<>s 



11 O U T 1 C U L T L" U 1-. 



•Tilly 21. 1917 



SEED TRADE 



REORGANIZATION OF W. ATLEE 

 BURPEE & CO. 



Recent chanK>'s In the organization 

 of \V. Atlee Burpee & Co., are natural- 

 ly of much Interest to the many 

 friends of that house and David Bur- 

 pee as General Manager has kindly 

 furnished the following facts for 

 HoHTiii i,TiKK. Mr. Burpee writes 

 thus: 



Everybody knows of the great dlffl- 

 cultles the seed trade has been under 

 for the past year or two. First, it 

 has been next to Impossible to get 

 many seeds in from liurope, and then 

 the demand for seeds has increased 

 in many cases more than a hundred 

 per cent. 



For nearly three months last win- 

 ter we worked day and night, but even 

 with this twenty-four hours a day serv- 

 ice we were unable to get orders out 

 with our usual record of promptness. 

 In regard to the shortage In seeds, of 

 course, we are doing all we can to 

 grow more in this country. But in 

 many cases the seeds that formerly 

 were imported from Europe were those 

 of root crops and other biennials of 

 which, of course, it takes two years to 

 produce the seed. 



It is unnecessary for me to tell you 

 how difficult the laljor situation has 

 been. Because of the great number 

 of munition factories in this section, I 

 believe man power is more scarce In 

 Philadelphia than in most any other 

 well settled section of the country. 



These changed conditions having 

 come after my father's death made it 

 necessary for us to almost completely 

 reorganize. Especially was this so as 

 our cashier, A. Eldridge Brown, died 

 only a few months after my father. 

 When w-e lost Mr. Brown my brother 

 stepped in and took full charge of the 

 cashier's department. He has con- 

 tinued in that position and now is act- 

 ing treasurer. Our Mr. Bougy, of 

 course, has continued in charge of the 

 bookkeeping department and W. F. 

 Therkildson as advertising manager. 

 Howard M. Earl is well known in the 

 seed trade because of his activity with 

 us for nearly thirty years. For a num- 

 ber of yeas he has been in close touch 

 •with the producing end of our business 

 and has been also acting as superin- 

 tendent of our buildings and ware- 

 houses. 



Because of the increased volume of 

 business and the more dlfiicult con- 

 ditions under which we now operate, 

 ■we have thought best to divide these 

 responsibilities. Mr. Earl, because of 

 his long years of experience has been 

 made Production Manager and is now 

 directly responsible for the economic 

 management of all our farms; the 

 placing of contracts; the purchase of 

 stock from reliable sources; the In- 

 spection of crops and the conduct of 

 trials both to prove the viability and 

 pureness to type of everything sold by 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. In this con- 

 nection George W. Kerr co-operates as 

 Superintendent of the Trial Grounds 

 and as Sweet Pea Expert. 'W. Scott 

 Carroll is now Superintendent and has 

 charge of all our operating depart- 

 ments including the storage and han- 



dling (if all seed after It rcachi-H iIil- 

 I'lilladclphia wurt'lioiiHeB. 



So our orgunlzalioii stands today 

 with myself as Active Executor and 

 General Manager; W. Atlee Burpee, 

 Jr., Acting Treasurer; Howard .M. 

 Earl. Production .Muniiger; W. P. Ther- 

 kildson, .Vdvertislng .Manager; W. 

 Scott Carroll, Su|icrintendent. 



Notes. 

 New York, N. Y.— Henry W. Dough- 

 ten lias taken over the business of 

 Jacot & .Mullen, and the olHre has 

 been moved to 59 Pearl street. 



The Maryland Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station has Just sent out Bulle- 

 tin No. 204, by T. H. White, being a 

 record in detail of Variety Tests of 

 Potatoes, Tomatoes, Cabbage and 

 other vegetables. This bulletin contains 

 the unpublished notes and records of 

 vegetables that have been tested at 

 this station in the past ten years. 

