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H H T I C U L T U R E 



April 24. 1915 



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SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



(>mrrr> — l"rr«ltlrii(, l.»»trr I.. Mor»«>. 

 S»n Jn4nili.ru. I'ltlK.; I"lr»l \lrr-rrn.l- 

 Urnt. J. >l. l.uptuii. Mnlllturk. 1.. I.: 

 S<N-untl \ lrr-1'rri.lilrnl. K. C Ouiikmii. 

 l*litl»4lrliililit. Va.: SrcrrlMry und Trnui- 

 orrr. 1'. K. Krndrl, CIrvrliuitl. O.; Aa- 

 • l>lant .srrrrtmr;. S. K. Wlllkrd, Jr.. 

 Clrtrliuid. U. 



Buslnet* Booming. 



There has been a marked Improve- 

 ment In retail business during the 

 past ten or twelve days, and at the 

 present time there are not enough 

 hours In the day to complete each 

 day's work, and the principal houses 

 are from one to two days behind in 

 their orders. 



The wholesalers report that the past 

 week has set a new record in the 

 matter of flll-in orders. If the present 

 high pressure continues until June 1st 

 the volume of business will doubtless 

 be equal to that of last year, and the 

 majority of clerks and principals will 

 be almost physical wrecks. 



Obnoxious Legislation. 

 We are just advised of a new- 

 menace to tlie seed trade fathered by 

 the ignorant and reactionary canning 

 element of Wisconsin. This is an 

 amendment to the Wisconsin seed law 

 requiring every package to bear a 

 label stating per cent of germination, 

 trueness to name, purity, grower's 

 name, where grown, year grown and 

 many other features equally obnox- 

 ious. The canners themselves have 

 been complaining voc iferously against 

 restrictions placed upon them by State 

 and Federal laws, and it looks very 

 much as if it was a case of "miser>' 

 likes company." The conditions de- 

 manded in this amendment are of such 

 a character, that no person who is both 

 honest and intelligent would suggest 

 or indorse them. To require the plac- 

 ing of a label on each package stating 

 per cent, of germination and purity, 

 may be a debatable proposition, but to 

 demand to know where the seedsman 

 secures his seed, the name of the 

 grower, or even the year of growth, 

 is something which no honorable, in- 

 telligent man would ask for. On this 

 last point the canners today are fight- 

 ing a ruling of the Department of 

 Agriculture requiring them to date all 

 of their cans. They contend that the 

 food in the can is just as good a year 

 old as when first packed, but that 

 popular prejudice would militate 

 against the buying of tins showing 

 that the contents had been packed 

 any (onsiderable length of time. Yet 

 in the face of this, they are demand- 

 ing of the seedmen, what they are so 

 strenuously fighting themselves. 



It is hoped that the seed trade will 

 make a strenuous fight to kill this 

 measure. If the canners who are its 

 advocates could show wherein they 

 have suffered in the past any material 

 damage by the absence of these con- 

 ( ditions in their dealings with seeds- 

 men of recognized reputation and re- 



Bponslbllity there might bo some forco 

 to Uielr argument, but wo do not be- 

 lieve Uiat it Is iKisslble for thom to do 



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Kor several years an element among 

 the Wisconsin canners have been at 

 war with tho seed growers, and have 

 boen shouting basolcsB complaints. An 

 :i rule those who have made the loud- 

 ist complaints have not bought si»etl 



and pea seed is the great t>one of 

 contention — from reputable growers, 

 but have procureil it from farmers 

 without any knowledge of pea seed 

 growing, or have raised It themselves 

 from the same degenerate seed stock 

 as that used by the farmers. Their 

 quarrel, therefore, should be with the 

 farmers from whom they buy. rather 

 than from the seed growers with 

 whom tliey have had little or no deal- 

 ings. The character and quality of the 

 seed |)roduce<l by most of the Wiscon- 

 sin farmers is so well known, both 

 among the canners and the seed trade, 

 that the term "farmer's seed" is recog- 

 nized everywiiere as a term of re- 

 proach. In plain words these canners 

 are endejivoring to hold the seed 

 growers responsible for their own mis- 

 lakes and follies, and it is a significant 

 fact, that outside of this element In 

 Wisconsin above referred to, there is 

 little or no complaint against seed 

 growers in any other part of the 

 country. 



Of course we do not mean to assume 

 that mistakes have not been made by 

 the seed growers, even the best of 

 them, but they are few and far be- 

 tween, and are usually not of a char- 

 acter to vitally affect the pack. Xo 

 system ever devised, but breaks down 

 occasionally. We have devoted con- 

 siderable space to this matter as a 

 large number of our readers have ex- 

 tensive dealings with the canners of 

 the country, and we know they will 

 be vitally interested in any iseue of 

 this character. 



Notes. 

