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HORTICULTURE 



May 27, 1911 



with the Senate Agricultural Commit- 

 tee by first mail. Yours very truly, 



MARSHALL H. DURYEA, 

 New York State Correspondent, Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association. 



Unfavorable Reports from Europe. 



Advices received within the past 

 two weeks regarding European seed 

 crop are far less favorable than earl- 

 ier In the season. Some weeks ago, 

 reports while not altogether satisfac- 

 tory, were very much more encourag- 

 ing than last year, but recently there 

 has been a change for the worse and 

 this affects biennials, especially root 

 crops such as beets, carrots, mangels, 

 turnips, etc. If very recent informa- 

 tion regarding beets and carrots can 

 be relied on, it seems that we are in 

 for as short crops as last season, and 

 with no reserves to fall back on, 

 prices are likely to reach new high 

 levels the coming season. We shall 

 be able to give more detailed informa- 

 tion later on, but enough is known at 

 present to cause a great deal of anx- 

 iety on the part of the trade through- 

 out the country. 



The Home Outlook. 



The extreme heat of the past week 

 or ten days together with the severe 

 drought, are causing seed growers in 

 all parts of the country a good deal 

 of worry, with the possible exception 

 of those in California. A change for 

 the better — that is, for cooler weather 

 and good rains, would be very wel- 

 come and, as it is yet early, crops 

 have not suffered any very serious 

 damage thus far, with the exception 

 of the grain and hay crops in which 

 seedsmen are only indirectly inter- 

 ested. Peas are generally coming up 

 in a satisfactory way, but a few good 

 rains would be highly beneficial and 

 helpful towards securing good crops. 



Indications' at this time are that the 

 pea crop in Delaware and Maryland 

 will be decidedly short, owing to the 

 extreme drought as well as heat, but 

 the former is more directly respon- 

 sible for the shortage. Undoubtedly, 

 the pack in the two states named will 

 not be even as large as last year, 

 which was rather below average. We 

 shall be able to give more definite in- 

 formation in the course of a few 

 weeks as packing will not begin until 

 after June 1st, owing to the crop being 

 late this year. 



A New Seed House. 



A new seed house is to be started 

 in Albany under the firm name of 

 Houghton & Sherman. Mr. Sherman 

 is of the former firm of Sherman & 

 Eberle. He sold out his interest two 

 years ago to his partner, Frederick 

 W. Eberle, and after thinking it over 

 for a considerable time, has decided 

 to again engage in the business with 

 which he has been connected for a 

 great many years. It would seem as 

 if Albany had something of an over- 

 supply of seed houses, but as the ma- 

 jority of those engaged in the busi- 

 ness draw their trade largely from 

 other parts of the country, the addi- 

 tion of one more may not make very 

 much difference. We certainly offer 

 Mr. Sherman our best wishes for suc- 

 cess and hope he will do everything 

 possible to uphold the good name and 

 reputation of the seed business. 



MIGHELLS"''DlsfiNGflvT'^PANSIES 



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JliclieU's Giant Exhibition. Fur size of bloom, lieayy texture aud varied shades 

 and colors, witb tlieir distimt marUlugs. this strain cannot be excelled. Vi trade 

 plvt., :iOc. ; auc. per trade plit. ; Vs oz., T.5c. ; .$3.00 per oz. 

 Triumph of the Giants. Produces on bmg stems flowers of Immense size; the 

 petals iiein^ very broad and overlappiui^ each other malie the dower.s appear 

 almost double; iuauy lieautiful shades. GOc. per % trade plit.; trade pkt., $1.00; 

 $2.00 per Vx oz. ; per oz., .$7.00. 



Trade Pl;t. Oz. 



Buffnot. Odier and Cassier. Superb mixture $0.50 $4.00 



Giant Triniardejiu. Very large dowering 30 1.2.5 



Mad. Ferret. I'.loonis very early; fragrant; especially rich in red shades. ..50 2..50 



Masterpie<'e. Xe^y Kiant, <-urled - 50 4.00 



Non Plus ntra. iMant blotched varieties .50 :!.00 



Odier or Blot<hed. A beautiful strain .50 3.0O 



Parisian Large Stained. Large flowerin.g 40 1.75 



Finest English. Large flowering 25 .75 



Very Fine .Mi.xed 15 .50 



GIA.|M-r ^ORI-^ ir<J SEF3A.R^V-re C3C3I_0F3S 



15M5 Giant Prize .X/.iire Blue 4(1 1..50 



1,5,37 '■ '■ Blaclv Blue 40 1..50 



1539 " " Emperor William. Blue 40 1.50 



1541 " " Hortensia Red 40 2.(X) 



1543 " " King of tlie Bla<Us 40 1..50 



1.545 " " Lord Bea.'onsHelrt. Purple violet 40 1.50 



154n " •• Peaco<-li. IIlup, claret and white 40 2.50 



1551 " " Snow (Jueen. Pure white 40 1.50 



1.553 '■ " Striped and Mottled 40 1.50 



1.557 " " «'liite with Eye 40 1.50 



1.5.5!> ■• '• Pure Yellow 40 1.30 



1.581 ■■ ■■ Yellow with Eye 40 1.50 



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Notes. 



