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HOETICULTUEE 



October 23, 1915 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, J. M. Lnpton, 

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

 dent, Kirby B. White, Detroit, Mich.; 

 Second Vice-President, F. W. Bolgriano, 

 Washington, D. C; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; Assistant 

 Secretary, 8. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, 

 O. Cincinnati, O., next meeting place. 



Canary Onions and Onion Seed. 



(Consul George K. Stiles, Tenerltfe, CaiKiry 

 Ishmds. Sept. 4.) 



The 1915 export season for Canary 

 Island onions and onion seed closed, 

 so far as shipments to the United 

 States are concerned, on August 28, 

 showing small reduction from last 

 year's figures in the quantities of seed 

 exported. However, a slight increase 

 in prices has made the values approxi- 

 mately the same, so that shippers and 

 growers are well satisfied with the 

 general results. Onions for Porto Rico 

 made a decided gain. 



As declared at the Teneriffe consu- 

 late, the value of the onion seed ex- 

 ported to the United States in 1915 

 was $40,828, against $43,293 in 1914; to 

 Porto Rico $973, against $2,548; or a 

 total of $41,801, against $45,841. ( nion 

 shipments to Porto Rico (there being 

 none to the United States) were valued 

 at $13,435, as compared with $7,963 last 

 year, this gain being sufficient to off- 

 set the loss on the seed exports and 

 leave a favorable balance of $1,432 for 

 the present year. 



The question of securing the neces- 

 sary bottoms for shipments to the 

 United States turned out to be (as was 

 forecast in Commerce Reports for 

 July 26) the most serious problem of 

 the 1915 crop. 



The Crop Situation. 



There have been no new develop- 

 ments in the crop situation during the 

 past week, excepting that our predic- 

 tion of very high prices for onions 

 next spring have been confirmed by 

 one of the largest dealers and ship- 

 pers of onions in the country. He 

 stated that onions next March would 

 bring a higher price than for twenty 

 years past. The same opinion seems 

 to be quite general about onion sets, 

 at least, that they will be higher next 

 spring than for several years. 



One exception to the statement that 

 there had been no change in the crop 

 situation is the announcement that 

 late varieties of sweet corn will be 

 very short, one or two estimates plac- 

 ing deliveries on contracts not above 

 40 to 50 per cent., and this is based 

 on the crop curing well as harvested. 

 Should there be any serious damage 

 as a result of unfavorable weather 

 causing the soft corn to mould, prices 

 are likely to rule higher than now 

 seems probable. 



Because of the unfavorable crop sit- 

 uation several of tlie larger wholesale 

 houses are declining to quote prices 

 on most lines of seeds in quantities. 

 In fact they have refused recently to 

 accept orders even in very small quan- 

 tities for many items, and this prob- 

 ably accounts in large measure for the 

 few salesmen representing the larger 

 houses who are now on the road. One 

 of the oldest members of the trade 



stated recently that he had never 

 known a season when such a condition 

 prevailed and it was very conclusive 

 of the extreme shortage of many items 

 and the generally unsettled situation. 



The news that our old friend Eugene 

 Schaettel is over here again canvass- 

 ing the trade for Messrs. Vilmorin, 

 Andrieux & Co., will be received with 

 pleasure by the trade, as Mr. Schaettel 

 has been always a most popular and 

 welcome visitor. We may be able to 

 get some information from Mr. Schaet- 

 tel through our correspondents, and 

 we know that anything he may offer 

 will be read with interest by the trade. 



HELP WANTED. 



To My Fellow Florists: 



The value of imports of horticultural 

 material at the Port of New York for 

 the week ending October 9, is given as 

 follows; Clover seed. $15,606; grass 

 seed, $3,498; sugar beet seed. $313: 

 trees, bulbs and plants, $91,020; ma- 

 nure salt, $16,055. 



BELGIUM PLANTS ARRIVING. 



Confirming our letter of September 

 23, we are pleased to be able to advise 

 you that shipments of Azaleas and 

 other Belgium plants are now arriving 

 in large volume. The steamers "Ryn- 

 dam" and "Oosterdyk" which arrived 

 on October 18, from Rotterdam, brought 

 458 packages for us and the steamer 

 "Westerdyk" now in transit brings 338 

 packages more. Other Azalea ship- 

 ments are also in transit and Holland 

 shipments are also beginning to arrive 

 in good volume. 



Please give this information the 

 widest circulation possible, to offset the 

 many erroneous reports that have been 

 published in recent weeks regarding 

 Belgium shipments. 



McHUTCHISON. & Co. 

 New York. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. — 

 Catalogue of Hardy American Plants. 



Weeber & Don, New York City — 

 Special Collections of Flowering Bulbs. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. — 

 Illustrated Price List of Fruit and Or- 

 namental Nursery Stock. 



