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H E T I C U L T U E E 



July 12, 1913 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION 



Officers — Prealdent, Chas. C. Massie, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. ; 1st vice-president, 

 J. M. Lupton, Mattitucli, N. T.; 2nd 

 vice-president, W. F. Therklldson, 

 PalnesvlUe, O. ; secretary, C. E. Ken- 

 del; assistant secretary, S. F. WUlard, 

 Jr., both of Cleveland, O. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



Officers were elected at the Cleve- 

 land meeting as follows: 



President — Charles C. Massie of 

 Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



First vice-president — W. M. Lupton, 

 of J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, N. Y. 



Second vice-president — W. F. Thir- 

 kelson, of Storrs & Harrison Co.. 

 Painesville, O. 



Secretary and treasurer — C. E. Ken- 

 del, of A. C. Kendel. Cleveland, O. 



Assistant secretary — S. D. Willard, 

 Jr.. with A. C. Kendel. Cleveland, O. 



Executive committee — Charles N. 

 Page, of Iowa Seed Co.. Des Moines, 

 la.; L. B. McCausland. of Ross Bros.. 

 Wichita. Kan.; Kirby B. White, of D. 

 M. Ferry & Co.. Detroit. Mich.; Mar- 

 shall H. Duryea, of Nungesser-Dickin- 

 son Co., New York; F. W. Bolgiano, of 

 J. Bolgiano & Son. Baltimore. Md. 



Membership committee — Albert Me- 

 Cullough, of J. M. McCuUough's Sons 

 Co.. Cincinnati. O.; Arthur B. Clark. 

 of Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford. 

 Conn.; J. C. Robinson, of J. C. Robin- 

 son Seed Co., Waterloo, Neb. 



Crop Conditions. 

 Crop conditions are much as they 

 were at this time of our last report. 

 Peas are rapidly approaching a state 

 of maturity where something like a 

 fairly good estimate of the crop may | 

 be possible. At this time little more of 

 a definite character has developed than 

 w© gave a week or two ago. It may 

 be said in a general way that prospects 

 have not improved, and all hot>es or 

 fears of a bumper crop must be 

 abandoned this year. Corn has made 

 rapid growth during the past three 

 weeks, and as a whole is looking well, 

 but rain Is now badly needed, and If 

 the heat continues without rain, "fir- 

 ing" will probably become general in 

 many sections. Most crops are In need 

 of rain, and the intense heat has had 

 a rather damaging affect on many, 

 though the damage is not believed to 

 be of a disastrous character yet. 



San Francisco in 1915? 

 The suggestion to hold the seeds- 

 men's convention In San Francisco In 

 191.T and the prospects of a World 

 Congress of Seedsmen is engaging the 

 thoughtful consideration of the lead- 

 ing members of the trade and it Is 

 believed a large majority of the asso- 

 ciation will vote in favor of the gen- 

 eral proposition. There are certainly 

 many weighty arguments in its favor 

 and only two against it. though it 

 must be confessed they are weighty- 

 time and expense. In the event that 

 the final decision is in the affirmative. 

 It is likely that few besides actual 

 members will go. 



Proposed Uniform Exhibition Booths. 



Members of the Canning Machinery 



and Supplies Association are being 



canvassed with a view of ascertaining 



MICHELL'S GIANT PANSY SEED 



New Crop. - Distinctive Quality 



Mirhell's Giant Exhibition Mixed. 



A truly Giaut Strain which we have 

 secured from the leading Pansy Special- 

 ists In Germany, England and France. 

 Plants are of strong, sturdy habit: 

 flowers of immense siz_e, heavy texture 

 and of varied colors and shades. Trade 

 pl;t., 50c. : 75c. per % oz. : per oz., $5.00. 



Triumph of the Giants Mixed. Ro- 

 bust grower; flowers of extra large 

 size: many beautiful, rich and rare 

 shades. Half trade plit., 60c.; trade 

 pkt.,?1.00; $1.75 per V4 oz.; per oz., $6.00. 

