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11 U T 1 C U L T U K E 



Kobrunry 9, 1918 



SEED TRADE 



AMEkl(.A> SBKl» TKAOE ASSOCIATION 



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 pril*. 1*11 ; Srrrrlarj -Trr»jiOrfr, O. K. 

 Krnilrl. ( IrtrUnd, O. 



Make Every Seed Count 



Howard M. EbfI never said any- 

 thlnK more to tho iH)liit than he does 

 In this year's Hurpi'o wholesale list, 

 January 25th. 1918. from which we 

 quote a liriof excerpt. 



Orillnarlly a cntaloir or prlc-Uiit Is ilr- 

 rulati'd to cn-alc ordirn fiT the gooila 

 olTcn'il iinii In uoriiml vcnrH ilils npplli-a 

 niao lo tbf awtl irmli': Inn .-.vint; to con- 

 ■llllona' raiiacil l>y tin- wnr (. s]..eliilly the 

 lark of Held lalior) »■<■ auucist thiit you 

 order more carefully lliiiii ever before. 



If wo are to avoid n fnmttic In certain 

 Mil. ' 'all Interested must conserve 



ai I'-rauadc the planter to make 



r\ . inl. 



\' Ills for Biile and while prlcca 



nr -her (ban a year ago lu many 



ci\- ircln bftween cost ot produc- 



tion iiuu Ilie selllnB price Is less. 



Aa heretofore we are prepared to give 

 your orders prompt and careful attention 

 but reapetlfuUy request that you exercise 

 eare not lo over-order. 



This Is sound common sense and 

 will meet with the cordial approval of 

 every seedsman v.ho is a seedsman in 

 this country and abroad. Make every 

 seed count. And Incidentally we call 

 the little quotation above to the atten- 

 tion of those people hysterically in- 

 clined who accuse the seed trade ot 

 profiteering. Nothing could be far- 

 ther from the truth. G. C. W. 



To Sell Seed Corn at Cost. 



Kepeated tests on the germination 

 of seed com at the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity College ot Agriculture show- 

 that the corn Is germinating but from 

 1 to 60 per cent. Most of the corn is 

 testing but in per cent. As the result 

 of the seriousness ot this situation, the 

 Agricultural College Extension Serv- 

 ice Is sending out representatives to 

 secure options on corn of known qual- 

 ity. The corn will be purchased with 

 money provided by Congress and will 

 be sold to the farmers at cost. Per- 

 sons having supplies of good seed corn 

 for sale are urged lo advertise it in 

 their local papers as well as farm 

 papers, and to communicate with the 

 Agricultural College Extension Serv- 

 ice. Columbus. Ohio. 



Export Licenses for Seed Field Corn 

 Refused. 



The War Trade Board announces 

 that for the present all applications 

 for licenses to export seed field com 

 will be refused. This action is con- 

 sidered necessary in view of the fact 

 that the visible supply of sound ger- 

 minable seed field corn is not In ex- 

 cess of our own planting requirements. 

 It is required by the war trade Board 

 that all shippers desiring to export 

 corn from the United States shall in- 

 dicate clearly on their applications for 

 export licenses the character of the 

 com consigned and the purpose for 

 which it Is to be used. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial groundH, Raynes 



Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTEJIIS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., c.—ru BiaiTBoit^. m.u. 

 TbOLGIANO & SON LILIUM GIGANTEUM 



Careful Seed Growers and Seed Distribu- 

 tors for One Hundred Years 



WRITE FOR OUR 19 8 SPECIAL CATALOGUE 



Tn Mttrl%i't liiirdt-ntrM uiiil I'lnrlMln 



Pratt and Light Sit., BALTIMORE, MD. 



7/0 (.'!U0 In r i:ii.i J.U1.I0 piT thousand 



."•/lO (L'-JS per laae) NJ.UO " 



U'lO (MO per case) 100.00 " " 



(omplrlp l,l»l or FlorUlu' ( hoiro Rrvda. 



A poNtnl riird it III hrlns our rjttnluKue. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1004 Lincoln lllili:.. Til I I.ADKM'IIIA, PA. 



Note*. 



Cleveland, O. — A seed store was 

 (>pfne<l liy Walter E. Cook, Inc., at 

 1U5U4 St. Clair Ave., January loth. 



The National Canncrs" Convention 

 will lie held in Boston all next week 

 with headquarters and a mammoth ei- 

 hibitlon at Mechanics Building. 



