July 13, 1912 



HORTICULTUEE 



47 



Seed Trade 



Convention Crop Reports. 



We tnist that a few remarks touch- 

 ing the recent Seedsmen's Convention 

 at Chicago may not be considered aut 

 of place or out of date. 



First of all, the attendance was 

 a matter for congratulation as 

 it undoubtedly exceeded any previous 

 convention. The papers read were 

 also as a whole, of unusual 

 interest and importance. The ef- 

 fort to establish a crop reporting 

 bureau as a feature of the National 

 Convention did not seem to meet with 

 much favor and was side-tracked for 

 the present, though it is not unlikely 

 to receive consideration another year. 

 Such crop reports as were read were 

 largely in line with those which have 

 appeared in Horticulture on different 

 occasions within the past two months. 



Summing up the situation briefly, it 

 may be said that European grown cab- 

 bage will be from 2.5 to 50 per cent, 

 short and the same may be said of 

 turnips, beets and in fact, nearly all 

 biennials. As to crop conditions In 

 this country, it is so well known that 

 the sweet pea crop will be very short, 

 as to make comment on this unneces- 

 sary. Several other California grown 

 items are likely to be on the short list, 

 including carrots, radishes and pos- 

 sibly lettuce, although some shortage 

 in this latter item might not be an un- 

 mixed evil. Onion seed was generally 

 reported as promising a fair crop, and 

 beans, especially Limas. give an ex- 

 cellent promise for a fine crop. Re- 

 ports from Long Island were some- 

 what conflicting, one or two of the 

 growers there reporting crops as prom- 

 ising fairly well, others predicting a 

 decided shortage. 



Garden Peas. 



As to garden peas, reports were also 

 more or less conflicting, but the con- 

 census of opinions seemed to be that 

 conditions were vastly more favorable 

 than a year ago at this time, and, 

 while rain is badly needed throughout 

 Michigan and Wisconsin, yet the pros- 

 pects of a crop, while not for a full 

 one, yet are fairly satisfactory, con- 

 sidering the same in connection with 

 the past two or three years. It must 

 of course, be borne in mind by all 

 readers that these figures and opinions 

 are nothing but estimates based on 

 present crop conditions and there is 

 yet abundant time for deterioration, and 

 in some instances, improvement. So 

 far as the pea crop is concerned, it 

 is very unsafe to give figures as to the 

 probable yield until the crop is prac- 

 tically in the bag. 



Garden Beans. 



Conditions affecting the general line 

 of garden beans are about the same as 

 in our last report, although the out- 

 look, perhaps, is somewhat improved 

 during the past two weeks. Beans 

 were planted late and will suffer from 

 that handicap and will require a warm 

 late autumn to insure a crop. 



The foregoing seems to be the best 

 summary of crop conditions which we 

 can furnish at this time, and we hope 

 that as the season progresses, we shall 

 be able to give a more hopeful and 

 satisfactory outcome than now seems 

 possible. 



Charles N. Page. 

 Charles N. Page, president-elect of 

 the American Seed Trade Association, 

 was born in Clyde, Ohio. May 29, 1860 

 He moved with his parents to Omaha, 

 Neb., in 1868, and thence to Des 

 Moines, la., in 1876, where he entered 

 the employ of S. L. Fuller & Co.. seeds- 

 men. The name of the firm was later 

 changed to C. W. Dorr & Co. In 1886, 

 he secured a controlling interest and 

 changed the name to the Iowa Seed 

 Co.. under which name it has been 

 conducted ever since. For about five 

 years, he was editor of a monthly pub- 

 lication called "The Western Garden 

 and Poultry Journal." which became 

 quite prominent, but owing to the seed 

 business growing so rapidly, he was 



Charles N. Page 



obliged to dispose of the publication. 

 He is also the author of quite a num- 

 ber of books which have had extended 

 circulation, some of them reaching the 

 16th edition. 



He has been prominent in the trade. 

 serving as president of the American 

 Seed Trade Association once before, 

 the Society of Iowa Florists, and for 

 five years of the Iowa Seed Dealers' 

 Association. 



Seed Trade Notes. 



