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H E T I C U L T U E E 



cscember i^; iai4 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRA0E ASSOaATKIM 



Officers — President, Lester L.. Morse, 

 San Francisco, Calif. ; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, J. M. L,upton, Mattitnck, L,. I.; 

 Second Vice-President, E. C. Dnngan, 

 PhUadelphia, Pa.: Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.J As- 

 sistant Secretary, S. F. Willard, Jr., 

 Cleveland, O. 



Prison for Bogus Seed Man. 



Newton, Dec. 5. — Sentences of from 

 one to three years, to run concur- 

 rently, on each of eight indictments 

 for selling adulterated clover seed, 

 were today imposed on Oliver J. Rice 

 of Brooklyn, who had pleaded guilty 

 to them. 



WTien Judge Allen R. Shay imposed 

 sentence Rice cried: "Be merciful!" 

 He had previously said he had a weak 

 heart, but an affidavit made by Dr. 

 Bruno Hood, who examined him at 

 the county jail after he was brought 

 here a week ago from Middlesex 

 County, set forth that apparently 

 there was nothing the trouble with 

 him except that he had a defective 

 eye and was forty pounds over weight. 



Rice confessed that he had mixed 

 with five and a half bushels of red 

 clover seed and two bushels of crimson 

 clover thirty-four bushels of German 

 millet seed. He offered it for sale 

 late last December for $9 a bushel 

 when the current price was |14 and 

 numerous Sussex County farmers 

 availed themselves of the low cost. 



The dealings on which the indict- 

 ments were based were witli the fol- 

 lowing farmers: William A. Farber, 

 Burnett Drew, William Reed, David 

 Roleson. George A. Simmons. Jeptha 

 Randolph and Reed .1. Washer. — 

 Newark (N. J.) News. 



Supply of Sugar Beet Seed 



There has been a great deal of alarm 

 in this country over the supply of 

 sugar beet and mangel seed which 

 has generally been received from grow- 

 ers in the vicinity of Magdeburg, Ger- 

 many. It is well known that a large 

 proportion of the Magdeburg supply 

 has actually been grown In Russia 

 from Magdeburg stocks. We are in re- 

 ceipt of reliable information that the 

 Russians are now offering these seeds 

 direct to growers in this country, to 

 be shipped via Vladivostok, and quota- 

 tions are being made F. O. B. in that 

 port. It will readily be seen that this 

 will greatly relieve the sugar beet sit- 

 uation in our western states. 



To Correct Abuses in the Seed and 

 Bulb Trade. 

 An unknown correspondent has sent 

 in a communication inspired by a re- 

 cent editorial in this paper relative to 

 the foreign salesmen who ply their 

 trade in this country in a manner det- 

 rimental to the established seed 

 houses and dealers here. The writer 

 failed to add his signature, without 

 which we cannot use the article. If 

 he will kindly forward his name and 

 address we shall be glad to give room 

 to his communication. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Toledo. O. — Mertoii L. Bamer has 

 been appointed assignee for the Henry 

 Phillips Seed & Implement Co., 115 

 N. St. Clair street, with a bond of 

 $20,000. 



OVELTIES in FLOWERS 

 and VEGETABLES 



Jas. Carter & Co.. of Raynes Park, England, 

 bave originated or introduced a large propor- 

 tion of all new varieties in the last 50 years. 

 Tbat is why Carters reputation is world-wide 

 and experienced gardeners keep in close touoli 

 with Carter productions. 



Study the new Carter Catalog for 1915. Among 

 the Flower Seed Specialties you will find our 

 new strains. Many varieties of Asters, Mari- 

 golds. Snapdragons, Primroses, Sweet Peas. 

 I'elunias and others are listed. 

 In the Vegetable List are novelties of Beans, 

 Hcets. Carrots, Radishes, Cabbages, Celery, 

 rnrumbers. Lettuce, Peas, Tomatoes, etc. 

 This new Catalog — Carters "(lardeii and 

 Lawn" — has many wonderful photographic 

 illustrations and valuable cultural directions. 

 Send us your name and address now so we 

 ni:iv mail \iin :i coniplinicntari' copy. 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS INC 



166 Chamber of Commerce Building, 



Boston, Mass, 



Branch at Seattle, Wash. 



In CaDada. 133 King St. E., Toronto 



Hnmch of Jas. Carter & Co., Raynes Park. Eng. 



Tested 



A NURSERY COMPANY EXPANDS. 



The Elm City Nursery Company of 

 aVcw Haven, Conn., finding their pres- 

 ent nursery areas too restricted have 

 recently purchased several adjoining 

 farms at Wcodmont, Conn., but a few 

 miles from the nursery's present office 

 and grounds. The new purchase ad- 

 joins the New Haven Railroad Co.'s 

 station at Woodmont. The character 

 of the soil, together with the trans- 

 portation lacilities, makes the location 

 one hard to beat. Heavy plantings, 

 mostly of popular ornamental stock 

 will be established in the spring, much 

 of the ground having already been 

 prepared. It will be two years before 

 the nursery business will be moved 

 to the new location at Woodmont, in 

 the meantime, up-to-date offices, pack- 

 ing and storage buildings, and a pro- 

 pagating plant will be built near the 

 railroad station on a tract of ground 

 of some twtnty-live acres which will 

 be set apart for the purpose and de- 

 veloped into an attractive commercial 

 park where the nursery's products can 

 be displayed to good advantage. The 

 railroad company is to co-operate with 

 the nursery in laying out the station 

 grounds at Woodmont in a park-like 

 style. 



At a recent stockholders' meeting, 

 Ernest F. Coe was again elected presi- 

 dent; W. W. McCartney, treasiycr and 

 general manager and Walter E. Camp- 

 bell, secretary. Ernest F. Coe ha.s 

 been president of the company since 

 its incorporaticn in 1901, Wesley W. 

 McCartney has been with the company 

 for many years, previously having 

 been with a number of the largest 

 nurseries. Walter E. Campbell has 

 been with the company for several 



years, previously having had a wide 

 training along nursery lines. 



Charles ,1. Bolgiano, of the seed firm 

 of J. Bolgiano & Son, who has been 

 confined at the Union Protestant In- 

 firmary, Baltimore, Md., since Novem- 

 ber 8, where he was operated on for 

 appendicitis, has improved to such an 

 extent that he has gone to his home, 

 in Roland Park, and expects to be 

 back to business within the next two 

 weeks. 



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