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HORTICULTURE 



January 21, 1911 



Seed Trade 



Fullerton Still Unconvinced. 

 Mr. Fullerton is the editor of the 

 Long Island Agronomist. All epics, 

 from Paradise Lost down, start wit:i 

 the subject. And so in this epic— we 

 sta;t out with Fullerton— who lo him- 

 self is toth subject and object. FulUr- 

 ton is not a case of "man's first i.isobe- 

 dience and the tall," howeve.. He is a 

 case of chronic scold— all because thf 

 seed trade refuses to go into the insur- 

 ance business. Because, aiter paying 

 his grower ninety cents a pound, and 

 chaiglng his custcnuer a do.lar— a net 

 profit of ten cents— the seeJsnian da- 

 clines to throw in a five thousand dol- 

 lar crop guarantee, fiee gratis, Fuller- 

 ton gets wroth with h'.m! 



It seems to us that HORTICUL- 

 TURE has treated this Fullerton lad 

 seiiously on this subject time and 

 again. But here he n again in the 

 January number of hi; organ, playing 

 the same old tune. The only cure for 

 Fullerton is to start him in the seed 

 business for a while. He wouLl soon 

 find that to guarantee that high-gradf 

 Golden Self-Blanching celery will not 

 sport back to the wild celery is a 

 pretty hazardous proposition. But we 

 are told that Fullerton is a very nico 

 fellow— knows all about the sie.lsman, 

 visits them, talks with them, sympa- 

 thizes with their difficul.ies, lines 

 them! If all that be true, he certainly 

 takis an odd way of shewing it. We 

 fancy he is very much 11. ve the won- 

 derful philanthropist the poet sang 

 about: 

 "A warm and generous lieart be had, 

 Alike for friends and f^es. 

 And exery d;iy tlie uaUed clad- 



When lie put i.n liis cl tlies. 

 If he keeps on in the same bigoted, 

 self-righteous course he is now pur- 

 suing he is in grave danger of going 

 to the place where no clothes are re- 

 quired. _G. C. WATSON. 



Sweet Pea Novelties In England. 

 A bewildering list of new varieties 

 confronts the enthusiast who is desir- 

 ous of being up-to-date in his sto:k of 

 Bweet peas. I heard this week of one 

 raiser having over thirty novelties on 

 offer this season. W. J. Unwin is send- 

 ing out a batch of new aspirants tor 

 fame as follows: Mrs. W. J. Uawin, 

 orange scarlet flakes on white ground; 

 Eric Harvey, white ground, wings 

 edged deep rosy pink, with pink tinted 

 standard; Freda Unwin, light blue 

 self- Nettie Jenkins, a soft lavender 

 self' described as a "Lady Grisel Ham- 

 ilton Spencer;" May Farqiihar, deep 

 blue, similar to Lord Nelson; Mrs. R. 

 Hallam, soft salmon, flushed primrose 

 at base of standard; Mis. H. D. Tig- 

 well, primrose ground, with rose 

 flakes; Madge Ridgaid, white ground 

 flushed with heliotrope pink. C. W. 

 Breadmore "has a useful lot of novel- 

 ties, including Freda, a waved pure 

 white- A. N. Dickson, violet and pur- 

 ple waved variety; Charles Irving, a 

 deep salmon Spencer; Mollie Clegg, 

 lavender mauve Spencer, etc. Gilbert 

 & Sons are making a special feature 

 of Lady Florence Willoughby, cream 

 pink and Hvacinth, described as of a 

 wine color. Bide & Sons, who have 

 hitherto distinguished themselves in the 

 rose world, have now ta'.-en up sweet 

 pea raising. Their new varieties com- 

 prise- Blue Belle, of a tint the name 



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Mrs. R. Massey, similar in 

 Agnes Johnston, and Mrs. 

 Champion, a cream pink 

 viety. Judging from the num- 

 ims who are offering sweet 

 "boom" is still a reality with 

 permanency. 



W. H. ADSETT. 



A Great Water Melon. 



