May 26, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



679 



SEED TRADE 



AMHOGAM SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — Pmldmt, KIrby B. White, 

 Detroit, Mich.; First V'lve-Prenldent, F. 

 W. BolglaDO, WaBtaingtan, I>. C: Sec- 

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

 •on. Wis.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. B. 

 KendeL, CleTeland, O. — Contention at 

 Detroit, June 19, 1917. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



The Thirty-filth annual convention 

 o£ the American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion will take place on June 19, 20, 21, 

 1917 at Hotel Poirtchartrain, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



PliOGRAM 



Opening Session, June 19, 10 

 o'clock A. M. 



Tuesday— June 19, 10.00 A. M.— 

 Open Session. 



Address of Welcome — Wilber Broth- 

 erton. Response by member present 

 who shows least approval of Mr. 

 Brotherton's remarks. 



President's Address. 



Report of Committees. 



Tuesday — 2.00 P. M. — Open Session. 



Address, "Voluntary Seed Control" 

 — Hon. George H. Clark, Seed Commis- 

 sioner, Dominion of Canada. 



Address, "Disease Resistance in 

 Plants" — Dr. L. R. Jones, Plant Patho- 

 logist, University of Wisconsin. 



Tuesday— 8.00 P. M.— Reception by 

 the President and others. 



Wednesday— June 20, 9.00 A. M.— 

 Elxecutive Session. 



Reports of Committees. 



Round table discussion, led by Mr. 

 H. A. Johns. Topic— "Crop Stealing." 



Wednesday — 2.00 P. M.— Automobile 

 Drive. 



Guests will choose between a party 

 going to the Ford Motor Works and 

 the Packard plant, coming home via 

 Belle Isle, and a party going to Belle 

 Isle and Grosse Pointe, stopping on 

 the return trip at the residence of Mr. 

 D. M. Ferry, Jr. 



Wednesday— 6.30 P. M.— Boat ride 

 and informal dinner. Steamer "Tash- 

 moo." 



Address by Dr. John Merle Coulter, 

 Professor of Botany, University of 

 Chicago. 



Thursday— 9.00 A. M.— Trip by trol- 

 ley to Oakview Farm and Trial 

 Grounds. 



Thursday — 5.00 P. M. — Executive 

 Session. 



The Hotel Pontchartrain has been 

 selected for headquarters and it reser- 

 vation has not already been made, 

 members are urged to make it at once. 



Notice is hereby given that an 

 amendment to the By-Laws has been 

 filed with the Secretary permitting 

 change in date of holding the Annual 

 Convention when necessary. 



C. E. Kendel, Sec'y. 



California Onion Seed in Bermuda. 

 (Consul Carl R. Loop, Hamilton, Bermuda.) 



In November, 1915, a trade letter was 

 received at the Hamilton consulate 

 from an onion-seed firm in California. 

 This letter was brought to the atten- 

 tion of the Director of Agriculture of 

 Bermuda, with the result that 2 pounds 

 of seed were ordered at once by cable. 

 These seeds were planted at the agri- 



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GIGANTEUM 



l>er 100 



(1/8 (400 to case) $4.<X) 



7/!) (300 to case) g.iJO 



S/10 (225 to case) 7.,no 



J/10 (200 to case) g.oo 



Per Case 



$14.00 

 14.40 

 14.75 

 18.50 



Per 1000 



J.I.'J.OO 

 48.00 

 05.00 

 82..'i0 



Per 1000 



$riO.(i() 

 lo.'j.oo 



145.00 

 11)0.00 



MELPOMENE MAGNIFICUM 



Per 100 Per Cilne 



S/t) (200 to case) $l!.50 $12.00 



ii/11 (125 to case) 11.00 i:i.25 



11/13 (ion to case) 15.00 14.50 



i:'./15 ( 60 to case) 20.00 12.00 



mmr £. Boddington Co., inc., %X"h^' 



cultural station, with such satisfactory 

 results that a local firm was induced 

 to accept the agency in Bermuda for 

 the sale of California onion seed. The 

 Director of Agriculture states he antici- 

 pates thai California will be the source 

 toward which Bermuda will loolv in 

 future for its supply of onion seed. The 

 following statement is from the Ber- 

 muda Colonist and Daily News: 



We have on exhibition in our office a 

 number of onions grown from imported 

 California seed. The bulbs are exception- 

 ally line in appearance, being good and 

 solid with plenty of thickness in propor- 

 tion to diameter, but the point that will in- 

 terest the Bermuda farmer the most and 

 possibly affect the future of the Bermuda 

 onion industry is the fact that the seed 

 germinates very rapidly and tests have 

 shown 1)8 per cent, fertility. From the 

 time of setting out the young plants to 

 reaping the crop, the time elapsed was four 

 days less than three months to produce 

 onions about 7 ounces apiece. Local tests 

 have shown that seeds come practically 

 true to type, not 1 per cent, showing silver 

 skins, and less than one-half of 1 per cent, 

 showing any trace of red. 



