January 15, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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REIVIOVAI- IMOTIOE 



We have moved to our new and more convenient quarters 

 128 OHambers St., IMew^ Yorlc 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON COMPANY, Inc. 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, J. M. Lnpton, 

 Mattituck, L. I., N. Y.; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent. KIrby B. Wlilte, Detroit, Mlcb.; 

 Second Vice-President, F, W. Bolglano, 

 Washington, D, C. ; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. E. Hendel, Cleveiand, O. ; Assiatant 

 Secretary, S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Cincinnati, O., next meeting place. 



American Seed Trade Association. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Seed Trade Association met 

 In New York, Jan. 7th, with the fol- 

 lowing in attendance, viz.: President 

 J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, N. Y.; Secre- 

 tary C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 0.; Ex.- 

 President Lester L. Morse, San Fran- 

 cisco; Watson S. Woodruff, Orange, 

 Conn.; Herman Simmers, Toronto, all 

 members of the committee, and on In- 

 vitation, Messrs. Henry Nungesser, M. 

 H. Duryea and J. B. Deamud, repre- 

 senting the New York members. 



It was voted to hold the next con- 

 vention, June 20-22, 1916, in Chicago, 

 headquarters to be announced later. 

 A tentative program was arranged 

 and the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the American Seed Trade 

 Association in annual meeting assem- 

 bled recommends to the Association 

 that beginning Jan. 1st, 1917, this As- 

 sociation and its members use the 

 cental system exclusively by offering 

 all grass, clover, garden and field 

 seeds, potatoes and onion sets by the 

 pound and hundred pounds and abol- 

 ishing the listing or trading in quarts, 

 pecks and bushels. 



C. E. Kendel, sec'y. 



Proposals for Government Seeds. 



Proposals were opened on Tuesday 

 last for the annual supply of vegeta- 

 ble and flower seeds by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, there having 

 been sixty-one bids submitted. At the 

 opening of the bids only items and 

 prices were read, quantities quoted 

 upon and other interesting informa- 

 tion being held as confidential and not 

 disclosed. A fairly correct list of bid- 

 ders and prices Is now available. The 

 names of bidders on one or many 

 Items, as communicated to us are as 

 follows : 



On various vegetable seeds: Jones Bros., 

 Somervllle, Ga. ; Geo. W. Smith, Rolla, 

 Kansas; S. D. Woodruff & Sons, Orange, 

 Conn.; E. B. Clark Seed Company. Mil- 

 ford, Conn.; Upper Columbia Company, 

 Marble. Wash.; G. W. Oliver. Rocky Ford. 

 Col.; R. H. James. Rocky Ford, Col; J. S. 

 Frlener. Garden City. Kansas; Routzahn 

 Seed Company, Arroyo Grandf. Cal.; 

 Waldo Rohnert. Gllroy, Cal.; W. F Wood- 

 side, Rocky Ford, Co!.; Hunter Seed Com- 

 pany, San Frnncisco, Cal.; Lake Sbore 

 Seed Co., Dunkirk, N. Y. ; John Bodger & 



Sons Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; California 

 Seed Growers' Association, San Jose, Cal.; 

 W. H. Robinson, Cairo, Ga.; King Pharr, 

 Catherine. Ala.; L. C. Pharr, Catherine, 

 Ala.; Philip C. Riefel, Rocky Ford, Col.; 

 Sioux City Seed & Kursery Co., Sioux City, 

 la. ; Braslan Seed Growers' Co., San Jose, 

 Cal.; James L. Mauldin, Cairo, Ga. ; H. 

 Van Buskirk Seed Co., Rocky Ford, Col.; 



C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Valley, Neb.; 

 Rogers Bros., Alpina. Mich.; C. S. Wood, 

 Rocky Ford, Col. ; Delia Shaulis, Rocky 

 Ford. Col. : J. A. Shaulis, Rocky Ford, 

 Col. ; Chesmore Eastlake Mer. Co., St. 

 Joseph. Mo. ; Denaitfe & Sous. Berkeley. 

 Cal.; Lenawee .Seed Co., Blissfield. Mich; 

 \Vm. McGery, liolla. Kansas; Hartwell 

 Wagoner, Rocky Ford, Col. : E. R. Bliss, 

 Greeley, Cal. ; Geo. R. Pedrick & Son, 

 Pederiektown, X. J. : \V. W. Barnard Co., 

 Chicago. III.; Kimberliu Seed Co., Santa 

 Clara, Cal.; Western Seed c<c Irrigation Co., 

 Fremont, Neb. ; Ebbert Seed Co., Rocky 

 Ford, Col. ; S. P. Godwin, Cairo, Ga. ; G. 