 Sedalia, Mo. — The T. CuIIey Com- 

 mission & Seed Co. has been pur- 

 chased by Fred J. Kreisel. formerly of 

 the Archias Seed Store. 



Value of horticultural imports into 

 New York for the week ending April 

 10 is given as follows: Fertilizer, 

 $10,946; clover seed, $217; grass seed, 

 $3,284; trees and plants, $40,031. 



Chicago The Leonard Seed Co.'s 

 main oflicc on Kinzie street., was vis- 

 ited by burglars the night of April 

 13th. No large sums of money are 

 kept here, it being the custom of this 

 firm to pay in checks and only a small 

 sum for emergencies is kept on hand. 

 The wisdom of this was shown when 

 the robbery occurred. The safe was 

 banked with bags of grain from the 

 upper floors and then blown open. 

 About $200 were taken. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 

 —"Everything for the Lawn and Golf 

 Course." The title tells the story 

 exactly. 



American Forestry Company, Bos- 

 ton -1915 Spring Price List of Amer- 

 ican-Born Evergreen and Deciduous 

 Trees, grown at the Little Tree Farms 

 of America. South Framingham, Mass. 



MICHELL'S PRIMULA SEED 



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Ml rr. Tr. 

 1-kt. Vkl. 

 .Mli-liHl'ii I'rlwr .Mixture. An 



i-voii l.li-iitlliii: "f nil <<.lor»..»0.00 »1.00 



Mint Mmiiiillrit. While 00 1.00 



<lil.»l<k IC.mI. Ilrlulil ri'il 00 1.00 



liu<-ii4,..M. WliHi- with r.oue of 



r..-..v i ill iiiliH'. ji'lliiu i-ye 00 1.00 



llolhorii I(lu« 0(1 1(10 



Kfrtiirvliiu NpirntlrnB. CrlniHOD .00 1.00 

 lliM,> M.ini. IMiik flO 1.00 



PKIMI LA OBCORICA GIGANTBA 

 A Kr<*iit linpruvouieiit ov<t the old 

 lype; llowcru iiiiicli liiricvr. 



Trade I'kt. 



I.lliuliui. Talp llliir lO.M 



KrniicNliiu. I>oi>p rrlmsOD 00 



KtM>i'4i. rink M 



Alhn. Whlli- SO 



ll.vhrldu .Mlx<><l SO 



PRIMtU MALACOIDBS 



l-llu<-. Tr. I'kt »0.50 



,\llMi. White. OrlK. pkt 20 



ll<iHm. I/I^lit roKc to ciirmlDe rose. 

 iirlu'. |ikt IB 



ASPARAGUS PLDHOSDS KANDS.SBBD 

 Northers Gr«««boBM Growa 



1000 Sct-d... t.i.50 5000 Seed.. ..$1.V.'.0 

 10.000 .S<-cd, »:)0.0O 



L«lh-liOBM Gr«iw 



lOiKi S.f.l... »2.r.0 0000 Seed.... $12.00 

 10,000 Seed. »2.T00 



ASPARAGCS BATCBBKII 



100 Seed $1.00 500 Seed $3.'^ 



1000 Seed. $0.00 



ASPARAGUS SPREN(iERIi;SEED 



1000 Sc<>d m.-r> .'iOOO seed $.3.00 



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I-.\TKST WIIOI.KN.VI.K <'.\TAMJti 

 AMI- l-RICK L1<>T. IRKK KOK 

 TilK .\SKIN<;. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 Market St., Phlla. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Western New York Horticultural 

 Society — Proceedings of the Sixtieth 

 Annual Meeting held at Rochester, 

 January 27-29, 1915. A 234-page book 

 full of interest to the grower of nur- 

 sery and orchard stock in New York 

 State and corresponding latitudes. 



.Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Transactions, Part 11. for the Year 

 1914. In addition to the reports of the 

 various committees, a series of photo- 

 graphic views of the leading estates of 

 Lenox, Mass., visited by the garden 

 (ommittee in 1914. add interest and 

 |)ractieal value to this report. 



The Blue Book of Bulbs, 1915. 

 Chester .lay Hunt, Montclair, N. J. — A 

 treasury of information concerning the 

 garden beauty of the spring flowering 

 bulbs. It is a "cream quality" list and 

 is the 'iast word" as to the advance- 

 ment and development of this Impor- 

 tant class of garden decorative mate- 

 rial. 



The Preliminary Premium List of 

 the Chrj'santhemum Society of Amer- 

 ica has been received. The exhibition 

 will be held November 10 to 14, 1915, 

 inclusive, at the Coliseum, Cleveland, 

 Ohio, under the direction of the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society, Cleveland Flor- 

 ists' Club and Cleveland Garden Club 

 as previously announced in these col- 

 umns. Copies of the schediile may 

 be had by addressing Frank A. Fried- 

 ley. Secretary Exhibition Committee. 

 :{.')6 Leader Building. Cleveland, Ohio. 



