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11 1) 1! 11 CULT U H E 



April 29. 1916 



SEED TRADE 



Petty Tyranny. 



cMi'vi'liiiul. Ohio, has be.Mi selectPd us 

 Uie pliirc for lioldluK Hie next annual 

 convention of the National Canners' 

 AMOclntlon anif Hotel Stattler is to be 

 headqnartors. 



Then' lias been considerable UKtta- 

 tlon In favor of u Canned Food exhibit 

 In connection with the next national 

 convention, and it was generally asreed 

 that cither New York or Chicago were 

 the onlv cities where it would be 

 worth while, and in this Instance 

 Chlcajto would have been chosen, but 

 aniong other causes, and one of the 

 most potent against Chicago, was the 

 preposterous and bull dozing attitude 

 of the labor iinlons. 



A committee representing the Ma- 

 chinery and Supplies' Association 

 waited on the local I'ooh Hah. who 

 graciously consented to receive them, 

 and blandly informed them of what 

 they could and could not do — mainly 

 the later. Tacking up a banner across 

 the front of a booth was forbidden, 

 and the committee was told that a 

 t'nion Pnorator must be secured. This 

 is only one of very many similar inci- 

 dents, and lest any one should have 

 the hardihood to defy the unions, a 

 thinly veiled threat was made of "pos- 

 sible trouble" to machinery or exhibits. 

 This fellow, without legal authority, 

 and without responsibility, weilds a 

 power before which Courts, Governors 

 and Legislatures and civil function- 

 aries generally prostrate themselves. 

 Indeed members of labor unions may 

 do with impunity what would send the 

 non-union citizen to jail, and this the 

 work of the present government at 

 Washington. 



Let it be remembered that this is the 

 glorious U. S. A. when all of us are 

 guaranteed life, liberty and the pur- 

 suit of happiness. Think of what a 

 rtopia when these fellows are in abso- 

 lute control. 



Counter Trade. 

 Counter trade throughout the mid- 

 dle and New England states is still 

 more or less unsatisfactory, due en- 

 tirely to the weather. There have 

 been some pleasant, fairly warm days 

 during the past two or three weeks, 

 but on the whole we have had very 

 little of typical spring weather. Those 

 who depend largely on counter trade 

 are beginning to feel anxious as they 

 realize it is getting late, and many 

 believe that ground lost in spring 

 sales is never wholly recovered. Un- 

 doubtedly spring will come, and in 

 the very near future, but it will be so 

 late that many items which would 

 have been purchased early in the sea- 

 son had the weather been favorable, 

 will now be passed up until another 

 year. This is where the retail seeds- 

 men lose much valuable business. 



About Beans. 

 While special offers of seeds are 

 still being scattered broadcast by cer- 

 tain dealers, very few are offering the 

 leading varieties of wax and green 

 pod beans. We have noticed on one 

 or two occasions that these surplus 

 lists carried a large number of va- 

 rieties which we do not believe could 

 be purchased of the parties sending 



out the lists at any price, and It Is 



doubtful If such methods arc a help 

 to those employing them while we 

 iM'lleve they are more or less of an 

 injury to the trade as a whole. We 

 were recently Infornu'd that one Job- 

 bing house was carrying a consider- 

 able stock of beans, but so far as w» 

 could learn these consisted mainly of 

 the Ued and lllack Valentines and 

 Refugees and other of the more com- 

 mon varieties. It is doubtful If this 

 concern could offer the more popular 

 Wax and Green I'od sorts. We be- 

 lieve It may be taken for granted 

 that beans, with the exception of thr 

 varieties mentioned, will be well 

 cleaned out by the end of the season 

 It would be rash to speculate on tb( 

 coming season's crop, but conslilerinu 

 that it is scattered over a number ol 

 stales it is reasonably safe to assume 

 that there will be a crop in some sec- 

 tions, even though there are failures 

 in others. Last year most of the grow- 

 ers had their beans planted in Michi- 

 gan and New York slate, and the con- 

 sequence of a failure in these two 

 places meant a failure of the seed 

 bean crop. 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York 

 of horticultural material for the 

 week ending April 14th, were record- 

 ed as follows: 



Bulbs— Netherlands, $2,401; Eng- 

 land, $2G8; Scotland, $10; Bermuda, 

 f26: Hongkong, $212. 



Plants — France, $526: Netherlands, 

 $18,243: England. $1..S29; Bermuda, 

 $170: Trinidad. $6: Italy, $.55; Colom- 

 bia. $237: Venezuela, $50. 



Red clover seed — France, $112,806; 

 Italy, $45,353. 



Grass seed — France. $757; Nether- 

 lands, $396; England, $1,715. 



All other seeds — Denmark, $1,983; 

 France. $4,665; Netherlands. $622; 

 England, $5,215; Hongkong, $19; 

 Morocco, $4,194. 



Nitrate of soda— Chile, $93,331. 



Carbonate of potash — Chile, $85. 



Other fertilizers — England, $4,453; 

 Argentine, $26,597. 



Notes. 

 Rochester. N. Y. Mandeville & 

 King are erecting a seed warehouse on 

 University avenue. 



Omaha, Neb. — The Nebraska Seed 

 Company have increased their capital 

 stock from $.50,000 to $150,000. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The Farmer 

 Seed & .Nursery Co. of Faribault, 

 Minn., have opened a branch store in 

 this city. 



Berkeley, Cal. — The Berkeley Seed 

 & Plant Company. G. W. Wolters. pro- 

 prietor, have opened a seed store at 

 198C Shattuck ave. 



We are Informed that the business 

 of W. Atlee Burpee has averaged well 

 up with former years, and it is hoped 

 will prove the banner year for this 



MICHELL^S 



Hardy Perennial 

 Plants 



A full line of Rtaodurd an well U8 the 

 newer vjirleiies. prnwri ;it our NurserieH 

 nt Audalusla, Pa. Of unusual vlgur and 

 line quality. For complete list see our 

 Wholesale Oilalotfut*. Sen<I f<ir ii copy 

 if you hMV'-n'r »iur 



RNichell's Seed House 



518 Market Slrtet, 



Philadelphia 



BEGONIA, Mariemont Bedder 



Hrllllant Bcnrlet with redcllnh browu foli- 

 age. Beet bedding variety grown. Packet, 

 2S cents. Catalogue upon arpllcatlon. 



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8e«<lanieB 

 it Sonth Market St. Boiton, Mass. 



well known bouse. So long as the 

 present able management is In con- 

 trol there is little likelihood of any 

 backward movement in this business. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



I). Hill Nursery Co.. In(. -Wholesale 

 Trade List of Evergreens, .-Xprll 1. 

 1916. 



Iljalmar Hartmanu & Co., Copenha- 

 Kcn, Denmark — Danish Seeds. Cauli- 

 flower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, to- 

 matoes, turnips, etc. Illustrated. 

 I.oechner & Co., New York. American 

 agents. 



.\rthur De Meyer. Ghent. Belgium — 

 Whilesale Trade List tor 1916. An il- 

 lustrated list of azaleas, palms and 

 other nursery stock in the usual Bel- 

 gian specialties. McHutchison & Co.. 

 New York are the .American agents for 

 this leading house. 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynes 

 Park, London, England. Send for Catalogue 



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