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The Florists' Review 



March 80, 1916. 



Seed Trade News 



AXEBICAM SEED TSASE ASSOCIATION. 



President, Jobn M. Lupton, Mattltuck, L. I.; 

 Becretary-TrtaBurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland O. 



Thirty-fourth annual convention, Chicago, June 

 20 to 22, 1916. 



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Visited Chicago : Marshall H. Duryea, 

 of the Nungesser-Dickinson Seed Co., 

 New York. 



California growers believe next sea- 

 son will develop a stronger demand for 

 onion seed than any heretofore met. 



The seed houses at Atlantic ports are 

 making, combined shipments by boat to 

 points whence local freight service can be 

 had to destinaton. It is slow, but it 

 beats the embargo. 



In choosing a location for a seed store 

 in a city it should be noted that the rush 

 of counter sales is during the luncheon 

 hours and again at closing time. Get into 

 the oflBce building district. 



Winter did not come to the Holland 

 bulb fields until after they had been un- 

 covered for spring. Two feet of snow is 

 thought to have prevented damage from 

 zero weather at the end of February, 



Is the seed trade's disclaimer slowly 

 breaking down? In spite of the best 

 efforts of the trade to uphold it, each 

 new law requiring any sort of guarantee 

 or statement is a step in the other direc- 

 tion. 



The congestion on eastern railroads is 

 felt as far west as the Missouri river and 

 shipments of seeds are being refused for 

 the reason that eastern roads vdll not 

 accept them at Chicago. The embargo 

 is to prevent congestion at the central 

 terminal. 



Plans are being made by the Gate 

 City Seed Co., of Keokuk, la., for rebuild- 

 ing the warehouse recently destroyed by 

 fire. It is said that the new building 

 will cost in the neighborhood of $40,000. 

 The loss by fire last December was esti- 

 mated at $26,000. 



The peak of the seed season almost 

 always falls in the second half of March ; 

 usually "big Monday" with the mail- 

 order houses is the fourth Monday in this 

 month. But this year, with most seeds- 

 men, including all of the catalogue houses 

 in the north, but especially the concerns 

 that do considerable counter trade, March 

 is far behind and the last week of the 

 month finds seed selling only fairly 

 started. If April does not break records 

 there will be much disappointment. 



Eeports coming across the water in- 

 dicate that Great Britain is taking steps 

 to prevent, next season, evasions of the 

 embargo placed on seeds, plants and roots 

 of German origin. It is well known, for 

 instance, that exports of valley pips 

 avowedly of Danish or Dutch origin have 

 considerably exceeded the quantities ordi- 

 narily produced in those countries and it 

 is reported that British consular agents 

 are preparing to inspect the 1916 crops 

 in those countries for the purpose of lim- 

 iting the exports to the stock of known 

 neutral origin. 



J. J. BuDLONG, head of the L. A. Bud- 

 long Co., Chicago, made a conspicuous 

 success of the market garden, pickle and 

 onion set businesses and then turned 

 banker, in which calling he also is mak- 

 ing a success. As president of the Lake 

 View Trust and Savings bank the first 



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Seed Growers 



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Contract Seed Growers 



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Correspondence Solicited 



George R. Pedrick & Son 



PgBmCKTOWII, M. i. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VAILEY.KS^NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of Hifk-grade Seeds 



Cacutnber, Muskmeloo, Squash and Pump* 

 kin, Sweet. Flint and Dent Seed Com 



EVEREHE R. PEACOCK CO. 



ONION ^<r3s=~^ SETS 



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J. C. Robinson SeedCo. 



WATERLOO, NIB. 



ROCKY FORD, CX>LO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber. Cantaloupe. 

 Watermelon, Sauash and Pumpkin Seed. Sucar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



Waldo Rohnert 



OILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialtlei: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mitrnonette, Verbena, in rariety. 



Correopondence Bollcited- 



thing he did was to put up a handsome 

 new building. Then he began advertis- 

 ing, putting a card in the same street 

 cars that carry the famous ad of Bud- 

 long's dark green spinach. During 

 1915 the bank's deposits increased over 

 $500,000, the number of accounts in- 



THE KIHBERLIN SEED CO. 



SMd ctrowsrs SANTA CLARAa CALi 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, BtCc 



Correspondenca Solicited 



HeHry Fish Seed Co< 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA. -> CAL. 



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Pepper, Eeg Plant. Sqoash, Pumpkin, 

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 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited. BwedasborOj^M. J. 



