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nOETICULTUEE 



October 26, 1912 



Seed Trade 



sociated with him L. Malone, William 

 Horlacher and R. A. Gettelman. 



The Astor Seed Crop. 



Aster seed is now being harvested 

 on the Rochester farms of James Viek's 

 Sons, and present indications point to 

 a satisfactory crop. The ntty acres 

 on the two farms are an important 

 factor in the aster situation in the 

 United States, and the writer was 

 pleased to be able to make a thorough 

 inspection of the fields. 



The season has been backward. Two 

 months of showery weather, while 

 promoting a good growth of Late 

 Branching varieties, has retarded the 

 ripening of mid-season asters. A full 

 yield of Queen of the Market varieties 

 seemed assured. The stock has been 

 cured and is nearly ready for delivery 

 and it is now awaiting only the com- 

 pletion of new threshing and cleaning 

 machinery. 



The harvesting of varieties like Day- 

 break and Purity did not begin unt 1 

 after October 15th. The rows of late 

 varieties are well filled with plants and 

 an examination of the heads promises 

 a crop fully up to the average. About 

 the same conditions are found on the 

 farms of other growers in western and 

 central New York. 



A general improvement in the char- 

 acter of the stock of the older va- 

 rieties is apparent from year to year, 

 and many new things of merit are be- 

 ing developed in the aster trial 

 grounds. Two novelties are to be of- 

 fered to the trade this season— a new 

 and desirable shade in Branching to be 

 called "Peach Blossom," and a large 

 mid-season upright white to be called 

 "Viek's White Perfection." The "Per- 

 fection" is unlike anything I have seen, 

 the whole flower being strongly 

 whorled, and the effect is decidedly 

 pleasing. 



The development of the aster is now 

 more rapid than ever before. There 

 were flowers In Viek's trials this sum- 

 mer like perfect incurved chrysanthe- 

 mums, and actually larger and moie 

 double than the early chrysanthe- 

 mums. These types are well fixed and 

 can he had in commercial quantities 

 in a year or two. 



Roy C. Faulwetter of the Department 

 of Plant Pathology, Cornell Universltv, 

 was a recent visitor at the Vick farms, 

 collecting material for a study of dis- 

 eases nf the aster plants. No work 

 has been done along this line for manv 

 years and it is to be hoped that M'-. 

 Faulwetter may be successful. 



SCHUYLER ARNOLD. 



Cleveland, O. — A new company has 

 been incorporated here to deal in field, 

 garden and flower seeds under the 

 name of the Templin-Crockett-Bradley 

 Co. The capital stock is $10,000 and 

 incorporators are R. L. Templin, P. J. 

 Crockett, Mary E. Templin and Carl 

 R. Brown. 



There is little to be added to our 

 recent notes regarding seed crops. 

 Peas, probably the most important 

 item on the list will, it is expected, be 

 delivered on contracts to the extent of 

 60 to 70 per cent of amount named in 

 each case; this will stand as an aver- 

 age for the full list of varieties. Beans 

 are more likely to be short. Onion 

 sets are a fair crop in the west and 

 southwest but fully 50 per cent of 

 these crops are "pickler size," and 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey crops 

 are not large; in fact, some sections 

 have very light crops. 



Notes. 



Seattle, Wash.— A two-story packing 

 shed is being erected by the H. B. Bur- 

 dett Co. at First avenue and Denny 

 way. 



New Orleans, La. — Chris. Reuter, 

 seedsman, 1140 Decatur street, has re- 

 cently annexed the building next to 

 him and will handle a full line of grass 

 and field seeds, etc., in addition to his 

 regular line of vegetable seeds for 

 southern market gardeners. 



Denver, Colo. — The Colorado Seed 

 and Nursery Co. has begun business at 

 1515 Champa street. C. R. Root, form- 

 erly with the Barteldes Seed Co., is 

 president of the company and has as- 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



F. W. Kelsey Nursery Co,, New York 

 City. Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants 

 for 1912. 



F.edrick Roemer, Quedlinburg, Ger- 

 many. Novelties in Flower Seeds for 

 1913. An interesting illustrated list. 



Pape & Bergmann, Quedlinburg, Ger- 

 many. Illustrated price list of 1913 

 novelties, including dahlias, begonias, 

 petunias, etc. 



Peter Lambert, Trier, Mosel. Illus- 

 trated general catalogue, more than 

 one-half of which is devoted to roses, 

 including 1912 novelties. 



Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass. Illustrated Wholesale Trade 

 List. The Dawson hybrid roses and 

 other things of striking merit are here 

 listed. 



Harrison's Nurseries. Berlin, Md. 

 "The Why and How of Shade Trees 

 and Evergreens." Pilled with valuable 

 suggestions and instruction and thus 

 much more than a mere catalogue. 

 Worth having and reading. 



V. Lemoine & Fils, Nancy, France. 

 General Catalogue, 1912. Among tl:e 

 interesting novelties listed are a doub'e 

 yellcw tree peony, hybrid primulas, 

 viburnum and hydrangea, all of which 

 are shown in full-page plates. 



A VALUABLE FRENCH PUBLICA 

 TION. 



La Vie a la Campagne is a French 

 journal, as its title Indicates, largely 

 devoted to rural affairs and is under 

 the editorial charge of M. Albert Mau- 

 mene, at one time the sub-editor of our 

 contemporary "Le Jardin." Gardening 

 of course occupies a large part of its 

 columns and we make mention of it 

 now chiefly for the purpose of draw- 

 ing attention to the Special Rose Num- 

 ber issued a tew weeks ago. Among 

 the illustrations are several reproduc- 

 tions of roses painted by the great 

 Redoute in color. There is an article 

 on the Rosery at La Malmaison, some 

 cultural notes, an article on modern 

 roseries including those of C. Hay and 

 Bagatelle. Several on English rose 

 gardens, with an enormous number of 

 views executed in capital style. In fact 

 it is a veritable rose growers vade- 

 mecum, and does the editor great 

 credit. There are not fewer than 130 

 illustrations of plans, designs, etc.. in 

 black and white. 



Obituary. 



William A. Yeiland. 



William A. Yeiland, traveling sales- 

 man for C. C. Morse & Co., seedsmen, 

 San Francisco, Cal., died suddenly in 

 Darien, Conn., recently, aged 52 years. 

 He leaves a wife and five children. 



James C. Murray. 



After a long illness James C. Mur- 

 ray, florist, of Peoria, 111., died at his 

 home on October 13, aged 63 years. 

 He was born in Yarmouth, England, 

 and came to the United States in in- 

 fancy. He began the florist business 

 in Peoria thirty-five years ago. His 

 wife and one son survive him. 



George J. Edwards. 



George J. Edwards, of the Edwards 

 Folding Box Co., 27 North Twenty- 

 sixth street, Philadelphia, Pa., died re- 

 cently, aged 75 years. He had been 

 connected with the paper box business 

 all his life and originated the lock 

 corner flower box so universally used. 

 He was for a number of years a mem- 

 ber of the S. A. F. & O. H. The busi- 

 ness will be continued by his sons. 

 His wife, two sons, and a daughter 

 survive him. 



Henry M. Wilson. 



Following a long illness, Henry M. 

 Wilson, nurseryman at Middletown, 

 near Newport, R. 1., died at his resi- 

 dence, on Oct. 17, in the eighty-first 

 year of his age. The Wilson Nursery 

 which he established about thirty 

 years ago, has long been noted for its 

 fine specimen plants and well kept 

 appearance. The business will prob- 

 ably be continued by his son, J. Ed- 

 ward Wilson, who has had the man- 

 agement of the concern for some time. 



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MUST INSPECT FREE PLANTS. 



The time-honored free-plant distri- 

 bution to Congressional districts has 

 fallen under the inspection require- 

 ments through a postal regulation di- 

 recting that nursery stock shall be ad- 

 missible to the mails only when ac- 

 companied by a certificate that the 

 stock has been inspected and found 

 to be healthy. The Government is 

 the most extensive shipper of plants 

 and shrubs, which are nursery stock. 



Department of Agriculture officials 

 are struggling with the problem of 

 how best to inspect the several hun- 

 dred thousand packets of plants, bulbs, 

 and shrubs annually distributed 

 throughout the country at the instance 

 of members of the two houses of Con- 

 gress. The Department probably will 

 inspect the plants in bulk instead of 

 each individual shipment among the 

 200,000 or 300,000 sent out at the re- 

 quest of Senators and Representatives. 

 The 12,000,000 shipments of seeds 

 which Congress sends its constituents 

 do not come within the inspection de- 

 partment. — Neiv York Press. 



Floral Park, N. Y. — A range of 

 houses owned by John Lewis Childs 

 have been leased by O. B. Coomes, Jr., 

 of Jamaica. He will use them to grow 

 stock for his store. 



