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HORTICULTUEE 



August 23, 1913 



siderable quantity is a problem for the 



future. 



Corn. 



This is surely a problem, that is, 

 as to the extent of the harm the 

 crop has suffered. If the action of the 

 Chicago Board of Trade is a true index 

 of conditions, the damage is more seri- 

 ous than authorities are willing to 

 concede, while admitting that it will 

 shorten the crop by hundreds of mil- 

 lions of bushels. 



This refers to the great corn produc- 

 ing states in particular, but excepting 

 possibly Michigan, Minnesota, North- 

 ern Ohio and Northern Indiana, the 

 corn crop of the entire country is af- 

 fected to a greater or less extent. The 

 states in which sweet corn is grown 

 for seeds or from which the bulk of 

 the seed comes, are, Nebraska, Ohio. 

 Michigan, New York and Connecticut, 

 and the first named is by far the worst 

 sufferer. Most of the sweet corn 

 grown for seed in Ohio, is produced in 

 the northern part of the state, thus at 

 this writing it looks as though it had 

 suffered less than field, or yellow corn. 

 Iowa seems to have been the hardest 

 hit of any of the great corn states, the 

 shrinkage in yield being estimated at 



50 per cent.* 



Tomatoes. 



While tomatoes are not so important 

 an item on the seedsmen's list as the 

 other things mentioned, it may be well 

 to note a general shortage, excepting 

 in Michigan, where the crop is said to 

 show promise of an average yield. 



Peas. 



The total pea pack of the country, 

 now about completed, shows some in- 

 crease over last year. The addition 

 to last year's acreage is variously esti- 

 mated at from 10 to 20 per cent. No 

 figures showing the total number of 

 cases have been published. Maryland 

 and Delaware produced about 30 per 

 cent, of an average, Indiana and Ohio 

 60 per cent.. Michigan 70 per cent.. 

 New York full average, and Wisconsin 

 80 per cent., though the latter tell off 

 40 per cent, from last year. It must 

 be remembered, however, that last 

 year's crop in Wisconsin was phenom- 

 enal, varying from 125 to upwards of 

 200 cases to the acre, against a five- 

 year average of 80 to 120. 



California Seed Crop. 



So far as California seed crops are 

 concerned, we have no reason to ma- 

 terially change our estimates from 

 those we last gave, but we shall soon 

 be in position to give more detailed 

 information, and we may say same of 

 the European situation. 



Notes. 



There is little activity in the trade 

 just now. Vacations and stock taking 

 are the chief business. The summer 

 will soon be past, the harvest ended, 

 but what of the rest? 



♦Cucumbers, squashes and melons 

 in Nebraska and Oklahoma are suffer- 

 ing severely, and it looks like a hard- 

 ening of prices on nearly all varieties 

 of vine seeds. In Michigan cucumbers 

 are promising fair yields, but there 

 will be a considerable shortage in New 

 York and a much reduced acreage. 



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Plants are o( strons, sturdy habit: .Vzure Blue $0.40 Sl.-ii 



flowers of immense size, heavy texture Bla<-k Blue 40 1. 7.1 



and of varied colors and shades. Trade Kmperor William 40 1.1.5 



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Pure White. Soft Pink. White with striiinl 40 l.l.'i 



Red Base, Brilliant Crimson. Salmon « hlte. with Kye 40 1.7.5 



Pink, per 100 seeds. $1.00; ?S..">0 per i>ure Yellow 40 1.75 



KKHJ seeds. Mixed colors, per 100 seeds. Yellow, with Eye 40 1.75 



;i(i,-. ; .■<s.i«l per 10<X> seeds. 



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White. I'ink. Ited. White witli Ued AliiestrU Victuriii $u.'^.'> (li.oo 



Base, per 100 seeds, 7.5c.; $0.00 per 1000 Klizii i-'unroliert 15 ..50 



seeds. Mixed colors, per UK) seeds. I'liliistriH 30 1.7.5 



<JOr. ; I^ri.tH) pe:- 1000 seeds. I'liliiHtrU Seiiiperflorens ■2.5 l.';.5 



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 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Walter Mott*s Notes By The Way 



YpsilantI, Mich. 

 The Michigau Cential Railroad still 

 follow an excellent idea, adopted sev- 

 eral years ago, of distributing small 

 boufiuets of flowers to its patrons 

 while the train is at the station. On 

 this occasion asters were the favors, 

 large baskets being emptied in quick 

 order to appreciative recipients who 

 usually preserve the card attached as 

 a souvenir. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. 



Jno. Von Bochove left on Wednes- 

 day via the auto route for Minneap- 

 olis. He is a faithful attendant at 

 all S. A. F. Contentions. 

 Detroit, Mich. 



Frank Danzer expects his several 

 ■advancing ideas will create consider- 

 able discussion at the Convention. 



S. S. Skidelsky was expected to 

 drop off en route to Minneapolis to 

 sec rhiladelphia. which is giving a 

 good account of itself as a summer 

 carnation. Advance sales are reported 

 heavy. 



Lohrmann Seed Co. have passed 

 through a banner season and regret 

 a shortage on several popular lines tor 

 next season's trade. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



H. Keitsch & ffon Co. are rebuilding 

 but expect ere long, owing to the ad- 

 vance in real estate values to join the 

 majority in locating farther from the 

 centre of the city. 



VV. V. Kasting was giving the last 

 word ere leaving for Minneapolis, 

 where he will hold up the reputation 

 of the Bison City as a flower centre. 

 Sllngerland, N. Y. 



Fred Goldring reports bumper crops 

 of haj'. com and fruit. Roses outdoors, 

 especially Maryland, are the finest 

 seen in this locality. 



NEW SEED STORES. 



Rockford, III. — Cherry Seed Com- 

 pany. 127 North Main street. 



Columbus. Ga. — Smith Seed Com- 

 pany. J. C. Smith, proprietor. 



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SUPCR.IOR MERIT 



John Leviris Childs 



FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y. 



