The FlotJsts' Review 



Jandaky' 18, 191T. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Egg Plant. Saoash. Pumpkin, 

 Ciienmber, Cantaloupe and Watermelon 

 Seed and iTield Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Ccmiwmdeiice Solicited. Swadasborot ■. J. 

 MMitlon The Brleir when yon write. 



Seed Trade News 



AMESICAK SEED TRADE ASSOOIATIOK 



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

 Secretary-Treasurer, 0. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



The 1917 catalogue of the Aggeler & 

 Musser Seed Co., Los Angeles, is one of 

 the few thus far received that quotes all 

 seeds by the pound. 



The death of Charles Nearpass, for 

 twenty-seven j'cars in the seed business 

 at San Diego, Cal., is reported in this 

 week's obituary column. 



N. N. Sherwood, head of the firm of 

 Hurst & Son, wholesale seed merchants, 

 London, with which many American 

 houses have been dealing, left an estate 

 valued at £514,949. 



It will interest the seed trade in this 

 country that in building their new prem- 

 ises in London, Watkins & Simpson, in 

 seeking fireproofness, used teak for doors 

 and other woodwork. 



Mrs. Arnold Rixgier, wife of the sec- 

 retary of the W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, 

 is in Clara Barton hospital at Los An- 

 geles, having been tflken ill with pneu- 

 monia on the train on the way to the 

 coast last week. 



A NUMBER of s-eedsmen were negotiat- 

 ing, early in Decemljer, for paper for 

 1918 catalogues, but postponed action 

 when the peace notes came out, believ- 

 ing that the market would fall. Attempt- 

 ing to reinstate the orders in January, it 

 has been a general experience to find the 

 market has made a further advance. 



Under the firm name of Letton-De Foor 

 Seed Co., W. II. Letton and J. C. De Foor 

 will carry on the business formerly 

 owned by the McMillan Seed Co., at At- 

 lanta, Ga. Mr. Letton was associated 

 with the Hastings Seed Co. for ^fteen 

 years. The McMillan Seed Co. went into 

 bankruptcy and the stock was purchased 

 by the new firm. 



Congressman Byrnes, of South Caro- 

 lina, has introduced a bill "to regulate 

 commerce in adulterated or misbranded 

 seeds or bulbs, and to pre%-ent the sale 

 and transportation thereof." The dan- 

 gerous part lies in the provision that a 

 seller shall be immune from prosecution 

 if he can produce a guarantee from the 

 domestic dealer of whom purchased. 



It will not prove easy to make con- 

 tracts for 1917 average except at a ma- 

 terial advance in price and after the 

 acreage basis is agreed upon, no one can 

 say what nature will produce. As George 

 Cohb said to the packers at Rochester, 

 recently, "the two great problematical 

 factors this year are Uame Nature in 

 America and human nature in Europe." 



The order blanks enclosed with the 

 seed catalogues grow yearly more elal)- 

 orate. That of Farquhar & Co., Boston, 

 this year, is a Baker-Vawter affair of 

 eight pages S^oxll inches, listing with 

 blanks for quantity, price and amount 



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. 



Send tu list of your requirements 

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



Braslan 



Grower for the Wholesale Trade Only. Onion, Lkptucw, OabboT, 

 Pabsmip, pABSiiET, CRiJatT, E^iDiYX, Sauift, Xamkd and MnxD 

 OBAira>in.osA AND Sfknokb Swkkt Pka8, and SxjwFuywMa. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA 



Company 



TURNIP SEED 



L E O H ^*! E»^^^' 



SEED 



CO 



ONION SETS 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADt 



Writ* ffM- Prices 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



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Burpee's Seeds that Grow 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— Tor aew Complete Catalofne. 



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

 Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onioh, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Be Etc 



Grass Mixtures for 

 Golf - Tennis - Polo 



Meet all requirements for all soils 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



SpedaltlM : Lettace. Onion. Sweet PeM, Astar, 

 Cosmoi, Mlcnonette, Verbens, in rsrlsty. 

 Correwpondenos lollelted 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



eilroy, :: ;: Califfomia 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Perns, Etc. 



CoiT«spond*no« 8oUoit«<l. 



CONTRACT GROWER 



of 



Cucumber and Nuskmelon Seed 



I oflFer Pure Stock, Personal Service, Intimate 

 Knowledge of Stocks and Local Conditions, 

 Good Deliveries and Moderate Prices. 



R. H. JANES, Rocky Ferd, Colo. 



EVEREHE R. PEACOCK CO; 



ONION ^r-s3Et-^ SETS 



ONION 



40SS Mllwaake* Avmiim, 



SEED 



CHICiMIO 



IHE KINBERUN SEED C0< 



See4 erowen SANTA CLARA* CALi 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE. RADISH, Etc 



Correspondence Solicited 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA 



