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HORTICULTURE 



May 23, 1914 



SEED TRADE 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATKM 



Offlcers — President, Chu. C. Uasalc, 

 Minnenpolis, Minn.; Ist rice-president, 

 «. H. Lapton, Mattitnck, N. T.; 2nd 

 Tlee - president, W. F. Therldldson, 

 PainesTiUe, O.; secretary, O. E. Ken- 

 dal; Miistant secretary, S. F. WiUmrd, 

 iT^ both of CIcTeland, O. 



Strain Tests of Tomatoes. 



Bulletin 129 of The Pennsylvania 

 Agricultural Experiment Station is 

 entitled "Strain Tests of Tomatoes," 

 but the facts shown by it are appli- 

 cable to other farm crops. The bul- 

 letin is a summary of a more exten- 

 sive article which is being published 

 In the Annual Report of the Station. 

 It shows the variation in strains of 

 six varieties of tomatoes. The test 

 has in most instances, been conduct- 

 ed for four years and the figures given 

 are the average. Thus variations due 

 to seasonal conditions are largely 

 eliminated. The tests have shown 

 variation in yield between strains 

 of a variety of more than thir- 

 teen tons per acre of market- 

 able fruit. It likewise shows pro- 

 nounced variation in the period of 

 maturity. The author attributes these 

 differences in yield to heredity rather 

 than to environmental conditions, and 

 emphasizes the importance of the 

 factor in the production of farm and 

 garden. The bulletin may be had 

 free of charge by addressing the 



Kelway & Son 



Wholesale Growers to the Trade of 



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AND 



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CONTRACT PRICES 

 Langport, Eng. 



ORDERS SOMCITED 

 TheLily Without a Peer 



MEYER'S T BRAND 



Formosums GIGANTEUMS Mnltiflorum 



CORP. OF CHAS. F. MEYER 



99 Warren S».. New York 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGE— Jersey & Ch.is. Wakefield, All 

 Head Early & L.nte Flat Dutch, and other 

 varieties at 20c. per 100; 75e. for 500; 31.00 

 ner 1000; 10.000 and over at 85c. per 1000. 



LETTUCE — Grand Rapids. Boston Mar- 

 ket & Big Boston, 20e. per 100; 73c. for 500; 

 $1 00 per 1000. Cash with Order. 

 R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO. 

 White Marsh, Md. 



Director of the Experiment Station, 

 State College, Pennsylvania. 



Bridgeport, Ct. — William Willis has 

 purchased the Currier Seed Store, 97 

 Wall street. 



FARMING 156 YEARS AGO. 



They may have been a little shy on 

 woman suffrage and T. A. B. in those 

 old days, but they knew the merits of 

 clover, timothy and blue grass all 

 right. Read this interesting ad: 



Philadelphia, 3d July, 1758. 

 To Be Lett For a Term Of Years. 



A Plantation generally known by the 

 name of the great island, lying and being 

 within ahout half a mile of the boroug of 

 Bristol, in the County of bucks, and ex- 

 actly opposite to Burlington. The island 

 itself contains about two hundred acres 

 of land, about one of which is bank 

 madow and will tie in the fall almost 

 wholly in fine timothy^ clover, and blue 

 grass very well cleared, the other hun- 

 dred acres on the island is pretty levell 

 upland, about fifty-flve acres of which Is 

 cleared, and fltt for clover fields, 20 acres 

 of which is already put in clover and the 

 rest may easily be made by fothering on 

 it there is also about -10 acres more up- 

 land belonging to the plantation, which 

 lyes just at the end of the bank, which is 

 now almost all cleared, and will be 

 plowed this summer, there Is a good farm 

 house on it, with a l>arn and stables, and 

 A very neat milkhouse and granary, with 

 a large garden and yosng orchard. 



.\ny person inclined to rent the afore- 

 Si"_id "plantation, may know the terms by 

 iipplying to William M'llvaine, merchant 

 in Philadelphia, near the corner of walnut 

 street in front street. 



Philadelphia, July 4th. 



Note that blue grass was here then 

 and' it was not imported from Ken- 

 tucky either, where many people sup- 

 pose it is native. G. C. W. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Colprit's Nurseries, Arlington, Mass. 

 — Folder of timely nursery stock. 



J. K. Alexander, East Bridgewater, 

 Mass. — Catalogue of the Dahlias of- 

 fered by the East Bridgewater Dah- 

 lia Gardens. A very full and up-to- 

 date dahlia list. 



Yokohoma Nursery Co., Ltd., Yoko- 

 homa, Japan, 1914-1915 Descriptive 

 List of Plants, Bulbs and Seeds. Pro- 

 fusely illustrated and exceedingly in- 

 teresting in its text matter. Typical 

 Japanese cover, silk fastened and in 

 bright colors. 



Alonzo J. Bryan, AVashington, N. J. 

 — Wholesale Price List of Flowering, 

 Decorative and Vegetable Plants. A 

 business document for the trade, in- 

 dispensable after you once get a copy. 

 Send for it. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Report of the Park Commissioners 

 of Wilmington, Del., for the year 1913. 

 With a population of about 90,000 Wil- 

 mington has a park area of 472 acres, 

 one acre to each 195 inhabitants. The 

 several full-page illustrations given in 

 the report show that these public res- 

 ervations are well cared for and well 

 adapted to their purpose. 



Tennessee State Board of Entomolo- 

 gy. Vol. Ill, No. 1. of the Ninth Annu- 

 al Report of the State Entomologist 

 and Plant Pathologist. This 120-page 

 pamphlet is a model of useful, practi- 

 cal literature. That the great agricul- 

 tural and horticultural interests of the 

 State of Tennessee are well cared for 

 is well evidenced in the contents of 

 this publication, every line of which is 

 of direct value to the soil tiller, nurs- 

 eryman and gardener. 



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 CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 



166 Chamber of Conunerce Bids. 

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Burpee's Seeds 



PHILADEI^PHIA 



BLUE LIST OF WHOLESALE PRICES 



MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO PLANT 



FOR PROFIT. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



BULBS, PLANTS and SEEDS 



1218 Betz Oldg., Philadelphia 

 Catalogue on application 



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 to 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 82 Oey St., NEW YORK 



and ORANGE, CONN. 



