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HORTICULTURE 



April 29, 1911 



Seed Trade 



The Weather and Its Effect. 



The weather, while pleasant for the 

 most part, remains unseasonably cool, 

 greatly retarding vegetation and af- 

 fecting local retail trade in practically 

 all parts of the country. There will 

 doubtless be an abrupt change one 

 of these fine days to July temperature 

 and those who are grumbling now 

 about the cool weather will be glad 

 to have a little to temper the heat 

 which no doubt will be uncomfortable 

 to all. Looks very much as if we 

 were going to have a very late season 

 and business will probably extend well 

 into June. Whether the total volume 

 will be equal to last year is proble- 

 matical, but the chances are that it 

 will not. 



Pea and Bean Surpluses. 

 Notwithstanding the extremely 

 short crop of peas and the great scarc- 

 ity during the past winter, quite a 

 number of retailers have a surplus to 

 offer at this time, but such offerings 

 are, as a rule, too late to be available 

 for those who could have used them 

 to advantage early in the season. No 

 doubt, the total quantities which will 

 be carried over this year will be small, 

 but each one is eager to dispose of 

 every bushel of surplus at present 

 market values, knowing full well that 

 it may be many years before we again 

 see prices at this season's levels. We 

 have not seen as many surplus lists 

 floating around as usual at this season 

 of the year, but there are a few which 

 of course, could not possibly be omit- 

 ted by those who send them out. 

 There seems to be beans enough of 

 nearly all varieties to fully satisfy 

 every requirement, and doubtless 

 there will be some surplus carried 

 into the coming year. 



Rochester's Convention Prospects. 



We are informed that there is to 

 be a meeting of the presidents of the 

 Canners' Machinery & Supplies Asso- 

 ciation and the Brokers' Association at 

 Rochester the coming week to decide 

 on the place for the next National 

 Canners' Convention. We have ex- 

 pressed the opinion heretofore that 

 Rochester would be the place selected, 

 and there is nothing at the present 

 time to indicate any other conclusion. 

 As soon as the matter has been defi- 

 nitely decided we will be pleased to 

 advise the trade. 



Germination of Seed Corn. 

 There has been more or less fault 

 found with the germinating qualities 

 of seed corn this season, very few 

 samples of the late varieties showing 

 germinating qualities as high as 80 per 

 cent. Notwithstanding this fact, how- 

 ever, there has been comparatively 

 little complaint thus far, but should 

 weather conditions be unfavorable at 

 the time of planting so as to retard 

 the growth to any extent, then com- 

 plaints will doubtless be many and 

 loud. It is earnestly hoped that the 

 weather and soil conditions will" be 

 favorable when the seed is planted so 

 as to derive full benefit from every 

 sound grain planted. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed 



New Crop Just Received 



True to Name and of High Germinating Quality 



1 



GREENHOUSE.HOME 6R0WN SEED 



500 Seed $ 2.25 



1 ,000 " 4.00 



5,000 " 18.75 



10,000 " 35.00 



25,000 " 83.75 



LATHHOUSE GROWN SEED 



500 Seed $ 1.50 



1,000 " 2.75 



5,000 " 13.50 



10,000 " 26.00 



25,000 " 62.50 



Semi for our Florists' Price List. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Maritet St. 



Phiia., Pa. 



Ohio Seed Bill Criticised. 



That Ohio will be taking an unwise 

 step in the passage of the Huber pure 

 seed bill is the belief of Charles 

 Cranston of the Livingston Seed Com- 

 pany. The bill has passed the house 

 and as amended is recommended for 

 passage by the Senate committee on 

 agriculture. The committee struck 

 out section 12, which exempted farm- 

 ers selling to each other seeds they 

 had grown. 



The bill provides for tests by the 

 State Department of Agriculture and 

 the minimum standard is one impure 

 seed in 2.000 seeds sold. Cranston 

 pointed out that the Department of 

 Agriculture would have to be multi- 

 plied many times in order to give it 

 enough men to make the tests re- 

 quired. As they could not stop the 

 importation of seeds into the state, 

 Ohio, he said, would become the 

 dumping ground for the bad seed of 

 the entire country. 



The enlargement of the department, 

 Cranston declares, might easily cause 

 the building of an unwieldy organiza- 

 tion and unscientific methods. "It 

 would make for the wiping out of the 

 Toledo inspection bureau, whose work 

 is accepted all over the world." said 

 he. 



Another effect of the high standard, 

 he said, would be to compel the 

 farmer to buy and sell outside the 

 state. — Cohimhus (O.) Journal. 



"Transparent" Seed Packets. 

 Even the amateur gardener in the 

 rural districts is beginning to wonder 

 at the vagaries of Uncle Sam's post 

 office at Washington, which heretofore 

 they held in high reverence and ad- 

 miration. A lady in a small village in 

 Connecticut, writing to W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee & Co., of Philadelphia, says: 



"Wliy do the.v have such fool Iflws in 

 llie post office? That mentioned in the 

 lat.Tlogue about initting seeds in paper 

 that can be seen tlirough! Anyone who 

 ever sent anything or received a pacliage 

 through the mail l;nows it is necessary 

 to liave strong paper. I have often re- 

 i-cived things wliere the wrapper was in 

 tatters; the piece with the name fell off. 

 A last Christmas present came 30 miles 

 and the envelope was iust ready to drop 

 off. worn through on the edges. 



"The fellows who own the P. O. want 

 us to feel subjugated: so the.v treat the 

 people as if we were all criminals, without 

 .■my rights." 



The New York State Pure Seed Bill. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE. 



With further reference to Assembly- 

 man Gregg's pure seed bill, No. 834, I 

 beg to advise that the hearing on this 

 bill at Albany on April 19th was 

 largely attended by the seed trade 

 throughout the state. We have filed 

 a protest against the bill and the mat- 

 ter is now in the hands of the Agricul- 

 tural Committee, whose decision we 

 are awaiting. 



MARSHALL H. DURYEA, 

 New York State Correspondent of the 



American Seed Trade Association. 



Notes. 

 Big Stone, S. D.— The seed and feed 

 business of J. B. Hublou has been 

 purchased by J. A. Wilson. 



Lansing, Mich. — The Leonard Seed 

 Co., Chicago, 111., and Portland, Mich., 

 have incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $150,000. 



We learn that Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 

 Rice are expected home next week. 

 It was reported that they would arrive 

 during the present week, but we are 

 informed that they have been delayed 

 and probably will not arrive before 

 some time during the coming week. 



SEEDS 



BULBS 



For Immediate Planting 

 Finest Floinst Strains 



BUDS 



C. R. CLOECKNER, Pros. 



76 Barclay Street, hew York 



HEW CROP FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS 



Vlnca separate colora aud mixed, 

 per ounce 6Uc. ; Verbena Mammotb 

 in colors or mixed, per ounce 60c; 

 Salvia Splendens, per ounce $1.25; 

 Bonfire, per ounce $2.00; Cobaea 

 Scandens, Stocks, Lobelia, etc. Write 

 for wholesale catalogue. 



WEEBER A DON 

 Sill Mirchints iml CroKtrs. 114 Chinbers St, . Clt|. 



ONION »ETS 



HEAnqUARTERS FOR THE EAST. 



We carry large stocks of choice quality 

 at both our Orange, Conn., and New York 

 City houses. Full line all yarleties of Gar- 

 den and Flower Seeds] Trade List on ap- 

 plication. 



8. D. WOODRUFF A KON8, 



St ntr atrrat, 

 Oranir*, CoBn. K«w T«rk CltJ, 