The fifth annual meeting of the 

 Iowa Seed Dealers' Association will 

 be held at the Chamberlain Hotel in 

 Des Moines on Tuesday, June 6th. 



San Francisco, Cal. — A new seed 

 firm, the Hallowell Seed Co., has be- 

 gun business at 266 Market street. 

 The manager, H. Hallowell, was for- 

 merly with C. C. Morse & Co. 



ther growing, but as far as the pres- 

 ent outlook goes, the crop is prosper- 

 ous. 



Carlos Jensen, manager of the ex- 

 port department for L. Daehnfeldt 

 Odense, Denmark, is making a two 

 months' visit to America this spring. 

 He spent May 1.5th and 16th in Chi- 

 cago and, talking to our correspon- 

 dent there, said he had a very exalted 

 opinion of American seedsmen and 

 that he never should forget the royal 

 way in which he had been entertained 

 here, though a stranger. 



Josiah Young, the Troy seedsman, 

 who went into bankruptcy some few 

 months ago, has bought the green- 

 houses connected with his former busi- 

 ness, from the receiver and is now 

 conducting this and it is the wish of 

 all who know Mr. Young, that he may 

 be prosperous and successful in this 

 department. His old store is occupied 

 by another line of business and at the 

 present time, our genial friend, H. W. 

 Gordinier, enjoys a practical monopoly 

 of the seed business in Troy. 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co. report 

 with regard to the present outlook for 

 cabbages for crop 1911: The winter 

 was very mild and not very moist, so 

 that the over-wintering of cabbagos 

 was extraordinarily good and with 

 only a very little percentage of death 

 heads — 5-10 per cent of the late cab- 

 bages and 35-50 per cent of the early 

 cabbages. The heads started growth 

 very early, but severe frosts with 

 storms the 5th, 6th and 7th of April 

 injured the new shoots somewhat and 

 it is not easy to say to what extent 

 this late winter will influence the fur- 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co. are send- 

 ing out to the American trade the 

 following communication. 



As we have heard that a New York rep- 

 resentative of a new Danish firm, has been 

 offering an early cabbage named "Earliest 

 Danish Summerballhead," as being pre- 

 cisely the same as our "Copenhagen Mar- 

 ket." we warn those buying any seeds 

 thereof from him or his firm, as to be the 

 same as offered by us under the name 

 "Copenhagen Market," that it can abso- 

 lutely not be genuine, if not grown from 

 our stock. 



"Copenhagen Market." we found in our 

 trial grounds in 1008 and seed thereof was 

 offered the first time to the trade b.v us 

 September. 1910. and we decided then to 

 name it "Copenhagen Market." No other 

 firm can sel! any seeds as the same as 

 "Copenhagen Market" or named so, when 

 not bought from us. "Danish Summer- 

 liallhead" is an old well-merited "Sum- 

 mer Cabbage." grown and offered by us 

 tor at least seven years, but not as early, 

 large-headed and equal maturing as "Co- 

 penhagen Market." 



To avoid confusion, which seems to be 

 the result of above named representative's 

 acting, we have taken steps' to forbid him 

 to offer any seeds not grown l>y us as pre- 

 cisely the same as "Copenhagen Market," 

 in order to protect the interests of our 

 customers and the trade. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED, 



Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Inc., Chi- 

 cago. — The Eclipse Pumper. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md.— 

 Sheet of Surplus Stocks of Fruit and 

 Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Whole- 

 sale quotations. 



Watkins & Simpson, London. Eng- 

 land.— Seeds of Vegetables and Flor- 

 ists' Flowers, also Perennials and Bi- 

 ennials for Summer and Autumn Sow- 

 ing. 



Howard Smith & Co., Los Angeles, 

 Cal. — General Catalogue for 1911. 

 New Shasta daisies and cactus dahlia 

 Mrs. H. Shoesmith on a jet black 

 background make striking cover illus- 

 trations for this handsome catalogue. 

 Many novelties are listed and the il- 

 lustrations are especially well done. 



