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SEED TRADE 



AMERI(:\> SbEII TKAPB ASSOCIATION 



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AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The Thirty-Sixth Annual ConveDtion 

 of the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion will take place on June IS. 19 and 



F. W. Bolgia.no 



rn-.sii|i-i]I Aiiii-rii'Mii Sih-.I Tniili- Assdiiatimi 



20, at Chicago. The program is an 

 interesting one and no doubt the meet- 

 ings will find plenty to occupy their 

 time, among the many vital questions 

 which are brought up as results of the 

 world war. 



ONION SEED PROSPECTS. 

 We have just received the following 

 letter. We publish it for what it is 

 worth without further comment ex- 

 . cept that it appears to us that per- 

 haps the situation is not quite as bad 

 as Mr. Varela seems to regard it. 



The question of transporting the 

 Bermuda onion seed is almost impos- 

 sible, due to the action of German 

 submarines. The last Spanish mail 

 boat to New York w^as held up by one 

 of them, and the commander notified 

 the captain of the steamer that she 

 was carrying sufficient contraband to 



" Seeds with a Lineage " All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., c. 



166 Ckuikfr of 

 nmerct Bldg., Botloa, Ma 



WEEBER & DON 



114 CHAMBERS ST. 

 NEW YORK 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



Careful Seed Growert and Seed Dittribu- 

 tor* for One Hundred Years 



WRITE FOR OUR 1916 SPECIAL CATALOGUE 



To Market Gnrdenern and KlorliitB 



Pratt and Light Sfi., BALTIMORE, MD. 



We Make a Specialty in 

 GRASS fNIXTURES 



Kur 



Till- I.awn, Blindy Spoti or I'ndir 

 'i'rci'a. tlio Soutti, the Soncliore, tlie 

 lirrnoi- nnd Ui-xtnrlnK Old Lawni, 

 I'ulo (ioriiiidn. Tennis CourtH. l"ut- 

 IlnB Gri'i'tm. Knir OreeDi, Mcndoni 

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 All .,f III.. I'in.Hl Ue.-I<.nii.-.| Soo.U. 



J. M.THORBURN&CO. 



E«tul>lliihrd I80t. 

 53 Barclay Street, NEW YORK 



GARDEN SEED 



IlICET, CARROT. I'AKS.Nir, RADISH and 

 GARDEN PEA SEED In variety: also otber 

 Items of tbe short crop of this [>nst season, 

 as welt as a full line of Garden Seeds, will 

 be quoted jou upon application to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



82DeTSt.. NEW VOKK.nd ORANGE. CONN 



justify their sinking the ship. but. 

 eventually, allowed her to proceed on 

 her way to the U. S. The Spanish 

 mail company has decided, ad interim, 

 to stop further sailings to Cuba and 

 America, unless they are sure that 

 they will have nothing to fear from 

 (ierman submarines. 



I.ast year under less aggravating 

 conditions, your Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture. .Mr. Houston, promised Congress- 

 man for Texas, Mr. Garner, "... .that 

 the onion seed from Teneriffe would 

 be forthcoming as usual, even if it 

 were necesary to send warships to 

 bring it over." The moment has ar- 

 rived when this patriotic decision o'i 

 Secretary Houston is to be put into 

 effect, and 1 request you to kindly 

 send an appeal to your Congressman 

 and Senator, supporting all the peti- 

 tions that are now being made from 

 Texas and elsewhere, in order to ob- 

 tain from the Government of the 

 United States, to send a small sub- 

 marine catcher, detached from the 

 American Navy in European waters, 

 to trans|iorl the onion seed from Ten- 

 eriffe, not later than the ,5th to Inth 

 of August next. Onion seed crop is 

 estimated this year at Sii.OOO lbs. less 

 than in 1917. 



I need not dwell upon the far-reach- 

 ing consequences to millions of Amer- 

 icans, directly and indirectly depend- 

 ing on this trade every year: the fact 

 that the people of the United States 

 would be without onions from March 

 to July. 1919, and that the non-ship- 

 ment of the seed this year to U. S. 

 would mean ruin to thousands of peo- 

 ple in Teneriffe. 1 trust you will 

 kindly second all the efforts that are 

 being made by seedsmen, dealers, 

 onion growers and others, both pri- 

 vately and from the columns of your 

 paper, and thanking you in advance, 



Fedkbico C. V.\hf.i..\. 



JACQUES L. de VILMORIN. 

 .Jacques L. de Vilmorin is the eld- 

 est son of the late Maurice L. de Vil- 

 morin of Paris, France, of the noted 

 seed firm of Vilmorin. Andrleux & Cie. 

 He has been a member of the firm for 

 tbe past ten years Init is now In the 

 .\rmy doing a soldier's duty. He has 

 attended of late years to the selecting. 



J.VCQfES L. DE.VlLMOKIN 



lireeding and crossing. Being in a po- 

 sition to avail himself of the observa- 

 tions and collections of his father, he 

 will, in future, pay particular atten- 

 tion to the scientific part of the busi- 

 ness and we may be sure, follow the 

 paths of his ancestors. His younger 

 brother, who has not yet ended his 

 studies, is an officer in the French 

 Armv on the front. 



