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The Florists^ Review 



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August 81, 1916. 



the matured bean. It has probably ex- 

 isted as long as the bean has been under 

 the cultivating influence of man. 



The government pure food experts say 

 the anthracnose bean is a decomposed 

 bean and as such is deleterious to health 

 and unfit for food. Not long ago, on 

 these grounds, they seized a shipment 

 of canned beans from the Oceana con- 

 cern. The officials of the company pro- 

 tested. They admitted that the dis- 

 ease left its black mark on the bean, 

 but argued that the weight of scien- 

 tific authority proved that the eating of 

 anthracnose beans had never had ill ef- 

 fect on man or beast. They said that 

 while it may not be as good looking as 

 a bean unsullied by anthracnose, yet 

 its food properties are not diminished 

 and that it should not be driven from 

 the market. 



Throwing out the anthracnose beans, 

 say the growers, is going to have the ef- 

 fect of materially decreasing the pro- 

 duction of marketable beans. The dis- 

 ease has been quite prevalent for the 

 last two or three years and casting aside 

 as unfit a few bushels from each acre's 

 yield is going to count up in the aggre- 

 gate to several hundreds of thousands 

 of bushels. It may total up in a year 

 to fifteen or twenty per cent of the 

 whole crop. 



Then too, they say, if the grower pro- 

 ceeds to hand-picking for the elimina- 

 tion of the anthracnose bean, the cost 

 of handling the crop is going to in- 

 crease considerably and the additional 

 cost is bound to be figured into the 

 price which the consumer will be asked 

 to pay. 



Another probable effect, if the an- 

 thracnose bean is condemned by the 

 courts, is that many growers, discour- 

 aged by the restrictions thrown around 

 the industry, are likely to abandon 

 beans as one of their big crops. 



ACREAGE FOE THE CANNEES. 



The government has been gathering 

 statistics of the canning industry and 

 the bureau of crop estimates has issued 

 the following statement of acreage con- 

 tracted for this year by canners for the 

 three principal crops, corn, peas and 

 tomatoes: 



state — Acres Com 



Maine 12,442 



Vermont 2,375 



New York 13,772 



Pennsylvania 3,725 



Delaware 3,885 



Maryland 19,68,3 



Ohio 19.428 



Indiana 19,032 



Illinois 36.097 



Michigan 8.225 



Wisconsin 7,950 



Minnesota 3,740 



Iowa 32,629 



Nebraska 7.970 



New Jersey 



Utah 



Connecticut 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



Missouri . . . : 



Kentucky . . . . ; 



Tennessee 



Arkansas 



Colorado 



California 



All other 8,402 



Teas Tomatoes 



16.f»2ft 



500 



2,.S0O 



3,106 



805 



4,499 



3,218 



8,428 



26,981 



246 



510 

 2,618 



2,840 



0.2.57 

 2,.S88 

 7,861 



25.220 

 7,491 



31.222 

 2,956 

 3,801 



3,094 



235 

 8.691 

 2,540 



285 

 7.159 



873 

 7,69.S 

 2,678 

 2,587 

 1,2.50 



662 

 3,087 

 1,007 



United States 190.858 70,064 129 034 



Change % -1-13.4 —13.1 -f-33.9 



No account is taken of tonnage 

 bought outside of crop contracts. 



ENGIiAND'S SEED CEOPS. 



Seed crops in England, a good many 

 of which have been harvested, vary a 

 good deal so far as yield is concerned. 

 There are some good crops of peas, and 

 some that are light. Onion will be 



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