P. J. Berckmans Co., Inc., Augusta. 

 Ga. — Illustrated Catalogue and Price 

 List of General Nursery Stock. 



W. A. Manda, Inc., South Orange, N. 

 J. — Catalogue of Novelties and Spe- 

 cialties in Greenhouse and Garden Dec- 

 orative Plants. 



Fraser Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala. 

 — Annual Wholesale Price List, Fall 

 1915 and Spring 1916. For nursery- 

 men and dealers only. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. — Illustrated List of Sweet Peas 

 for 1916. Includes Fiery Cross, The 

 President. Hilary Christie and other 

 sensational novelties. 



A. T. Boddington Co.. New York — 

 Florists List of Bulbs, Seeds, etc., for 

 Forcing and Fall Planting, Autumn 

 1915. Finely illustrated and bears 

 ■The Seal of Quality." 



A. T. Boddington Co., New York 

 City — Summer and Autumn Garden 

 Guide. A very attractive bulb cata- 

 logue bound in white covers, artisti- 

 cally decorated with hyacinths and 

 irises in blue, green and gold. 



Will not our fellow florists give a 

 helping hand to a deserving fellow 

 craftsman, who has met with an over- 

 whelming calamity, whose work of a 

 lifetime has been wiped out in a single 

 night, and he left penniless? 



Rose growers know Father Schoener 

 as an indefatigable hybridizer, whose 

 collection numbered species from every 

 continent, and who has produced as 

 high as 120,000 hybridized rose seeds 

 in one season. 



Attached letters explain themeelTes. 

 Send your contributions to Mr. 8. S. 

 Pennock, President of the American 

 Rose Society, No. 1618 Ludlow street, 

 Philadelphia, Penna., who will acknowl- 

 edge and forward same. May your 

 response be prompt. Thank you. 

 Truly, 



Robert Ptle. 



West Grove, Pa. 



Oct. 10, 1915. 

 My Dear Cousin : — 



I know you will be shocked as I was 

 when I learned today that fire originating 

 in a neighboring house last night de- 

 troycd Father Schoener's church and his 

 home. This, 'of course, means that many, 

 if not all. of his seedlings have been de- 

 stroyed, for they were largely planted in 

 the churchyard, as well as his collection 

 of briars. I tried to reach Father Schoen- 

 er today, but evidently he overexerted 

 himself during the flre, as he Is ill in bed. 

 I am going to Brooks on Tuesday and 

 upim my return will advise you as to 

 whether or not he saved anything, but I 

 fear that this calamity has left Father 

 Schoener penniless. Yours sincerely, 



(Signed) JESSE A. CURREY. 



My Dear Mr. Pyle: — 



I have to let you know the terrible news 

 that my house, church and plants and 

 roses burned last night, Oct. S)th. I am 

 penniless. 1 do not know what to do for 

 the present. I Just had cut the last seed- 

 lings to send to you. Would there be no 

 way to Induce the people In my behalf? 

 I ask this consideration to enable me to 

 go on with my work. All I had is gone; 



a value of about $10,000 is lost. Mr. 



sent me a check for $5; it is also burned. 

 He was in the company with the Governor 

 of Pennsylvania on his trip to the West. 



Could not some newspapers takp up the 

 matter to come to my fescue? I will be 

 ever thankful to vou for any kind of help 

 in this terrible affliction. 



Very respectfully yours, 



(Signed) FATHER SCHOENER. 



Brooks. Ore.. Oct. 10, 1915. 



NEWS NOTES. 



West Grove, Pa. — Antoine Wintzer 

 of Conard & Jones Co.. has at last pro- 

 duced an absolutely pure white canna, 

 so we are informed by the Philadel- 

 phia North American. The impres- 

 sionable correspondent persists in 

 dubbing Mr. Wintzer a "wizard" in 

 spite of that gentleman's very sensible 

 protest. When will people learn that 

 to any really worthy worker in plant 

 development the title of "wizard" is 

 not only unwelcome but offensive? 



Holyoke, Mass. — Arrangements for 

 the third annual flower show under the 

 auspices of the Holyoke and North- 

 ampton Florists' and Gardeners' Club, 

 to be held in Windsor Hall, Nov. 3 and 

 4, have been made. Many exhibits by 

 some of the finest flower growers in 

 New England are promised, and a spe- 

 cial feature will be an exhibit of or- 

 chids by W. A. Manda of South Orange, 

 N. J. The arrangements committee 

 consists of D. J. (Jallivan, chairman; 

 G. H. Sinclair, George Rackliffe and 

 George Strugnell of this city. Ed- 

 ward Hennessey and William Downer 

 of Northampton and James Whiting of 

 .\mherst. 



