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SEED TRADE 



AHERICAN SEED TRADE AiSOCIATIOh 



uairrr» — I'mldrnI, I^»lrr I., Morar. 

 (t>D rranrUio. (•lif.; I Irxl Vlrr-I'rpal- 

 drnl. J. M. I.uptiin. Maltlliii-k. I.. I.; I 

 «<r<-onil > li p-rrr>l<lrnl, I-:. C. Dtmican, j 

 riiirii<lrlplili>. l-a. : >trrrr(iir\ nnil Trrai>- 

 orrr. V. K. Krndrl. Clr> rliui<l, O.; A«- 

 • Ulanl ^rrrrtur}, !(. K. Wlllard, Jr., 

 rirtrland. «>. 

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A Notable Chicago Seed House 

 The Leonard Seed Co., orKiinized 31 

 years ago, with S. F. Leonard as presi- 

 dent and Mr. Clarke as secretary. Is 

 now one of the largest wholesale seed 

 houses in this country, and the two 

 men lo whose untiring efforts most of 

 the succtss is due are still active in 

 their respective ollices. Their ware- 

 houses are many, but their down-town 

 one, on Kinzie street, is one of the larg- 



H OHTl CULTURE 



FrVininry C. 1915 



•■•' 1 : the wholesaler means that 



a good one will follow for the retailer, 

 and say that prices are better, as a 

 uholc. than for .several seasons back, 

 iiiid the general fi'ding is that the 

 planters will call for more seed than 

 ever when the time arrives, rroduci- 

 in general has been moving at good 

 prices and market gardeners and grow 

 ers are talking e.vpan8lon. There are 

 exceptions, of course, but the ■'hard 

 luckers" are in a minority. There Is 

 quite a stir among American growers 

 to get into line to produce the varieties 

 of seeds that have been coming from 

 abroad and can and should be grown 

 here. An optimistic feeling prevails 

 all along the line. The California pil- 

 grims returning by way of Clilcago 

 from the Kast seem cheerful and this 

 great center gets the benefit of these 

 pilgrims of. trade both going and com 

 ins which lieli;s us to get tlie pulse 

 beat of the situation. 



Picking Room, Leonauu Seed Co., Ciikaoo 



est of its kind in this country. Its six 

 floors are all devoted to the wholesale 

 garden seed trade, and the cut shows 

 the •picking" room, with its 100 ma- 

 chines in operation. These are fed 

 from the grain in the reservoirs on 

 the floor above, and after the sorting, 

 fed again into bags on the floor below. 

 Each floor is 75 x 165 feet, and all are 

 filled. The office is on the main floor, 

 where a corps of stenographers take 

 care of tiie immense correspondence. 



From the Wholesaler's Standpoint. 



Mr. Clark says the season thus far 

 has been all that could be desired. 

 There is a fair supply of the standard 

 varieties of vegetable seeds, excepting 

 beans. Flower seeds are not so plenti- 

 ful and the commonest kinds are the 

 scarcest. This works no hardship, 

 however, for there are many kinds 

 available which are not so well known 

 and will prove just as ornamental 

 and satisfactory when tried out. The 

 Leonard Seed Co. infer that a good 



Onion Sets 



Are advancing steadily in price, the 

 great increase in demand being much 

 ahead of the increase in supply. Pres- 

 ent prices in case lots, immediate de- 

 livery, are $1.40 for red, $1.40 for yel- 

 low and $1.60 for white. 



Notes. 



Toledo, O.- The Page Seed Company 

 lias |)iir(hased the business of the 

 Henry Phillips Seed Company, and will 

 organize a new company to be known 

 as the Page-Phillips Seed Company. 



Imports of horticultural material 

 into the port of New York and value 

 of same, for week ending January 23, 

 1915, were as follows: Fertilizer, 

 $19,313: manure salt, $17,033; clover 

 seed, $109,795; grass seed, $1,728; 

 sugar beet seed. $16,945; trees and 

 plants, $40,142. 



Micheirs New Crop 



FLOWER SEEDS 



\>|- \U Mil .1. 

 I'hiitiuMUN Niinus. Nortliprn I*re4*n- 

 lioiiHi- iJrowii Swd. I'er I.OOO itc«MU, 

 ».t.,V); |I.-,..'.U |>..r .l.noo ittfd»; 10,1)00 

 Hi-vdH. ^:!0()0. 

 Ilatrlirrl. I'lT SOO BPi-tla, I.T2S; 10 00 

 per 1,000 Hi-rdH. 

 A.STER. Kurly M UDdrr. 



Tr. I'kt. Ox. 



link 10 40 12.00 



>«l>H.- 40 Z.OO 



\'- TF.K. Huten of the HarkrI. 



Tr I'kt. Oi. 



««iiiir jo.'jo to.in 



liiirk lilun L'O .75 



l.ik-M Itluc -M .7.-1 



llln.h I'Ink 20 ."."i 



ic.r rink 20 .75 



f rlriinon 20 .75 



Mlvnl 20 .75 



sAI.VI.A. Tr I'kt. Or.. 



Iliinflrc J0.40 $2.00 



Kiill of Fire .■.0 2.50 



Si.trlrt (iiow (MIchein .50 4.00 



Ziirli-li SO 4.00 



KiiiK uf C urprtN .50 2. .50 



Sphndriix 25 1.00 



rKTi Nl.\. Tr. Pkt. Ox. 



>ri< Ik.M'h .MunxtroNUK ;FI.00 



< alirorniii <;lnnt« .50 



< . I iiniUtlHrii IriiiKetl ,50 



l>>Mirr Inimllahlr 50 12.5 



Also ull cither SeiiHonable 8cctl*> und 



Siipiilif^ for the I'loriMt. 



SKM) FOR A COrV OF Ot R NKW 

 I'.ll.-. WIIOI.ESAI.K ( ATAI.Otil K IF 



vol HAVEN'T icK< i;i VEi) A < orv. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., Phils. 



^Jm^fut. 



Seeds and Bulbs 



\1/ i- often harp an overstock of 

 '" popular spfds and bulbs wliirli 

 \vi' are able to supply below the 

 market. 



Ask us about it and watcb for 

 "iir column aiinoun<pnifnt.s. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



In Businois Since 1802 

 53 Barclay Street - New York 



LILY BULBS 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



71 MURRAY ST.. NEW YORK 



"SEEDS WITH A LINEAGE" 



Seeds with n generation of finest 

 flowers and ve^^etables back of them — 

 carefully selected — really tested. 

 Write today for Cataloff. 

 CARTERS TESTF D SI EDS. Inc. 



infi ('huji)lier of < ommprfe Ulflff. 

 iSoBton, .MtthH. 



INCORPORATED. 



Geneva, N. Y. — .Maney & Sayre, 

 nurserymen, capital stock, $30,000. In- 

 corporators, T. J. iManey, R. M. Sayre 

 and Fitzhugh McGrew. 



Our readers will be interested In the 

 statement about the Potash situation 

 in the advertisement on page 197. 



