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The Florists' Review 



Mat 25, 1916. 



was interposed by way of plea to tho 

 declaration, but upon demurrer the 

 court held that the facts set up were 

 not available as a defense to the con- 

 tract. 



The contract offered in evidence cov- 

 ered sales of No. 3 standard tomatoes, 

 designating the brand of the packer. 

 It was because of this designation that 

 the packer sought to invoke the failure 

 of his crops as a defense to the action, 

 but the court, by sustaining the de- 

 murrer and overruling the defense on 

 that ground, refused to recognize the 

 right of the packer to disregard his 

 contract and excuse his failure to make 

 delivery on the ground that he was un- 

 able to pack under his label because of 

 the failure of his crops. 



In other words, the effect of the 

 court's ruling is to require future con- 

 tracts to be strictly fulfilled and to 

 take such contracts out of the class into 

 which there is sometimes read the im- 

 plication that the contract may be 

 avoided if the goods which are the sub- 

 ject of the contract are not at the time 

 of its execution in being and do not 

 thereafter come into being. 



WHY SEED SALES SHRUNK. 



Seedsmen who cater to the canners' 

 trade noted less than the expected de- 

 mand this season. The following is from 

 a canners' authority and refers espe- 

 cially to the situation in the tomato 

 packing district in Maryland: "The re- 

 duced acreage is due to many causes. 

 Tor instance, there is a desire on the 

 part of farmers to participate in the 

 higher prices prevailing for wheat, corn 

 and other cereals; there is the shortage 

 of potash for fertilizer; there is the 

 scarcity of labor, due to the attractive- 

 ness of higher prices in city factories, 

 and lastly there is the lateness of the 

 season. " • 



MOTT-LY GLEANINGS. 



The "Wesley Miller Seed House, of 

 South Bend, Ind., is experiencing a good 

 run of business. 



S. Bach & Co. and Weigman & Zelt, 

 of Fort Wayne, Ind., report good busi- 

 ness. They report having placed con- 

 tracts for fall delivery of vegetable 

 seed at prices averaging about the 

 same as last year. Bean prices are 

 slightly higher and some varieties of 

 peas lower. 



W. T. Phillips & Co., of Toledo, O., 

 note an unusually late season that will 

 affect the average returns, which were 

 promising, owing to market gardeners 

 getting better prices for their produce 

 than last spring. 



"This will be a good year for the 

 southern trucker," observed A. C. Ken- 

 del, of Cleveland, O. "The extreme 

 lateness of the season must cause a 

 great shortage in vegetables for the 

 fall crop. Not a potato has been 

 planted in this section at this date, May 

 20, fully four weeks later than the 

 usual date." 



Johnson's Seed Store, of Cleveland, 

 disposed of a carload of seed potatoes 

 during the mild spell; the balance is 

 going slowly. The seed rush is over. 

 Plans are under way to increase store 

 and storage facilities against the be- 

 ginning of another season. 



Wood & Co., of East Cleveland, O., 

 are passing through a good season, not 

 depending upon seeds alone. Com- 

 mencing early ,with hardy plants, they 

 follow with annuals from May 20 until 



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the end of the season. "We find this 

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DANISH SEEDS 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, 

 • A. ^^ — Carrot, Mangel, Swede, 

 Turnip, eto. 



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Seed Grower 



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 ODBNSB. DENMARK 



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