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HOETICULTUEE 



March 3, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



ambwcan seed trade association 



Officers — President, Kirby B. White, 

 Detroit, Mich.; First Vice-President, F. 

 W. Bolgiano, Wasliington, D. C. ; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, L,. L. Olds, Madi- 

 son, Wis.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. 

 Rendel, Cleveland, O. — Convention at 

 Detroit, June 19, 1917. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, o£ 

 liorticultura! material, for the week 

 ending Feb. 16th, were recorded as 

 follows: 



Bulbs — France, |2; Netherlands, 

 $.S10; England, $163; Japan, $88. 



Plants and trees— France, $9,868; 

 Spain, $305: England, $1,129: Japan, 

 $59. 



Grass seed — Ireland, $2,113. 



Other seeds — Denmark, $16,033; 

 France, $1,197; Portugal, $3; England, 

 $1,549; Argentine, $1,336; Hongkong, 

 $162; Japan, $3,743: Netherlands, 

 $395; Spain, $2,523. 



Nitrate of soda — Chile, $76,670. 



Dried blood — Argentine, $746. 



Bermuda Onions in Texas. 



The Truck Crop Specialist of the 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates, who is now- 

 making a tour of the onion fields of 

 Texas, reports that the onions in 

 Nueces County are at a standstill on 

 account of the drouth, but that no 

 damage was caused by the cold wave 

 of February 1 to February 6, 1917. In 

 the Lower Rio Grande Valley the 

 onions were slightly damaged by the 

 cold wave, but at Laredo they appear 

 to have suffered considerably more, es- 

 pecially the earlier plantings. The 

 later plantings are not very materially 

 hurt. The Specialist also states that 

 apparently the thrips have not caused 

 any damage as most fields appear tree 

 from the pest. The pink root seems 

 to be very general at Laredo, but the 

 damage will depend on weather condi- 

 tions at time onions begin to bulb. 

 It is estimated that the crop is three 

 weeks later than last year. 



Correspondents in Frio County re- 

 port that onions suffered severely in 

 this district. Due to the fact that no 

 rain accompanied the cold wave, the 

 tops of the onions were cut to the 

 ground and the efforts of the plant to 

 make new tops will be retarded by the 

 thrip, which has made its appearance. 



In Dimmit County it is estimated by 

 some reporters that about 10 per cent, 

 of the late plantings were killed by 

 the cold wave and the crop will be 



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set back fifteen days or more. The 

 ravages of the thrip seem to have been 

 checked by the cold wave. 



In Zavalla County it is estimated 

 that the crop has been damaged about 

 2,5 per cent, by the cold wave, but it 

 is stated that on account of weather 

 conditions no reliable information can 

 be had at this time concerning the 

 damage done. 



L.EON M. ESTABROOK, 



Chief of Bureau. 



The situation is easier with peas, 

 Init here time is shorter and it will be 

 a relief to all seedsmen when contracts 

 are let. The killing frosts of January 

 in the south have done much to affect 

 conditions for the seedsmen. Seed com 

 is now worth twice the usual price at 

 this season of the year. 



Chicago Notes. 



The Leonard Seed Co. reports onion 

 sets in extremely short supply and 

 J. C. Leonard recalls a prediction that 

 he made and which was published in 

 the Chicago Produce Bulletin on Feb. 

 16th, in which he says that the price 

 will go as high as in World's Fair 

 year, when it reached $7.25 per bushel. 

 Quotations today are $5.25 on red and 

 yellow and $5.50 on white sets and 

 prices are still climbing so his predic- 

 tion seems likely to be fulfilled. There 

 has been very little shrinkage this 

 winter, the stock being firm and never 

 was there a better quality of market- 

 able sets on March 1st than at this 

 time. The scarcity of stock makes it 

 imperative that those who do not wish 

 to be disappointed should secure theirs 

 without delay. 



Beans are in fairly good demand. 

 Owing to the scarcity of white beans 

 for seed it is proving a hard year for 

 the seedsmen to secure the usual acre- 

 age and contracts are very slow in be- 

 ing closed. 



Notes. 

 Norwich, N. Y. — Frank E. Skinner 

 has opened a seed store on N. Broad 



St. 



The House of Representatives has 

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 Senate last week which provides, 

 "That wheat, barley, oats, and flaxseed 

 intended to be used for seed may be 

 imported in bond duty free under such 

 regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury may prescribe. It is further 

 provided that nothing therein con- 

 tained shall be construed to impair 

 the provisions of the act prohibiting 

 the admission of adulterated grain 

 and seeds unfit for seeding purposes. 



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