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HORTI CULTURE 



August 20, 1910 



Seed Trade 



Crop Notes on Corn. 



There have been no important 

 changes in crop conditions since the 

 last seed trade notes appeared in 

 HORTICULTXTRE, and it Is still 

 doubtful about what the corn crop is 

 going to be. Beyond a doubt, it will 

 be short but the extent of that short- 

 age is what no one can predict at this 

 time but it is interesting every one. 

 The last crop report issued by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture indicated that 

 the condition of the corn crop as a 

 whole the country over, had deterior- 

 ated six points from the June report, 

 and it is entirely safe to say that 

 since the first of August, corn has 

 made no material improvement. As a 

 matter of fact, it is generally stated 

 that deterioration has continued and 

 that the next report will show as 

 marked a decline in condition as the 

 July has from the June. While the 

 interest of the seed trade is not as 

 great in field corn as in the sugar 

 varieties, It must be clear to any 

 thoughtful person that such a falling 

 off in condition in the field varieties 

 must necessarily mean a low condition 

 In the sugar corn crop. Still as stated 

 above, definite information is not ob- 

 tainable and the subject can only be 

 treated in a general way. 



The Pea Pack. 



So much has been said in the last 

 few weeks about the pea crop that it 

 seems rather unnecessary to add any- 

 thing at this time, but as some trade 

 papers are still in the dark concerning 

 actual crop conditions, it may be well 

 to state the average results in 

 several states of the canned product. 

 In Wisconsin the average pack on the 

 acreage planted will be something un- 

 der 50 per cent, in Michigan between 

 50 and 60. New York Sta+e 70 to 75, 

 Indiana something over 100 ner cent.: 

 that is, the crop this ^ear in the 

 Hoosier State has exceeded that of 

 last season by at least 25 per cent., 

 but the acreage was very much re- 

 duced. In Delaware and Maryland the 

 pack will be about fiO to 70 per cent, 

 of the usual output. 



WTiile these figures are not exact, 

 they are practically ofiicial and are not 

 likely to be very materially changed 

 when the official figures are issued 

 and they can be taken as correct for 

 all practical purposes. 



The Bean Crop. 

 Beans in the State of New York are 

 generally promising. Every thing 

 seems to point at this time to a 

 liberal crop and practically free from 

 blight or rust. In Michigan matters 

 are not quite as cheerful as owing to 

 extreme dry weather the crop in 

 general is not in as fine condition as 

 in the State of New York although as 

 far as quality goes, things are looking 

 exceptionally well. If unfavorable 

 conditions do not develop between now 

 and harvest, there should be a very 

 fair crop of beans. 



Canners' Convention. 



The following has been taken from 

 "The Canner & Dried Fruit Packer" 

 of July 28th, and while not an import- 

 ant matter, should be interesting and 

 will help out the scarcity of hot 

 ■weather news. "Sometime ago it was 



reported that a serious hitch had oc- 

 curred in the arrangements for the 

 next 'Canners' Convention' and that 

 everything was in the air. This was 

 quite true, and for reasons which were 

 given at the time, the canners and 

 allied associations were on the point 

 of cancelling all arrangements made 

 with the citizens of Milwaukee through 

 the several committees representing 

 the business interests. All of the 

 trouble was caused by two or three of 

 the leading hotels refusing to grant 

 oertain privileges demanded by the 

 canners. While these privileges or 

 concessions have been conceded by the 

 other towns where such conventions 

 have been held, it is at least debatable 

 if such demands should have been 

 made. However this may be, it is a 

 cold hard fact that it has cost the 

 Association ten dollars for every dol- 

 lar it has saved for its officers, and in 

 the face of such a statement, argument 

 seems superflous. This has more than 

 once been pointed out to leaders of 

 the canners, but they have shown a 

 dogged persistance in their ill advised 

 course. Well it may be accepted now 

 as a fact that Milwaukee gets the con- 

 cention. The hotel people, while not 

 conceding all that was demanded have 

 nevertheless made substantial conces- 

 sions, and for geograiihica! as well as 

 other reasons, Milwaukee was the 

 place preferred by the great majority 

 of the canners and machinery and 

 supply men." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. E. Marshall & Co., New York 

 City— List of Choice Bulbs for Fall 

 Planting. Illustrated. 



Louis Van Houte Pore, Gand — 

 Sheet of portraits of novelties and ad- 

 vanced types of Tuberous Begonias. 



Mohican Peony Gardens, Sinking 

 Spring, Pa.— Peony List, August, 1910. 

