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HOETICULTURE 



September 26, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATKHI 



Officers — President, Lester I/. Morse, 

 San Francisco, Calif.; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J. M. Liupton, Mflttituck, 1,. I.j 

 Second Vice-President, E. C. DDngan, 

 Phllsdelphla, P». ; Secretarj- and Treas- 

 nrer, C. ■. Kendel, Cleveland, O.j As- 

 sUtant Secretary, S. F. WlUard, Jr., 

 Cleveland, O. 



Crop Report of Hjalmar Hartmann & 

 Co., Copenhagen. 



Sept. 1st, 1914. 



Cauliflower. "Erfurter Dwarf." The 

 earliest and later varieties will prob- 

 ably give normal crops, and as last 

 year's crop was large and of high qual- 

 ity the stock will be ample. 



"Danish Giant." This variety, which 

 is developing slower, has suffered 

 much from the continued drought in 

 June-July. The crop will be very small, 

 about one-quarter of the normal. 



Cabbages will, as far as we can see, 

 give generally a little below normal 

 crop; still some varieties will give 

 more, especially on places where the 

 attacks of insects have not been so 

 serious. The seed will no doubt be of 

 good quality. 



Sprouts have given a rich crop. 



Carrots. The summer has been 

 rather favorable for this crop, even if 

 the drought will possibly somewhat ef- 

 fect the quantity. We count on an 

 earlier crop, and consequently an ex- 

 tra fine quality. 



Beets. The result of this culture is 

 rather doubtful. The roots planted 

 out came very late in growth, and 

 have, on account of the drought in 

 June-July only developed rather weak 

 seed stalks. Later on there have been 

 strong attacks of insects, which 

 checks the formation of the seeds. 

 After the rainy period in the end of 

 July, the plants came in growth again, 

 and the formation of the seeds has, 

 therefore, taken place twice, which 

 will retard the harvest very much, and 

 the result of this culture is not very 

 promising. We will try by harvesting 

 the seed at different times to procure 

 as full ripened a quality as possible. 



Turnips. The harvest is finished and 

 gives a normal crop of very high qual- 

 ity. 



Radishes. The cultures have been 

 much checked by the drought and fol- 

 lowing attacks of injurious insects. 

 Later on rain caused a new growing 

 period. The plants are now standing 

 with partly ripened seed of first flow- 

 ering, at the same time the second 

 flowering is not over. The harvest of 

 this culture will therefore be rather 

 difficult, as it may take place at differ- 

 ent times. We dare not count on more 

 than half the crop. 



Swedes. The harvest is finished un- 

 der the best conditions. The crop, 

 however, is only about half. 



Mangolds. The plants have had a 

 very difficult growing period caused 

 by drought. Furthermore, there have 

 been unusually strong attacks of in- 

 sects. Later on the rain, however, had 

 ameliorated the outlook considerably, 

 and we hope that the crop will be only 

 little below normal. 



Other seed cultures especially those 

 of which the flowering and seed forma- 

 tion took place early in the summer. 



LILIUM FORMOSUM 



We are in a position to supply specially selected stock of this favorite type 

 of Easter Lilies. Our bulbs have been grown from the original true type and 

 none better can be obtained at any price. We advise immediate ordering, as 

 the stock is limited. 



(iKEEN STEM STR.4IN— (FOB EARLY BLOOMING) 



Bulbs in each 



case Per doz. Per 100 Per 1000 



to 8 inches 400 SfO.m $4.50 $40.00 



7 to 9 inches 300 1.00 6.75 62.50 



8 ti> 10 inches 225 I.:i0 8.75 80.00 



!> ti) 10 inches 200 1.60 10.25 95.00 



10 to 12 inches 150 2,25 15.00 140.00 



12 to 14 inches 2.50 18.50 175.00 



U.4RK STEM TYPE>-(FOB E.4STER BLOOMING) 



Bulbs in each 



case Per doz. Per 100 Per 1000 



G to S inclies 400 .fO.SO $5.25 $48.00 



8 to 10 inches 225 1.60 10.00 92.50 



9 to 10 inches 200 l.SO 12.50 105.00 



10 to 12 inches 150 2.25 15.00 140.00 



Coid Storage Lilium Giganteum 



Just the kind to grow for Thanksgiving and Xmas. Only a few thousand 

 left, which we offer at special low price. 



