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HORTlCULTURi: 



April 23, 1910 





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Cbiswick Red. Brilliant Red 60 1.00 



Holborn Blue 60 1.00 



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Rosy Morn. Pink 60 1.00 



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Philadelphia, Pa. 



Seed Trade 



The Outlook in California. 



We have received from Charles P. 

 Braslan the following interesting notes 

 on the California outlook: 



At this season of the year the va- 

 rious seed dealers throughout the 

 United States and Canada are desirous 

 of receiving information in regard to 

 the various seed crops growing here in 

 California. 



The writer returned from his eastern 

 trip about a month ago and has been 

 busily engaged in going over our va- 

 rious ranches, which consist of over 

 four thousand acres, and we are pleased 

 to say to you that never in the seed 

 growing experience have the crops 

 been in such excellent condition. We 

 liave had something over 14% inches 

 of rain this season, which is sufficient 

 to make a crop. The rain has fallen 

 gradually, so that the ground has ab- 

 sorbed all of the water, which has been 

 a great benefit to all of the growing 

 ■crops. 



The hoeing of the crops will be com- 

 pleted on all the seed ranches — not 

 only our own, but also on those of 

 other growers in this section, within 

 the next two weeks and if nothing un- 

 foreseen occurs, we will all harvest a 

 good crop. 



A field of lettuce of various varieties 

 at Menlo Park, over 2% miles in length 

 and from % to V2 mile wide, shows a 

 magTiificent stand. It certainly would 

 be a great sight for any seed dealer to 

 inspect this one field of lettuce. All 

 varieties of onions are looking excel- 

 lent. The critical time for this crop, 

 however, being when the seed is in the 

 dough, it we would have hot winds at 

 such time, the yield might be injured 

 to some extent; but from present pros- 

 pects everything is in a most promis- 

 ing condition, the season having been 

 ideal. 



The radish crop is better than it has 

 been for many years. Beet crops are 

 looking excellent; also salsify, kale, 

 mustard, celery, carrot and various 

 other crops which are growing on an 

 extensive scale. 



We hope that many seedsmen can 



arrange to pay us a visit this year and 

 look over the crops, not only on our 

 ranches, but those of other growers, as 

 this is the season above all others for 

 them to make such a trip to California. 



ley in the place of the late George 

 Holmes. 



A Suggestion Concerning the "Free 

 Seed" Fund. 



The Hon. F. D. Coburn, secretary 

 of the Kansas department of agricul- 

 ture, makes the following very valu- 

 able suggestion: 



Great good could be accomplished with 

 the money now spent for seeds if it were 

 appropriated and pro-rated eijuitably be- 

 tween the various agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations, for experimental work 

 in originating, developing and improving 

 superior strains of wheat, corn, oats, cot- 

 ton, and other crops especially adapted to 

 or which give promise of worth to each 

 particular state or territory. 



In Kansas, the greatest wheat producer 

 in the world, college-bred seed has re- 

 sulted in increasing yields in some in- 

 stances even so much as fifteen bushels 

 per acre, and on a large number of trials 

 the general average was live bushels in- 

 crease per acre. The significance of this is 

 made the more apparent when this in- 

 crease per acre is applied to the 7,000,000 

 acres annuall.v devoted to wheat in the 

 Sunflower ?tate. 



Tret's have our famers planting pedi- 

 greed seeds as commonly as they are now 

 rearing pedigreed live stock; improvement 

 will be marked In the quality and yiebls 

 from our crops as has been the case with 

 our animals, and prosperity will he given 

 much additional momentum. By diverting 

 the appropriation as suggested impetus 

 will lie given a well-directed work already 

 under way, and there will be none to 

 mourn the passing of the day of "free" 

 seeds. 



Notes. 

 San Francisco, Gal. — The California 

 Seed Co. has moved to 157 Market 

 street. 



San Francisco, Cal. — Luther Bur- 

 bank has opened a retail seed store 

 in the Emporium. 



Manitowoc, Wis. — The Manitowoc 

 Seed Co. is said to be planning a large 

 addition to its warehouse and plant. 



Mr. S. Sibley, representative of the 

 Leonard Seed Company, visited Boston 

 and other New England points last 

 week. 



Detroit, Mich. — A banquet of the 

 salesmen of the D. M. Perry Seed Co. 

 was held the evening of April 6 at 

 the Hotel Cadillac. John N. Doyle 

 was toastmaster, Wm. T. Radcliffe 

 master of ceremonies. An address by 

 Dr. John H. Boyd on "The Art of Per- 

 suasion" was the principal address. 



Martial Bremond cables that French 

 bulb prices have been set at the con- 

 ference held on the 15th inst. by the 

 growers in the south of Fi-ance. and 

 as the prices are 25 per cent advance 

 in Roman hyacinths and 10 to 15 per 

 cent in Paper White Narcissi, it looks 

 as though they regarded the reduction 

 in the United States tariff as being 

 made for their benefit. Short crop is 

 given as the cause of advance and ad- 

 vice predicts a still further advance 

 later on. 



Birmingham, Ala. — J. H. White has 

 completed the negotiations by which 

 he becomes the controlling stock- 

 holder of the Amzi Godden Seed Co., 

 the largest wholesale seed company 

 in Alabama. Mr. White purchased the 

 stock formerly owned by Maj. Joseph 

 Hardie. Dr. T. F. Cheek and others. 

 At the next regular meeting of the 

 stockholders Mr. White will be elected 

 president of the company and will as- 

 sume charge of the financial manage- 

 ment of the concern. George B. Mc- 

 Vay, w'ho has been a leading figure 

 in the management of the company 

 for 20 years, will remain with the 

 company as vice-president and general 

 manager. 



W. W. Harnden, seed dealer of Kan- 

 sas City, Mo., has been appointed 

 county judge by Governor H. S. Had- 



Much has been said and written 

 about the low germination of both field 

 and sweet corn in the various corn 

 .growing sections of the country, and 

 the outlook for good seed stock for 

 the coming season is not very good. 

 Mr. Tom Fagan of The J. M. McCul- 

 lough's Sons Co., says that the section 

 in a radius of SO miles of Cincinnati 

 has plenty of good corn, the weather 

 being ideal for the maturing of corn 

 last fall. The offerings of green corn 

 on the market was so heavy and the 

 price so low that most of the truckers 



