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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 22. 1920 



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 the seed growers will have to be paid 

 fair prices for their products or the time 

 will come when the seed trade will go 

 without adequate supplies. The farm- 

 ers will not accept contracts at less 

 than a stated price and, if the prices 

 to the trade go any lower, the larger 

 and more reliable growers will quit the 

 game and the trade will have to depend 

 upon the small fellows, who are not in 

 a position, either in eciuipment or finan- 

 cially, to increase their business 

 largely. ' ' 



FRENCH SEED SITUATION. 



Writing to a British horticultural 

 publication, a French grower gives the 

 following resume of the seed situation 

 in his country: 



"The situation of seed growing and 

 of the seed trade has greatly improved 

 in France since the demobilization. 



"During war time, owing to the big 

 proportion of farmers and growers who 

 had been mobilized, the areas employed 

 for seed growing were considerably re- 

 duced and, at the time of harvest, crops 

 were sometimes lost on account of the 

 impossibility of saving them in time. 



"Owing to this cause, the French 

 seed trade has been obliged to become 

 importer for some sorts of which it was 

 formerly exporter. 



"In spite of the fact that not a year 

 has passed since the last men over 25 

 years of age were demobilized and that 

 France has lost nearly 2,000,000 men 

 killed and that about 2,500,000 are dis- 

 abled, also that the greater part of the 

 killed and mutilated belonged to agri- 

 culture, there is a strong revival in 

 France in agriculture and seed growing. 



"Here are some results of the average 



crops estimated for this season: 



Mangolds and beets, white. Medium crop. 

 Mangolds, red and yellow. . Very small. 



Carrots Vprj- good crop and 



low price. 



Cabbages and savoy Mrdium. 



Swedish turnip Good. 



Chicory Good. 



Celery Very small crop. 



'leans Nfedium crop. 



lettuce Medium crop. 



rumlps Very small. 



Onions, white varieties Very small. 



Onions, yellow varieties. ... Good medium crop. 



Parsley No crop. 



Leek Good crop. 



Radishes Medium crop. 



Salsify and scorzonera No crop. 



Tomatoes, late sorts Middle crop. 



Tomatoes, early sorts .Small crop. 



"From information I have obtained 

 from several sources it appears that 

 contracts for next season are numerous 

 and tkat the seed growing industry will 

 take an important new development in 

 France. 



"I have also been informed that the 

 French seed firms which contracted dur- 

 ing the war in the United States for 



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seed growing have been heavily disap- 

 pointed, owing to the high rate of ex- 

 change which prevailed at the opening 

 of this seed season. This high rate of 



exchange and freight put the buyer in 

 an inferior position as compared with 

 the price of French-grown seeds. 

 "It seems that in the opinion of per- 



