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The Florists' I^eview 



Fbbbuabt 8. 1917. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper. Bgg Plant. Sqoash, Pampkin, 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and Watermelon 

 Seed and Field Com. on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



CorreBPOndence Solicited. Bwadaaboro, >. J. 

 Mention The Bwltw when yon write. 



Seed Trade News 



AHEKICAK SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



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

 Secretary-Treasurer, C. K. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Thirty-flfth annual convention, Detroit, June 19 

 to 21, 1917. 



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The death of A. H. McMillan, of the 

 McMillan Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga., is re- 

 corded in this week's obituary column. 



The British government has upset the 

 seed trade there by putting a price limit 

 on seed potatoes lower than many dealers 

 paid for their supplies. 



On the whole, January was not so 

 heavy a month as most seedsmen ex- 

 pected it to be as the result of the well 

 known scarcity of seeds. 



Onion sets for March 1 delivery are 

 being quoted at $4 to $4.50 for yellow 

 and red and $4.50 to $5 for white, with 

 the supply at these prices reported as 

 limited. 



In the last two years the imports of 

 grass and clover seeds from New Zea- 

 land have fallen to less than a fourth 

 what they were in 1914, but the value has 

 declined only half. In other words, prices 

 have doubled. 



The 1917 seed catalogues are marked 

 by a quite general reduction in the weight 

 of the stock used, thereby heading off 

 a part of the increased cost of paper. 

 Many of the books which heretofore have 

 taken zone rates have been brought un- 

 der eight ounces and go anywhere for 4 

 cents. 



There are various reports as to Jan- 

 uary business. The houses that had their 

 catalogues out early had at least the 

 usual run of mail orders, but some of 

 the houses that count themselves impor- 

 tant factors in the seed trade were late, 

 some not even having mailed their books 

 until February. 



Contract growers have had little diffi- 

 culty in booking all the business they 

 want, even at higher prices than have 

 been known for many years, but it is 

 less easy to interest farmers in taking 

 on acreages. The prices of food crops 

 are so high tlie farmer is not interested 

 in such a speculative proposition as beans, 

 for instance. 



Prices on all seeds, but especially on 

 beans and sweet corn, still are climbing. 

 Contract acreage is exceedingly diffcult 

 to obtain because of the high price of 

 farm produce, onions last week selling as 

 high as $8 per hundred pounds, the high- 

 est price since the Civil war, and cabbage 

 selling for as high as $125 per ton in 

 Wisconsin and $100 in Texas. 



The Senate has again voiced its dis- 

 approv.'il of the free seed graft by fail- 

 ing to agree to the provision in the 

 agricultural appropriation bill adopted 

 by tlic House, providing for the expend- 

 iture of $243,720 for seeds for congres- 

 sional distribution. In all probability 

 this item will be put back upon the 



We have over and above our contract requirements for 1916 and 1917 



A Surplus of High-grade 

 Vegetable and Flower Seeds 



which we offer at attractive prices considering market conditions at 

 home and abroad. Our contracts were placed with the largest and 

 most reliable growers in the world, and their names will be furnished 

 upon request. 



Sendlus list of your requirements 

 THE H. R. WILBER CORP., 56 Steele St., JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 



Braslan 



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

 I'ABsNip, Pabslkt, Cklkbt, KNDrvK, Salsify, Namkd and MnxD 

 Granddtoba and Sfenokb Swkbt Peas, and Suvitxj'wkb. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Company 



ONION SETS 



L E O N A 5. ?„„sS«T.cH.cA.o 



co- 



GROWERS fOR THE TRADE 



BEANS, PEAS AND CORN wm. i.. Pri<«. 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Coan. 



•rewlas H atlaaa at East Jardaa. MMk, ttraaa Bay. Wla.. St. A a tliaayi Maha 



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



Grass Mixtures for 

 Golf - Tennis - Polo 



Meet all requirements for all soils 

 THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



CHICAGO, IIX. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Spedaltiet : Lettace, Onion. Sweet PeM, Astez. 

 Cosmog. Mignonette, Verbens. In rarlaty. 

 CorrnADOnilnnnA noUnited 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



eilroy, ;; :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, Etc. :: :: 



CorreapondaTics 8oUoit«<l. 



CONTRACT GROWER 



of 



Cucumber and Nuskmelon Seed 



I offer Pure Stoclt, Personal Service. Intimate 

 Knowledge of Stocks and Local Conditions, 

 Good Deliveries and Moderate Priced. 



R. H. JANES, Rocky Ford, Colo. 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO 



ONION ^<-ss2-^ SETS 



ONION 



40 IS MHwaakaa Avaana, 



SEED 



CMICAOO 



THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



Seed Growen SANTA CLARAf CAL( 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE. RADISH, Etc 



CiorresDondence Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA 