The Missouri College of Agriculture 

 publishes the following list showing 

 the number of years for which seed 

 of some vegetables will retain their 

 vitality: Beans, 3; beet, 6; cabbage, 

 !i: carrot, 5; celery, 8; cucumber, 10; 

 eggplant. 6; lettuce, 5; melons of all 

 kinds, 5; okra, 5; parsley, 3; pea, 3; 

 pepper, 4; pumpkin, 4; radish, 5; 

 spinach, 5; squash, 6; tomato, 4; tur- 

 nip, 5. Seed ot other vegetables not 

 mentioned are short-lived, and should 

 never be carried over more than two 

 years. Since seedsmen often carry 

 their seedstocks over one or two sea- 

 sons, it may not always be safe to 

 count on the full life of seeds as men- 

 tioned. Then, too, the older seeds 

 may be somewhat weaker, and there- 

 fore should be sowed thicker and 

 more carefully than fresh seeds. How- 

 ever, old ones are valuable this year, 

 and every one who has any should 

 plant them before ordering a fresh 

 supply. In some cases such as cucum- 

 bers, older seed are thought even bet- 

 ter than new stock. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Stark Bros.' Nurseries, Louisiana, 

 Mo.— Fruit Catalogue, devoted to ap- 

 ples mainly. 



L. E. Williams, Exeter, N. H.— 1918 

 Price List of Collected Native Trees, 

 Shrubs and Plants. 



W. W. Wilmore, Denver, Colo. — 

 "Dahlias, lt»18." A model list, finely 

 illustrated; also Trade List. 



"The Gladiolus Beautiful": a Price 

 List of Bulbs grown by Howard M. 

 flillet. I^ebanon Springs, N. Y. 



Harrison's Nurseries, Berlin, Md. — 

 Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental 

 Nursery Stock. Illustrated and very 

 instructive. 



W. W. .Johnson & Son, Ltd.. Boston, 

 England — Wholesale Trade Catalogue 

 for l!tl8. Vegetable. Flower and Farm 

 Seeds. Sweet Peas and Potatoes. 



William Tricker, Arlington. N. J. — 

 Catalogue and Price List of W'ater 

 Lilies, etc. Very attractive, with four 

 lovely Nymphaea portraits in colors. 



S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson, Mich. — 

 Isbell's Seeds for 1918. 39th year, "As 

 they grow, their fame grows." Pro- 



fusely illustrated. Cover pages show 

 vegetables In colors. 



G. H. Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.— 

 General Seed Catalogue for Spring, 

 1918. A comprehensive selection of 

 good things In vegetable and flower 

 seeds. Covers in colors. 



Thos. J. (!rey Co., Boston, Mass. — 

 1918 General Seed, Plant and Imple- 

 ment Catalogue. Should prove a good 

 business promoter. Six pages of nov- 

 elties and specialties. Fully illustrated 

 and well arranged. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove. 

 Pa.— 1918 Floral Guide. Covers In 

 rich floral color, one of the most In- 

 teresting being a portrait of a spray 

 of the lovely single yellow rose Hugo- 

 nis. Devoted largely to rosea. 



Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, O. — 

 Seed Annual for 1918. 112 pages, of 

 which 76 are devoted to vegetable 

 seeds. Covers brilliantly illuminated 

 with pictures in colors of Manyfold 

 Tomato, Golden Surprise Field Corn 

 and Tom Thumb Pop-Corn. 



Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. — 

 1918 New Creations and Special New 

 Selections in Seeds. Cover artistical- 

 ly attractive with portrait of new crim- 

 son Eschscholtzia "The Burbank." 

 .Many novelties are listed and the de- 

 scriptions are interesting, albeit some- 

 what ostentatious and boastful. 



E. G. Hill Company, Richmond, Ind. 

 — Catalogue of their three specialties, 

 roses, carnations and chrysanthemums. 

 This is ;i trade list, containing much 

 informa'ion for the grower. The il- 

 lustrations are really superb. A 

 beautiful portrait of the new rose 

 Columbia adorns the title page. 



Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen, Holland — 

 General Pricelist of Flower Seeds, De- 

 cember, 1917. A well-known standard 

 publication issued by a house which 

 has many friends in this country. We 

 (luote the following special note: 



Much to our rocrct we could not Issue 

 :it the same time our prlcos of fJardenaeeds, 

 liut wo hope we may he able to send an 

 ahhrevlated list of same later on. 



The Dutch Government has placed an em- 

 barco on all seeds. For Floweraeeds we 

 may expert export-llrejiae In the near 

 future. For Gardenseeds however, we pre- 

 sume that It will take a lonp time still be- 

 fore the export licenses will be granted aa 

 our Government is still making up what Is 

 wanted for home consumption. 



At present we cannot ship by Dutch 

 steamers, as same do not sail. Two 

 steamers with bulbs and plants left our 

 country for the tTnited States during the 

 summer but we were not allowed to ship 

 Mur seeds with them. 



We hope however, that an arrangement 

 may soon be made tietween our countries 

 in regard to this very Important matter 

 else we shall try to ship via England. 



