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HORTICULTURE 



January 7, 1911 



Seed Trade 



steps Retraced. 

 The action of Messrs. Theodore 

 Cobb and E. C. Dungan in leaving J. 

 F. Noll & Co., was a surprise to very 

 many in the trade. A few there were, 

 who were not very much surprised and 

 as a matter of fact, claim that they ex- 

 pected this all along, but they are 

 probably in the class of "I told you 

 so" who generally are very accurate 

 prophets after the thing has happened. 

 It is generally known that Mr. Cobb 

 is back with his old house, D. M. Per- 

 ry & Co., while Mr. Dungan has re- 

 turned to the shelter of his old 

 friend, William Henry Maule. With 

 reference to the business of J. F. Noll 

 & Co., we are informed that it will be 

 continued as heretofore, under che di- 

 rection of Mrs. Noll and her brother- 

 in-law, Robert, or Bob as he is famil- 

 iarly known. 



A Troy Failure. 

 The recent assignment of Josiah 

 Young, the Troy, N. Y., seedsman and 

 florist, just at the beginning of the 

 current business season, has caused 

 some little surprise although among 

 those familiar with conditions but it has 

 been anticipated for some time. It is 

 generally reported by those best qtial- 

 ified to express an opinion, that Mr. 

 Young has been steadily losing money 

 for a period of several years and that 

 on one or two occasions, his losses 

 were quite ^eavy. It is unfortunate 

 that he could not have turned his 

 losing streak into a winning one and 

 made a success of his business and he 

 will generally have the sympathy cf 

 those who know him best. We are in- 

 formed that his liabilities are some- 

 thing about $20,000 while his available 

 assets are not considered sufficient 

 to pay more than 25 per cent, on the 

 dollar. There seems little likelihood 

 of a reorganization and continuation 

 of the business and it will doubtless 

 be wound up as soon as the stock on 

 hand can be disposed of. What Mr. 

 Young's plans for the future ars, we 

 have not been informed but wish him 

 success in whatever line he may de- 

 cide to embark. 



Sweet Corn. 

 For some time, there have been ru- 

 mors of damage to the sweet ojrn 

 crop of the country, particularly from 

 Ohio. Just how serious this is going 

 to prove we are unable to say but 

 judging from the quotations that are 

 freely made by the Connecticut and 

 other growers of seed corn, we take 

 it that the damage is not very serious 

 or that Ohio is not a very important 

 factor in this branch of the seed busi- 

 ness which, if correct, will be some- 

 thing of a shock to the Ohio corn 

 growers who have generally thought 

 they would put the handle on the 

 whip. 



Pea Prices Maintained. 

 Both seedsmen and canners are con- 

 tracting liberally for seed peas of the 

 1911 crop and as a general rule, the 

 seed growers are drawing about the 

 prices originally fixed. There have 



The Nan-whoknows-alvrays Sows 



MICHELllS-DISTINCTIVE" SEEDS 



STOCKS 



Tr. plct. Oz. 



Beauty of Nice, 

 pink, 50c $2.00 



Queen Alexandra, 

 lavender, 50c $2.00 



Victoria, pure white, 

 50c $2.00 



BEGONIA 

 GRACILIS 



Tr. Pitt. 



Rosea, pink, $0.30 



Luminosa, scarlet, 

 0.40 



Alba, white, 0.30 



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Henry F. Michell Co., 



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 PHILA., . ■ PA. 



been some slight modifications of the 

 first quotations which, of course, is 

 inevitable because of the fact that 

 pi ices of the leading responsible grow- 

 ers must of necessity be somewhere 

 nearly uniform ant^ as each grower 

 starts out independently without any 

 definite knowledge of what his com- 

 petitors are doing, he only learns after 

 he has called on the trade and hears 

 the quotations of others in his line. 

 As a whole, however, both canaers 

 and seedsmen have paid the advanced 

 prices with less grumbling than 

 seemed possible early in the jeahon. 

 They have doubtless been educated lo 

 appreciate the fact that not only are 

 seed stocks short but that the ad- 

 vanced prices which the seed growers 

 are compelled to pay their farmeis 

 necessitates an advance over last 

 year's figures and as the market is 

 virtually bare even at this early pe- 

 riod, consumers are making liberal 

 .provisions for next year's require- 

 ments. Should the growers be able 

 to deliver practically full on on next 

 season's contracts, there will be a con- 

 siderable shrinkage in the orders 

 which will be placed another year, as 

 it is very well known that the seeds- 

 men at least are ordering largely in 

 excess of actual requirements to an- 

 ticipate the annual and increasing 

 shortage. 



Notes. 

 Springfield, Mo. — The Diamond Seed 

 Co., a new concern capitalized at 

 $25,000 is to be located here. W. J. 

 Wood is president. 



Kendrick, Ida.— W. W. Tracy, Jr., 

 will grow vegetables and flower seeds 

 for the wholesale trade on a farm 

 recently purchased near here. 



San Diego, Calif. — The Harris Seed 

 Co. has decided to move into the old 

 Post Office Block on F street, owing 

 to increased business in their seed 

 and nursery department. They will 

 equip a sales yard for fruit trees as 

 well as ornamental trees and plants. 



Coffeyville, Kans. — It is stated that 

 the Binding-Stevens Seed Co., of 

 Tulsa and Muskogee, Okla., are 

 anxious to open another branch, and 

 are considering Coffeyville very favor- 

 ably. If a suitable site can be se- 



cured and prospects are favorable 

 they will open it early this year. 



Wo are informed that Curtis Nye 

 Smith of Boston, attorney for the 

 American Seed Trade Association, has 

 secured a hearing on the Mann Seed 

 Bill before the committee on Inter- 

 state and Foreign Commerce at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, on January 17. 



McHutchison & Co., the horticul- 

 tural importers, recently received on 

 two steamers within 24 hours, ship- 

 ments of lily of the valley pips totaling 

 1,033 cases — all consigned by ^^ug. Bit- 

 terhoff Sohu, Berlin, Germany, for re- 

 forwarding. Mr. McHutchison says 

 that deliveries of valley pips are gen- 

 erally good this season, though the 

 crop is short — not enough to go 

 around. Prices are high and are con- 

 linually advancing in Germany upon 

 high grades. 



Prospects for next season are that 

 the crop will be smaller than usual — 

 the demand larger than usual with a 

 higher range of prices prevailing and 

 an unceasing demand for high-grade 

 pips. Notwithstanding reports to the 

 contrary, the highest grade of pips 

 that Germany produces are now being 

 shipped to this country; medium 

 grades go to Russia and Europe and 

 the poorest are used almost exclusive- 

 ly in Germany. 



Jack Frost Mats 



For Cold Frames 

 $1.25, $14.50 DOZ. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Ve«ey St., New York 



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1000 lbs surplus Onion Seed 1910 crop 



N. J. WESTERMAN 



Contract Onion Seed Grower 



