesting and added to 

 the decorative feature of the building. 

 Amateur table decorations of wild 

 flowers and of garden flowers brought 

 out some 15 or 16 exhibitors and 

 proved one of the best features of the 



exhibitions. Three commercial green- 

 houses made good showings, Holm & 

 Olson of St. Paul, Swanson, Inc., of 

 Minneapolis, and Chicago Avenue 

 Greenhouse, of Minneapolis. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 



Benjamin Hammond of Beacon, N. 

 Y.. has issued a very neat folder, 

 showing twenty standard colors of 

 Hammond's Durable Paints. 



The fifty-eight annual report of the 

 board of park commissioners of the 

 city of Hartford, Conn, has been re- 

 ceived. As heretofore, it is a model. 



A carefully prepared bulletin on the 

 Cattleya Fly has been issued by the 

 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment 

 Station at New Brunswick, prepared 

 by .Tared B. Moore of Chatham, N. J. 

 The cattleya is an important factor 

 in X. J. floriculture — more so than in 

 any other part of this country — and 

 this treatise Is very opportune. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



