April- 5, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



.327 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TKADB ASSOCIATION 



Officers — President, F. W. Bul»l»n», 

 Wuhinctnn, D. C; First Vice-President, 

 Wni. G. Scarlett, Baltimore, Mil.; Seooad 

 Vlre-rresident. David Burpee, Philadel- 

 phia, I'a. ; Secretary-Treasurer, O. K. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Size of Catalogues. 

 In a letter to The Seed World, Chi- 

 cago, 111., Curtis Nye Smith writes as 

 follows : 



"I note in the issue of The Seed 

 World of March 21st an article rela- 

 tive to the size of catalogs which are 

 to be sent through the mails. 



"It may interest you to have the re- 

 cent decision of A. M. Dockery, 3rd 

 Asst. Postmaster General, written "to 

 the writer on this matter. The circu- 

 lar letter of Post Office Department of 

 June 3. 1918, suggesting the restric- 

 tion of the size of envelopes to 4 x 9 

 inches is not an order, but simply a 

 suggestion, and Mr. Dockery uses 

 these words: 



" 'Whenever it is practicable to 

 prepare matter so that it can be 

 enclosed in an envelope not ex- 

 ceeding 4" x 9", this should be 

 done.' 



"As it is quite impossible for the 

 needsmen or nurserymen to limit the 

 size of their catalogs to the dimen- 

 sions above indicated, relief is felt that 

 this circular of June 3, 1918, is not an 

 order but merely a suggestion. 



"It is understood that some local 

 postmasters are holding this circular 

 of June 3, 1918, to be an order, and if 

 any difficulty arises, it is suggested 

 that the local postmaster secure an 

 opinion from Mr. Dockery." 



SUMMER SPRAYING. 



Almost every Missouri apple or- 

 chard will produce more and better 

 fruit if the first summer spray is ap- 

 plied. Apple scab, the spring canker 

 worm and the plum curculio cannot 

 be successfully controlled without this 

 spray, according to T. J. Talbert of 

 the University of Missouri College of 

 Agriculture. 



In general for Missouri orchards the 

 most satisfactory spraying solution to 

 use is commercial lime-sulphur con- 

 centrated (1% gallons to 50 gallons 

 of water) and 1 pound of powdered 

 arsenate of lead or 2 pounds of the 

 paste form in every 50 gallons of 

 spraying solution. 



This summer spray should be ap- 

 plied when the apple flower buds be- 

 gin to separate and show their pink 

 petals but before the blossoms open. 



Since the period of time for this 



MICHELL'S NEW CROP 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



GREENHOUSE GROWN SEED 



1000 Seeds $3.00 10,000 Seeds $25.00 



6000 Seeds 13.75 25,000 Seeds 56.25 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



1.0(H) Seeds $0.75 



5,000 Seeds 3.00 



10,000 Seeds... $5.50 

 25,000 Seeds . . . 12.50 



Special prices on larger quantities. 



Also all other Seasonable Seeds, Bulbs 



and Supplies. SEND FOR OUR NEW 



WHOLESALE PRICE LIST IF YOU 

 HAVEN'T A COPT. 



HENRY F. MICHELL GO. 



518 MARKET ST.. 



PHILADELPHIA 



spray is generally from four to seven 

 days it is important that the fruit 

 grower have on hand enough spraying 

 chemicals for at least one application 

 and that the spraying equipment be 

 in good working order, for a few days 

 delay may allow the apple trees to 

 come into bloom, during which time 

 they should not be sprayed. 



The second summer spray should be 

 applied immediately after the petals 

 or blossoms fall, using the same spray 

 as in the first application. This is the 

 most important summer spray and 

 should never be omitted. It is for the 

 control of the same pests as the first 

 spray and is the most important spray 

 for scab and codling moth. Since a 

 majority of the first brood codling 

 moth worms enter the apples through 

 the calyx end, it is important that this 

 be a very thorough and driving spray. 



Like the first summer spray this 

 application must be applied within a 

 few days to be most effective. For 

 the greatest number of varieties of ap- 

 ples the calyx lobes close in from 5 

 to 8 days after the petals fall. We 

 must, therefore, apply this spray 

 within this period to be successful in 

 preventing wormy apples. 



The second or calyx spray should 

 be followed by a third spray in about 

 2 or 3 weeks. In orchards where cur- 

 culio injury is severe the spray should 

 be applied in from 7 to 10 days after 

 the calyx spray. This is the most 

 important application against apple 

 blotch. If the disease is serious, as it 

 frequently is in the southern part of 

 the state, Bordeaux Mixture (3-4-50) 

 and arsenate of lead should be used 

 instead of the lime-sulphur solution. 



The fourth summer spray should be 

 applied about 3 or 4 weeks after the 

 third. It is for the control of most of 

 the insect pests and fungous diseases 

 mentioned above and is also impor- 

 tant in preventing bitter rot. Where 

 apple blotch or bitter rot Is serious 



apply Bordeaux Mixture (3-4-50) and 

 arsenate of lead instead of lime-sul- 

 phur and arsenate of lead. 



Caution. — Where lime-sulphur and 

 arsenate of lead are used in making 

 the third and fourth applications it is 

 often advisable to reduce the strength 

 of the spraying solution during dry, 

 hot, bright sunny weather, in order to 

 prevent burning the fruit. This may 

 be done by using about 1 gallon of 

 the concentrated solution instead of 

 iy 2 gallons to 50 gallons of water. 



In some orchards and occasionally 

 during some seasons additional sprays 

 are required to produce marketable 

 fruit, but in general the sprayings or- 

 dinarily needed are the four outlined 

 above. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Fifteenth Annual Report of Frank 

 \V. Kane, State Forester of Massachu- 

 setts, 52 pp. illustrated. 



The American Seedsman, a new 

 publication devoted, as its name 

 states, to the interest of the seed 

 trade, has. made its initial bow and 

 will be a welcome addition no doubt 

 to the journals covering the trade. 



CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 

 American Forestry Co., Boston, 

 Mass.— Wholesale Price List, 1919, of 

 evergreens. A very complete list of 

 trees grown at their Little Tree 

 Farms, Framingham, Mass. Profusely 

 illustrated. 



Rochester, N. Y.— Joseph Harris Co. 

 have opened a seed store in the Pub- 

 lic Market. 



SEEDS AND BULBS 

 JBobbington's 



128 Chamber* St., N. Y. City 



