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HORTICULTURE 



February 14, 1914 



in our humble opinion, the prices 

 named by many of the seed growers 

 at that time were too high. Since 

 then, most ot these prices have been 

 materially reduced and are now on 

 what would seem to be a fair and 

 reasonable basis. And it was for 

 these prices that a few of the more 

 conservative growers stood. As al- 

 ready stated, they could have booked 

 considerable business, had they been 

 willing to meet the figures of their 

 more "excitable and panicky compet- 

 itors. They refused to do this, how- 

 ever, and probably will lose nothing 

 worth having, in the long run. Many 

 of the canners seem to be obsessed 

 with the idea of buying cheaply, and 

 did not hesitate to break tieg of many 

 years standing for a matter of 10 or 

 15 cents per bushel. Many may have 

 good reason to regret this ere the fin- 

 ish of another pack. 



Officers Elected. 



The new officers of the various as- 

 sociations were elected on Wednesday 

 of the Convention week. W. C. Leitsch, 

 of Columbus, Wis., being elected Presi- 

 dent of the Canners' Association, while 

 the Canning Machinery and Supplies 

 Association and the Canned Goods 

 Brokers' Association re-elected the 

 same officers who served the past year 

 —Richard Dallam for the Brokers, and 

 W. C. Langbridge for the Canning Ma- 

 chinery and Supplies Association. , 



Place for Next Convention. 



The place for the next Convention 

 is just now engaging the very serious 

 consideration of the three Presidents, 

 and it is understood that a referendum 

 vote of their various associations is 

 being taken with a view to ascertain- 

 ing the sentiments of their members 

 regarding this matter. It may here 

 be said that California is making a 

 very strenuous bid for the 1915 Con- 

 vention, and that a very strong senti- 

 ment in favor of California exists in 

 the three associations. It will, no 

 doubt, be several weeks before the 

 matter is finally determined. 



Report of the Seed Harvest, 1913. 

 Ji.v L. Daelinffldt, Odtiise, Denmark. 

 Rutabagas have given only a poor 

 crop; White Turnips only about 25 

 per cent of a normal crop and Yellow 

 Turnips a tolerable average crop. Car- 

 rots promise a good crop. Peas has 

 given about average and of Dill only 

 a short average crop can be expected. 

 Kale has yielded very good, but only 

 small areas have been cultivated this 

 year. Cauliflower crops look very sat- 

 isfactory. Brussels Sprouts and Red 

 Cabbage have given a good crop. The 

 late varieties of Cabbage have yielded 

 well, but the early strains have on the 

 contrary given a very small crop. Par- 

 sley curled will hardly give an aver- 

 age crop. Parsley rooted is very late 

 and the crop will be poor. Radishes 

 will probably give below average har- 

 vest, and the varieties for forcing only 

 a very small crop. Beets yield well, 

 but are somewhat late. With Salsify 

 there were only small areas laid out, 

 and the crop has been far below expec- 

 tation. Only small areas are planted 

 with Celery, and the crop is, owing to 

 the continual dryness, rather short. 

 Spinach is also partly below expecta- 

 tion in Denmark, but the harvested 

 seed is very fine. 



Regarding flower seeds the most 

 open ground varieties are giving a 



good crop, especially calendula, chry- 

 santhemum, clarkia, cynoglossum. 

 larkspur, eschscholtzia, godetia. gyp- 

 ophila. candytuft, lupinus. i)opies and 

 mignonette. A few varieties ot sweet 

 peas give a good crop, but the main 

 part of them yield below the average. 

 Asters looked very good during the 

 summer; however, the plants are late, 

 and there can only be expected a small 

 crop, especially of the dwarf varieties. 

 Snapdragons and mignonette will give 

 an average crop. Pansy mixed and in 

 varieties are very good harvested, 

 only a few sorts having suffered in 

 winter. Helichrysum have suffered 

 somewhat owing to the rain, but the 

 harvest will be an average. 



