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The Florists' 



Skptgmbrb 21, 1916. 



Seed Trade News 



AXXRIOAH BEES TXAOE A8800IATI0V. 

 Praaldent. Klrbj B. White, Detroit. Mich.; 

 ■ecretary-Tresaarer. O. B. Keadel. OlereUuid. 0. 



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J The prices of bulbs are going up all 

 along the line — French, Dutch and Jap- 

 anese. 



Seedsmen who handle bulbs will be 

 interested in the article on "Bulb Grow- 

 ing in Virginia," which appears on an- 

 other page in this issue. 



The Rotterdam office of Ralph M. 

 Ward & Co., New York, writes that the 

 supply of bulbs in Holland is smaller 

 than most American importers realize. 



In spite of the unquestionably short 

 crop at OUioules, the imports of French 

 bulbs so far this season considerably ex- 

 ceed the quantity imported in any pre- 

 vious year. 



There were light frost's last week, the 

 earliest of recent years, in the seed-grow- 

 ing sections of Iowa, Nebraska and Colo- 

 rado, but no damage of consequence was 

 done to crops. 



Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Paris, 

 landed the North-of-France candidum 

 bulbs at New York last week the same as 

 though their land were not occupied by 

 battling armies. 



Sweet corn is almost sure to be in 

 light supply and there is little hope of 

 meeting the short deliveries by picking 

 up free crops, the uncontracted acreage 

 being considerably less than usual this 

 year. 



The Holland-America Line has three 

 steamers from Rotterdam due at New 

 York between Monday and Friday of 

 this week and they are supposed to be 

 bringing the bulk of this season 's Dutch 

 bulbs. The Poeldyk, which was report- 

 ed as in the harbor September 18, is said 

 to have 12,500 cases. 



J There has been a largo loss of Formosa 

 lily bulbs on the Sr S. Hawaii Maru, 

 which left Yokohama about July 27. The 

 shipment arrived rotted and useless. It 

 is understood the principal consignments 

 were to Henry & Lee and Ralph M, Ward 

 & Co., both of New York, although a 

 quantity of the bulbs was consigned to 

 Chicago. 



Difficulties at the docks in Brooklyn 

 held up the S. S. Eleftherios K. Venezelos 

 for almost two weeks before imloading 

 the 14,432 cases of French bulbs it 

 brought could be begun. The result was 

 a flood of inquiries from consignees who 

 were perplexed at the delay in receiving 

 the consignments stated in the Review 

 for September 7 to have been on the boat. 

 The cargo had been discharged September 

 15, but at that date there still were on 

 the docks fifteen cars of bulbs for the 

 west, held back by congestion on the 

 railroads. Before the Venezelos had 

 been unloaded the Chalkydon arrived, 

 September 12, with 7,860 cases more 

 French bulbs. 



BEAN CBOP IN MICHIGAN. 



The following is from a letter by the 

 Gibson Canning Co., Gibson City, 111.: 



"Much has been said and is being 

 said daily in various trade publications 

 on the subject of great shortage in the 

 bean crop this year. It is generally 

 known that the acreage in beans this 

 year is greatly in excess of that of any 

 previous year. Early crop prospects 



TURNIP SEED ~ 



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Contract Seed Growers 



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Correspondence Solicited. 



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PEPRICKTOWM. N. i. 



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Wholesale Growers of High-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn. 



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WATERLOO, NBB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contiract growere of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon. Squash and Pumpkin Seed, SusaT; 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



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GILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties : Lettaca. Onion, Sweet Peaa, ikjter. 

 Cosmos MimoneMec Verbena, in yarioty. 

 Correspondence solicited 



Pieters-Wlieeler Seed Company 



Oliroy, :: :s California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radlsii, Lcttncc. 

 Sweet Perns, Etc. 



Correapondenoe Solicited. 



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Growers of 

 ONION, LBTTUCB, RADISH, Btc. 



Coneapondence Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



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 CARPINTERIA. CALIFORNIA 



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Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



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TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Kgg Plant, Squash, Pumpkiii, 

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 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited, ■wadesboro, M. J. 



