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OCTOBEB 26, I9I61. 



Seed Trade News 



AXEXICAH 8E£I> TRADE ASSOCIATION. 

 President, Klrbr B. White, Detroit, Mich.; 

 ■ecretarr-Treesnrer, 0. B. Kendel, Olereland. O. 



While dealers here are getting as 

 many seeds as possible from Europe, 

 California never sent so many seeds 

 abroad as will be the case this year. 



At the moment German seeds can not 

 be reckoned on for 1917 and all Euro- 

 pean stock is in short supply, the result 

 of war conditions and an unusually wet 

 season. 



Although Alaska peas are nominally 

 quoted at $4.25 to $4.50 per bushel, many 

 orders have been refused at that figure, 

 according to Arnold Eingier, of the W. 

 W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 



The sweet corn situation . was plainly 

 shown in the contracts made during the 

 Western Canners' convention recently 

 held in Chicago, Narrow Grain Evergreen 

 selling at $6.50 to $7 per bushel. There 

 are reports that Golden Bantam sold at 

 $10 per bushel. 



According to A. H. Smith, of the Leon- 

 ard Seed Co., Chicago, a big advance in 

 price in silt seeds is reported by canners. 

 In fact, the shortage is so marked that 

 canners are obliged to apply for seeds to 

 the seedsmen, instead of the usual condi- 

 tion of the seedsmen going to the can- 

 ners. 



F. H. Brunnino, Ltd., Melbourne, 

 Australia, writes: "Owing to the short- 

 age of freight and failure of crops, our 

 overseas business is practically spoilt for 

 this season. What small stocks of peas 

 and beans we had are completely sold out 

 and we will have none available until 

 1917 crops are in. Onion seed we still 

 have." It should be remembered that 

 it is just coming spring in Australia. 



Condensation of catalogues and cur- 

 tailment of editions is the order of the 

 day. Mailing lists are being pruned after 

 a fashion unknown before. Quite likely 

 the high publishing costs this year will 

 teach the trade that the catalogues had 

 become much more elaborate than need 

 be to sell seeds. It is quite well known 

 already much money has been wasted in 

 sending books to persons who inquired 

 years ago but never ordered. 



* ' Now that the cow peas and soy beans 

 have been harvested and are being 

 threshed," writes a grower at Nashville, 

 Tenn., "we find that our report of a few 

 weeks ago was misleading. While there 

 is a heavy crop of both of these farm 

 seeds in our immediate vicinity, a recent 

 trip through the State has developed the 

 fact that there is a decidedly short crop ; 

 the seed did not set. There are none on 

 the market as yet, and will be none for 

 some weeks, but the general prediction is 

 that the seed will be high." 



SWEET COBN HIT BY STORM. 



Last week the section of the United 



States from Lake Michigan west to the 



mountains had the coldest weather ever 



known for mid-October. This was the 



first word that reached The Eeview, in 



a telegram October 19: 



Severe snow storm, -with no indications of 

 •topping today; effect on sweet com will be 

 aerioHS. 



Sioux City, la., showed the lowest 



temperature in the United States, 22 



degrees, October 19 and the Sioux City 



TURNIP SEED 



ggED CO 

 LEONARE..«-«— 



ONION SETS 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADt 



Writ* for PricM 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalogue. 



Braslan 



Grower for tlie Wholesale Trade Only. Otaov, Lkttuox, Oabbot, 

 Fabsnif, PABBI.BT, Ceijeby, E]n>ivB, Salbitt, Named and Mixkd 



OBAia>IFU>BA AND SFENOXB SWEET PBAS, AND ScirrLOWKB. 



Seed Growrers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Company 



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



mrmmrimm StattoM at laat Jerrfaa. mah-araaa Bay. Wla^St. Aatha a y. Maha 



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



97th Y«ur 



J. B0L8IAN0 & SOU 



Qardaa and HaM Saada. 

 Sata, Saad Patataaa. 



eiSJSr BALTIMORE, MD. 



Contract Seed Growers 



^nanalHac* PEPPER. EB6 PtMT. TOMATO. 



opeuuuei. yim seed uo naa corn. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



George R. Pedrick A Son 



PKDRICKTOWM, W. i. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VAUEY, SrSi? NED. 



Wholesale Growers of Hish-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump* 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn. 



J. C. Robmson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NKB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract gitmers of Cucumber. Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon. Sauash and Pumpkin Seed, Sugar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Bpedaltlei: Lettace. Oniony Sweet Peai. Aitez. 

 Cosmog. Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. 

 Corre^Dondenoe lolieited. 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, :: :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peu, Etc. 



EVEREHE R. PEACOCK GO. 



ONION ^--3SBn>^ SnS 



401S Rlllwaakaa Avaaoa. 



CHICAOO 



THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



Seed Snwen SANTA CLARAi CAL 



Growers of 

 ONION, LBTTUCB. RADISH, BtCc 



Correspondence Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed COa 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTBRIA. CALIFORNIA 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholeaale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



BAHTA ANA, 



CAUFORNIA. 



Conraapondanea Bolloltad. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, JSigg Plant. Squash. Pumpkin. 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and WatermelMO 

 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited. Bwadaaboro, M. 3, 



