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HORTICULTURE 



June 10, 1911 



Seed Trade 



The Drougth Broken. 



The protracted drougth which has 

 extended over almost the entire At- 

 lantic seaboard and as far west as 

 Pennsylvania, has been effectively 

 broken, copious rains having fallen 

 over the territory within the past 

 week. While this rain comes too late 

 to be of service to peas in the south, 

 and many early vegetables, it will be 

 of great benefit at all points from 

 New Jersey, north, and as far west as 

 New York and Pennsylvania. In the 

 two latter states but few crops have 

 advanced to a point where they will 

 not be greatly benefited by the rains. 



Truckers in Jersey and Long Island 

 have earnestly hoped for rain for 

 weeks and it is now believed that 

 enough has fallen to carry them along 

 for some considerable time, while the 

 indications are that there may be a 

 swing to the other extreme, and they 

 may get more moisture than they re- 

 quire. 



The Pea Crop. 



Peas, which are a matter of great 

 interest to the seed trade, and espe- 

 cially growers, are in very satisfac- 

 tory condition, and barring a repeti- 

 tion of last year's intense heat and 

 drougth just as peas were coming in- 

 to bloom, there should be a fair aver- 

 age crop. Reports from all the large 

 packers: of the country are encourag- 

 ing. This includes Michigan, New 

 York, Wisconsin and Indiana. Ohio 

 may now also be included in this 

 class. For a time it was thought that 

 peas in Indiana and Ohio had suffered 

 from the lack of moisture, but the 

 crop in these states has not developed 

 to a point where it is too late for 

 them to derive full benefit from the 

 recent rains. 



About Onions. 



There are reports from the onion- 

 growing sections in New .Jersey. 

 Pennsvlvania, New York and Ohio, 

 that the cutworm is busy and injuring 

 the onion crop. It is rather early to 

 say with any confidence what damage 

 has been done, but beyond doubt it is 

 considerable, as some reports state 

 that the farmers were plowing up 

 their onion lands and planting other 

 crops. It will doubtless be some 

 weeks before the extent of the dam- 

 age, is fully known. 



For Rochester in 1912. 



In last week's issue we mentioned 

 the fact that the Canners' Convention 

 of 1912 was to be held in Rochester, 

 subject to certain demands which they 

 would make on that city. We are in- 

 formed that all of these demands have 

 been conceded and it is therefore now 

 settled that Rochester will have the 

 convention of 1912. This city is build- 

 ing a very large convention hall which 

 will give a larger floor space than 

 even the great Auditorium at Milwau- 

 kee. The distance from the principal 

 hotels to Convention Hall is not great 

 and it can be reached in from 10 to 15 

 minutes by car. The site of the Con- 

 vention Hall we are informed, is the 

 old Industrial Home, which was locat- 

 ed almost in the heart of the city and 

 was an eye-sore to the residents. 

 Many of the old buildings will be 

 razed and others reconstructed, so 

 that when the convention meets there 

 in February of next year they will 

 have one of the best lighted and larg- 

 est halls they have ever exhibited in; 



PERENNIAL FLOWERS 



Every florist should have a fairly representable col- 

 lection of "Perennial Flowers" in his establishment 

 be it either for the purpose of growing them for cut- 

 flowers or plant trade. Many of the best varieties 

 are readily grown from seed but in order to have 

 them fairly large in the spring they should be sown 

 in June. 



We offer a very complete collection in our " iVholesale 

 Seed Catalogue. " Write for it to-day 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 578 Market St., Phila. 



in fact it is not too much to say that 

 it will be the largest. 



Rochester is a very wide-awake, up- 

 to-date town. No city of its size in 

 the United States has as ample and 

 good hotel accommodations, and now 

 that they are going to have a conven- 

 tion hall of the dimensions referred 

 to, they hope to get not only a large 

 number of industrial conventions, but 

 many of a political character. 



Counter Trade. 



Trade holds on, as was expected, 

 very late this year, and in most of the 

 retail stores counter trade is still ac- 

 tive. This is especially true in New 

 England and in most of the leading 

 seed centers, with possibly the excep- 

 tion of New York City and the south, 

 where trade is pretty well over for 

 this year. So far as the volume of 

 business done is concerned, it is gen- 

 erally accepted that it will fall some- 

 what below last season. Reports, gen- 

 erally, state that the mail order 

 houses have not done as large a busi- 

 ness as a year ago and at the final 

 wind-up it will doubtless be found 

 true of those depending largely on 

 counter trade. — - 



Pennsylvania Seed Bill. 



We are advised by Senator Hea- 

 coek that the Pennsylvania Seed Bill 

 is dead. As reported in a recent issus 

 of HORTICULTURE this bill was up 

 to the governor. From the above it 

 would appear that the governor has 

 refused to give it his sanction. We 

 are proud to be able to send this good 

 news to the trade, and are gratified 

 that the great State of Pennsylvania 

 cannot be quoted as joining in the 

 widespread insanity for oppressive 

 legislation aimed to harass an inno- 

 cent and, at best, a difficult and poor- 

 ly paid business. Burpee, Holmes, 

 Maule and the rest of them have not 

 worked in vain after all. 



Notes. 



Reports from Holland are that the 

 weather has been most favorable for 

 the development of bulbs and that all 

 bulbs from that country, particularly 

 the hyacinths, will be remarkably fine 

 this year. 



The A. W. Schisler Grain Co., at 

 810 N. 4th street, St. Louis, will move 

 this week to much larger quarters one 

 block south, 708 and 710 N. 4th street. 

 Mr. Schisler was formerly with the 

 Schisler-Comeli Seed Co. 



A. T. Boddington states that he has 

 had two crop reports from C. C. Morse 

 & Co., both very pessimistic and the 

 last worse than the first, on the condi- 

 tion of the sweet pea crop which is 

 said to be the poorest in years. For- 

 tunately, Boddington has a hold-over 

 stock of excellent quality. 



Howard M. Earl of Burpee's left 

 Philadelphia on the 4th inst. on his 

 annual crop inspection tour to the 

 Pacific Coast. He expects to arrive 

 home again in time for the sweet pea 

 "fest," which opens in Philadelphia 

 June 23rd. "The Chief," as W. Atlee 

 Burpee is affectionately known among 

 his cohorts, is president of the Sweet 

 Pea Society this year. So all the 

 Chief's lieutenants have to be on deck 

 to grace the occasion. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGE, Wakefield, All Head, Sucees- 

 siou, aud other varieties, $1.00 per 

 1000; 10,000 and over, @85c. per 1000. 



LETTUCE, Grand Rapids, Big Boston, 

 Boston Market and Tennis Ball, $1.00 

 per 1000; 10,000 and over, @85c. per 

 1000. 



BEET, Crosby, Egyptian and Eclipse, 

 .$1.25 per 1000. 



Cash With Ordcr 



^R. VINCENT, )R. 8, SOHS'Cfl., WHITE HARSH, MD.y 



Golden Self-Blanching Celery 



Wliite Plume. Giant Pascal transplanted 

 plants, $2.75 per tliousand. Untransplanted 

 plants, $1.00 per tlioiisnnd. 



FOX HALL FARM 



NORFOLK, VA. 

 Headquarters for 



SPRING BULBS 



Send for Trade list 



John Lewis Childs 



Floweriield - LONG ISLAND, N.Y. 



Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADELPHIA 



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