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HORTICULTURE 



July 11, 1914 



New Crop MICH ELL'S New Crop 



GIANT PANSY SEED 



«.IANT KXHIBITION MIXED. A Giant Strain which for siie 

 «f bloom, heavy texture and varied rolors and shades cannot 

 he surpassed. Half trade packet, 30c.; trade packet, 50c.; 

 Is oz., 75c.: per oz.. ^.00. 



GI.ANT PRIZE .\Zl RE BL,CE. 



<;IANT PRIZE BLACK BLrE. 



(.I.ANT PRIZE E^irKKOR WILI.I.A.M. Blue. 



(il.AXT PRIZE HOKTENSIA RED. 



<,I.A>T PRIZE KlNt; OF THE BL.VCKS. 



t.I.AST PRIZE LORD BE.\CONSFIELU. Purple Violet. 



<iI.AXT PRIZE PEA(0(K. Blue, ( laret and White. 



f.IAXT PRIZE SXOW IHEEX. Pure White 



GI.AXT PRIZE STRIPED AND MOTTLED. 



GIANT PRIZE WHITE WITH EVE. 



Gl.ANT PRIZE PIRE VELLOW. 



GI.ANT PRIZE VELLOW WITH EYE. 



Also all other St-a^-oiiable Seeds and Supplies wlilch 

 are Described in uur \^'holesale (atalosrue and Price 

 List. Send for one if > ou lia\en't received it. 



irirhelVx Giant Prize Pansy 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., PHILA., PA. 



SEED TRADE 



vise our estimates of the general situ- 

 ation on small seeds as published two 

 weeks ago. 



Western Grocer Company the building 

 at Ninth and Santa Fe streets, con- 

 taining about 80.000 sq. ft. 



The Pea Outlook. 



Crop news is now the most impor- 

 tant item of seed trade notes, yet it is 

 a very uncertain and more or less un- 

 reliable factor. Crops are for the most 

 part at a stage where no forecast at 

 this date is of any particular value. 

 Among leading items, peas are proba- 

 bly the nearest to a state of develop- 

 ment giving promise of ultimate re- 

 sults. As a whole conditions are only 

 fairly good. There have been several 

 frosts in Montana and Idaho which 

 have caused more or less damage, the 

 extent of which cannot be ascertained 

 at once, and perhaps not until after 

 harvest. In Canada conditions are de- 

 scribed by one of the leading Canadian 

 growers as "not any too good." About 

 the same description would apply to 

 Michigan and Wisconsin. The above 

 applies to seed peas, but the canners 

 are not having any bumper crops this 

 year. No seed peas being grown in 

 Delaware, Jlaryland, Ohio or Indiana, 

 '' we may dismiss them all with the 

 statement that the pack of canned peas 

 has been light, ranging from 40 to 60 

 per cent, of what was expected from 

 the acreage planted. In Wisconsin and 

 New York, early peas (Alaska) are 

 running about three-fourths of an av- 

 erage, but "sweet" or "late" peas are 

 expected to give better results. It Is 

 about the same in Michigan, and in all 

 three states the quality is said to be 

 excellent — a larger percentage of fancy 

 stock than usual. This is a highly 

 gratifying fact, as the market never 

 has been congested on fancy canned 

 peas, and we may add seldom on any 

 fancy canned goods. Summarizing the 

 general situation, it may be said that 

 on the basis of present estimates, the 

 total pack of canned peas will be 

 smaller than last year, and of better 

 qualit.v. while the crop of seed peas 

 will be relatively smaller on a greatly 

 reduced acreage, but doubtless suffi- 

 cient to go around. It is too early for 

 any reliable forecast of beans or corn, 

 while we have had no occasion to re- 



New York in 1915. 

 A rumor reached us that New York 

 City has been selected as the place for 

 holding the 1915 convention of the Na- 

 tional Canners' Association and Allied 

 Industries, and that exhibits of the 

 Canning .Machinery and Supplies Asso- 

 ciation are to be staged at the Grand 

 Central Palace. While our informa- 

 tion is not official, we believe it to be 

 correct. 



Agricultural Department's Seed 

 Imports. 



The United States Government each 

 year distributes by order of Congress, 

 enormous quantities of seeds through- 

 out the United States free of cost. 



The orders given are sometimes very 

 large, as may be judged from the fact 

 that Messrs. Kelway and Son. Whole- 

 sale Seed Growers and ilerchants of 

 Langport, Somerset (who have for 

 some years been amongst the success- 

 ful competitors for a portion of this 

 order), have this year received from 

 the United States Government from 

 Washington, an order for flower seeds 

 and vegetable seeds alone totalling in 

 weight nearly 44 tons. 



This is probably one of the largest 

 orders for flower and vegetable seeds 

 ever received by one firm from one 

 customer, as it is not composed, even 

 in part, of agricultural seeds or of 

 large seeds such as peas and beans. 

 Many hundreds of acres must have 

 been under cultivation for the produc- 

 tion of the weight in question. How 

 large an area such an enormous quan- 

 tity of seeds would sow seems almost 

 past human computation. 



Of the four other European firms 

 who (in addition to the Langport firm) 

 are this year favored by the United 

 States Government with their order 

 for seeds, one is English, two French 

 and one Dutch. — Horticultural Trade 

 Journal. London. 



Schenectady, N. Y.— The Empire 

 Seed Company has leased the large 

 new store at No. 144 Clinton street, 

 four doors north of State street, and 

 will about the 15th of next month open 

 a large wholesale and retail seed and 

 poultry supply house, catering to the 

 needs of poultrymen. farmers and gar- 

 deners. Harry J. Fuller, secretary of 

 the Schenectady Poultry Fanciers' As- 

 sociation, will be general salesman of 

 the poultry department. Harry N. 

 Stevens, with 20 years' experience in 

 the seed business with T. Low Barhydt 

 and later with Charles W. Witbeck, 

 will be connected with the new con- 

 cern, as will also C. D. Filkins, an ex- 

 Ijerienced seedsman. 



Notes. 

 Kansas City. Mo.— The Rudy-Patrick 

 Seed Company has leased from the 



John W. Coy, who has been visiting 

 this country in the interests of Charles 

 Sharpe & Co., Ltd., Sleaford, England, 

 sailed for home on the Mauretania, 

 July 7. 



40,000 Pot-Grown 

 Strawberry Plants 



w.- ;ire ready to sliip riprlit now pot- 

 ior, iwu plants of "Amerieus" the 

 f;ninius f:ill-lH':irinji St niwlirrry. 



Special price of S7.50 per hun- 

 dred for quick oriler^. 



Aiii.Ticus will h(';ir this fall if pot- 

 IiI;miIs are set lieforc the middle of 

 Aii;_'nst. Mention this adv. for the 

 siHcial price. 



WEEBER & DON, Seed Merchants 



114H Chambers St.. New York. N. Y. 



CELERY PLANTS ! CELERY PLANTS! 



1 iiif Cel*'r.\ riant> lioltlen Self Blanih- 

 inB. Giant Pascal. White I'lunie, White 

 ()iieen. Golden Heart. All other Veeetahle 

 I'lantN, Asparaen>i Itnots jidiI Privet. Late 

 Cabbage I'laiit*.. 



WARREN SHINN 



WOODBURY, N. J. 



