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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEll 4, 1917. 



Seed Trade News 



AXESIOAN BEES TSADE ASSOCIATION. 

 Preaident, F. W. Bolglano, WaBhlngton, D. 0.; 

 BecreUry-T reaaurer. C. B. Kepdel. OleTeUnd. O. 



A. H. Smith, of the Leonard Seed Co., 

 Chicago, has returned from a brief busi- 

 ness trip to Louisville, Ky. 



It has been reported. that one of the 

 large operators in onion sets has recently 

 purchased a number of cars of the best 

 sets at Louisville, Ky. 



David McLees is manager of the seed 

 department of the Hayes-Thomas Grain 

 Co., Little Eock, Ark. He is steadily 

 adding to his line of stock and the scope 

 of his operations. 



LiuuM giganteum shipments will be 

 late in arriving from Japan this season, 

 owing to the fact that all available 

 steamers and space are being used for 

 carrying war supplies. 



There is a decided shortage develop- 

 ing on peas and it is said that some 

 houses will probably not deliver more 

 than thirty to fifty per cent of what 

 their contracts ■ call for. 



Cabbage seed is reported in short sup- 

 ply and high in price. Of the early va- 

 rieties, Charleston and Jersey Wakefield 

 are especially short, while of the later 

 varieties Danish Ball Head types are 

 scarce. 



There will be increased use of crops 

 for by-products this season. For in- 

 stance, the Colvillei types of gladioli are 

 especially adapted for early forcing. 

 They can be successfully grown in carna- 

 tion temperature; in fact, among carna- 

 tion plants. 



The farmers of the United States 

 have answered the plea of the govern- 

 ment with a record crop production. 

 Next spring will see a renewed and 

 greater effort in this direction. It looks 

 as though 1918 would be another big 

 year for the seed trade. 



W. W, Tkagy, Sr., possibly best known 

 of the seedsmen who have joined the staff 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 is the author of a pamphlet, "Saving 

 Vegetable Seeds for the Home and Mar- 

 ket Garden," which is being distributed 

 by the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Beans will unquestionably be in short 

 crop. The frost, which struck the Mich- 

 igan bean sections several times, but in 

 an uneven manner, has killed off a good 

 percentage of stock that was planted, 

 and hence maturing, late, while some 

 damage also was done to the earlier 

 plantings. 



Seedsmen are gradually breaking 

 away from the practice of so printing 

 the disclaimer on letterheads that it will 

 appear between the written salutation and 

 signature. The law has been interpreted 

 to make the disclaimer inoperative if the 

 addressee is required to read elsewhere 

 than in the body of the letter to find it. 



The Guernsey bulb trade this year is 

 said to have been exceedingly brisk and 

 prices have been distinctly good. One 

 Guernsey bulb merchant had an order 

 from a Lancashire firm for 1,500,000 

 bulbs of one variety alone. There are, 

 however, not the same quantity of bulbs 

 in the island as usual, the stocks having 

 been brought low last year. Nearly the 

 wliole of the trade was with England, 

 which has prohibited the importation of 

 bulbs from both Holland and France, 



Grower' for tM Wholeoale Tr&S Oniy! ^^ON/l!Jimra^«aLMttcl^ 



PAJtaiOF, PABtUET. OXUEBT, ENDIYX, SaU9IFT, NaIOCD AaO ItPBD I 



GaAin>in.OBA ahd Sfbnoxb Swxxt Pxab, and Svxwuowwm,* '^ 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Company 



ONION SETS 



LEON ARw5«-.S«.««--.^ 



CO 



^"^Tr.^o^J^^ '.yn nnny GROWERS fOR THE TRADI 



BEANS, PEAS AND CORN writ, for pnc** 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



If 



Burpee*s Seeds that Grow 



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



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



Growing Stations at East Jordan, Mich., Green Bay, Wis., St. Anthony, Idaho 



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



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Egg Plant, Squash, Pumpkin, 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and Watermelon 

 Seed and Field Corn, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



CJorrespondence Solicited, S%vcde«boro, N. J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, gr„'.r NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of High-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn. 



- THE- 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 

 ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Canteloupe. 

 Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin Seed, Susar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



EVERETTE R. PEACOCK CO. 



ONION ^r^5»^^ SETS 



■AHTA AMA. 



CAUFORHIA 



GARDEN SEEDS 



We hare man7 of the short Items together with all 

 the plentiful .items In seed to offer— beans, sweet 

 corn, carrot, onion sets, dwarf nasturtium. Send 

 for our wholesale price list. Shipments from here 

 or New York city go quickly everywhere. Contract 

 ffrowlnK price list 1917 seeds on request. 



S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS 



Home Office: ORANGB, CONN. 

 New York City Store, 8S Dey Street 



Contract Seed Growers 



^nitrifllHM* l*EPKIt- E66 PUWT. TOMATO. 



opetuuuek. ymf seed and field corn 



Correspondence Solicited. 



George R. Pedrick & Son 



PEDRICKTOWN. N. J. 



ONION 



401S 



SEED 



:•• A< 



J.BOLGIANO&SON 



Careful S«cd Growers for 99 ymn. 



Send for our 1917 wholesale prices 

 to Florists and Market Oardeners 



BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA 



THE KINBERUN SEED CO. 



Seed G^^ SAN JOSEs CALs 



Growers of 



ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, Etc. 



Ck>rrespondence Solicited 



Waldo Rohnert 



. GILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas, Aster, 



Cosmos. MlRnonette. Verl)ena, in variety. 

 Oorrespondence solicited. 