All the big seed houses are booming 

 the Tom Watson water melon this 

 year. Authorities seem to differ as to 

 its origin, but it seems clear that 

 Georeia and the Hon. Tom are highly 

 compHmented. A leading seedsman 

 writes us: 



"People down South really have little 

 to sav as to the origin of the Tom \\ atson 

 water melon. It y-u ask tho^e who are 

 supp sed to liuow, each fellow has a dif- 

 ferent story to tell. Nevertheless, the 

 variety originally came from Ce .raia and 

 was named in honor of Hon. Thomas Wat- 

 son It is a gi od meh u and one that we 

 Sold very heavily of last year, but even 

 althouBh we had taken time by the forc- 

 lo(k, we did uot have anythiug like sul- 

 fnient seed to go round. . 



We have somewhere about, what is pre- 

 snuiablv a history of the variety, and I 

 think we have also in our trial grounds 

 still .-mother history, so a.s to who origi- 

 nated the variety it is not for me to say. 

 Better ask Fullerton." 



Chas. W. Scott of the Yokohama 

 Nursery Co. has just returned from 

 Bermuda and reports the Harris! crop 

 in fine condition at present. 



Mobile, Ala.— A new concern, the 

 Southern Seed Store has started in 

 business at 11 St. Francis street under 

 the management of S. G. Forbes. 



John Tobin, president of the Mis- 

 souii Seed Company, has been elected 

 a director of the Mid-Continental Fire 

 Insurance Co., of Kansas City, Mo. 



Moulton, Iowa.— A. C. Croft Seed 

 Co. incorporated, capital stock $10,000. 

 Incorporators: A. C. Croft, William 

 Edwards, W. C. Bowie, S. Richardson, 

 W. J. Willett, Elmer Wood and E. L. 

 Stickney. 



A telegram received the other day 

 by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., announced 

 that the long deferrfd rains had at last 

 struck California. Our olJ friend, Ed- 

 win Lonsdale, at the Burpee ranch in 

 Santa Barbara county will now be 

 happy as the plows can now be started. 

 Tears, p'.ayers, entreaties for rain, will 

 take a back seat, and hustle will hold 

 swav. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Seed Trade Association met 

 at Detroit on the 11th inst. and selected 

 Milwau'^ee tor the next convention 

 city. There were present the presi- 

 dent, Mr. E. L. Page, all th3 members 

 of the committee, Messrs. J. C. Robin- 

 son, S. F. WMllard, C. N. Page, S. F. 

 Leonard and Kiiby B. Whi e, tog-ther 

 with Watson S. Woodruff, chairman 

 of Committee on Seid Legislation, Al- 

 bert McCullough, chairman of tlie 

 Membi rship Commitiee, and Messrs. 

 W. H. Grenell and John Smith. 



Ariangements were al?o made to at- 

 tena the hearing en the Mann Bills 

 which has been postnoned to Feb- 

 luary 2nd. C. E. KENDEL, Sec'y. 



Notes. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa.— The Hamilton 

 Seed & Ccal Co. have ircorrorated 

 with a capital stock of $25,000. 



Grenloch, N. J.— The Bateman Mfg. 

 Co., who make the Iron Age imple- 

 ments, celebrated their seventy-fifth 

 anniversary on Jan. 12th. 



CALENDARS RECEIVED. 



We hereby acV-nowledge the receipt 

 of calendars, useful and beau iful, for 

 the J ear 1911, from R. M. Ward & Co., 

 Geo. E. Dic'--enson, Wm. Hagem-inn & 

 Co., A. T. De La Mare Co., all of New 

 York, W. Atlee Burpie & Ca., of Phila- 

 delphia, Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N. 

 Y.. and several others. 



Please take out my ads, Feverfew 

 and Snapdragon, as they are all sold. 

 Many thanks to your paper. 



ADOLPH E. E. KOCH. 



Nobscot, Mass. 



Jack Frost Mats 



For Cold Frames 

 $1 25, $14.50 DOZ. 



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42 Vesey St., New York 



