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HOETICULTURE 



February 7, 1914 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Officers— President, Chas. C. Massle, 

 Ulnneapolis, JUnn.; let vice-president, 

 J M. Lupton. Mattituck, N. Y. ; 2nd 

 Tice - president, W. F. Therkjldson, 

 PalnesTllle, O.; secretary. C. E. Ken- 

 del; assistant secretary, S. F. WUIard, 

 Jr., both oJ Cleveland, O. 



Canners' Convention Exhibits. 



The American seed trade is very 

 creditably represented this weeli at 

 the Canners' Convention being heid 

 at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 2-6, in the 

 Fifth Regiment Armory. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md., 

 have a very large and attractive dis- 

 play. They are advertising their new 

 tomato introduction of this year, the 

 "John Baer." This tomato is attract- 

 ing much attention from the visiting 

 canners. On account of the quality 

 and scarcity of seed, it is selling at 

 $50.00 per lb. The "Greater Balti- 

 more" tomato seed is also very prom- 

 inently displayed. All other varieties 

 of tomato seed of any prominence are 

 also found in Bolgiano's exhibit. They 

 have on display a full line of peas, 

 beans and sugar corn. The E. B. 

 Clark Seed Co. of Milford, Conn., have 

 a full line of seed peas, beans, sugar 

 corn and beets. They also have sev- 

 eral jars of well selected pods of peas 

 in solution. The Leonard Seed Co. 

 of Chicago, 111., are showing a very 

 extensive line of sugar corn on the 

 ear, also a sample line of seed peas 

 and beans. John H. Allen Seed Co. 

 of Sheboygan, Wis., are showing an 

 extensive sample line of peas and 

 beans. The Livingston Seed Co. of 

 Columbus, Ohio, are displaying very 

 extensively Livingston's New Stone 

 tomato seed along with "True Blue" 

 seeds in general. W.'W. Barnard Co., 

 Chicago. 111., are showing an exten- 

 sive sample line of seed peas and 

 beans. Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., 

 Cambridge, N. Y.. have a complete 

 line of canners' and picklers' stocks. 

 Rogers Bros.. Alpena, Mich., have a 

 very attractive display, showing seed 

 peas and beans. S. D. Woodruff & 

 Sons, Orange, Conn., a full sample 

 line of seed peas and beans. F. H. 

 Woodruff & Sons, Milford, Conn., 

 samples of seed peas and beans. D. 

 M. Ferry & Co., Detroit. Mich., a sam- 

 ple line of seed peas, beans and sugar 

 corn. 



Chicago Seed Notes. 



At the outlying seed stores about 

 Chicago all hands are busy getting 

 ready for the early orders of the mar- 

 ket gardeners, who have been able to 

 work out-of-doors nearly all the win- 

 ter. The unseasonably warm weather, 

 however, is not believed by the seeds- 

 men to favor the seed trade, as beets, 

 carrots, parsnips, etc., buried in the 

 ground, have been more or less of a 

 loss and made money scarce. Onions, 

 also, have not kept well. Onion sets, 

 on the contrary, are reported by the 

 largest dealers to be showing excellent 

 keeping qualities owing to their fine 

 condition when stored In the fall. 



At the four stores of the Leonard 



Seed Co. seed testing is going on and 

 the filling of orders is well under way. 

 Leonard Clarke, manager of the branch 

 store at 4845 Milwaukee avenue, and 

 one of the coming men in the seed 

 business, devotes much time to study- 

 ing into the scientific side of the seed 

 question, and is an enthusiast in his 

 work. The Perfection Garden Culti- 

 vator for hand use, placed on the mar- 

 ket by the Leonard Seed Co. this year, 

 is taking well and several hundreds 

 are now sold. It has four discs which, 

 by a simple changing of the bolts, by 

 the fingers, can be adjusted to any 

 angle, throwing the soil to or from the 

 plants. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The officers of the William Henry 

 Maule Co. have just been announced 

 and are as follows: M. H. Maule, pres- 

 ident; Chas. P. Maule, vice-president; 

 Edward C. Dungan, treasurer and gen- 

 eral manager: H. E. Maule, secretary. 