 Strictly up-to-date. Creditable in all 

 i's features. 



E. Neubert, Wandsbek, Hamburg. — 

 Illustrated Catalogue of Shrubs, Lily 

 of the Valley Pips and other special- 

 ties for the forcing trade. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City. — 1910 Mid-Summer Catalogue. 

 Strawberries form the subject of the 

 colored cover in this up-to-date publi- 

 cation. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York.— 

 Trade Catalogue of Giant Flowering 

 Bulbs and Seeds for Fall Planting. 

 Attractively illustrated and prices are 

 favorable for the fiorist. ' 



A. T. Boddington, New York City.— 

 Florists' Summer and Autumn Cata- 

 logue of Bulbs, Plants, Seeds and 

 Supplies. A very complete list in com- 

 pact form, illustrated and bearing 

 "The Seal of Quality." 



McFarland Publicity Service, Har- 

 risburg. Pa.— A Year's Publicity Serv- 

 ice. This is an "art" publication, 

 surely. It is practically an album of 

 the most effective flower portraits and 

 cover illustrations in colors, special ad- 

 vertising plates, etc., made for the 

 McFarland patrons. It fills the bill. 



CEMENT BENCHES. 



The need of a more lasting material 

 for greenhouse benches has been felt 

 for a long time and experiments have 

 been going on steadily with cement in 

 various forms of bench construction. 

 The constant expense of repairing and 

 rebuilding benches has been a serious 

 loss to growers, and anything that will 

 eliminate this expense will be most 

 welcome. With the slight knowledge 

 required (and the information is easily 

 obtained), and a set of molds, cement 

 benches can be made by anyone. 



This issue contains the advertise- 

 ment of E. H. Hunt, Chicago, who will 

 mail a full description of the method 

 of mixing the cement and using the 

 forms which he handles. 



INCORPORATED. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— The Brooklyn Cut 

 Flower Market; capital stock, $5,000. 



Baltimore, Md. — Hewitt & Co.; cap- 

 ital stock, $15,000: incorporators, 

 Frank Hewitt, J. Frank Robertson 

 and Addison D. Robertson. 



Gulf port, Miss. — Cummings Com- 

 pany; capital stock, $5,000; to do a 

 general nursery business; incorpor- 

 ators, W. W. Cummings, F. B. Cum- 

 mings, A. H. George and others. 



Bloomington, III. — The Lilly Orchard 

 Fruit Co., to do general nursery busi- 

 ness; capital stock, $30,000: incorpor- 

 ators, C. M. Noble, L. B. Merwin, C.J. 

 Northrup, L. M. Graham and C. C. 

 Marquis. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 



New Bedford, Mass. — -James H. 

 Cleary, florist, liabilities $2,7S:5, assets 

 $1,S02. 



Somerville, Mass. — Frank J. Rey- 

 nolds, florist, has filed a petition in 

 bankruptcy: liabilities $2,145, and as- 

 sets $300. 



Texarkana, Ark. — The Texarkana 

 Seed and Implement Company on 

 Aug. 27 was adjudged bankrupt. For 

 a number of years this concern has 

 been handling a seed and garden im- 

 plement business. Assets scheduled at 

 $4,531, liabilities $3,846. G. C. Pope 

 was appointed receiver. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Waverly, III. — The greenhouses of 

 Case & Mathews have been purchased 

 by J. H. Wright. 



St. Albans, Vt. — It has been an- 

 nounced that on and after Aug. 1 

 George Cook will take charge of the 

 business formerly managed by Henry 

 Bryant. 



Denver, Col. — The safe of the Park 

 Floral Company, 1706 Broadway, was 

 broken open the night of Aug. 2. $50 

 in cash and a gold watch were taken. 

 Nitroglycerine was used in blowing 

 the safe. 



New York, N. Y.— R. MacXiff starts 

 in business for himself as a horticul- 

 tural auctioneer at 62 Vesey street, 

 and expects to have his new store in 

 shape for September sales. Mr, Mac- 

 Niff was formerly with William Elliott 

 & Sons. 



Those who have deferred purchasing 

 French hyacinth bulbs in hopes of 

 seeing a drop in price, will hardly 

 profit by the procrastination, according 

 to present advices, which indicate a 

 shortage of the large sizes especially. 



It is announced among our adver- 

 tisements that the sale of stalls at 

 the Boston Flower Exchange is soon 

 to take place. We would suggest that 

 as this market is a most excellent 

 place to dispose of stock, all progres- 

 sive growers should have a stall. 



