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The Florists' Review 



April 6, 1916. 



Seed Trade News 



AMEBICAN SEED TRADE A8B00IATI0H. 



President, John M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.; 

 Secretary-Trtasurer. C. E. Kendel, Cleyeland, O. 



Thirty-fourth annual convention, Chicago. June 

 20 to 22, 1916. 



The death of E. J. Sheap, of S. M. 

 Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich., is recorded 

 in the obituary column this week. 



Ip the outdoor tulips bloom in only the 

 same percentage the forced stock has, a 

 lot of seedsmen and florists will find 

 themselves in an embarrassing position. 



The Holland growers have not done 

 •well with spiraea in either of the last 

 two years. Exporters have had poor 

 trade, have paid. low prices and quan- 

 tities of stock remain unsold. 



The withdrawal of the Eotterdam, the 

 largest boat plying between a neutral 

 European country and New York, is re- 

 ported on another page of this issue. It 

 has been carrying great quantities of 

 plants and seeds. 



Wholesale seedsmen in Australia re- 

 port an unusual demand for seeds for ex- 

 port, but are unable, to accept any large 

 percentage of the business because of 

 crop failures. Also, shipping space is 

 almost unobtainable. 



The prospect of obtaining German 

 seeds this season becomes steadily poorer. 

 In addition to what Britain does to stop 

 the traffic, the Gterman government has 

 prohibited the exportation of about every- 

 thing affecting the food supply of the 

 German people. 



The mail-order seed houses have about 

 given up hope of a r^cpi;d season. March 

 in some instances has turned out twenty 

 to thirty per cent behind last year and the 

 volume of orders receded slightly in the 

 last ten days of the month, with contin- 

 ued recession as is usual in April, rather 

 than the recovery that was hoped for. 



The Western Canners' Association, at 

 its recent meeting at Chicago, took action 

 to establish a publicity bureau in charge 

 of Secretary George W. Drake to coun- 

 teract what the canners consider highly 

 undesirable publicity. It will be recalled 

 that it was Secretary Drake who tele- 

 graphed D. M. Ferry & Co., protesting at 

 its recent advertising reflecting on canned 

 vegetables. 



An indication of how the country feels 

 on the subject of preparedness is seen in 

 the reply of an Ohio farmer to a com- 

 munication from his representative in 

 Congress, asking whether he wanted any 

 of the government's free vegetable and 

 flower seeds. The farmer sent a postal 

 card on which was written in large, bold 

 letters: "Cut out this graft; we want 

 battleships, not seeds." 



Waldo Eohnert, the Gilroy seed 

 grower, was a visitill' in San Francisco 

 last week. Mr. Eohnert reports condi- 

 tions good as to the seed crops around 

 Gilroy and says the growers all report 

 a fine contract business, as the whole 

 world seems to be looking to California 

 for seeds this year. Inquiries are coming 

 from localities that have never purchased 

 much from California before. The heavy 

 rains, be says, did some damage in low 

 places, but there is still time to resow 

 some of these spots. 



TURNIP SEED 



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SEED CO 



ONION SETS 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADt 



Writ* for PrIcM 



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YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow'' 



B«tter write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Cataloguoo 



Braslan 



Grower for the Wholesale Trade Only. Onion, Lkttuok, Cabbot, 

 Parsnip, Fab8I.kt, Cki.kbt, Ensiyk, SAiiSiFY, Namkd and Mmm 

 Gbandifloba and Spknobb Swkkt Peas, and Suhixowxb. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Company 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milfonl, Com. 



•rewtas StatleM at last Jardaa. Mlah., ttraaa Bay, Wla« M. Aathaay. Maha 



Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Etc. Etc 



97th Ymt 



J. BOLSIANO & SON 



Whalaaala Qardaa and Flald Saada. 

 Oalaa Sata. 8«*d Potataaa. 



BALTIMORE. MD. 



■f 

 THMtoSMds 



Contract Seed Growers 



Spedaltii 



|A|* Pepper, ICgg PUat, Tomato, 



Vine Seed and Field Con. 



Correspondence Solicited 



George R. Pedrick A Son 



PgPWICICTOWII, M. J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VAllEY.gSlgrHa. 



Wholesale Growers of Hlfli-gnde Seeds 



Cacumber, Muikmelon, Squash and Pump 

 kin, Sweet. Flint and Dent Seed Com 



—TBX— 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NIB. 

 ROCKT FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon. Souash and Pumpkin Seed. Susar. 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



Mention Tlie Rerlew when yon write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Spedaltlet: Lettace. Onion. Sweet Peaa. Aater. 

 Cosmos. MUmonette, Verbena. In rariety. 

 Cbrr«»'non<1(iTi«» imliiMted 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



EMBABGO IS RAISED 



A. H. Smith, chairman of the exe- 

 cutive committee of eastern railroads, 

 has issued a bulletin to all railroads 

 represented in the Eastern Freight Ac- 

 cumulation Conference to the effect 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO. 



ONION ..r^3crr^ SfTS 



401S MIKrai 



CNICAttO 



M KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



sJ!d Growen SANTA CLARAi CALi 



Growers of 

 ONION. LETTUCE, RADISH, Etc, 



Correspondence Solicited 



Heiry Fish Seed Ca 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, -;- CAU 



TOMATO SEED 



Or ow u lor the 

 Wholeaale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SAMTA AHA, 



CAXJVORMIA 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Egg Plant. Squash, Pompkin, 

 Cucumber, Cautaloupe and Watermelon 

 Seed and Field Corn, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited. 8w«d*aboro. N. J. 



