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HORTICULTURE 



February 18, 1911 



Seed Trade 



Canners' Convention. 



Another Canners' Convention has 

 passed into history and it is only fair 

 to say that in all essentials it has ex- 

 celled any previous one. The attend- 

 ance was undoubtedly the largest in 

 the history of the Canners' Associa- 

 tion, while the volume of business 

 transacted by the Machinery and Sup- 

 ply men was probably greater than 

 ever before. All are pretty well agreed 

 on these facts. The seed growers 

 were liberally represented as usual, 

 only one of the prominent pea and 

 bean growers being absent. 



Canners' Peas Sold Up to Limit. 



Before the close of the convention 

 the fact developed that most of the 

 pea and bean growers were very near- 

 ly booked up to their capacity. We 

 are informed that the largest concern 

 in this line of business is now sold up 

 for future delivery on almost all va- 

 rieties of so-called canners' peas and 

 as previously stated, the others are in 

 very much the same situation. A large 

 number of the canners, following their 

 usual habit, are reluctant to place their 

 orders and are looking for prices to 

 weaken. These people are certainly 

 doomed to suffer disappointment and 

 will well deserve it. The idea which 

 possesses many men to always be look- 

 ing for something a little better than 

 their competitors can get, not infre- 

 quently causes them much trouble 

 and extra expense. It has been 

 stated in these columns at dif- 

 ferent times that spot peas of the 

 sweet wrinkled varieties were practi- 

 cally out of the market, and this fact 

 ■ was certainly brought out forcibly dur- 

 ing the convention, when numerous in- 

 quiries were made for different varie- 

 ties which were not procurable at any 

 price. One canner was looking for a 

 thousand bushels of one variety, while 

 many others wanted quantities ranging 

 from one hundred to five and six hun- 

 dred bushels, and it is safe to say that 

 the aggregate must have been at least 

 ten thousand bushels. It is absolute- 

 ly impossible for the canners to secure 

 any considerable quantity of these 

 peas and they will be compelled to sub- 

 stitute Alaskas or reduce their acre- 

 age. 



Rochester's Prospects. 



No selection was made of a place for 

 the next annual convention, but if one 

 may express an opinion from informa- 

 tion received, it looks as if Rochester 

 would be the favorite town. This city 

 was represented by the proprietors of 

 its two leading hotels and a delegation 

 of wide-awake, able supporters who 

 presented their case with both logic 

 and eloquence, and it is almost a thou- 

 sand to one shot that they have won 

 their case. Among the other competi- 

 tors may be mentioned New Orleans 

 and St. Paul. The latter has no 

 chance whatever, while New Orleans 

 has very little more. As the conven- 

 tion is due to go east next year, there 

 is certainly no town more capable of 

 taking care of it and meeting all the 

 requirements, than Rochester. This 

 city has been seeking the convention 

 for the past three seasons and has ac- 

 cepted defeat philosophically and its 

 representatives have shown them- 

 selves to be good losers. We wish 

 them success. 



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The IVIachinery and Supplies Exhibits. 



Two years ago it was voted by the 

 Machinery and Supplies Association to 

 exhibit only every other year. Last 

 year was the first when no exhibits 

 were held for quite a number of years 

 and the attendance was not over one- 

 third of this year's or one-half of the 

 year before, and those canners who 

 have been insisting that the exhibits 

 were a detriment have doubtless seen 

 a light, although a few of them are 

 such natural born reactionaries they 

 very much resemble the Scotch dom- 

 inie who thanked God his mind was 

 not open to conviction on a certain 

 point. 



At the business session of the Asso- 

 ciation held during the past week, the 

 resolution of two years ago was re- 

 scinded and it was voted to hold an 

 exhibit next year unless the site 

 chosen for the convention should make 

 it too expensive to be profitable. It is 

 safe to say in this connection that if 

 Rochester is chosen, it seems quite 

 certain that the machinery exhibits 

 will be on even a larger scale than 

 here this year. 



Personal. 



Jerome B. Rice, Jr., was married to 

 a young lady of Cambridge, N. Y., Feb. 

 1st, and the couple are now on their 

 honeymoon, intending to visit Europe 

 and the Holy Land and expect to be 

 gone several months. 



Mr. and Mrs. Jerome B. Rice are at 

 Miami, Florida, and have been for sev- 

 eral weeks. It is reported that the 

 climate being somewhat damp, has 

 not benefited Mr. Rice's rheumatic con- 

 dition as much as he expected and 

 that it is very likely they will seek an- 

 other part of Florida where the air is 

 drier. 



Unreliable Seed Trade Information. 



The value of the information fur- 

 nished by some trade journals is illus- 

 trated by a quotation from one of 

 them as follows; "The packers of 

 peas. corn, tomatoes, etc., are reported 

 to have sold at this early date, all the 

 1911 pack they care to pledge of the 

 pack." Those familiar in the slightest 

 degree with the business, know this to 

 be absolutely )uisleading and incorrect. 

 Another quotation is as follows: "The 

 annual gathering of the canning trades 

 will take place at Milwaukee next 

 week. There will be no machinery dis- 

 play. Some of the seedsmen who have 

 been regular attendants, will pass it 

 up this year, having no peas and little 

 else for sale." As a matter of fact, 

 the machinery exhibits this year were 

 the largest in the history of he can- 

 ning industry and it was known two 

 years ago that this was the year for a 

 display by the Machinery and Supplies 

 Association. As to the statement that 

 most of the seedsmen would pass up 

 the convention, it is a fact as already 

 stated that but one prominent seed 

 grower was absent. All of the others 

 who generally attend these conven- 

 tions were there with both feet and 

 industriously canvassing for business. 



Notes. 



The customary spring season "night 

 work" began at Thorburn's, N. Y., on 

 Thursday, February 9, this being the 

 earliest date for some years. 



Burnett Bros.' window on Cortlandt 

 street, New York, was wrecked by the 

 dynamite explosion which did so great 

 damage in the downtown district in 

 New York city two weeks ago. 



S. D. Woodruff & Sons have made 

 substantial improvements in their 

 place at .S2 Dey street, New York, and 

 now have a well-appointed wholesale 

 and retail store on the gi'ound floor. 



Incorporated. 



Cooksville, III. — Hayward Bros., to 

 deal in grain, seeds and farm products. 



Sturgeon Bay, Wis. — The Door Coun- 

 ty Seed Co., capital stock $15,000. In- 

 corporators, Louis H. Klenke and 

 others. 



Billings, Mont. — The Montana Seed 

 and Plant Co., capital stock $25,000. 

 In corporators, M. B, Brown, V. T. 

 Brown and C. E. Wharton. 



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