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The Florists^ Review 



February 13, 1919. 



Seed Trade Hews 



AMERIOAN SEES TRADE ASSOOIATIOH. 

 Preildent, F. W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. 0.; 

 ••creUry-treaaurer, C. g. Kendcl. CleTeland, O. 



Cabbage seems to be one of the few 

 items that are short this season. 



So far this season there is nothing to 

 indicate that the seed trade did not touch 

 high tide in 1917. 



There is a notable increase in the or- 

 ders for flower seeds, compared to the 

 last two seasons. 



The seed trade seems to be returning 

 to a peace basis more rapidly than most 

 American industries. 



It seems that Mrs. Van Astorbilt will 

 not plant potatoes in her front yard this 

 season, nor tomatoes in her window-boxes. 



It is not easy to make farmers see that 

 contracts for 1919 acreage for seed crops 

 should be at lower prices than in 1918. 

 Isn't $2.26 guaranteed for wheat? 



Freights on the Pacific have declined 

 fifty per cent or more, $32 to $37 per ton 

 from Japan. It will affect the price of 

 a few hardy lilies that are coming over. 



A moderate amount of unemployment 

 will stimulate the demand for seeds for 

 home planting; last season there was too 

 much work and too much pay for a cer- 

 tain class of citizens to take any interest 

 in gardening. 



Visited New York: Everett E. Pea- 

 cock, Chicago; John Bodger, Los An- 

 geles, Cal.; Mrs, Johansen, of the Johan- 

 sen Seed Co., El Monte, Cal.; L. B. 

 Wheeler, of the Pieters-Wheeler Seed 

 Co., of Gilroy, Cal. 



In Canada it is said to be a question 

 if the farmers who were urged to pro- 

 duce beans and peas will sow any acreage 

 again with these seeds unless a market 

 be found now for the surplus of the 1918 

 crops, which one grocery trade authority 

 estimates as 500,000 bushels above domes- 

 tic requirements. 



In the Santa Cruz district of California 

 it is thought the continued cold weather 

 indicates that the 1919 yield of freesia 

 bulbs will be only from sixty per cent 

 to seventy-five per cent of the 1918 yield 

 per acre, while the acreage in that dis- 

 trict is said to be only sixty per cent of 

 the 1918 acreage, which, however, was 

 the largest on record. 



Importers of lily bulbs will note that 

 the Federal Horticultural Board has an- 

 nounced the first modification of Quaran- 

 tine No. 37, affecting these shipments. 

 The original order permitted the bulbs 

 to come in only without soil, an imprac- 

 ticable provision, because the bulbs would 

 lose most of their value. The modifica- 

 tion permits them to come in packed in 

 sterilized boU. 



SUIT OVEB LATE DELIVEBY. 



Several months ago B. J. Schmierer, 

 who since has changed his name to Sher- 

 man, proprietor of the North Shore Flo- 

 ral Co., Chicago, employed Herbert 

 Bebb, attorney, 1303 Title and Trust 

 building, to resist a claim of Jacobus 

 M. Vedhuyzen Van Zanten, his principal 

 defense being that delivery had not 

 been made at the agreed time. Mr. 

 Schmierer had offered $150, but the 



Our Tracks Call At Chicaga Depots Every Day 



ALL SEEDS SOLD BY US HAVE BEEN TESTED 



ON OUK FARMS AND TRIAL GROUNDS 



Trade Mark 



of 



Service 



MAKE US 

 PROVE IT 



WRITE 

 TO-DAY 



A POSTAL WILL BRING OUR 1919 CATALOGUE 



BEANS. Per lb. 



Burpee's Stringless Greenpod % .18 



Giant Stringless Greenpod 18 



Black Valentine 16 



Bountiful 16 



1000-1 17 



Longfellow 16 



Currle's Rust Proof Wax 17 



Hodson 19 



Wardwell's Wax 19 



Davis White Wax 20 



All cabbage seed as listed is of 1917 

 crop of reliable growth and high germ- 

 ination and has been proven in our 

 trials this past season,— suitable for the 

 most critical trade. 



