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HORTICULTURE 



November 13, 1909 



Seed Trade 



Dissolution of Partnership. 



The partnership between Sherman & 

 Eberle, seedsmen, of 112 South Pearl 

 St., Albany, N. Y., is on the eve of dis- 

 solution. A complete agreement has 

 not yet been reached, nor is it known 

 who will retain the business, but it is 

 pretty well settled that whichever 

 partner sells, he will immediately start 

 in business either under his own name 

 or with new connections. The state- 

 ment that George Philp had severed 

 .his connection with Sherman & Eberle 

 is correct, but it develops that Mr. 

 Philp was immediately engaged by Mr. 

 Eberle in anticipation of the coming 

 dissolution of the Sherman & Eberle 

 co-partnership, and is now out drum- 

 ming trade lor his new employer. 

 George has winning ways, and is re- 

 garded a very successful salesman. 



-Advance in Contract Growing Prices. 



Contract growing prices are sure to 

 •show a marked advance on the general 

 lines o£ peas and beans the coming 

 season. Farmers are demanding more 

 for their part in the business, and the 

 growers must in turn advance their fig- 

 ures. So far as can be ascertained, 

 none of the principal growers have yet 

 definitely fixed a schedule of prices, but 

 this will not be long delayed, and it 

 can be stated as a fact that there will 

 be a sharp advance over last year's 

 growing prices. More full and specific 

 information will be given in the near 

 .future. 



Philadelphia Seed Trade Notes. 



Jno. R. Satterthwaite succeeds to 

 Tomlinson & Satterthwaite in the seed 

 business at Trenton, N. J. 



I. N. Simon & Son, seedsmen, 43 

 North Water street, have moved to 6 

 North Front street. They occupy the 

 whole building, four stories and base- 

 ment and are now right in line tor 

 transient trade from the ferries and 

 Market street. 



The Phila. Seed Co., a new concern 

 making a specialty of grass and field 

 seeds have located at 127 North Water 

 street. C. A. Neall is president, J. C. 

 Rupp, secretary. Both were for years 

 with Scarlett of Baltimore and Mr. 

 Neall was in the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment at Washington for four years. 



Notes. 



George C. Stumpp, of Slumpp & Wal- 

 ter Co., New York City, has been elecl- 

 ■ ed Mayor of Bergenfleld, N. J. 



The J F. Noll Seed Co., 115 Mul- 

 berry St, Newark, N. J., has been or- 

 ganized as J. F. Noll & Co., with a 

 capital of |100,000. 



INCORPORATED. 



Northwest Nursery Co., North Yak- 

 ima, Wash, ?25,000. C. E. Honner, W. 

 W. Ewing, J. H. Royer. 



Crystal Springs Nursery Co., Seat- 

 tle, Wash. Capital $10,000. M. Fu- 

 ruvs, W. L. Gazzam, W. A. Kuehn. 



The Caldwell Nursery Co., of Cald- 

 well Ida., has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $25,000, by W. S. 

 Hawkes, Charles T. Hawkes, H. H. 

 Cummins and W. R. Wilkerson. 



Michell's Seasonable Seeds — i 



VERBENA SEED S^Fa^lTy 



Strain. This is without doubt the finest strain ever 

 offered to the trade, combining large size, purity of 

 color and free fl.jWeriDg qualities. 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Pink 30c... $1.25 



Striped ■•■ .30c... 1.25 

 Mixed. 30c... i.oo 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 

 Blue 30c.. .$1.25 



Scarlet.... 30c.. . 

 White 30c. . 



1.25 

 1.25 



SWEET PEAS, (WlOlef FIOWeflllQ) 



Christmae Pink (Pink and White) White 

 (Florence Dcnzer). Rlre. Alex. Wallace (Lav- 

 ender). 



Price 25c per oz; 1 4 lb. 75c; per lb. $2. 



Also all other varieties as listed in our Wholesale 

 Catalogue a copy of which is yours lor the asking. 



MOSS, Green Lump. 



'" ^"''oLTaltT ^'"'"* 75c per Bag 



— Henry F. Michell Co. 



