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HORTICULTURE 



August 21, 1909 



Seed Trade 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSO- 

 CIATION. 

 Preslilcnt, J. C. EoblDson, Waterloo, 

 Neb.; First Vice-President, M. H. Duryea, 

 New York; Second Vice-President, F. W. 

 Holglano, Wasbiugton, D. C: Secretary- 

 Treasurer. C. K. Kendel, Cleveland, Ohio; 

 Assistant Secretary, Leonard U. Vaughan, 

 Chicago. 



WHOLESALE SEEDSMEN'S 



LEAGUE. 



F. W. Bniggerhof, Prea.; Burnet Land- 

 reib. See'y. 



The Effect of Recent Rain on Crops. 

 At last the protracted drought has 

 been effectively broken, but too late 

 to beiielit many crops. The rain of the 

 early part of this week was a real 

 .soaker, extending over nearly 48 hours. 

 As a lule it came down gently, and 

 was eagerly drank by the thirsty earth. 

 It will do corn much good, and par- 

 ticularly late vai-ieties, but a warm, 

 late fall will be required to mature the 

 crop, which at best will be light in the 

 east. In some sections it may prove 

 of more Injury than benefit. Onions, 

 which had as a rule matured, may 

 start a second growth, making them 

 soft and poor keepers. 



A report that there will be a bumper 

 crop of onions hardly seenisi justified 

 under existing conditions. As a rule 

 ihe bulbs will Ije small, and probably 

 Ibis fact will luilitate against the price, 

 anil growers will not realize as much 

 for the crop as though they were of 

 larger size, while the net yield will no 

 doubt be smaller. 



At this writing it is not known how 

 extended the rain has been, but within 

 its area the sowing of fall crops has 

 been made much easier, and the acre- 

 age is likely to be much larger than 

 a year a.e:o and especially of winter 

 giains. 



Shortage in Pea Crop a Certainty. 



The predicted heavy shortage in the 

 pea crop becomes more a certainty 

 every day, and as the season advances, 

 any lingering hopes that conditions 

 might not be as bad as represented are 

 fading before sad realities. Verily the 

 path of the pea and bean grower is be- 

 set with thorns, for what with the 

 grumblings of his customers and the 

 deep discontent of the farmers as a 

 result of repeated crop disappoint- 

 ments, he is himself an unhappy, dis- 

 apiiointed num. It is a foregone con- 

 clusion that Ihe farmers will demand 

 moie money for next year's crop, and 

 it will be harder than ever to secure 

 acreage, while the seedsmen and can- 

 ners will balk most determinedly 

 against any advance in prices. Lo, the 

 poor seed grower'. He goeth forth in 

 the winter to seek for orders, and 

 gathereth a goodly sheaf by the spring- 

 time, when he becometh exceeding 

 light of heart and very chesty, but ere 

 the sere and yellow leaf of autumn, he 

 is much cast down and sigheth for the 

 simple life or a lodge in some vast 

 wilderness. And his troubles have just 

 commenced. 



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Heniy F. Michell Co., i"'* m^'^" s'.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



CALIFORNIA GARDENERS RE- 

 PUDIATE THE "WIZARD." 



The following resolution was unani- 

 mously adopted by the Pasadena Gar- 

 deners' Association at a recent meet- 

 ing: 



"Be it resolved, that the Pasadena 

 Gardeners' association hereby strongly 

 couilciiiiis the uature-l'aliiug methods and 

 the exploitations of alleged but fal.se new 

 creations by Luther P.uruauk, and ileplores 

 the fact tiiat a ftilse impressiun has bt'cn 

 given the public concerning plant breeding 

 by Burbanii. It is the sense of this asso- 

 ciation that this imnressl'ou should be 

 corrected." 



The meeting was held in the as- 

 sembly room of the Pasadena board of 

 trade, and about one hundred garden- 

 ers and florists were present. It was 

 attended not only by members of the 

 association, but a large delegation from 

 the Los Angeles florists' organization, 

 some of whom took part in the dis- 

 cussion. The discussion occupied the 

 entire evening, and the feature of it 

 was a report made by a personal repre- 

 sentative of the Southern California 

 florists and gardeners who was recent- 

 ly sent to Santa Rosa to investigate 

 Burbank and his claims. 



We thought it would come to this 

 in due time. Where a man feeds on 

 flattery from irresponsible and ignor- 

 ant sources and studiously ignores 

 those whose knowledge and experience 

 qualifies them to judge of his achieve- 

 ments, accepting silly public adulation 

 for unproven merit, without protest, he 

 has nobody to blame but himself when 

 exposure and disgrace come, as they 

 inevitably must in these days of en- 

 lightened publicity. Then, all the 

 things that he may have creditably ac- 

 complished must suffer in the sweep- 

 ing condemnation which is sui-e to 

 follow. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York.— 

 Midseason list of Pot Grown Straw- 

 berry and ■\'egetable Plants. 



T. C Thurlow & Co., Cherry Hill 

 Nurseries, West Newbury, Mass.— 

 Wholesale List of Select Peonies, Iris 

 and Phlox with Cultural Dii-ections. 



THE STALK BORER. 



A rhubarb stalk was sent to the Divi- 

 sion of Zoology of the Pennsylvania 

 Department of Agriculture for exami- 

 nation, and Professor H. A. Surface, 

 the State Zoologist, found it infestea 

 by the insect known as the Stalk Borer 

 Wapitiin iiKt iiiltliij- In sending a re- 

 port concerning this pest to tne per- 

 son from whom the specimen plant was 

 received. Professor Surface said: 



"This is a very curious pest because 

 it bores in the stalks of many kinds of 

 cultivated plants; likewise into other 

 plants, as well as weeds, large enough 

 to nourish it. I note with interest that 

 you found it boring in corn stalks. It 

 is destructive to potatoes and toma- 

 toes, and to the stalks of many kinds 

 of flowering plants, but I havei not be- 

 fore found it in the rhubarb. 



"I do not believe that you will con- 

 tinue to find it becoming a serious pest 

 on the farm if you will follow the di- 

 rections given below. You cannot kill 

 It after it once attacks the plant, and 

 save the infested stalk, because it bores 

 in the inside and the remedies usually 

 employed for insects will not reach it. 

 Therefore, it must be destroyed, or pie- 

 vented, by the following means: 



(1) Mow all weeds, of whatever 

 kinds, that have stems large enough 

 for the borer to enter. Do this at least 

 once every six weeks. 



(2) Gather and burn all infested 

 stalks, or parts of cultivated plants, as 

 soon as the borers are seen. 



(3) As soon as potatoes are removed 

 from the ground rake the vines to- 

 gether and burn them immediately. 

 Do not wait for the vines to become 

 di-y, but throw them on a hot brush 

 fire at once. 



(4) Likewise, destroy tomato vines 

 as soon as possible after the crop is 

 feathered, and in fact other plants 

 where this can be done. 



(5) Rotate, or change, crops, so that 

 the same kind of crop does not grow 

 many years in succession on the same 

 ground." 



Stuart Low & Co. report that al- 

 though they have experienced an ab- 

 normally wet and cold season, cycla- 

 men and schizanthus seed are average 

 crops. The only novelty in the cycla- 

 men way this year is Salmon Pioneer, 

 of the crested tribe, a soft salmon not 

 so intense in color as Low's Salmon 

 King, and which is a useful addition 

 to this class. 



New Spawn 



100 lbs. $7.00 



Including our Treatise How to 

 Spawn A Bed Successfully. 



W. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



NEW YORK 