 Tr. pkt. Oz. 

 Bugnot, Odier and Ca^sier. 



Superb mixture $0.50 $4.00 



Giant Trimardeau. Mixed 30 1.33 



Mad. Ferret. Especially rich in 



red shades 60 2.50 



Masterpiece. Flowers curled 



or waved 50 4.00 



Odier or Blotched 50 3.00 



Parisian Laree Stained 40 2.00 



Finest Enellsb Mixed 2.j 1.IM> 



AUo all other Seatonable Seed* and Supplies for the Floritt. Our New 

 Wholesale Catalogue jutt oat. Send for mne if you haven't a copy 



GIANT PRIZE PANSIES 



In Separate Colors 



Please do not compare these with the 

 ordinary Giant Trimardeau; the seed 

 we offer will produce flowers of mnch 

 heavier texture. 



Tr. plit. Oi. 



.\zure Blue $0.40 



Black Blue 40 



Emperor William 40 



Ilortensia Red 40 



King: of Blacks 40 



Lord Beaconsfleld 40 



I^eacock 40 



Snow Queen 40 



Mriped 40 



White, with Eye 40 



I'nre Yellow 40 



V.'llon-. with Eye 40 



$1.75 

 1.15 

 1.15 

 2.50 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 3.50 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 1.75 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY, 



518 Market Street 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



PEAS, BEANS, RADISH I ,. , .u t i 



. ,. ^ ^ V drowers for the Trade 



and all Garden Seeds ) 



CO. 



ONION SETS 

 Write for Prices 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



WHOLESALE ONLY 



J. OLIVER JOHNSON, 



1874-76 MiKvaokee ATcaat, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



tbe sentiment of the association to- 

 ward the uniform or universal booth 

 for their exhibits at the annual con- 

 vention of the National Canners Asso- 

 ciation. Nearly all exhibitors at Con- 

 ventions have now adopted the uni- 

 form booth. Much can be said in its 

 favor and very little against it, hence 

 the decision of the Canning Machinery 

 and Supplies Association, composeii of 

 practical up-to-date men, is almost 

 certain to be in the affirmative. 



a blue grass sod will satisfy the owner 

 of such a piece of ground the expense 

 account will be materially reduced if 

 coarse burlap be tightly stretched and 

 liinned fast over the ground after the 

 seed is sown and left remain. The 

 seed will come through the openings 

 and make a tight sod. the burlap de- 

 caying in due course of time, a help, 

 rather than a detriment to the growth 

 of the grass. — The Pacific Garden. 



PRIZE FOR BULB-DIGGING MA- 

 CHINE. 



(Consul Frank W. Mahain, Amsterdam, 

 Netherlands.) 



The General Society for Bulb Cul- 

 ture, with headquarters: at Haarlem, 

 offers a prize of 1,000 florins ($402) 

 for the best bulb-digging machine. 

 Particulars may be had from the sec- 

 retary, Spaarne 71, Haarlem. Nether- 

 lands. Much importance attaches to 

 this matter, as the vast number of 

 tulip, hyacinth, and other bulbs grown 

 on thousands of acres between Haar- 

 lem and Leiden are scooped out of the 

 ground with the hands — a slow and 

 laborious process. 



For Early Sowing 



Price List /{-r the Aiktn^ 



The W. W. Barnard Co. 



231-235 W. Madison St.. CHICAGO 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 PLANTS, SEEOS, BULBS 



Send aa jonr wanta. We will tnke care of 

 tbem. We aapply atock at market price. 



Catalogue for the ashing 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1215 Betz Bldg. Philadelphia. 



GRASSING A TERRACE. 

 It is a difficult and expensive thing 

 to do in this land of rainless summers 

 and generally low relative humidity 

 throughout the year. The steeper the 

 terrace, the more tedious and expen- 

 sive the work becomes. If nothing but 



CHILDS' GLADIOLI 



arc notrd the world over for 



SUPERIOR MERIT 



John Le^vis Childs 



FLOWERFIELD, L. 1.. N. Y. 



