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 \%a>l>lO(toD. II. C: KIrat \ lrr-l'n>*ld«Bt, 

 Hoi-ti* .H<»rlrtt, llAltlinorr, Md.; H*coBd 

 VUv-rrrBldrnt, Pitxld Iturp^r, rbll*d*l- 

 pblA, 1**.; Hrcrrtarjr-Trr««urrr, C E. 

 K*adpl. ClfTelaad, O. 



Spinach Seed in Europe 

 Nellierlamls. According to offlclaJ 

 statistics. 4,i>7» hectares (10.(ir>7 acres) 

 were utilized for the raising of seeds 

 in the Netherlands In 1916. of which 

 1,012 hectares (2.501 acres) were de- 

 voted to spinach seed. No statistics 

 as to the area utilized for seeds are 

 aTallable for IHIT. but it is presumed 

 that It is practically the same' as in 

 1916. Although no exact statistics are I 

 available giving the production of 

 spinach seed iround) in the Nether- 

 lands for 1917, the "Zaad Centrale" 

 (Seed Bureau) at The Hague esti- 

 mates that it will amount to at least 

 l.OOO.OiMi kilos (2.204.60(1 pounds). 

 which is considerably in excess of 

 1916. Of last year's production 235.- 

 194 kilos (518.509 pounds) were ex- 

 ported to the United States, but. as 

 the Dutch government has since 

 placed an embargo on spinach seed, 

 the prospects for the export of any of 

 the current crop are not very bright. 

 Producers, however, are in hopes of 

 obtaining export licenses later on. 



Switzerland. According to reports 

 received from reliable expert sources, 

 the production of spinach seed in 

 Switzerland is comparatively very lim- 

 ited, and this country has heretofore 

 been dependent chiefly upon import 

 (or its requirements in this line. The 

 Swiss federal seed experiment station 

 at Oerlikon has reported that an esti- 

 mate of the production of spinach 

 seed in Switzerland is difficult owing 

 to the fact that there are no statistics 

 covering the cultivation of spinach. 

 and that, therefore, there is no way 

 of estimating what the Swiss require- 

 ments of spinach seed are. The pro- 

 doction in any event is exceptionally 

 small, and in the Swiss seed market 

 the observation has been made that 

 ■while occasionally certain Swiss seeds, 

 as beans, beet root (mangold) and cer- 

 tain other vegetable varieties, are of- 

 fered for sale, there has never been 

 any spinach seed offered. On the oc- 

 icasion of the vegetable seed award of 

 ithe present year there was not a 

 :single spinach-seed variety from the 

 •German applied to their own use. The 

 ■entire part of Switzerland offered for 

 •exhib'ition. It is. however, possible 

 tthat -oecasionally in the gardens in ni- 

 n-al districts some spinach seed is pro- 

 iduced. but this is never offered for 

 sale, J)nt production in the German 

 ■part of Switzerland is estimated at a 

 ?ew Tiundred-weight, while in the 

 Firendh part of Switzerland it is pos- 



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S FREESIA Purity. $10.00 per 1000 



I Hrthurl^.Boddington Company, Inc. 



ra 128 Chanibcru Street, Nc%c \orU City 



*^ Seeds with a Lineage" All Veu'ieties 



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sible that the production is somewhat 

 larger. The spinach seed could here- 

 tofore be bought so cheaply from the 

 dealers that no one considered grow- 

 ing the same. The Swiss experiment 

 station for fruit, grapes and garden 

 cultivation in Waedenswil has report- 

 ed that, according to their own experi- 

 ence as well as information obtained 

 from expert sources, the Swiss gar- 

 deners have heretofore not pn)duced 

 the necessary- spinach seed for their 

 own requirements, but this was rather 

 imported from foreign countries. Only 

 in exceptional cases were small quan- 

 tities produced for their own require- 

 ment, but it will undoubtedly be neces- 

 sary in the future to devote more at- 

 tention to the production of this va- 

 riety of vegetable seed in Switzerland. 



Italy. — The production of spinach 

 seed in Piedmont. Italy (Provinces of 

 Turin, .\lessandria. Cuneo. and No- 

 vara), is of minor importance from a 

 crop standpoint, tlip seed obtained be- 

 ing purely for local use. Owing to 

 the lack of rain during the months of 

 August and September the spinach 

 seed yield in this district was about 

 one-eighth less than during the year 

 1916. No statistics are published on 

 this subject, but competent authori- 

 ties estimate the 1917 crop as between 

 150 and 200 short tons. 



Portugal. — The director of the de- 

 partment of agriculture of Portugal 

 states that the quantity of spinach 

 seed on sale in the principal establish- 

 ments of the country is between 750 

 and 800 pounds, which may be con- 

 sidered approximately the production 

 for 1917. Some seed is imported from 

 France. Holland and New Zealand. 

 The price at retail is about 43 cents a 

 pound at present exchange. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Worcester, Mass. Harold J. Xeale. 

 superintendent of parks, has resigned 

 to accept the position of superinten- 

 dent of Audubon Park. New Orleans. 



Perlin, N. J.— L. K. Peacock left last 

 week for Florida where he will be en- 

 gaged this winter in growing dahlias. 

 He will return to Berlin in time to 

 plant dahlias for next season. 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Hulk & (;o.. Uoskoop. Holland. — 

 Trade Catalogue of Selet^ Hardy Rho- 

 dodendrons and Hardy Fancy Kver- 

 greens. 



Henry F .Michell Co.. I^hiladelphia. 

 Pa. — Wholesale Catalogue and Order 

 Sheet for New Crop Flower Seeds. 

 Also Plants and Roots for Florists. 

 Illustrated. 



.lohn Lewis Childs, Inc.. Flower- 

 field, N. Y.— Trade Catalogue of Choice 

 Gladioli and other Summer Flower- 

 ing Bulbs and Plants for season of 

 1917-1918. Illustrated. 



It is stated that in view of the very 

 limited crop in prospect for 1917. no 

 exports of red clover seed will be 

 made this season from the La Roch- 

 elle district of France. 



MICHELL S New Crop 



FLOWER SEEDS 



FOR FLORISTS 

 WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



It is a complete list of SeasonabI* Bulbs. 

 Plant Specta)tiea and Sundries. Send for 

 a copy today. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., FHILA, PA. 



»EAOY IMO\A/ 



KcTatoDi! Hiupdracon Br«l. Winter Rloom- 

 liilf. $t.00 per pkt.. 6 plits for $5.00. 



Panny Seed. Finest Florlsti' Mlrtnr* 

 Jfl.OO per onnce. 



MIcnonette. Giant Gre*nhon«e OrowB. 

 SS.OO per ounce. 



When we say we ean please yon, we msAB 

 Jnst what we say. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



IMM Lincoln nidr. 



Phllmdelphls, Pa. 



