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HORTICULTURE 



November 24, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



Grass Seeds. 

 We learn from Iho Seed KeportinR 

 Service of the l". S. IJeimrlinenl of 

 Agriculture the following facts con- 

 cerning crops of Kentucky blue grass, 

 redtop and meadow fescue: 



Kentucky Bi.vk Grass 

 (In Ki'iKucky) 



SIflce the large crop of 1912, there 

 has been a large surplus of seed car- 

 ried over each year, and the situation 

 has been more aggravated by the fact 

 that much export demand has been 

 cut off, owing to the war. This sur- 

 plus has been gradually moved, how- 

 ever, and estimates of seed of all 

 crops on hand in cleaners' hands car- 

 ried over are about 185,00u bushels. 

 (Basis stripped seed.) Farmers are 

 estimated to have carried over about 

 90,000 bushels, making a total of 275,- 

 000 bushels. This year's crop is esti- 

 mated about 200,000 bushels. Farmers 

 have been free sellers and at this date 

 have practically no seed on hand. 

 Trade as compared with 1916 has been 

 about the same, though very little 

 seed has been sold for export. Domes- 

 tic trade very fair on the whole, and 

 (air amount of seed shipped at prices 

 of 12.60 per bushel (car-lot basis, 21- 

 pound seed) for the old seed and 12.75 

 per bushel for the new crop. Cleaners 

 report present slocks on hand moder- 

 ate. 



Redtop Seed 



In the following estimates unless 

 otherwise specified, the amounts stat- 

 ed refer to Fancy Redtop only. Infor- 

 mation in reference to carry-over or 

 stocks on hand has not been asked up 

 to this time from jobbers outside of 

 the Redtop section who are large 

 handlers of seed. The estimates there- 

 fore comprise only cleaners in the 

 producing region and are approximate- 

 ly accurate. Cars are estimated 30,- 

 000 pounds. Of the 1916 crop it is 

 estimated growers carried over 5 cars, 

 cleaners report 19 cars; total 24 cars. 

 The 1917 crop is estimated at 120 cars. 

 Prices on the 1916 crop advanced late 

 in the season after sowing was over. 

 The highest prices bid to growers 

 were early in the season of 1917, vary- 

 ing from 12 cents to 14 cents, accord- 

 ing to locality, afterwards declining to 

 9% cents and 10 cents, and advancing 

 to 10 and 11 cents. The bulk of the 

 crop moved at about 10 1^ cents. Clean- 

 ers' prices in car lots have varied from 

 13% cents to 12% cents early, then 

 11 '/a to 12 cents, and now range from 

 12 to 12% cents. Demand Is generally 

 reported only lair, though some clean- 

 ers say a little more active lately. 

 The amounts unsold in hands of all 

 cleaners at this date are about 90 cars 

 fancy and 16 cars unhulled. Farmers 

 are estimated to have 8 cars on hand. 

 Meadow Fescue 



Most of the meado.w fescue seed 

 crop of the United States is produced 

 in four counties in the eastern part 

 of Kansas. The production the last 

 few years has been below normal, 

 largely because of the decreased acre- 

 age. The short crop this year was of 

 excellent quality and practically all of 

 It is out of the growers' hands and 



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WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Per 100 Per 1000 



13 c/m to 15 c/m $5.00 $47.50 



14 c/m and over 5.75 55.00 



15 c/m and over 6.00 57.50 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSI 



14 c/m and up 1.50 13.50 



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held at this time by the Missouri Val- 

 ley seedsmen, awaiting export ship- 

 ment. At harvest time growers were 

 being offered about 5 to 6 cents a 

 pound for clean seed, but not much 

 seed was attracted until higher prices 

 were offered. Many of the last pur- 

 chases were made at 8 to 10% cents. 

 A very small per cent, of the crop, 

 probably not to exceed ten per cent, 

 normally, is used for sowing in this 

 country, and because of the restric- 

 tions and difficulties in ocean transpor- 

 tation, the outlet for this year's crop 

 of approximately 15 carloads and of 

 the approximately 10 carloads carried 

 over from other years is rather uncer- 

 tain. 



Wholesale Seedsnnen's League. 

 The annual meeting of the Whole- 

 sale Seedsmen's Lieague was held at 

 the Hardware Club, New York City, 

 on Tuesday, November 20. The three 

 directors whose term of office expires 

 now, Messrs. F. W. Bruggerhof of 

 Thorburn's, New York, W. L. Hunt of 

 Jerome B. Rice Company, Cambridge, 

 N. Y., and Lester Morse of San Fran- 

 cisco, were unanimously re-elected for 

 another three-year term. The nine di- 



rectors then met and re-elected the 

 old officers for the coming year, viz.: 

 F. W. BruKgerhof, president; Burnet 

 Landreth, secretary-treasurer. The rest 

 of the time was devoted to a revision 

 of wholesale prices and other matters 

 of timely importance to the trade. 

 The bean situation was declared to be 

 the worst that the seed trade ever had 

 to face. 



DUTCH BULBS 



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K«yiitone Hnaptlraron Hi^«1. Winter Bloom- 

 ing. $1.00 per pkt., 6 pkt§ for $5.00. 



Fanny 8Md. FloeBt Florlati' Mlztnra. 

 $fl.00 per ounce. 



MI(nonptt«. Olant Oreenboaie Orown. 

 JS.OO per ounce. 



When we Bay we rno pleaBe yon, we mean 

 jiiBt what we Bay. 



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