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The Florists' Review 



Decbmber 14, 1916. 



Seed Trade News 



AICXUOAV nXD TSASX ASaOCOATIOV. 



Preaident, Klrby B. WhlU, Dstrelt. lUok.: 

 ■•cretaiT-TrMisDrar, O. B. K*Bd«I, 01«T«laBd. O. 



L. W. Wheeler, of the Pieters-Wheeler 

 Seed Co., Gilroy, Cal., was in Chicago 

 last week. 



Steamers from the Scandinavian ports 

 continue to bring small lots of lily of 

 the valley pips, but the total is a rela- 

 tively small quantity. 



W. W. HoisiNGTON and Burt Calhoun 

 represented the Leonard Seed Co. at the 

 Ohio canners' convention held at Colum- 

 bus December 12 and 13. 



E, C. DuNGAN, of Wm. Henry Maule, 

 Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., is in Chicago 

 with his wife, looking after the printing 

 of the company's catalogue. 



In estimating the cost of canned peas 

 for 1917 the committee of the National 

 Canners' Association puts it down as 

 "seed loss" at 2 cents per dozen cans. 



A COMMITTEE of the Iowa Canners' 

 Association, in estimating the cost of 

 operation for 1917, figures $750 as the 

 cost of the seed for packing 28,000 cases 

 of corn. 



The first 1917 calendar to reach The 

 Review is that of a seed grower, George 

 R. Pedrick & Son, Pedricktown, N. J., a 

 pretty picture of a lady with an armful 

 of roses. 



The Aabling-Boyce Seed Co., Seattle, 

 Wash., has opened a retail flower store in 

 connection with its seed store, following 

 a marked tendency in this direction in 

 the trade. 



J. W. Edmondson, manager of the 

 California Seed Growers ' Association, San 

 Jose, Cal., returned to the coast Decem- 

 ber 8. He intends to be back in Chicago 

 after the first of the year. 



The man who is fortunate enough to 

 have a good crop of gladiolus bulbs this 

 season should be subject for the con- 

 gratulations of his friends; they will be 

 readily salable at the best prices of re- 

 cent years. 



The Central Seed House, East St. 

 Louis, 111., a partnership between W. H. 

 Conant, C. W. Hurlburt and M. B. Con- 

 ant, makes a specialty of the commission 

 box business and is widening its territory 

 this season. 



The seed trade as a body never was so 

 confident as now that the approaching 

 seed season will be an excellent one. The 

 prevailing high prices of loodstuflfs are 

 expected to create an unprecedented de- 

 mand for vegetable seeds of all kinds. 



The Jefferson-Eatekin Seed Co. was 

 organized at Jefiferson, La., last month 

 with the following oflBcers: President, 

 J. W. Ratekin; vice-president, D. L. 

 Howard; treasurer, M. Head. The com- 

 pany will specialize in field seed. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 is putting the Bureau of Crop Estimates 

 on its figurative back because of the suc- 

 cess of its first attempt to forecast the 

 Texas Bermuda onion crop. The bu- 

 reau 's first estimate was 5,328 cars, which 

 it subsequently revised to 5,107, whereas 

 the actual movement as reported from the^ 

 shipping stations was 4,903 cars. The 

 work will be undertaken again in 1917. 



TURNIP SEED _ 



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ONION SETS 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADt 



Writ* tor Prie«s 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



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Burpee*s Seeds that Grow 



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



Braslan 



Grower for the Wholesale Trade Only. Omion, Lkttuok, Oabbot, 

 Pabskif, Pab8i;kt, Cklkbt, Endiyx, Salsift, Namkd and Muxd 



OBAMI>IFI.OaA AND SFENOXB SWKET PKAS, AND SvinxowicB. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Gompany 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.^ Milford, Com. 



Orewtac tto Me M at Bast torAm. Ill«h..«i«aa Bay. Wl8i« St. Airthaay. Idaha 



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



CONTRAQ ELOWER SEED GROWERS 



|Moonflowers{WMtfdlTa'c1? 

 SPECIALTIES < ( Brazilian 



(Morning Glories-< Rochester 

 (.Japanese 



Cardinal Climbers 



Wilson's Flower Seed Farm, Leslie, Ga. 



_ Mention The Review when yop write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Spedaltiet: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet PeM. Iftez, 

 Cosmos. Miffnonette, Verbena, in rarietr. 

 Correnoondenoa solldtedr 



Pieters-Wheder Seed Company 



eilroy, :: :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, Etc. 



Corraapondanoe Bolioltad* 



Mention The RctIcw when yon write. 



CONTRACT QROWER 



of 



Cucumber anj Nuskmelon Seed 



I oflFer Pure Stock. Personal Service, Intimate 

 Knowledge of Stocks and Local Conditions, 

 Good Deliveries and Moderate Prices. 



R. H. JANES, Rocky Ford, Colo. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



THE EABLY BIBD. 



The first general seed catalogue for 

 1917 to reach The Eeview was that of 

 W. E. Marshall & Co., New York. It 

 arrived December 8. It contains a 

 "Special Notice" in these words: 

 "Owing to the disastrous war in Eu- 

 rope, a great many of the European 

 seed crops have not been harvested or 

 are prohibited from being exported. At 

 the date of going to press with this 

 catalogue, we are without final reports 

 from our growers, so we cannot guar- 

 antee deliveries on some varieties of 



EVEREHE R. PEACOCK CO; 



ONION ^<s3Bo^ SETS 



ONION ^i::^^oiFj*:;^ sceq 



401S Mnwaakaa Avaaoa, CMICA«0 



Mention The Review when yom write. 



THE KINBERUN SEED CO. 



See4 Growen SANTA CLARA* CALi 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, Btc. 



Ciomspondenoe Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA. CALIFORNI A 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CC 



BAHTA AHA, 



CAUFOBH A 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper. Bgg Plant, Squash, PnmpkQi 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and WatermelJB 

 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



CorreBwmdence. Solicited. Bwadasboro, >• '• 



