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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbuaby 27, 1919. 



Seed Trade News 



AXEKIOAN SEED TBABE ASSOCIATION. 



President, V. W. Bolglano, WaehlnKton, D. 0.; 

 ••cretary-treaeurer. 0. B. Kendel. OleTeUnd, O. 



Caladium bulbs are scarce. 



February is making a new record in 

 the mail-order seed trade. 



Wholesale seed selling still is slow, 

 in spite of an unusually active early retail 

 season. 



Southern dealers in field seeds find 

 the season heavy because of the effort to 

 curtail the cotton acreage. 



The British Board of Trade has with- 

 drawn all restrictions on the export of 

 vegetable seeds to the United States. A 

 license no longer is required. 



It is reported that nvmierous Holland 

 bulb travelers have encountered unex- 

 plained delay in obtaining passports for 

 their annual trips to the United States. 



Members of the trade who have in- 

 terests at Ghent, Belgium, may make in- 

 quiries regarding them through Consul 

 Charles R. Nasmith, recently sent there to 

 represent the United States. 



Fire of unknown origin at the ware- 

 house of the Schisler-Corneli Seed Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., damaged the building and de- 

 stroyed seed stocks before it was discov- 

 ered. The building is a four-story brick 

 structure, and the blaze was confined to 

 the fourth floor. The loss will run into 

 four figures. 



Victory gardens for 1919 will succeed 

 the war gardens of 1917 and 1918 

 throughout this broad land. If all states 

 develop organizations as efficient as that 

 of Wisconsin, the home gardens ought to 

 be a factor in expanding the volume of 

 business done by the seed trade. Fifty- 

 six Wisconsin cities had efficient garden 

 organizations under the direction of the 

 Wisconsin Horticultural Society. 



WILL EXPAND BULB OBOWING. 



Announcement has been made of the 

 formation of Tait Bros. Co., at Bruns- 

 wick, Ga., to develop the business of 

 bulb and plant growing. C. S. Tait has 

 been engaged in this line for several 

 years and present conditions are thought 

 f.ivorable for a considerable enlarge- 

 ment of the undertaking. He therefore 

 has associated with him his two sons, 

 H. S. Tait and A. L. Tait. They already 

 have planted for next season several mil- 

 lions of gladiolus, narcissus and ama- 

 ryllis bulbs. The property consists of 

 over 1,000 acres of land, more than one- 

 fourth of which is ready for cultivation. 

 There are 225 acres under irrigation 

 from Altamaha river. In addition to 

 bulbs, the intention is to develop the 

 production of plants of such of the kinds 

 heretofore imported from Europe as are 

 found suitable for the Georgia soil and 

 climate. 



MORE DUTCH STOCK ARRIVES. 



The second shipment of Holland stock 

 to reach America since the world war 

 ended arrived at New York last week 

 on the Rotterdam. The steamer was re- 

 ported to have left Holland about Janu- 

 ary 21 and at the time it was supposed 

 the ship was coming direct to New York. 

 At a little later date, however, it was 



MRS. 



DAVIS 



SAYS: 



Onion Sets 



The Poplars" 



Lancaster, N . Y. , 



Feb. 14, 1919. 



Everette R. Peacock Co., 



Chicag-o, 111. 

 Gentlemen: - 



My seed came this morning-, 

 and 1 wish to compliment you 

 on your packing. I have 

 bought a great deal of seed, 

 but yours was the BEST 

 PACKED of any I have ever 

 received, and the SEED 

 LOOKS GOOD. 



Kindly send me your Trade 

 LIST, so I can give you my 

 order for balance I want. 



Respectfully yours , 



Mrs. George W. Davis. 



RED $2.25 ner bu. (32 lbs.) 



WHITE $3.00 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



YELLOW $2.16 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



NET CASH — BAGS 10c EXTRA. 



All cabbagre 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 Wakefield $5.00 



Glory of Enlchuizen 8.00 



Pottler's Brunswick 4.00 



Premium Flat Dutch 3.75 



All Seasons 6.00 



All Head Early 6.00 



Charleston Wakefield 5.00 



Copenhagen Market 11.00 



Lupton 4.00 



Vandergaw 4.00 



Autumn King 4.00 



Early Winningstadt 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 



Writ* for 1919 CataloKue 



CHICORY. Per lb. 



Wltloof $2.50 



ENDIVE. 



Green Curled $ .55 



LEEK. 



American Flag $1.25 



Large Musselburg 1.25 



London Flag 1.25 



PEAS. Per lb. 



Thomas Laxton $ .20 



Gradus or Prosperity 20 



PUMPKIN. 

 Connecticut Field > $ .60 



RADISH. 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip $ .65 



Sparltler 66 



Scarlet Globe 75 



White Vienna 75 



Cincinnati Market 65 



Icicle 80 



French Breakfast 76 



A POSTAL WILL BRING 

 OUR 1919 CATALOGUE 



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 1.76 



Michigan Yellow Globe 1.50 



Yellow Globe Danvers 1.35 



Yellow Flat Danvers 1.60 



Ohio Yellow Globe 1.50 



Prizetaker 2.00 



Yellow Cracker 1.60 



Australian Brown 1.15 



Large Red Wethersfleld 1.50 



Yellow Strasburg 1.60 



White Portugal 1.75 



Crystal White Wax 1.50 



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 Turnip 40 



Arlington 40 



Dewing's Blood Turnip 40 



Swiss Chard 60 



Everette R. Peacock Co., Seedsmen/^'^^^Te"**' Chicago 