CABBAGE. Per lb. 



Jersey Wakefleld $5.00 



Glory of Enkhuizen 8.00 



Fottler's Brunswick 4.00 



Premium Flat Dutch 3.75 



All Seasons 5.00 



All Head Early 6.00 



Charleston Wakefleld 5.00 



Copenhagen Market 11.00 



Lupton 4.00 



Vandergaw 4.00 



Autumn King 4.00 



Early Wlnningstadt 5.00 



Early Dwarf Flat Dutch 4.00 



Drumhead 4.00 



Surehead 4.00 



CARROT. 



Danvers Half Long % .45 



Ox Heart or Guerande 50 



Improved Long Orange 45 



Early Scarlet Short Horn 55 



Chantenay 45 



Early Nantes 45 



CAULIFLOWER. 

 Early Snowball (Cal. Grown) $25.00 



ALL OUR SEEDS 



ARE 



GOOD STUFF 



Write for 1919 Catalogue 



CHICORY. Per lb. 



Witloof $2.50 



ENDIVE. 



Green Curled $ .55 



LEEK. 



American Flag $1.25 



Large Musselburg 1.25 



London Flag 1.26 



LETTUCE. 



Improved Hanson $ .50 



Grand Rapids 60 



Black Seeded Simpson 60 



Big Boston B. S 50 



Big Boston W. S 50 



MUSK MELON. 



Rocky Ford $ .60 



MELON, WATER. 



Tom Watson $ .33 



Kleckley Sweet 33 



Kolb's Gem 33 



MUSTARD. 



Southern Giant Curled $ .30 



RUTA BAGA. 

 Improved American Purple Top... .$1.25 



PEAS. Per lb. 



Thomas Laxton $ .20 



Gradus or Prosperity 20 



PUMPKIN. 

 Connecticut Field $ .60 



RADISH. 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip $ .65 



Sparkler 65 



Scarlet Globe 75 



White Vienna 75 



Cincinnati Market 65 



Icicle 80 



French Breakfast 75 



SALSIFY. 

 Mammoth Sandwich Island ,.$1.60 



SQUASH. 



Chicago Warted Hubbard $1.25 



SWEET PEAS. 



Peacock's Choice Mixed $ .50 



Spencer Mixed 1.10 



TOMATO. 



New Stone $1.15 



Paragon 1.00 



Perfection 1.25 



Favorite 1.25 



Beauty 1.75 



Acme 1.75 



TURNIP. 

 Purple Top, White Globe $1. 00 



FLOWER SEED 

 FERTILIZERS 



ONION SEED. 

 We have tons of the finest seed in our 

 storage houses. Wire or write. Per lb. 



Peacock's New Yellow Globe $2.00 



Southport Yellow Globe 1.40 



Southport Red Globe 1.50 



Southport White Globe 1.75 



Michigan Yellow Globe 1.50 



Yellow Globe Danvers 1.35 



Yellow Flat Danvers 1.60 



Ohio Yellow Globe 1.60 



Prizetaker 2.00 



Yellow Cracker 1.60 



Australian Brown 1.16 



Large Red Wethersfleld 1.50 



Yellow Strasburg 1.60 



White Portugal : 1.76 



Crystal White Wax 1.60 



Red Bermuda 1.10 



White or Straw Colored Bermuda.. 1.10 



SPECIAL BEETS. Per lb. 



Crimson Globe $ .60 



Crosby's Egyptian. . .- 40 



Detroit Dark Red 60 



Early Blood Turnip 40 



Edmand's Blood Tuqnip 40 



Arlington 40 



Dewing's Blood Turnip 40 



Swiss Chard 60 



SPECIAL SPINACH. Per lb. 



Long Standing $ .40 



Victoria 40 



Bloomsdale Savoy 40 



Round Thick Leaf .40 



Viroflay 40 



Evcrcttc R. Peacock Co., Seedsmen,^^'^^^'r*"*" Cliicago 



