June 20, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



901 



The Convention. 

 We assume it is generally uuder- 

 stood that tlie American Seed Trade 

 Association convenes in Wasliington 

 Tuesday next, continuing Wednesday 

 and Thursday. Those who have not 

 secured rooms should lose no time in 

 doing so, for as Congress is still in 

 session, the leading hotels will he well 

 filled. If next week will be as delight- 

 fully cool as the week just ending it 

 will add greatly to the comfort of the 

 delegates. Our Washington friends 

 have assured us that their city is a 

 very fine summer resort, with a most 

 equable climate, and we expect them 

 to prove it. 



The Canners in 1915. 



Speaking of conventions, our Canner 

 friends seem to be experiencing mucli 

 difficulty in locating their 1915 conven- 

 tion. Up to the time that San Fran- 

 cisco was eliminated no other city had 

 received any consideration, and it was 

 necessary to investigate the facilities 

 of each one extending an invitation to 

 test their hospitality in 1915. Because 

 of the lateness in the season and the 

 difficulty in getting the committee on 

 location together, matters have appar- 

 ently been drifting, and up to this 

 date no selection has been made. We 

 learn that New York City is a bidder 

 and the difficulty in ascertaining just 

 what facilities our great metropolis 

 has to offer has been one of the factors 

 in delaying a decision. It is reported 

 that many of the members, compris- 

 ing the three associations, which make 

 up the annual Canners' Convention, 

 are very much dissatisfied by the de- 

 lay of their committee in locating the 

 convention, but we feel justified in say- 

 ing that they have had an unusually 

 difticult problem to solve. 



Crop Conditions. 

 We have been endeavoring to secure 

 information from seed growers, both 

 in this country and Europe, and are 

 able to give general conditions at this 

 date, which we believe to be substan- 

 tially accurate: Peas: the acreage 

 planted for seed is materially smaller 

 than a year ago, and while general 

 conditions arc favorable, there has 

 been a frost in Idaho sufficiently 

 severe to kill all tender vegetation, 

 and to quite seriously damage all peas 

 in blossom or where the pods had al- 

 ready set. Where these crops are grown 

 under' irrigation it has been learned 

 that a prompt application of water fol- 

 lowing a freeze will largely counteract 

 the effects, and the results of the re- 

 cent frost cannot be known for some 

 weeks to come. It may be taken for 

 granted, however, that more or less 

 damage has resulted. It is not un- 

 usual for frost to visit these northern 

 states in midsummer, but it is seldom 

 that a killing frost is experienced in 

 June. It is to be hoped that the an- 

 nual July frosts will not appear this 

 year. Beans: No estimates are pos- 

 sible on' beans, as they are hardly more 

 than out of the ground, but fortunately 

 not many are grown in the northwest 

 where most of the seed peas are grown. 

 Corn is much in the same condition, 

 or class as beans, and it will not be 



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rRI.MCLA SINENSIS 

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PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA 



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&s "fo'^liair vith'^'ri"''^^"?;"-, f/^ ,""'"^« ""°»>^- Petals ve^y 'solidTnd Jvect 

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 borne in wi,.H '^°'^"^- "'''1' '' •'■'e % inch wide, are of a pretty light lilac, and are 

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ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman 



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342 West 14th St. 

 New York City 



