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H K T I C TJ L T U R E 



December 2, 1911 



HEADQUARTERS FOR CHRISTMAS GREENS 



Special"Selected Grades^for Florists. 



HOLLY — MISTLETOE — LYCOPODIUM 



WREATHS — Laurel, holly and lycopodium. 

 ROPING — Laurel and lycopodium. 

 MOSS — Green lump and sheet. 



And all other specialties for the Holidays. 

 Special circular with prices mailed to all. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



518 

 MARKET STREET, 



PHI LA., PA. 



powers, and it produced splendid plants. 

 Previous to this season Mr. F. Cooper, for- 

 merly of Histon, managed my stocks, but 

 as I was growing a much larger quantity 

 this year, my expert foreman, Mr. G. H. 

 Burt, went out to take charge. He arrived 

 lo April before the plants were in bloom 

 and stayed until all the seed was harvest- 

 ed. Under the care of Mr. Burt my cus- 

 tomers may rest assured that stocks will 

 be true to name. E?ery pod of seed is 

 gathered by hand, in the same way as is 

 done at home. Mr. Burt writes: "I wish 

 I could send yoa a bunch of each variety, 

 as the blooms are grand and we have no 

 disease on any variety." 



Growing my own seeds in California has 

 been a great expense, but I found it was 

 the only course to take, so as to offer good, 

 plump seed of these poor seeders at a rea- 

 sonable rate. 



Maine Seed Improvement Association. 

 The Maine Seed Improvement Asso- 

 ciation held its annual session at Wat- 

 ervilie on Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Nov. 21-23. Addresses on 

 The Best Type of Field Corn for 

 Maine Farmers, by Dr. G. M. Twitch- 

 ell of Auburn; Prof. M. E. Barnes of 

 Cornell University, on Developing 

 Disease Resistant Strains of Plants, 

 and by Dr. Raymond Pearl on Potato 

 Improvement, were among the most 

 interesting parts of the program. An 

 immense amount of business was 

 transacted. Among the resolutions 

 adopted was the following: 



Resolved. That in the opinion of the as- 

 sociation, the most urgent need at the 

 present time for the improvement of the 

 crops of Maine is to obtain exact scientific 

 knowledge as to what varieties or strain 

 of seed of our common crops are best suit- 

 ed to the local conditions of soil and cli- 

 mate in different parts of the state. To 

 this end the association would recommend 

 the carrying out as soon as possible of 

 accurate scientific and widely distributed 

 variety tests of the best strain of seed 

 now to be obtained in any part of the 

 world. As a beginning of the work the 

 association would i ndorse the co-operative 

 variety tests of oats now being conducted 

 by the Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, and desires to record its willingness 

 to co-operate in i h se tests, and would urge 

 the extension of such tests to other crops 

 at as early a date as may be feasible. 



Resolved, That the executive committee 

 is hereby instructed to onsider carefully 

 the question of premiums and methods of 

 olfering premiums at the future annual 

 meetings or such other exhibits as the as- 

 tion may participate in, with a view 

 of formula,ting a plan whereby emphasis 

 in making awards shall be placed upon 

 type, yield and adjustment of crops to lo- 

 .t diti tfcs. 



Notes. 



Chicago, HI.— About Feb. 1 the W. 

 W. Barnard Co. will move to 231 to 

 235 West Madison street. 



A leading New Zealand firm informs 

 an American consular officer that it 



would like to arrange connections in 

 the United States for the Import and 

 export of grass seeds. This firm's ad- 

 dress may be obtained on application 

 to the Bureau of Manufactures, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., referring to the file num- 

 ber, 7641. 



Little Rock, Ark. — A new wholesale 

 and retail seed business is about to 

 open here, to be known as the Bain- 

 McLees Seed Co. The company is 

 composed of R. M. Bain, formerly 

 manager of the Modern Gin and Com- 

 press Co., and David McLees, former- 

 ly of the Charles Leifer Seed Co. A 

 location has not yet been decided 

 upon. 



Louisville, Ky.— The Hall Seed Co., 

 whose incorporation was reported in 

 HORTICULTURE Nov. 18, is the in- 

 corporation of the retail department 

 of the Southern Seed Co., as a matter 

 of convenience, so as to enable them 

 to give W. P. Hall, who has been man- 

 ager of that department ever since it 

 was organized, an interest in the busi- 

 ness. A small amount of stock has 

 been sold to W. P. Bunton, formerly 

 manager of the implement department 

 of Wood. Stubbs & Co., seedsmen of 

 Louisville. Physically there has been 

 no change whatever in the business. 

 Edwin C. Foltz retaining the controll- 

 ing interest the same as in the South- 

 ern Seed Co. 



SEEDS, PLANTS, | 

 BULBS 



All seasonable kinds of best 

 quality 



Special prices on large lots 



JAMES VICK'S SONS, 



Seedsmen 



ROCHESTER N. Y. 



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TOMATO SEED. 



BEST STOCKS. ALL VARIETIES. 



Surplus List now ready. 

 Contract Offer for 1913 ready Dec. 1st. 



The Haven Seed Co. 



Growers for Wholesale Trade Only. 

 SANTA ANA, C IFORNIA. 



KENTUCKY 

 BLUE GRASS 



Fancy Ne\« Crop 



$3.00 bu. 



December Shipment 



This special price 

 for a Short Time 

 Oxly. Samples 

 sent on request. 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



Wholesale Seedsmen 



Baltimore, Md. 



FRENCH VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Lettuce, Imported Big Boston; Forcing 

 Lettuce (black seeded) ; Radish, Scarlet 

 Globe, White Tipped Scarlet Turnip; Beet, 

 Crosby; Cabbage, Early Flat and Savoy; 

 Celery, Self-Blanching and Green; Beet, 

 Spinach, Endive, etc., the same varieties 

 as the market gardeners of Paris use. 

 BE AULIEU. Woodhaven, N. Y. 



FORCING TOMATO PLANTS 



in 2% inch pots at $20.00 per M in the fol- 

 lowing varieties; Comet, Sutton's, Winter 

 Beauty, Sutton's Best Of All, Sutton's 

 Abundance, Sutton's A 1. 



Cabbage and Lettuce Plants in unlimited 

 quantities and best market varieties. 

 FOX HALL FARM, NORFOLK, VA. 



ONION SETS 



1IEADQIARTEKS FOR THE EAST 



We carry large stocks of choice quality 

 at both our Orange, Conn., and New York 

 City houses. Full line all varieties of Gar- 

 den and Flower Seeds. Trade List on ap- 

 plication. 



D. WOODRUFF 4 SONS. 



8S Dey Street. 

 Orange. Conn. New York City. 