 They should be useful to vegetable 

 growers who have not had experience 

 with varieties and who can use them 

 as a guide when consulting seedsmen's 

 catalogues. The testing of varieties 

 is an important part of the Experi- 

 ment Station's work. Xew, or so- 

 called new varieties are constantly ap- 

 pearing. Some are advertised very 

 extensively as being so much better 

 than any other in the market. It Is 

 the aim of the Experiment Stations to 

 verify in an unprejudiced way the 

 claims made for new varieties. Con- 

 siderable attention has also been 

 given to the testing of different 

 seedsmen's strains of the same va- 

 riety. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Chicago, III. — Everette R. Peacocke 

 Company, growers and dealers in 

 seeds, plants and bulbs; capital stock, 



.$100,110(1. 



Sweetwater, Tex. — Sweetwater Seed 

 & Grain Co.; capital stock, $25,00o. In- 

 corporators, Lee Judd, J. P. Bishop 

 and Max Newman. 



.Jacs Smits, of Naarden, Holland, 

 will make his customary visit to this 

 country and is expected to arrive in 

 New York about the end of July or 

 early August. 



MICHELL'S 



NEW CROP 



PANSY SEED 



Ml< IIKI.I.'s <.I\NT KMIIIIITION 

 MIXKII 



\ kcliiiit Htrnln whli-li for ntzo tif hiooin, 

 liiiivy lixtiiri' ami vnrli'cl rolora nnil 

 sluiilfx I'liiinnt Im' Hiiriniimoil. Hiilf tr. 

 |ikl.. :iiii-.; tr. pkt., Ktic.; 't, ot., $1.00; 

 C.Z.. J<I(IO. 



<il.\NT SORTS IN SKI'ABATE COLORS 



Tr. pkt Ot. 



.\nire lllu<- fO.40 $2.25 



llliick liliK- 40 -'.2.'> 



Kiii|i,'ri>r >\ lllliun, lllue 40 i.'^i 



lliirl,.n>lii K>'<l 40 2.M) 



KInK <>r tlir Itliirkx 40 2.2S 



l.iinl lli-iii-oiihtlclil. purple 



villi. t 40 2.2.') 



IViu-orU. Iilutf. cliirc't anil 



whlli- 40 .I.OO 



SniiH ()iif^n, puri' white 40 2.2.''i 



strl|i..il iinil Miittlcd 40 2.2.') 



Willi.- « nil Ky.' 40 2.25 



I'lirc Vill.iw 40 2.25 



VflliiH ivllli y.yr M 2.25 



.\U.i lill tith.-r Hfationahip Serdn. Bulbn 



nil. I Siippllt-M, 



S.-ii.t f.ir W hiilpMule Ciititl.iKni-. 



MICHELL'S SEED HOUSE 



518 Market St , Philadelphia 



CANES 



Measuring from 6 to 8 feet. Can 



cut to any size 



$1.50 PER lOO 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 VM«y St., N*w Y*rti 



I Arthur T. Boddingtin Co.,' Inc. | 



I SEEDSMEN | 



I 128 Chambers St., New York City i 



iiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiayiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH 



SEEDS 

 BULBS 



FERTILIZERS 

 SUNDRIES 



FOB THE FLORISTS 



A moBt complete stock ot Sea- 

 sonable Seeds. 

 FOR THE FLORISTS 



For Immediate use or future 

 delivery. Ask for quotatloDS. 

 FOR THE FLORISTS 



Pulverized Sheep or Cattle Ma- 

 nure. Clay's. Thompson's. Dried 

 Hlood. 

 FOR THE FLORISTS 



Insecticides, Spraying Imple- 

 ments, Small Tools, etc. 

 TOU ought to have our retail and Florists' Special List. 

 If you have not, write for one. 



FOTTLER, nSKE, RAWSON CO., J]!^JT.n'!°^^. BOSTON 



''Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thorouf^y tested at our trial grounds, Ra^nt 

 PeuHk, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



CARTEI^ TLSTED SEEDS, Inc., 



166 ClianlMr ol 

 Camaxrtt Bl(i|., BoitoD, Mau. 



