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HORTICULTUEE 



September 16, 1916 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 

 Officers— President, Klrby B. White, 

 Detroit Mich.; First Vice-President, F. 

 W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C; Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, I. L- Olds, Madison, 

 Wis.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. E. Kendel, 

 CleTeland. O. 



Pedigree Pea Prices. 



Since our crop report of the 9th, 

 confirmation of our prediction that 

 seed peas of pedigree stocli will be de- 

 sirable property has been received. 

 We learn that sales aggregating sev- 

 eral thousands of bushels have been 

 made to Pacific coast buyers, and for 

 export, ranging from 65c. to $1.00 per 

 bushel, above contracting prices of 

 last winter and spring. These sales 

 cover a considerable number of varie- 

 ties, including Alaskas and the early 

 large pods, as well as the late long 

 pods. Europe will not be prepared to 

 place any considerable stock of seed 

 peas on our markets this year. There 

 undoubtedly will be a ban placed on 

 the export of edible peas by all Euro- 

 pean countries the coming year, both 

 neutrals and belligerents. Thus far 

 we have learned of just one quotation, 

 and that at practically prohibitive 

 prices. Varieties such as Alderman, 

 Duke of Albany and Extra Earlies 

 are listed above $6.00 per bu.; English 

 Wonder, $8.50; Ameer, $7.00; Daisy, 

 American Wonder, Little Marvel, Tele- 

 phone and Vanguard, $8.50 to $8.80; 

 Laxtonian and Pioneer, $9.75; Gradus 

 and Thomas Laxton at $6.50; Gems, 

 $5.10; other varieties pr;oportionately 

 high. 



These quotations are all f. o. b., Lon- 

 don or Liverpool, which means that at 

 least another dollar per bushel must 

 be added to cover freight, insurance 

 and incidental expenses. After this 

 comes the pertinent question — "shall 

 we ever get them?" 



Seed Bean Prospects. 



While sales of peas in considerable 

 quantities have been made we have 

 learned of no growers nor dealer with 

 sufficient hardihood to quote seed 

 beans in quantity. We have heard ot 

 frost in central and western New 

 York during the past week, but the 

 bean crop of the Empire State is al- 

 ready so nearly a failure that it can 

 suffer but little further damage from 

 any source. Beyond this above re- 

 port we have heard of no other dam- 

 age to the general crop during the 

 past week. 



Garden Beets, Carrots, Etc. 

 European reports of very serious 

 damage to garden beets and carrots 

 should cause a sharp advance in 

 values of these two important families 

 of seeds. There are heavy shortages 

 in other families of seeds and prices 

 on many items are likely to reach 

 higher levels than for several years, 

 and it will be a serious problem to 

 arrange an equitable list of prices the 

 coming autumn and winter. 



SEEDS for the FLORIST 



ASTERS 



FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO., 



QUEEN of the 

 MARKET. 



rbe beat extra early variety, large, double flowers, on long 

 stems, in colors : Crimson, Dark Blue, Light Bine, Rose 

 Peach Blossom, White. 



Trade Paclset, 20c., Or., 75c. 



Sweet Peae, Cyclamen, Primulas, Lily of the Valley, from 



Our Own Cold Storage Plant. 



Our Trade List Mailed on Application. 



THE SEED STORE DnCTrtM 

 Faoeoil IMl Sqoare DUO 1 Vjli 



"Seeds with a Lineage" All Varieties 



Thoroughly tested at our trial grounds, Raynee 

 Peu-k, London, Elngland. Send for Oitalogue 



C^ARTEKS ILO 1 la) t^CJuDoj inc., CWmerce BId(TBostM, Mat*. 



seedsmen at their farm near Grass 

 Lake, Mich., the past week. The vis- 

 itors expressed themselves as having 

 been highly interested and pleased, 

 although the trials did not all reach 

 the high standard of excellence set 

 by the superintendent, George Starr, 

 owing to the very erratic and unfavor- 

 able season. 



Rice Seed Co. Entertains. 

 The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., en- 

 tertained a number of prominent 



One Week's Imports. 



Imports at the port of New York, of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending September 1, were recorded as 

 follows; 



Bulbs — France, $1,832; Netherlands, 

 $37,292; England, $3,245; Bermuda, 

 $225. 



Plants, Etc. — Belgium, $155; Italy, 

 $3; Netherlands, $3; Costa Rica, $64; 

 British West Indies, $66; Columbia, 

 $1,313; Venezuela. $432. 



Clover Seed— France, $8,635. 



Grass Seed— England, $405. 



Other seeds— Denmark, $299; Italy, 

 $174; Netherlands, $341; Argentine, 

 $15,013; Hongkong, $15; Austria, 

 $2,249; Canary Islands, $15,701; 

 France. $242; England, $2,590; British 

 West Indies, $67. 



Carbonate of Potash — Netherlands, 

 $10,781; Hongkong, $142. 



Other Fertilizers— England, $36,832. 



Seed Importation Act Amended. 



The seed importation act of August 

 24, 1912, prohibits the importation in- 

 to the United States of those seeds 

 subject to the act when they are adul- 

 terated or contain three per cent, or 

 more of weed seeds, or when clover 

 and alfalfa seed contains more than 

 approximately 90 seeds of dodder per 

 pound. 



This act was amended on August 

 11, 1916, by including the seed of rye- 

 grass and vetch in addition to those 

 seeds enumerated in the original act 

 and by prohibiting the importation of 

 seeds which contain less than 65 per 

 cent, of pure live seeds, except that 

 the seed of Kentucky blue grass and 

 the seed of Canada blue grass may be 

 imported when it contains 50 per cent, 

 or more of live pure seed. The amend- 

 ment fixing a minimum quality for 

 imported seed is intended to keep out 

 of the United States seed of low germi- 

 nation as well as seed containing large 

 proportions of chaff, both of which 



have been imported In large quantities 

 in recent years. 



The regulations for the enforcement 

 of the seed importation act published 

 as Treasury Decisions No. 35363 on 

 May 6, 1915, and as Service and Regu- 

 latory Announcements, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, No. 2, May, 1915, are 

 being revised to conform with these 

 amendments and it is expected that 

 they will he promulgated to be in 

 effect on and after November 1, 1916. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Eber Poedlniak, florist, liabilities 

 $4,899.40, assets $75. 



Nashville, Tenn. — Harley Pottery 

 Co., liabilities, between $12,000 and 

 $15,000; assets, furniture, fixtures, 

 machinery and open accounts, total- 

 ing about $15,000. A voluntary peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy was filed with the 

 clerk of the Federal Court. 



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(personally selected strains) 



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Write for Special Prices, Spot or 

 Forward 



Only Address, LANGPORT, Eng. 



MICHELLS Hous^ 



518 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, &c. 



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