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4MBR11:a> SKEl) IKAPK ASSOCIATION 



oawr.— Ir-.l.lrnt. K W. llol«l»M. 

 «..h.=,ton I.. « ; Klr.l Vl««^>'r«ldl«». 

 Wbi U Hr.rl.lt, Itolllmorr. "*•,; "rT;* 



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Wholesale Seedsmen's League. 



A meellnp of the Uoar.l of Directors 



of the Wholewile Stcdinen s League 



was heUI at the Hur.hvi.re Club In New 



York nty on Thurs.lay. May 16th. 



1918 



Tlie present values of the very short 

 suDplv of ear.len seeds remaln'ns' oi. 

 hand for summer and early uiinnM. 

 sales, and the limited supply which 

 "certainlv will be obtained from the 

 harvest" of the approaching autumn 

 were discussed, the consensus of opin- 

 ion beinK that the sui.ply of certain 

 seeds is exceedingly insufficient, parlic- 

 ularlv of turnip, rutabaga and kale. 

 due to winter injury, and also to in 

 difference on the part of the seed 

 farmers in many sections, because o 

 hlKher prices obtained by them for i.11 

 other agricultural products and the 

 scarcity" and inefficiency of labor in 

 most districts. 



The following resolution was adopted. 



••In vli'w of tlK- alm...st <-..mplcte col'npse 

 of G..r<len See.l pro.ln. li..i. '"J\Jf'"P\-^l\ 

 Impeiuling short crops "f >"»">■ ,',"' states 

 cnrdi-n Swds criiwii n the United htaies, 

 ,u.I e unert,.ln costs of a large portion 



f sain,- tlio directors deem it unwise to 

 Kive any expression as to values until after 

 Trops are harvested." 



Canary Island Onionlseed Crop 



Outlook. 



(CusulGeorseK. Stiles, Teneriire, .\pr. 12) 



At this time, approximately three 

 months before the commencement of 

 export to the United Slates of the 1918 

 Canarv Island onionseed crop, the out- 

 look is for a yield approximately la 

 per cent, above the average and prob- 

 ably little, if any. below the record pro- 

 duction of last year. The plants, while 

 damaged to a certain extent by severe 

 wind storms early in April, have 

 nevertheless profited greatly by the 

 timelv rain which has fallen during 

 the first half of this month. The out- 

 look is now said to be excellent, both 

 for the white or "crystal wax" variety 

 and for the yellow and red grades, all 

 of which are exported to some extent 

 to the United States. 



Up until the last few days the ship- 

 ping crisis, caused by the practical 

 tie-up of Spanish steamers for Cuban 

 and American ports, appeared to 

 threaten the delivery of the onion seed, 

 which constitutes at this time 90 per 

 cent of the Canary Islands' exports to 

 the United States. While these steam- 

 ers have now ai)parently resumed 

 their usual routing, there is still a 

 certain element of doubt concerning 

 the continuance of this service; and it 

 might not be out of place for Ameri- 

 can buyers to decline to make payment 

 for this class of merchandise until 

 the actual arrival of the goods them- 

 selves, and not to make payment 

 simply on arrival of bills of lading, 

 as has very lart^ely lieen the practice 

 heretofore. This suggestion is made 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varictiet 



ITkorou^Iy tested at our trial {(roundii, Raiyn«s 

 Park« Lxtndon, En^and. Send for CAtalo0ue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., c»i..i.B(<i« ,b..i.^ m^ 



WEEBER&DON 



114 CHAMBERS ST. 

 NEW YORK 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



Careful Seed Grower* and St<d Dittriku- 

 tor» for One Hundred Years 



WRITE FOR OUR 1918 SPECIAL CATALOGUE 



To Market Gardrom and Finrlatt 

 Pratt and Light S»... BALTIMORE. MD. 



because of the unprecedented shipping 

 conditions under which the trade must 

 be conducted this season. 



Prickly Seeded Spinach 

 "Prickly seeded spinach, an old 

 favorite type that is coming back on 

 the market this year, because seed of 

 the common spinach — Savoy leaf — is 

 scarce, has just as much food value 

 and as good a flavor as the smooth- 

 leaf Savoy which you are more accus- 

 tomed to buying. Don't snub it." 



