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The Canners. 



AniniiK I ho scMlsnien and seod ktow- 

 ers who had booths at the rerenl Can- 

 lu'rs' Convention may bp mentloneil, 

 Jerome H. Rice Seed Co.. Leonard 

 Seed Co.. 1). Uiiidreth Seed Co.. S. IV 

 WoodrufT & Sons. V. H. Woodruff & 

 Sons, K^-erett H Clark Co.. D. M. Ferry 

 & Co., J. HolRiaiio & Sons, a very re- 

 spectable sth)wins as to numbers. The 

 attendance this year was not so large 

 as that of a year auo at Baltimore, 

 and from a business point of view was 

 much more disappointinp. One of the 

 reasons is the fact that the exhibits 

 occupied two floors at the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace, and owing to the peculiar 

 construction of the building each floor 

 was practically shut off from the 

 other. Most of the machinery was 

 exhibited on the main floor, and the 

 visitors to this floor were fairly num- 

 erous at all times while the exhibition 

 was open, but probably not one in 

 twenty took the trouble to go up 

 stairs. So far as can be ascertained, 

 the machinery men and can manufac- 

 turers did a fairly good business, but 

 the supply men were very greatly dis- 

 appointed and many serious com- 

 plaints have been made against an ex- 

 hibition on two floors. 



No decision has as yet been reached 

 as to where the next convention will 

 be held, but it will undoubtedly be 

 somewhere in the middle west, or pos- 

 sibly it may go as far as Denver. This 

 city seems to suit a great many of 

 the western people and even the east- 

 ern men regard it with favor. Among 

 the other contenders for the conven- 

 tion are Rochester, Buffalo and Rich- 

 mond, although the latter is not quite 

 prepared to handle so large a crowd 

 as the canners usually carry to their 

 conventions. 



Seed Potatoes. 



Seed potatoes have experienced a 

 sinking spell and we learn that they 

 can be bought in .Maine at the lowest 

 figure in several years. This very na- 

 turally means a low price for eating 

 potatoes which coming at the moment 

 when flour and all cereals have reached 

 the highest level in many years, should 

 materially help in keeping down the 

 family expenses. It will probably be 

 a repetition of the experience of other 

 years on the part of the dealers in 

 seed potatoes, that those sold early at 

 a higher price will cause discontent 

 among the buyers and it will be nec- 

 essary to reduce early prices to sat- 

 isfy dissatisfied customers. 



There are reports that onion sets 

 are also on the decline but we have 

 not been able to verify them as yet. 



The Boddington Business. 

 At a meeting of the larger creditors 

 of A. T. Boddington, 342 West 14th 

 street, New York, held Thursday after- 

 noon, Feb. 11, the consensus of opln- 



HORTICULTURE 



i"ii was lihowii III hi' ununlmoiiHly •'■ 

 favor of continiiliiK tiie buHinoHK, look- 

 InK to the best InlerestH of all con- 

 cerned. AccordhiKly, a Creditors' Pro- 

 tective Committee was appoinled, the 

 following gentlemen being elected to 

 serve tlwreon: C. \V. Scott of the 

 Yiikohama Nursery Co., Chas. Sehwake 

 of Chas. Sehwake & Co., Inc., and 

 Uemson S. .Mills. This committee will 

 taki- full control of I he bnsinesH, .Mr. 

 Itoddington giving his active co-opera- 

 tion. It was demonstrated that a 

 forced sale at this time would leave 

 creditors absolutely without any divi- 

 dend whatsoever. whereas under 

 the economies to be put in force 

 by the Creditors" Protective Com- 

 mittee and with the co-operation 

 of the creditors themselves, there 

 is every possibility of the busi- 

 ness being eventually restored to a 

 Iirofilable basis. The house of Arthur 

 T. Boddinglon is well and favorably 

 known to the purchasing ptiblic. it has 

 expended large sums in advertising, 

 therefore the value of the good-will of 

 the house is incontestible. Two of 

 the gentlemen selected on the Cred- 

 itors' Protective Committee are well 

 known New York seedsmen and theii- 

 names should be sulticient guarantee 

 that the interests of all creditors 

 will be inipiirtially safeguarded. 



Notes. 

 New York, N. Y.— Knight *i Struck 

 Co. have opened a retail seed store at 

 302 West 22nd street. 



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The value of various horticultural 

 materials imported into New- York for 

 the week ending February H. 1915 is 

 given as follows: Manure salt. $67,404. 

 fertilizer. $10.39.5: guano. $1,671; 

 grass seed, $6,553; trees and plants, 

 $2,128. 



The advent of Harry A. Bunyard in 

 the seed business under his own name, 

 is one of the interesting items to bc- 

 chronicled, but we venture to say that 

 he has started rather late in the sea- 

 son and will be under more or less of 

 a handicap this year. However, he 

 has our best wishes for his success, 

 and as he is very capable and resource- 

 ful there is good reason to believe that 

 he will succeed. 



The following testimonials to the 

 good qualities of ".Tohn Baer" tomato, 

 were crowded out of the advertise- 

 ment of .1. Bolgiano & Son. 



.V Week to Ten Hn.vs Karlier Tliilii l.ivinir- 

 ston'N <iliihf>. 



Mr. II. E. Kuclirrl. Se<.-Tri-il>. Terri-n 

 l.lind uikI Developnienl Cfiniiniti.r. I'lnriilu. 

 writes. May 22(1. I'.il4 : -.VflcT o.iioful and 

 fxli.iiisllvi' Ic.sts. Molin Itaer' Tniiialoi'S. 

 plaiitcil 111! liainmoek land, rlcli soil, heav- 

 ily fiTlili/.iMl. pioiliiti'd tlie lii'st icsnlts of 

 all. rrodnrcd a heavy vine, full of fruit 

 and niaiuri'rt a week to ten days earlier 

 than I.ivhiiislon'.s (Slolie. plnntod at the 

 same lime under like conditions. The soil 

 is nalurally moist and frnlt w.is only dam- 

 aged sllKhtly tiy the drought." 

 Never Tawtwl .Siirh Niee Taniatoe« nj* ".lohn 

 Baer." 



Mr. <i. r. Butler. .Ir.. Santa Cruz. Calif.. 

 Alip. ffith. 1!(H, writes: '•'.lohn Itaer' To- 

 mato Is all you claim for it. It is cer- 

 tainly a sood one. All my customers say 

 tbey have never tasted such nice Tomatoes 

 before. I shall plant the same Tomato 

 next year." 



".John Baer" Best Tomato Ever Grown in 

 Colorailo. 



The Colorado State .\Krirultural ColieRe, 

 E. P. SandHten. Ilortirulturlfit. Aug. 31st. 

 IftH, writes: "'John Baer' Tomato has 

 shown to he the best Tomato we have ever 

 grown. Not only Is it as early as any To- 

 mato we have tried, but the fruit is more 

 uniform and the size and ripeness more 

 uniform. '.Tohn Baer' is undoubtedly an 



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excellent Tomato and one we shall prow 

 asain, especially for forcing, .as I believe 

 it will prove :i success. Vnr outside cul- 

 ture It has certainly proven a great To- 

 mato." 



William N. Craig, secreary of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton, was the speaker at the meeting 

 of the Rhode Island Horticnltural So- 

 ciety at Providence Public Library 

 Wednesday evening, February 17. His 

 subject was the "Home Vegetable 

 Garden." 