1018 Market 

 Street 



Phila. —I 



CONTINENTAL EARLY VEGETA- 

 BLES AND SALAD PLANTS. 

 To write of the above in general is 

 not an easy matter, as in most parts 

 the so-called local varieties are those 

 chiefly cultivated. I will in the pres- 

 ent note mention those exposed for 

 sale in the market of Frankfort-on- 

 the-Main. Of radishes the leading va- 

 rieties are Erste Ernte (earliest crop). 

 The root is bright red, top consisting 

 of a little bunch of short leaves. One 

 of the liest radishes for forcing but al- 

 most useless for open air cultivation 

 in the hot months, owing to the root 

 becoming woolly very soon. Markt- 

 konigin, or properly Ruhm von Mech- 

 an, is a very early variety forming 

 short leaves, and globular root. It is 

 ' a superior summer variety. The Wuerz- 

 burger radish is considered a good va- 

 riety, which, however, on account of 

 its largs size is r.ot much in demand. 

 The earliest to come into use, and the 

 one meeting with most favor is the 

 Gran halh-lange. I advise those who 

 would cultivate this radish to press 

 the seeds into the soil singly, and to 

 sow in drills in the ordinary manner. 

 The seeds should be inserted in the 

 soil at a regular distance apart, which 

 by a little practice is rapidly done. In 

 a garden frame ! ft. (i in. in length by 

 3 1-2 ft. broad, five rows of seven seeds 

 each are pressed in by finger and 

 thumb. 



In raising a cropi of early kohlrabi 

 gardPi'crs often .-ourl fL^ilure by sow- 

 ing seeds tDat are lets than one year 

 old, wheieas, by employing seed of 

 fully one year old, it is seldom that 

 a plant runs into flower. Great care 

 must be observed that the growth of 

 the plants receives no check. The Ul- 

 mor Fruhe Glas-Kohl-rabi (Early Ulm) 

 is still the best variety. 



Of forcing lettuces there are numer- 

 ous varieties, but it does not pay the 

 market gardener to cultivate loo many 

 of these. The variety Ideal does not 

 pay, it boing too small; and when 

 grown in W£:rmth it produces a rather 

 tall stalk. It is interesting to observe 

 how carefully the jjurchaser handles 

 the Paris lettuces, so that not a leaf 

 is lost — for there are only three of 

 them. It is far different with the 

 Frankfurters when the early lettuces 

 come into the market, for then the 

 buyer cannot have too much in the 

 handful and it becomes necessary to 

 sell by weight. Ruhl's Marktbeher- 

 scher (King of the Market) is a new 

 introduction of a Wiesbaden gardener. 

 This variety possesses every good prop- 

 erty which a lettuce can have. The 

 well-developed head is of a golden 



tint, large and firm, and is weather- 

 pioot. Sutton's Commodore Nutt, a 

 famous English variety, has been in- 

 troduced. The head is of a green 

 color, and it comes early into use. The 

 method of making the head yellowish 

 is not hs yet much known. When the 

 head has formed, in frame-grown 

 pHnts the frame is forthwith uncov- 

 ered and the plants are sprinkled with 

 water, and ;he lights replaced. When 

 the sun shines on the glass a steamy 

 atmosphere is created and scorching is 

 thereby avoided. The heads under this 

 sort of treatment become of a pleasing 

 yellow tint. The varieties Schwarz- 

 korii (Black-seeded); and Steinkopf 

 (Stone -head) are equally good varie- 

 ties. F. M. 



Paper White Narcissus 



and all other DUTCH BULBS 



of High Grade. 



A few LILIUM HARRISII "7/5" left at 



$37.00 per 1000 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay Street 

 NEW YORK 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



Longangsstraede 20, 

 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. 



pinQApQ Wakefield and Succession 

 UHDDHUC $i.coper lOOD. 



PARSLEY ^s'^'^''"'"" 



>.50 per lo.oco. 



$1.25 per 1000, 



I CTTIIpC ^'g Boston, Boston Market and 



LC I I UUU Grand Rapids. $1.00 per 1000. 



Cash with Order 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO. 



White Marsh, Md. 