 Capital, full paid, $150,000. Incorpor- 

 ated under the laws of the State of 

 Pennsylvania. All branches of the busi- 

 ness are now located in the new Maule 

 Bldg., 23rd and Arch streets. 



Fred Michell, Jr., is off on a three 

 weeks' trip through Western Pennsyl- 

 vania. Strictly business. If there's 

 room for New Englanders and Old 

 Englanders in this "God's Own Coun- 

 try," surely "His Own Chosen People" 

 ought to have a look in also in their 

 own bailiwick! Young Ajax has 

 girded up his loins and although he 

 looks and talks as meek as Moses he'll 

 sell you something — if you don't watch 

 out! 



Seventeen heads of departments of 

 the Burpee staff were entertained by 

 W. Atlee Burpee at dinner on January 

 30. The occasion was a very enjoyable 

 one and testified once more to the har- 

 mony and good feeling which pervades 

 the Burpee happy family — from its 

 chief down. Whoever said there is no 

 sentiment in business is greatly mis- 

 taken. In the hands of a mighty mas- 

 ter craftsman like a Burpee sentiment 

 can be welded into an irresistible in- 

 strument capable of conquering the 

 world. Mr. and Mrs. Burpee left for a 

 brief vacation south, on the 2nd inst. 



Visitors: Maurice Fuld, New York 

 City; B. E. Brotherton. Detroit Mich.; 

 P. Joseph Lynch, New Castle, Ind.; R. 

 T. Brown, Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, 

 N. Y. ; James Gumming, Toronto, Can- 

 ada; Charles H. Seybold, Wilkesbarre, 

 Pa.; William Herbert, Atco, N. J.: M. 

 Henry Lynch, West Grove, Pa.; Fred 

 Chesky, Churchville, Pa.; Charles 

 Vorkeller. South Bethlehem. Pa.; 

 Charles L. Schmidt, Harrisburg. Pa.; 

 J. Pritchard, Bedford Hills, N. Y.; J. 

 D. Cockcroft, Northport, N. Y. 



You Can Make 



Big Cas h Profits 

 B y Pev oting lYour 



Attention To The 

 Sale Of 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Plant seed nuw. Wlifn potted As- 

 paragus Plumosus Nanus often sells 

 at .^4.00. or over per huudred during 

 .Tune, July and August. Northern 

 m'ceubouse-gi-owu strain Asparagus 

 Plumosus Nanus. $3.25 per 1000; .f 15.00 

 per 5000. Asparagus Hateherli. 100 

 seeds, 75c. ; 1000 seeds, .fG.OO. 



Aster Seed 



Queen of the]^IVIarket 



l>iirK Blue .$0.;(P $«.; 



I.islit Blue to 



Crimson *»0 



Blush Plnli '.»0 



Uose Pink 80 



White ';. .20 



Choiced Mixed 20 



ImCHELL'S 



Dept. Q, 518 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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New Crop Seeds 



FOB FLORISTS AND M.iRKET 



GAKDENEKS. 



SALVIA — Splendens, Bonflre. 



.4STERS — All Tarieties. 



VBRBEN.4— SWEET PEAS. 



Send list of wants. 



Stamford Seed & Nursery Co., 43 Atlantic St. 



ST-VMFORD, COKN. 



GARDEN SEED 



BEET, CARROT, PARSNIP. RADISH and 

 GARDEN PEA SEED in variety ; also other 

 items of the short crop of this past season, 

 as well as a full line of Garden Seeds, will 

 be quoted you upon application t« 



S. D. WOOORUFF & SONS 82 Dey St.,'N{W YORK 



and ORANGE. CONN." 



A party of the American Agricul- 

 tural Commission visited, among other 

 European producers, L. Daehnfeldt, of 

 Odense, Denmark, recently. 



IRISM 3IHAIVIROOkC3 



The true variety from imported seed. Fine plants, grown cool in 

 2-in. pots, ready for immediate shipment. Price $4.00 per 100. 



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