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The Rorists' Review 



DiCBMBIB 21. 1916. 



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Seed Trade |lews 



AXaieAM UKD TKAOX AaSOOIATIOV. 



Pnaidrat. Klrby B. Wkito. Detroit. MUk.; 

 ■•cr>tery-Tr— urw. O. ■. Kwdal. OtoT^ lMi d. O. 



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John C. Leonard has returned to Chi- 

 cago after a brief trip through the mid- 

 dle west. 



Our friends, the canners, got another 

 jolt last week when the American Can Co. 

 withdrew all quotations. 



There are those who say 500 tons of 

 radish seed are being shipped out of Cali- 

 fornia of the 1916 crop! 



"The bulb business is not profit- 

 able but 'darned' interesting," accor- 

 ding to Arnold Kingier of the W. "W. 

 Barnard Co. 



The Western Seed House, Salina, Kan., 

 after forty years in the wholesale and re- 

 tail seed business, has branched out by 

 opening a retail flower store. 



The "Business Embarrassments" col- 

 umn this week contains notice of a bank- 

 ruptcy action taken against Harry A. 

 Bunyard, Inc., which formerly conducted 

 "The Uptown Seed Store," New York. 



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

 ard Seed Co., Chicago, there is at present 

 a large unsatisfied demand for beans and 

 sweet com. Canners in particular are 

 trying to cover their needs on sweet corn, 

 but are meeting with many disappoint- 

 ments, as crops are shelling out at much 

 less than was estimated. 



This will be an easy season for the 

 contracting agent's of the California seed 

 growers. The prospects of getting stock 

 from Europe are so remote that every 

 seedsman is ready to contract for Cali- 

 fornia crops. Almost the only subject 

 for discussion is price and in practically 

 every case the growers' idea of values 

 soon is accepted. 



Because of the experiences of corn 

 growers last season, the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture is supplying agri- 

 cultural papers with a series of articles 

 dealing with the fundamentals of corn 

 growing, especially with the maintenance 

 of a balance between heat, moisture and 

 fertility, by means of which it is hoped 

 materially to increase the yield per acre 

 next season. 



Seedsmen who specialize in cantaloupe 

 seeds will be interested in Bulletin No. 

 401 of the U. S, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, issued October 31, 1916, and entitled 

 * ' Marketing and Distribution of Western 

 Muskmelons in 1915. ' ' It gives interest- 

 ing information regarding the varieties 

 grown in different districts and the quan- 

 tity of seed required. For instance, it is 

 shown that in the Imperial valley in 1915 

 there were 8,156 acres planted to musk- 

 melons at an average cost for seed of $2 

 per acre. 



The Luther Burbank Co., of San Fran- 

 cisco, with which Mr. Burbank was as- 

 sociated only indirectly, is discontinuing 

 business. W. F. Pitts, formerly general 

 manager of that company and at present 

 trustee of the estate, is familiar with the 

 productions of Mr. Burbank and has or- 

 ganized his own company under the name 

 of W. F. Pitts Seed & Nursery Co., for 

 the purpose of featuring the productions 

 of Mr. Burbank. The new company will 

 do business at 326 Market street, San , 

 Frandsco. 



TURNIP SEED ^ 



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ONION SETS 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADt 



Write ffM-Pric«s 



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 the Wholesale Trade Only. Onion, Littuos, Oabbot, 

 Pabsnip, PABSI.KT, Cklsbt, Endivk, Salbift, If amkd and Mixed 

 Obansuxoba and Sfxncxb Swjckt Pkas, and Suxixowxb. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA 



Company 



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



•rewlnB StaltoM at Bast l a r <aa. MUk^Qirmmm Bay, Wla« St. Aathawr . Maha 



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



CONTRAQ FLOWER SEED GROWERS 



(Moonflowers(WMr^,tf,«!,f 



SPECIALTIES < ( Brazilian 



i Morning Gloriess Rochester 

 ^ (.Japanese 



Cardinal Climbers 



Wilson's flower Seed Farm, Leslie, Ga. 



Mention The Beylcw when yon write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



OILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Spedaltiei: Lettaoe. Onion. Sweet Peai, A«tai; 

 Cosmos, Micnonette. Verbena, in raiiaty. 

 CorrenMndeDM idieited. 



^^^lteitton_The_Hej2ewwhenT02J22i2:^^^ 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



eilroyt :: :i California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce. 

 Sweet Peas. Etc. 



Corraapondano* BoUoltad* 



Mention The Berlcw when yoo write. 



CONTRACT GROWER 



of 



Cucumi)er uA Husifmelon Seed 



I oflFer Pure Stock. Personal Service, Intimate 

 Knowledge of Stocks and Local Conditions, 

 Good Deliveries and Moderate Prices. 



R. H. JANES, Rocky Ftrd, Cilo. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WITH THE NEBBASKANS. 



It is already well known that the 

 sweet corn deliveries in general will be 

 short and some kinds of flint and field 

 corns also are short, flint corns espe- 

 cially being quoted, by those who are 

 fortunate enough to have a surplus, at 

 higher prices than we have ever known 

 them to sell before. 



Many of the cucumber and melon 

 crops at Rocky Ford were caught by the 

 cold, freezing weather, some of them be- 

 fore they were harvested, an^ others 

 were frozen quite severely in tbe pits. 



EVEREnE R. PEACOCK CO. 



ONION ^<sss-^ SCTS 



ONION ^< ^o^^S >" SEED 



401S MHwaakaa Avmmm. CNICA«« 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



IBE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



SeedGnwen SANTA CLARAt CAL 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, Etc 



Ckgrespondenoe Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For tiie Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA. CALIFORNIA 



TOMATO SEED 



Qvo'wn for the 

 Wholeaale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



CALIFORNIA 



■AHTA AHA. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Bgg Plant, Squash. Pumpkin, 

 Cocomber. Cantaloape and Watermelo* 

 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Cerreioondenoe Solicited. >watfasboro, >• '• 



