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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 1, 1917. 



Seed Trade News 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 

 President, Kirby B. White, Detroit, Mich.: 

 Secretary-Treasurer, C. B. Kendel, Oleveland, O. 

 Tliirty-flftli annual convention, Detroit, June 19 



Thkre is a pure seed bill pending in 

 the Texas legislature. 



Oniox sets continue to advance in 

 price and are now bringing $5 per bushel 

 in large lots. 



California growers graduallv arc cap- 

 turing business, liecont progress in that 

 direction includes radish and tomato. 



This sums up the market: Clover, 

 active and higlier; timothy, steady; al- 

 sike, liigher; American-grown alfalfa, 

 firm. 



Thk Swep. Taylor Seed Co., .Fackson, 

 Miss., has received an order from the 

 state amounting to over $17,000, for 

 seeds to be used at public institutions. 



The Xungcsser-Dickinson Seed Co., 

 New York, says: "Owing to heavy con- 

 gestion of freight on all railroads, we 

 advise early forwarding of shipments." 



W. F. Pitts, formerly m;in;iger of the 

 Luthci' liurbiink Co., wliidi went into 

 bankruptcy, has opem d a seed store on 

 Market street, San Finncisco, under the 

 name of Pitts Seed iSc Nursery Co. 



The Smith Seed & Feed Co., Danville, 

 Va., hns let coiitrru-ts for a new building 

 to cost between .$];"). OOO and $20,000, in 

 whicli the seed ami iiiiplemcnt dejjart- 

 nients, now in different locations, will 

 be consolidated. 



Ne\vspapki:s ami civic organizations 

 are bestirring themselves and back yard 

 and vacant lot vegetable gardening is 

 being advocated as never before. It will 

 mean a greatly increased demand on the 

 consignment box seeds. 



.TOHX .T. CiAiM.AXi). formerly assistant 

 secretary of the Wisconsin Agricidtural 

 Experiment Association, has lieen engaged 

 by the Ilolnies-Letherman Seed Co., Can- 

 ton, O., to take charge of the trial 

 grounds and seed growing work on its 

 recently acfjuirc^d farm. 



The Holland-AmcMira line recalled the 

 big S. S. Nieuw Amsterdam after it had 

 sailed from Kotterdam last week an<l the 

 cable reported that a jiart of the cargo 

 was being transferred to a smaller boat. 

 There were large quantities of gladiolus 

 bullis on board, one Dutch house havintr 

 400 cases, and it is estimated the total 

 quantity may run as high as 7,000,000. 



DAILY PRESS NOTES CONDITIONS. 



Predictions that crops this year would 

 show a marked increase over the 191G 

 outjiut. because farmers, tein{)ted by the 

 prevailing high jirices for their i)ro(lucts, 

 would jilant mucdi greater acieages, are 

 not borne out l)y conditions ])revailing in 

 the seed trade, says the New York Jour- 

 nal of Commerce. 



Prices of seeds have followed the lead 

 set by vegetables and in most instances 

 are at the highest range on record. Va- 

 rieties of corn selling a year ago at $3.50 

 to $4 a bushel are now quoted at $6 to 

 $7 a bushel. For the finer grades the 

 quotations run from $10 to $13.50 a 

 bushel and almost as great advances 

 have been made by the majority of veg- 

 etable seeds. 



The farmer's inclination to increase 



Braslan 



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OBANDIFLORA AND SPBNCKB SWKKT PKAS, AND SpFFLOWKB. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA 



Company 



ONION SETS 



L E O N A R D Si^.cH.c.00 



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Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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



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



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Grass Mixtures for 

 Golf - Tennis - Polo 



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THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



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OILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialtlet: Letmc« Onion Sweet Peu. Ajter. 

 Cosmos Mimonette Verben* In vmrlttw 



TOMATO SEED 



Grov^n for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA, 



CALIFORNIA 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Erk Plant, Squash. Pumpkin 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and Watermeloc 

 Seed and Field Corn, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



CorreSDOndence Solicitpci. Swedeaboro. K J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, [v;.\vf;r riED. 



Wholesale Growers of High-grade Seeds 



Oucumber, .Muskmelon. Squash and Pump. 

 Win. Sw.'t'l. Flint and Dftnt Reed Corn. 



- THE - 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 

 ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber Canteloupe, 

 Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin Seed, Sugar. 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO. 



ONION ^<^3Er-^ SETS 



ONION 



4013 MllwaHk** Avanua, 



SEED 

 CHICA«0 



THE KIHBERLIN SEED CO. 



«:;re'r;„ SANTA CLARA, CAL, 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, Etc 



Correspon dence Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For tbe Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTRRIA. CALIFORNIA 



Contract Seed Growers 



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Correspondence Solicited. 



^^^•"fle R- Pedrick & Son 



J.BOLGIANOSSON 



CarefiU Seed Grower, for 99 year.. 



Send for our 1917 wholesalf prices 



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