October 14, 1911 



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We have just come into possession of a late crop of Greenhouse Grown Asparagus 

 Plumosus Nanus Seed — which we secured at our own price, and offer same until sold 

 as follows; and remember that "Sparagus Fern" plants are always scarce after Christmas. 



Per 1000 Seeds $1.25, 5000 Seeds $6.00, 

 10,000 Seeds $10.00 



WE SELL BULBS TOO- CATALOGUE ON REQUEST 



ARTHUR T. BODDINCTON 



SEEDSMAN 



342 West 14th Street, NEW YORK CITY 



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Seed Trade 



Crop Conditions. 

 Crop conditions have now reached a 

 stage where growers both in this coun- 

 try and Europe must show their 

 hands, or in other words must furnish 

 their customers with some sort of esti- 

 mate of what they expect to deliver on 

 contracts. We are rather inclined to 

 sympathize with the grower who re- 

 sists pressure requiring him to furnish 

 estimates while his crops are in the 

 field and not matured, and the grower 

 who refuses to submit estimates unt.l 

 his crops are ready for shipment goes 

 to the opposite extreme, and is liable 

 to find himself with reduced patronage 

 or perhaps none at all. 



Peas and Beans. 



Most of the pea and bean growers 

 have now sent out their preliminary 

 estimates and these fully bear out the 

 rather pessimistic reports we have been 

 furnishing to the readers of HORTI- 

 CULTURE since midsummer. As a 

 matter of fact, they are worse than 

 we were willing to believe. Here are 

 some of the figures representing the 

 high and low of different growers, 

 the average being about midway be- 

 tween: Alaskas, 25 to 50 per cent.; 

 Extra Earlies, 8 to 40 per cent.; Al- 

 derman, Duke of Albany and Tele- 

 phone, 12 to 30 per cent.; Ameer, 20 

 to 50 per cent.; Gems, 7 to 30 per 

 cent.; Am. Wonders and Notts Ex- 

 celsior are running neck and neck, 8 



to 30 per cent.; White and Black 

 Eye Marrowfats, 12 to 50 per cent.; 

 Canada Eield, 10 to 40 per cent.; 

 Carters Daisy, to 20 per cent. ; 

 Dwf. Champion. 10 to 30 per cent.; 

 Everbearing and Yorkshire Hero, 10 

 to 35 per cent.; Gradus, to 30 per 

 cent.; Advancers, Horsford's Market 

 Garden, 20 to 35 per cent.; Champion 

 of England, to 30 per cent.; Hero- 

 ine, 20 to 35 per cent.; Sutton's Excel- 

 sior, 10 to 25 per cent; Telegraph, 

 9 to 35 per cent; Pride of Market, 

 to 50 per cent; Imp'd Stratagems, 8 

 to 50 per cent; Thos. Laxton, 9 to 

 25 per cent; Admiral, 15 to 40 per 

 cent. There are several less impor- 

 tant varieties ranging from to 40 

 per cent, and among these may be 

 mentioned the Sugar or Edible Pod 

 sorts. 



Beans will not turn out so large 

 a crop as predicted by many some 

 weeks ago, and most of these bound- 

 ing optimists now admit this, but it 

 is quite in line with the crop news 

 furnished by HORTICULTURE from 

 last mid-summer. We predicted, 

 however, that there would be no 

 famine in Beans, and this still holds 

 good. To begin with, too large a 

 quantity of beans were carried over 

 to permit of a famine. Three or four 

 of the wax and two or three of the 

 green pods are liable to be short 

 enough to arouse interest, but while 

 prices will be firm, there are no indi- 

 cations of any abnormal scarcity. 

 Lima beans, both Pole and Dwarf, are 

 now practically a full crop, barring 

 damage by wet weather, and by the 

 way, it should not be forgotten that 

 no bean crops are secure until safely 

 under cover. 



It is now generally thought that 



sweet corn has made a fair crop, 

 though there are reports from the 

 west that late varieties are short. 

 We look for a firm market on seed 

 corn, but no extravagant prices. The 

 recent heavy frost which visited New 

 England and which was so disastrous 

 to tobacco, contrary to general ex- 

 pectations, did but little damage to 

 corn, if we are correctly informed, 

 and we have no reason to question 

 the accuracy of our information. 



Cucumber and Other Vine Seed. 



Cucumber seed will be in good de- 

 mand at fair prices, and New York 

 state grown seed will be at a premi- 

 um. The crop of Washington County, 

 N. Y., will not be above 25 per cent, 

 on the acreage. Had the severe 

 frost which visited that section of 

 New York state about the same time 

 New England's vegetation received 

 its quietus, held off two weeks, the 

 cucumber seed crop of Washington 

 County would have been above aver- 

 age. Owing to the heat and drouth 

 of mid-summer the vines ceased to 

 grow or set fruit, but when the rains 

 came in August the vines started a 

 fresh growth and new fruit was set 

 in great quantities, and it was this 

 that was killed by the early frost. 

 The western crop, we hear, will be 

 fair, but the carry over will be small 

 and we believe in good prices and a 

 firm market for cucumbers. Musk 

 melons will be short, as we learn 

 the Kansas crop will be largely a 

 failure. Quite a number of varieties 

 will be very hard to secure at any 

 price, but we are unable to give speci- 

 fications at this time. Squashes are 

 in much better shape than a year 