Jerome B. Rice, Jr., has been made 

 President of the Jerome B. Rice Seed 

 Co., to succeed his late lamented 

 father. While the young Mr. Rice has 

 not been very actively identified with 

 the business, it is confidently believed 

 by his many friends that he will make 

 good as his father's successor. Those 

 with whom we have talked are very 

 sanguine that the young man has re- 

 serve force and ability which will 

 be plainly made manifest in the near 

 future. We have heard several times 

 from those familiar with the facts, of 

 his unvarying devotion to his father 

 and it may be generally taken for 

 granted that a loyal devoted son will 

 generally make an efficient business 

 man after he has had the necessary 

 experience. 



Horseshoe Brand LilyBulbs 



Prices for Cold Storage Bnlbi, t.e.k. 



New York. 



OIOANT£CU. 



8/10 In. at 125.00 per case of 250 bnlba. 

 10/11 In. at 22.50 per ca»e of 100 bulbs. 

 11/12111. at 22.00 per case of 130 balbs. 

 11/13 Id. at 22.00 per case of 120 balbs. 



No other sizes for sale. 

 Prices for fresh bulbs — fall dellTery, 191*. 

 OIOAMTECM. 

 Case Per Per Per 



Size. Contents. Case. 1,000. 10,00<l. 



8/8 In. 400 $16.00 $35.00 $3S0.« 



7/9 in. 300 16.00 50.00 480.00 



8/10 Id. 250 22.50 90.00 800.00 



9/10 Id. 200 22.00 110.00 1000.01 



FORMOSCH. 

 6/8 In. 400 $16.00 $40.00 $350.0* 



7/9 In. 300 18.00 80.00 550.00 



8/10 In. 250 20.00 80.00 760.00 



9/10 In. 200 17.00 85.00 800.00 



7/9 In. chiefly red-stems, at $21.00 per case 

 of 300. 



MULTIFLOBUM. 

 6/8 In. 400 $1800 $40.00 $350.00 



7/9 In. 300 15.00 50.00 480.00 



8/10 In. 250 20.00 80.00 750.08 



9/10 In. 200 18.00 90.00 850.00 



STEPHENS HABRI8II. 

 5/7" 400 $12.00 cash, $15.00 per case on credit 

 6/7" 335 13.00 cash, 14.00 per case on credit 

 7/9" 200 15.00 cash, 16.00 per case on credit 

 Prices on other sizes and varieties npon 

 application. All prices duty paid, to.b. 

 New York. Japan bulbs for fall shipment 

 can also be delivered at same prices, f.o.b. 

 Chicago. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Uemphia, 

 or Paclflc Ports. Send for the Book «f 

 Bnlbology. 



Not How Cheftp 

 But How Qood 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



71 Murray Street 



NEW YORK CITY \ 



FERNS IN FLATS 



Well Established — Clnrnps Can Be Divided. 



The following varieties are offered for early 



shipment by express; 

 Pteris Wimsetti Pteris Adiantoides 

 Pteris Wilsoni l*teris Winisetti Multieeps 



or Nobilis Pteris Serrulata Variegata. 



Pteris Mayii Cristata 



Pteris Hastata Pteris Cretica .lllio-Lineata 

 Pteris Jlagnifica C.vrtoniiuni Falcatiim 

 Pteris Serrulata Aspldium Tsussimense 

 ^■im per flat— 20 flats or more $1.75 per flat. 



Prite F. O. B. New York (no cartage). 

 Terms. :iO days net cash, approved credit. 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



17 Murray Street, 



NEW YORK 



CHILDS' GLADIOLI 



are noted the world over for 



SUPER IOR M ERIT 



John Le^ris Childs 



FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y. 



WE IMPORT 



to order for ths Trade only, PLANTS 

 and BULBS from Europe and Japan. 

 Sprlnc or Fall Delivery. Address with 

 buatness card 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS 



Mf E2, or 31 Bitciu SttiiL HEW TORK 



The election of Mr. Page of Des 

 Moines, Iowa, to the office of President 



LOECHNER & CO. 



JAPANESE LILIES 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



PALMS, AZALEAS, &c 



11 Warren Street, New York, N. V. 



fVriU for quotations 



