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HORTICULTURE 



May 28, 1910 



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Seed Trade 



The Convention. 



For several months it has been gen- 

 erally understood by the seed trade 

 that the St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic 

 City, N. J., had been selected as head- 

 quarters for the seedsmen at their 

 convention to be held there June 21st, 

 next. For some reason, however, 

 which we have not ascertained, the 

 hotel people cancelled the engagement 

 they had made with the Seedsmen's 

 Association, and the latter were com- 

 pelled to cast about for new quarters. 

 The Rudolf was recommended, and it 

 was understood that several had en- 

 gaged accommodations there; but while 

 we do not wish to discredit the house 

 in any respect, we would simply say 

 to those who contemplate engaging 

 quarters there, DON'T. There are rea- 

 sons, chief of which is that it would 

 be best for the trade so far as practi- 

 cable to be at the Headquarters hotel 

 and this new headquarters will be the 

 Hotel Strand, as indicated by Secre- 

 tary Kendel's communication which 

 appears on page 819. 



Wisconsin Pea Crop. 



For the past two weeks, rumors have 

 been on the wing to the effect that the 

 pea crop of Wisconsin was in a very 

 bad way. Some of these rumors are 

 of a very sensational character, one 

 stating that from .50 to 7.5 per cent of 

 the crop of the state was a failure and 

 that unless immediate replanting on a 

 very extensive scale were resorted to, 

 the pea pack of the state would be 

 very short. In order to ascertain the 

 exact facts, several telegrams were 

 sent to leading packers of the state 

 representing all sections, and their an- 

 swers are herewith given: 



Columbus. Wis., May 19, 1910. 

 Alaskas fair; some damage by frosts. 

 late varieties show good stand but it Is 

 too early to make predictions; no replant- 

 ing nece.ssai7 in this vicinity. — Columbus 

 Canning Co. 



Eau Claire, Wis., May 19, 1910. 

 Pea crop very backward account drought; 

 do not look for much of a crop on about 

 one third of our acerage. Had fine rain 

 Monday and with favoraljie conditions 

 should get fair crop on balance acreage; 

 have fair stand; will not replant; condi- 

 lio[is, sweets. Alaskas about same, cannot 

 estimate yield. — Lange Canning Co. 



Sturgeon Bay, Wis., May 19, 1910. 

 Xl\ peas in this section backward about 

 cumiug up are now showing strong healthy 

 gnjwth; nothing damaged either liy frost 

 or wet weather. Alaska peas up about 

 three inches. Sweet peas not yet out of 

 the ground: do not know anything about 

 conditions outside of our county. — Reynolds 

 I'resv. Co. 



Wausau, Wis., May 19. 1910. 

 Present condition of pea crop is excel- 

 lent. : no replanting necessary or thought 

 of anywhere in state to my knowledge. 

 We only plant ten per cent, sweets; pres- 

 ent outlook is for large yield but season 

 v.-ill be .short making poor quality. — Geo. 

 Chatham. 



They show very conclusively that 

 there was absolutely no foundation 

 for the sensational reports, and that, 

 as a matter of fact, conditions are ex- 

 ceedingly favorable. There is only one 

 feature which is unsatisfactory to the 

 canner, and that is that owing to the 

 cold, backward weather, the early 

 plantings made very slow growth aiid 

 instead of maturing for canning in 

 about the order in which they were 

 planted, many of the later plantings 

 will come in at the same time as the 

 earlier ones, thus cutting short the 

 season and quite possibly the total 

 pack, as it will be impossible for the 

 canners to take care of the peas as 

 fast as they mature under such condi- 

 tions. Another factor is, there is like- 

 ly to be a large percentage of the 

 larger sizes or as it might be termed, 

 a pack of poor quality. 



■What has been said about the can- 

 ners of peas, no doubt applies equally 

 to those planted for seed purposes. 

 Thus, altogether we may consider that 

 the pea crop both in Michigan and 

 Wisconsin, whether for canning or for 

 seed purposes, is in very excellent con- 

 dition and unless some calamity over- 

 takes it before maturity, there is every 

 indication of a large pack of canned 



peas as well as a large crop of seed 

 peas. 



Other Crop Notes. 



The planting of sugar corn is now 

 proceeding both East and West. In 

 fact, we are informed that consider- 

 able seed has already been planted and 

 some of it is up. But it cannot be 

 said that the weather, up to within 

 the past few days, has been very fa- 

 vorable for corn. Since the latter part 

 of last week, however, weather condi- 

 tions had been much more favorable 

 for corn and beans, and it may be 

 added here that the latter are also be- 

 ing planted to a considerable extent. 



No important crop news has been 

 received from Europe within the past 

 two weeks and matters may be ac- 

 cepted as being in about the same con- 

 dition as when last reports were made. 



Counter trade continues remarkably 

 active and will no doubt last well into 

 June, and the predictions made early 

 in the winter that this would be a 

 banner year for the trade, we think 

 will be fully realized. 



Price Advances Abroad. 



The following will prove of interest 

 to a number of your readers and will 

 give them a clearer insight why crops 

 may run short and reasons for price 

 advances abroad. Under date of May 

 7th, 1910, Messrs. Wm. Fromow & 

 Sons, Windlesham, Surrey, England, 

 write us: "So very much depends 

 upon the weather obtaining here dur- 

 ing the summer months as to what 

 progress the plants themselves make; 

 at the present time the outlook is not 

 very favorable, although we are hop- 

 ing for better times. 



"The spring has been thus far very 

 cold and wet and we are experiencing 

 frost almost every night, which may 

 very considerably diminish our stocks, 

 and we gather that this kind of wea- 

 ther is obtaining all over the country, 

 and this will to a very large extent 

 influence the prices." 



Messrs. Fromow & Sons are very ex- 



