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June 5. 1920 



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DEATH OF MAURICE FULO. 



Weil-Known Seedsman Passes Away 



Suddenly at His Home in New York. 



The trade was shocked to hear last 

 Saturday that Maurice Fuld. the well- 

 known seedsman, had been found 

 dead in his apartment in New York 

 City. Mr. Fuld's robust appearance 

 and general alertness had given prom- 

 ise of a long and busy life, so that his 

 sudden passing away came as a great 

 surprise. It was understood that 

 death was due to hardening of the 

 arteries. 



Mr. Fuld was born in Germany 

 about 45 years ago. After leaving 

 school he entered the seed business 

 and for some time was with a concern 

 in Quedlinburg. Afterwards he was 

 connected with a firm in the South of 

 Prance for several years, specializing 

 in perennials. Later he came to this 

 country and was engaged in the seed 

 business with different concerns in 

 Boston, Philadelphia and New York. 

 For several years he was manager for 

 the W. W. Raw.son Co. in Boston and 

 made many acquaintances at that 

 time. This was previous to the con- 

 solidation of the corporation which 

 made the present Fottler, Fiske, Raw- 

 son Co. While with this firm he es- 

 tablished a dahlia farm at Marblehead 

 which attracted much attention and 

 made a reputation for himself as a 

 dahlia specialist. Later he went to 

 Philadelphia and became connected 

 with the H. F. Michell Company, where 

 he began to get out the unique litera- 

 ture which won him considerable tame 

 later on. After that he went to New 

 York and after a short connection 

 with the Knight & Struck Company 

 went into business for himself. He 

 had been gradually extending his 

 business and his advertisements which 

 appeared in the trade papers and ama- 



teur pre.ss made him a conspicuous 

 figure. 



Mr. Fuld's advertising was always 

 distinctive and for that matter his 

 methods were such that his business 

 became built up largely on his own 

 personality. For several years he has 

 conducted two magazines. Flower 

 Talks and Vegetable Talks, which 

 have been written entirely by himself 

 and contained no advertising. Mr. 

 Fuld was also well known as a lec- 

 turer and had apjieared before many 

 prominent organizations in and out- 

 side of the trade. It seems particular- 

 ly unfortunate that he should be cut 

 off at this time when he was just reap- 

 ing the success of many years of ef- 

 fort. 



THE FLOWER MARKET. 



Weather conditions were against 

 florists who had planned to make a 

 ten strike with Peonies for Memorial 

 Day, but their loss will be gained by 

 the carnation growers. With peonies 

 out of all the Eastern markets, carna- 

 tions sold at a tremendous rate and at 

 very good prices. A good supply of 

 lieonies of fine quality reached Boston 

 on Tuesday, which brought less than 

 one-half of what would have been the 

 price a few days before. It was much 

 the same in New York, and even in 

 Philadelphia there were but few peo- 

 nies which came in from local points 

 and they did not appear until Satur- 

 day so they were hardly a factor in 

 the market. 



In Philadelphia, roses and other 

 long-stemmed stock sold especially 

 well. On the whole. Philadelphia 

 showed a better Decoration Day busi- 

 ness than has been the case in the 

 past. All the wholesale concerns 

 worked overtime for three or four days 

 and on Sunday, and on Monday noon 



closing was in order. 



Of course Boston had a lively mar- 

 ket on Saturday, and a lot of stock 

 came in on Monday, but this was too 

 late to be of much value. Further 

 West, the Memorial Day business does 

 not seem to have been as big a factor 

 as in the East, although the evidences 

 are that it is growing rapidly. This 

 week the markets have been very dull 

 as a matter of course, with plenty of 

 stock and prices low. It is noted that 

 Delphiniums are especially late this 

 year; they were among the items 

 missed for Memorial Day business. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES 



Mr. T. E. Waters, of the Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., Chicago, recently addressed 

 the Ladies' Garden Club of Minneap- 

 olis and St. Paul. 



According to Mr. Hilmer 'V. Swenson, 

 of the publicity department of the S. 

 .A. F.. the demand for "Say it with 

 Flowers" billboards is constantly 

 growing. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' As- 

 sociation, of Toronto, Ont., will hold 

 no meetings during the summer 

 months, the next regular session com- 

 ins? on Sept. 21. 



The recent heavy hailstorm in the 

 southwest did considerable damage to 

 nurserymen and florists. The peony 

 crop has suffered badly, as it was just 

 getting ready for market. It is re- 

 ported that the Wilde Bros. Nursery 

 Co., of Sarcoxie. Mo., lost its entire 

 peony cut flower crop. 



The 10,000 tulip bulbs given to the 

 city of New York by John Scheepers 

 and planted in the New York Botanical 

 garden, have been making a fine dis- 

 play this spring, and have attracted 

 much attention, as they included many 

 unusual varieties among the 1.30 kinds 

 shown. 