Specialists of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture make the 

 above explanation, because they fear 

 a loss to growers may result from the 

 belief of many consumers and dealers 

 that the prickly seeded type, whicli 

 somewhat resembles dandelion in ap 

 pearance, is a new spinach, differing 

 in food value. The Savoy is now 

 almost the only type grown commer- 

 ciallv. but it is explained that only a 

 few " years ago the prickly seeded 

 spinach was the most popular kuvl 

 produced for winter use. 



Seed to Farmers at "Cost." 

 Stimulating the production of foods. 

 feedstuffs. and live stock, promoting 

 the fuller conservation of farm prod- 

 ucts generally, are the objects of the 

 bill reported to the House May 6 by 

 the Committee on Agriculture. The 

 new act carries an appropriation of 

 $11,712,283, and, in addition, makes 

 avaUable as a revolving fund during 

 the period of the war the $2..500.oftn 

 appropriated by the food production 

 act for thfe purchase and sale of seed 

 to farmers for cash at cost, as well 

 as the $4,00n,000 for the same purpose 

 appropriated by the urgent deficiency 

 act of 1918. 



The Seed Reporting Service of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture gives 

 the following summary of the corn 

 situation to date: 



We Make'a Specialty in 



GRASS MIXTURES 



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The Lawn, Shady Spots or Under 

 TreeH, the South, the Seachorc, the 

 'I'errare and Kestorlng Old I.awnn. 

 I'olo (ionmds. Tennis CourlM. I'ut- 

 thiE Greens, Fair Greens, Meadows 

 and I'astures. 

 All of tbo Finest Rocleaned Seeds. 



J. M.THORBURN&CO. 



Ealabllihed ISOt. 

 53 Barclay Street. NEW YORK 



GARDEN SEED 



IlKKT. fARROT. PARSNIP. RADISH »n4 

 GARDEN I'KA WKBD In Tsrlety: slss otksr 

 items of the short crop of this put sfnioa 

 ss wpll ss s full llDs of GsrilsD i—Ai, wUl 

 be QUOtsd you upon sppllrstlon to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



S2 Per St.. NEW YORK and ORANCE.CONN 



"While the planting season of corn 

 generally is well advanced, miny sec- 

 tions report delayed planting due to 

 weather conditions. This ia not true 

 so much in regard to location or sec- 

 tions as it is to the character of soil. 

 On low. flat and heavy land planting 

 has been delayed considerably, an I a 

 summary of reports from Illinois 

 would indicate that a very large pf:' 

 cent, of the crop is yet to be planted 



"Michigan has planted little corn 

 yet. Some sections of northern Illi- 

 nois, Indiana and Ohio report that the 

 corn is nearly all planted, while other 

 sections, even tar south of these 

 points, report they are just starting 

 to plant, or planting has been consid- 

 erably delayed. Many sections report 

 corn coming up well and not much 

 replanting necessary, while some say 

 that corn is very poor stand, and oth- 

 ers, that heavy replanting has been 

 necessary. Demands for seed corn 

 latelv have not been as heavy, but it 

 is feared that these demands will be 

 heavier as the season advances an.i 

 more of the crop is planted. 



'•In sections where care has oeen 

 usetl in testing the corn, reports are 

 excellent. Where this care has not 

 been exercised, reports are that much 

 replanting will be necessary. In one 

 Illinois county where fifty-four samples 

 were obtained from planters in the 

 field and this corn tested, twenty five 

 of them showed moderate to poor 

 germination. The average of the en- 

 tire lot out of a hundred grains of each 

 planted showed— 64 strong. 15 weak 

 and 21 grains dead." 



It is further stated that no "field- 

 run" corn germinating over 80 per 

 cent, has been reported from the dis- 

 trict of North and South Dakota. 

 Minnesota and Wisconsin. 



W \tlee Burpee. .Jr.. secretary and 

 treasurer of the W. Atlee Burpee Com- 

 pany, has enlisted in the United States 

 Naval Reserves. 