 H. Booth, Cairo, Ga.; .M. H. Coon, Rocky 

 Ford, Col. ; Barteldes Seed Co., Lawrence, 

 Kansas ; Norton H. Morrison, Fairfield, 

 Wash. ; Chauncey P. Coy & Son, Waterloo, 

 Neb. ; Aggeler & Jlusser Seed Co., Los 

 Angeles. Cal.; Irvin Bros.. Rocky Ford, 

 Col.; Henry Fish Seed Co., Carpinteria, 

 Cal. ; Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., Gilroy, 

 Cal.; F. W. Bolgiano Co., Washington, 



D. C. ; Arkansas Valley Seed House, Lakin, 

 Kansas; Kelway & Son, Langport, Eng. ; 

 B. A. Gilbert, Monticello, Fla. 



Various flower seeds : Routzahn Seed 

 Company, Arroyo Grande, Col. ; Upper 

 Columbia Company, Marble, Wash.; S. D. 

 Woodruff & Sons, Orange, Conn. ; Waldo 

 Rohnert, Gilroy, Cal.; John Bodger & Sons 

 Co., Los Angeles. Cal.; J. W. Jung Seed 

 Co., Randolph, Wis.; D. V. Burrell, Rocky 

 Ford, Col.; S. H. Pollock, Rocky Ford, 

 Col.; Kelway & Son, Langport, Eng.; 

 Norton H. Morrison, Fairfield, Wash.; 

 Vllmorln. Andrieux & Co., Paris, France; 

 Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., Gilroy, Cal.; 

 Victor Johansen Seed Co., Los Angeles, 

 Cal. 



Notes. 

 Greenville, O. — McCartney Bros, have 

 taken over the seed business of Mace 

 & Mansfield, 620 South Broadway. 



Delaware, O. — J. H. Cunningham has 

 purchased the J. C. Cox Seed store at 

 West Winter St., to which he will add 

 a cut flower department. 



Keokuk, la. — The office and ware- 

 house of the Gate City Seed Company 

 was destroyed by fire Devember 28, 

 causing an estimated loss of $27,500. 



Northrup, King & Co., of Minneap- 

 olis, Minn., have written to Senator 

 Nelson, of that state, urging him to 

 use his influence against the pasSage 

 of the Anderson bill (H. R. 636) which 

 would change tlie postal rates on 

 seeds. It Is stated that, in view of 

 the fact that all catalogues for the 

 year are fully or nearly completed, 

 with prices based on present postal 

 rates, a considerable loss would be 

 suffered by the dealers. There would 

 also be an added labor cost incident 

 to weighing and zoning packages of 

 above four ounces in weight. 



The value of horticultural importa- 

 tions at the port of New York for the 

 week ending December 31, 1915, is 



given as follows: Red clover seed — 

 France, $15,082; Italy, 132,430; Eng- 

 land. $8,424. Grass seeds — France, 

 $4,043; Spain, $6,258; Scotland, $1,216 

 Austria, $99. Bulbs — Austria-Hungary, 

 $24; Belgium, $386; France, $84; Neth 

 erlands, $9,124; Sweden, $7,600; Japan 

 $5. Plants and trees — Austria-Hun 

 gary, $91; Belgium, $1,791; France, 

 $2,631; Netherlands, $4,911; England 

 $1,202; Ireland, $854; Japan, $27 

 Muriate of potash — Dutch E. I. $28,- 

 967. Fertilizer substitute — Scotland, 

 $29. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Gaffney, S. C. — Kirby Seed Company, 

 capital stock, $10,000. Incorporators, 

 A. B. Kirby, D. C. Ross and Maynard 



Smyth. 



Atlantic, la. — Nishna Valley Seed 

 Co., capital stock, $10,000. Incorpora- 

 tors, D. W. Thayer, J. W. Cuykendall 

 and F. E. Tharn. 



Westbury, N. Y. — Andrew R. Ken- 

 nedy Co.. to deal in seeds, bulbs and 

 nursery stock, capital stock, $10,000. 

 IncoriHjrators, C, A. R. and C. C. Ken- 

 nedy. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1.165,636. Combined Garden Weeder 

 and Pulverizer. Otto H. Temte, 

 Kathryn, N. D. 



1,166,219. Greenhouse Construction. 

 Maurice I. Jacobs, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



1,166,446. Cultivator. Frank A. Da- 

 vis, Sr., Blountstown, Fla. 



1.166.476. Hand Fertilizer and Seed 

 Broadcast Distributor. Washington 

 B. Parrish, Kenbridge, Va. 



1.166.477. Seed and Fertilizr Distrib- 

 uter. Washington B. Parrish, Ken- 

 bridge, Va. 



1.167,051. Grass Cutter. John S. 



Doak, Fort Worth, Tex. 

 1,167,276. Hothouse Frame. Clarence 



Y. Davidson, Hazleton, Ind. 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT. PARSNIP, RADISH and 

 <;aRDEN pea seed in vnrlty; also other 

 ItemR of the short crop of this past season, 

 as well na a full line of Garden Seeds, will 

 be quoted vou upon uppllcatlon to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St.. NEW YORK 



and ORANGE. CONN. 



LILIUM GIGANTEUM 



COLD STORAGE 

 Extra Selected Stock. Gladlnlus for forc- 

 ing:. NanuN, Cnlvillel or liirce fluwer- 

 InK type. GreenhniiNe Fertilizerfl. Ask 

 for IBin Seed CntaloKue. 



Joseph Breck 8 Sons Corp., Seedsmen 



47-S4 No. M.rL<^i Si , BO.'iTON. MASS. 