Chicago Seed Notes. 



Sales of onion .'^ets for January and 

 February delivery have been brisk and 

 only a moderate supply is left for the 

 two months still in the season. The 

 slight shortage in the crop and the 

 excellent quality of the sets have left 

 no chance of a surplus in this market 

 and market gardeners are laying in 

 their supplies early. M. Kirkeby & 

 Co., who have a large place at 5225 

 Norwood Park avenue and make onion 

 sets (heir specialty, say the supply will 

 be sold out early. They give the mar- 

 ket quotations now as $1.50 per bushel 

 of "2 lbs. on reds and $2.00 on yel- 

 lows and whites, in small lots. Some 

 discount from this is made on large 

 lots. They grew 150 car loads this 

 year. 



NEW SEED STORE. 



Albert Lea, Minn. — Robert H. Black. 

 i:?8 E. William street. 



Kelway & Son 



Wholesale Growers to the Trade of 



Choice Stocks of 



GARDEN, FARM 



AND 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Please Write Now for Our 



CONTRACT PRICES 

 Langport, Eng. 



Gold Storage Valley 



Of tine^t quality for Early anil Late forc- 

 iu? in ca^es of 1000. 5i.O and 350 pips at 

 $1« per lOCO. All expenses paid. 



Term*. 30 days net, or 3 per rent, dis- 

 count lor cash «itli order. 



Corp. of CHAS. F. MEYER 



99 Warren Street, NEW YORK 



New Crop Seeds 



FOR FLORISTS AND MARKET 



U.*RI)ENERS. 



SALVIA — Splendens, Bonfire. 



ASTERS — All varieties. 



VERBENA — SWEET PEAS. 



Send list of wants. 



Stamford Seed & Nursery Co., 43 Atlantic St. 



STAMFORD, CONN. 



You Can Make 



Big Cash Profits 



By Devoting \our 



Attention To The 



Sale Of 



ASPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS 



I'l.-iur sfciis imw. Wbeu potted A.s- 

 parngus Plumosus Nanus often sells 

 at i?4.00, or over per hundred during 

 June. July and August. Nortliern 

 ureonhouse-growu strain Asparagus 

 riumosus Nanus, $3.25 per 1000; $13.00 

 |ier 5000. Asparagus Hatcberii. 100 

 siorls. ¥1.00; 1000 seeds, $6.00. 



Aster Seed 



Queen of the Market 



Trd. put. Oz. 



Dark Blue $0.20 «0.75 



Ligtit Blue 20 .75 



Crimson 20 .75 



Blusli Pink 20 .75 



Rose Pink 20 .75 



White 20 .75 



Clioiced Mixed 20 .65 



Wire or write for our 1914 Wliole- 

 sale Catalog. It will save .vou 

 money. Contains complete list of 

 best novelties and standard va- 

 rieties. Get it. 



MIGHELL S HOUSE 



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



CANES 



FRESH CUT ILLINOIS 



6 to 8 Feet 

 $7.00 p>er lOOO 



Wm. Elliott & Sons 



42 Vesey 8t , NEW YORK 



Mention HORTICULTURE when writing 



Commercial Sweet 

 Pea Seed 



of my original Winter, also Summer, 

 Varieties, by the ounce or ton. 3.000 

 lbs. surplus ot Nora Unwin. Gladys 

 Unwln. Frank Dolby. Countess Spen- 

 cer. Orange Spencer, King Edward 

 Spencer, and some small lots <.f sum- 

 mer and winter Grandifloras. 



Ask for special low prices on 100 lb. lots. 



ANT.C.ZVOLANEK 



Sweet Pea Ranch LOMPOC, CALIF. 



GARDEN SEED 



HEET, 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 von upon applli-Htion ra* 



S, D. WOOORUFF & SONS 82 Dey St., NEW YORK 



and ORANGE, CUNN. 



