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HORTICULTURE 



January 14, 1911 



Seed Trade 



Mr. Senipke, who represents W. W. 

 Barnard on the road, spent part of last 

 week calling on the St. Louis trarle 

 with good results. 



Logan City, Utah. — The new ad- 

 dress of the seed store of T. J. Poul- 

 ter is 122 North Main street, they 

 having moved on Jan. 1st. 



San Diego, Calif. — George R. Seley, 

 after having been engaged in other 

 business for several years, has opened 

 a seed store at 1544 E street. 



Springfield, Mo. — The Springfield 

 Seed Co., at a recent meeting of the 

 stockholders, voted to increase the 

 capital stock from $25,000 to $75,000. 



Gibbsboro, N. J. — A contract seed 

 growing business has been started 

 here by John C. Long, formerly man- 

 ager of the Panmure Seed Gardens, 

 Newfield, N. J. 



Springfield, Mo. — The Diamond Seed 

 Co. has been incorporated" with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. The incor- 

 porators are W. J. Wood, T. H. San- 

 der and others. 



Houston, Texas. — The Cross S. 

 Farming Co. has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to 

 grow, sell and purchase seeds, plants, 

 trees, etc. Incorporators: E. J. Buck- 

 ingham, Carl P. Groos, H. L. Howard 

 and Mason Williams. 



Curtis Nye Smith has just received i 

 telegram from Hon. Jas. R. Mann, 

 chairman of the Committee on Inter- 

 state and Foreign Commerce, H. R., 

 that the hearing on the Mann Seed 

 Bill has been postponed to February 

 2nd. Mr. Smith has notified President 

 F. W. Bruggerhof of the Wholesale 

 Seedsmen's League, that on January 

 9th Senator Depew introduced in the 

 Senate of the United States a bill 

 (S. 10,098) to provide for the introduc- 

 tion of foreign nursery stock by per- 

 mit only, etc. 



LOW FARES TO ITHACA. 



The New York State College of Ag- 

 riculture has just been notified by the 

 Secretary of the Trunk Line Associa- 

 tion that a reduced rate of IVz cents 

 a mile within a radius of 150 miles of 

 Ithaca has been granted for Farmers' 

 Week and that tickets are good from 

 February 18th to 25th inclusive. This 

 is a marked reduction and should com- 

 mand attention from all persons con- 

 sidering the possibility of attendance 

 at Farmers' Week at Ithaca. 



CHARLES H. TUCK. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 

 Troy, N. Y. — Josiah L. Young, en- 

 gaged in an agricultural, seed and 

 flower business at 375 River street 

 has filed a petition in voluntary bank- 

 ruptcy. Liabilities $21,315, assets 

 $17,778. 



Jan. 6, 1911. 



Dear HORTICULTURE: — An old 

 fellow who lost his wife said, "By 

 jocks, I'd rather lost a good cow." So 

 I'd rather part with a dollar than 

 forego the pleasure of your company 

 for another year. Here's the evidence 

 — P. O. money order, $1.00. 



Iowa. E. S. 



Henry F. Michell Co., 



518 Market St., 

 PHILA., - - PA. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Jno. Burton of Chesluut Hill has 

 been seriously ill with grippe, lum- 

 bago and other complications for the 

 past week, and at this writing (Jan- 

 uaiy 11) is reported no better. We' 

 do not wish to be an alarmist but. like 

 the rest of his myriads of friends, we 

 are some anxious. 



Hugh M. Taylor of Lloyd, Pla., a 

 distinguished water melon grower, 

 and W. Fosgate of Santa Clara, Cal., 

 one of the leading general seed grow- 

 ers of the Pacific coast, were the 

 .guests of Howard M. Earl, of W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., at Dooner's on the even- 

 ing of January Gth. Your correspon- 

 dent had the pleasure and honor of a 

 hurried introduction to these distin- 

 guished visitors — and hopes to have a 

 chance tor more intimate acquaintance 

 the next time — so that the readers of 

 Horticulture may get the benefit of 

 their researclies and conclusions in 

 their special linos. If he is fortunate 

 enough to get this it will be worth 

 reading. 



W. H. Greuell, of Saginaw, Mich., 

 and Pierrepont Manor, N. Y., was in 

 Philadelphia recently and enjoyed in- 

 terviews with the seed trade of that 

 city. Mr. Grenell is considered one 

 of the leading seed growers tor the 

 wholesale trade — his specialty being 

 peas and beans. He has held a high 

 position in that line for the past 25 

 years. At one time he had the honor 

 of being president of the Seed Trade 

 Association of America. On being 

 asked, he gave a rather pessimistic 

 forecast as to the pea and bean out- 

 look, and could see no probability for 

 the glowers making any money in the 

 near future — not within the ne.\t 

 three years at least. He made the 

 sensational statement that new stocks 

 would have to come from abroad be- 

 fore we could get back on an even 

 keel. This is strenuously denied by 

 some leading seedsmen here. The 

 idea seems to prevail that the 

 growers are exaggerating the situa- 

 tion — even acknowledging the fact 

 that they have been "up against it" 

 for a year or two. One thing is 

 sure — there will have to be bigger 

 profits both in the growing and vend- 

 ing of high-grade seeds, if the same 

 high-class ability is to continue in 

 the business instead of having bright. 



honest and experienced men drifting 

 into easier and more profitable occu- 

 pations. 



Visitors:— G. Carson Boyd, Wilming- 

 ton, Del.; John A. Cook, Beverly, N. 

 J.; Mrs. McAllister, Passaic, N. J.; 

 Chas. Rooney, Edgemoor, Del.; James 

 Cruickshank, of R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co., Boston, Mass.; G. Braselman. New 

 Castle, Indiana. 



W. E. Maynard of N. Y., was an- 

 other of our rare visitors recently. He 

 is as debonnair and hearty as ever and 

 it is as good as a trip to Atlantic City 

 to have a half hour's chat with him. 



INCORPORATED. 



Lawrence, Kans. — The Ince Nursery 

 Co.. capital stock $10,000. President, 

 Paul R. Brooks; vice-president and 

 manager, J. W. Ince; secretary and 

 treasurer, E. L. Ince. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — The Kelsey Nur- 

 series, capital stock $50,000; to con- 

 duct a general nursery business. 

 Stock holders, Edwin S. Welch, Ida 

 A. Welch of Shenandoah, George L. 

 Welch, Jlay H. Welch of Fremont, 

 Nebr., Charles G. Ferguson, Anna B. 

 Ferguson and Carl A. I. Farguson of 

 St. Joseph, Mo. 



Westboro, Mass. — Manuel Gardner 

 has given up his position with his 

 father and accepted one in the Walter 

 E. Draper greenhouses in Rochdale. 



Jack Frost Mats 



For Cold Frames 

 $1.25, $14.50 DOZ. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Veiey St., New York 



1000 lbs surplus Onion Seed 1910 crop 



N. J. WESTERMAN 



Contract Onion Seed Groover 



b«^ec^i-ie:i-, . . KY. 