T to » inch bize, per case ot 300, S21.00; $70.00 jicr 1000. 



Paper Whites, Romans, Freesias, Callas, Lil. Harrisii ready now 



For full line of Bulbs and aeasonable aeedt write for onr new Wholesale Catalog 



UCyOV C iilOUCI I nn ^IS Market street, 



nciinT Ti mluncLL uUi pimladelphia. pa. 



or after the dry period, will evidently 

 give good crops. This includes grass 

 seed, of which Denmark exports large 

 quantities, and which, owing to the 

 high purity, has gained the first place 

 in the trade. The varieties which are 

 grown here on a large scale are: Or- 

 chard Grass. Meadow Fescue Grass, as 

 well as English and Italian Rye Grass 

 and Rough Stalked Meadow Grass. 



Westchester Pryde is an elegant lit- 

 tle tomato as seen in a basket ot sam- 

 ple fruit shown by Burnett Bros., New- 

 York, who are introducing it. In uni- 

 formity of color and form it leaves 

 nothing to be desired. It is suitable for 

 garden culture or forcing and is said 

 to be very prolific. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Milwaukee Seed 

 Company, increasing capital stock 

 from $25,000 to $50,000. 



New Rochelle, N. Y. — Wade Nursery 

 Company, capital stock $2500. Direc- 

 tors, Thos. J. Wade, Susanna Wade, 

 Jos. J, Taylor. 



Duluth, Minn. — Greysolon Nursery 

 Company, capital stock, $50,000. In- 

 corporators, C, E. Roe, Louis Christen- 

 sen, E, R. Cobb, J. A. P. Neal and T. 

 W. Walker. 



The Board of Trustees of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden have sent out 

 invitations for the celebration of the 

 twenty-fifth anniversary of the garden, 

 under the control of the trustees and 

 as a public institution. It was planned 

 to have a representative from every 

 botanical garden of importance in the 

 world. The elaborate program which 

 had been arranged will have to be 

 altered because of the European war. 

 Many eminent botanists who had ac- 

 cepted a place on the program will be 

 unable to attend. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Fairhaven. Mass. — James Garthley, 

 superintendent ol the H. H. Rogers 

 estate and his assistants have been 

 presented with checks in appreciation 

 cf their long services. The estate is 

 to be dismantled and sold. Mr. Garth- 

 ley has been on the place 26 years. 

 He Intends to go into commercial flori- 

 culture. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — That the violet 

 growing industry in Dutchess county 

 is on the increase is evidenced in the 

 fact that John M. Ham and Walter M. 

 Van Steenburgh have formed a part- 

 nership for the conducting of a violet 

 raising business with headquarters at 

 Red Hook. The firm will erect a num- 

 ber of new violet houses in Red Hook, 

 and it is expected will have a large 

 output. 



New Crop Seeds 



FOB FLOBI8T8 AND MABKKT 



OABDENEB8. 



SALTIA — Splendena, Bonfire. 



ASTEB8— All Tarlrtlm. 



TEEBENA— SWEET PEAS. 



Send llMt of wants. 



Stamford Seed & Nursery Co., 43 Atlantic^St 



STAMFOBD, OOKN. 



MT NEW I.I8T OF 



Winter Spencer Sweet Pea Seed 



Has been mailed. If not In your hand! 

 now, send a postal for It. 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 

 Lompoc, CaL 



^^^ THE KENILWORTH GIANT PANSY SEED 



if^aPjJ^^ For fuller description see 



^♦^SJMfa my ad in July and Au- 

 (TJB^3m.7 gu.st nortlc\ilture or 

 •lf>^B5' send for list. lOlKi 

 ■aH^ speil.s, 2.")c: .'jOCO, 



,$1.(K): 1/1 -oz., 

 $1.2.'i; oz., .$5.00. Prinfi'RB 

 New lJprig:lit Panw.v, 

 500 seeds, 23c: Kkki 

 seeds, 50c; oz., ,1;10.ik). 