Narcissus Bulb Crop at Amoy. 

 Consul Clarence E. Gauss, reports 

 that the Chinese narcissus l)ulb crop 

 for this season is estimated at 3,000,000 

 pieces, of which about 1,000,000 will be 

 of the quality and size usually exported 

 to foreign markets. Exporters report 

 that the prices demanded so far by 

 the Chinese dealers have been high, 

 owing to the abnormal freight rates 

 and the adverse exchange rate. The 

 export to the United States in 1916 

 amounted to 1,151,000 bulbs, valued at 

 $14,620. 



New Sweet Peas of Merit. 

 Among the newer sweet peas that 

 are finding favor among the retailers 

 is Sterling Stent, an orange salmon 

 of English origin. George D. Clark, 

 the sweet pea expert at Dreer's, on 

 being asked about it said "yes," its 

 all right, but there are two newer ones 

 that are still better, viz.: Robert 

 Sydenham and Barbara. These two 

 were the sensation in the recent big 

 sweet pea shows in London and San 

 Francisco. The advanced seed houses 

 list Sydenham but we have not yet 

 come across any offers of Barbara. 

 Next year they will proliably have 

 stock enough of it to v.'arrant listing. 



Call for Buckwheat Seed. 



The following letters have been re- 

 ceived: 



Dear Sir: We receive daily inquiries ask- 

 ing where navy beans and buckwheat seed 

 can be bought. Our correspondents often 

 state that they wish to plant from an acre 



to 40 or 50 acres but tliey have been unable 

 to seuure seed. It is tlie policy of tlie Com- 

 mittee on Seed Stocks, appointed bv the 

 becretary of Agriculture, to refer such in- 

 quiries to the seedsmen in their own terri- 

 tory, and we shall appreciate it if vuu will 

 advise us by return mail whether "you are 

 in a position to meet your ordinary trade 

 for these seeds, and, also, whether in ad- 

 dition to that you would be in a position to 

 meet an unusual demand if it should arise. 

 While we have information in regard to 

 where large stocks of these seeds are held 

 this IS commonly of no use to the farmers 

 because the men holding the large stocks 

 sen only at wholesale. Therefore, we want 

 to get Information as to where the retail 

 bu.ver may secure his seed. 



We desire to avoid referring buyers to 

 firms who are out of stock or who do not 

 liandle these seeds and shall appreciate it 

 if you will keep us informed as to whether 

 you are no longer able to supply these 

 seeds or have an unusually large stock. 



We shall appreciate an early reply. 

 Very truly yours, 



A. J. PlETEES, 

 .Secretary, Com. on Seed Stocks, Dept. Agri. 



Dear Sir: A number of requests have 

 come in to the Food Supply Department of 

 tlie Public Safety Committee for informa- 

 tion in regard to Seed Buckwheat. 



Will you not send me a statement in re- 

 gard to the supply of available seed and 

 lit what price you are prepared to furnish 

 it? 



Very truly yours, 



Loms N. RoBi.NSON, 

 Food .Supply Department. 



A little while ago it was spuds and 

 sets they were hysterical about. Now 

 it seems "brown-a-de-buck" is having 

 an inning. Geo. C. Watson. 



The seedsmen must certainly be the 

 most atrocious villains. Peruse this 

 one in the North American of Phila- 

 delphia, the oldest daily in America, 

 founded by Benj. Franklin, a Boston 

 l5oy of parts: 



Assails Dealers in Seeds. 



Sir: At this time when the government 

 is making emphatic the necessity for plant- 

 ing every available piece of ground, is there 

 no protection from unscrupulous dealers 

 who advance seeds, etc., to a prohibitive 

 price? 



Are not such men more of a menace to 

 our country than the enemy beyond our 

 borders ? Surely they are. and there should 

 be some protection from them and punish- 

 ment for them. MUS. F. M. 



Philadelphia. May 14. 



Awful, isn't it? 



A movement is on foot to enlist the 

 cooperation of the government to en- 

 sure the safe transportation of two or 

 three vessels to bring Holland bulbs to 

 this country. It is now understood 

 that the German authorities will ex- 

 tend immunity provided such vessels 

 do not call at a British port. It is 

 earnestly hoped on behalf of horticul- 

 ture in the United States that such an 

 arrangement may be consummated. 



