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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 6, 1910 



Seed Trade News 



AXEBIOAK SEED TKADE A8S00XAKI0N. 



President, F. W. Bolgiano, Waghington, D. O.; 

 ■ecretarT'-treaaurer, O. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; 

 tbirty-seTentb annual conrentlon, Chicago, June, 

 1919. 



Importers and jobbers are finding it 

 extremely easy to book orders for future 

 delivery; the trade is willing to place 

 orders for plants, bulbs and everything 

 but seeds at open prices. 



A LIST of the principal seed mer- 

 chants, seedsmen and nurserymen of Syd- 

 ney, Australia, may be had by writing 

 to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce, "Washington, D. C, and refer- 

 ring to File No. 9598. 



Many of the general catalogues show 

 a sharp reduction in size, but it is not 

 apparent that there is any decrease in 

 selling qualities. Of course, most of the 

 books were planned while the War In- 

 dustries Board was urging the conserva- 

 tion of paper, of which they show the ef- 

 fect, but the increased cost also was a 

 factor. There is a probability that paper 

 will cost a little less next season than it 

 did last, but otherwise the cost of print- 

 ing will be Still higher. 



SEEDS IN ENGLAND. 



A census of stocks and prospective 

 supplies of agricultural and garden 

 seeds in England and Wales recently 

 taken by the British Board of Agricul- 

 ture indicates that, with a few rela- 

 tively unimportant exceptions, ample 

 quantities are available to meet the es- 

 timated demand for sowing this spring. 

 Purchasers are reminded that under the 

 Testing of Seeds Order seedsmen are 

 required to disclose certain essential 

 facts regarding the quality of the seeds 

 they sell. Standards of germination and 

 purity are specified in the order and 

 small packets of vegetable seed falling 

 below these standards must be so de- 

 clared. An implied guarantee that the 

 seeds are up to or above the standards 

 specified in the order is therefore given 

 with all packets of vegetable seeds af- 

 fected by the order unless the seller 

 makes a declaration to the contrary at 

 the time of sale. The OflScial Seed Test- 

 ing Station for England and Wales, 72 

 Victoria street, London, S. W., is pre- 

 pared to test seed for those who intend 

 to use the seed for their own sowing at 

 the rate of 3d ^6 cents) per sample. 



PITY THE POOE BULB GBOWERS. 



A few months ago there appeared in 

 this column of The Review comment on 

 the packing charges on the 1918 ship- 

 ments of Dutch bulbs to America, which 

 were uniformly $3 per case, for some 

 18,000 cases, making the trade in this 

 country a little item of expense of 

 about $54,000. There also was a facetious 

 comment that the French shippers 

 seemed to have overlooked a bet, as 

 their packing charges last season were 

 only $1 per case. The item was copied 

 into the European trade papers and has 

 provoked much discussion. The follow- 

 ing letter was sent to the Horticultural 

 Advertiser by C. M. GruUemans, Sr., of 

 J. J. GruUemans & Sons, Lisse, Holland: 



"The buyers of bulbs in the future 

 have as yet not much to say regarding 



E rices of bulbs, doubtless because their 

 reath has been taken away. Now, I 



NRS. 



DAVIS 



SAYS: 



"The Poplars" 



Lancaster, N. Y. 



Feb. 14, 1919. 



Peacock Co . , 

 Chicago, 111 



Onion Sets 



My seed came this morning, 

 and I v/ish to compliment you 

 on your packing. I have 

 bought a great deal of se.ed,, 

 but yours was the BEST 

 PACKED of any! 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 .' f2.25 per bu. (3!1 lbs.) 



WHITE $3.00 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



YELLOW $2.15 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



NET CASH - BAGS 10c EXTRA. 



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 Wakefield $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 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 60 



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 CatalOKU* 



CHICOAY. Per lb. 



Witloof $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 M 



PUMPKIN, 

 Connecticut Field $ .60 



RADISH. 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip I .65 



Sparkler .65 



Scarlet Globe. .76 



White Vienna 76 



Cincinnati Market 66 



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 1.60 



Southport White Globe 1.76 



Michigan Yellow Globe. 1.60 



Yellow Globe Danvers. .> 1.36 



Yellow Flat Danvers 1.60 



Ohio Yellow Globe 1.60 



Prizetaker 2.Q0 



Yellow Cracker 1.60 



Australian Brown 1.16 



Large Red Wethersfield 1.60 



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 Tu^iip 40 



Arlington . . . ; 40 



Dewlng's Blood Turnip......... '.40 



Swiss Chard 60 



Everettc R, Peacock Co., Sccdsmen/^'^^^tr."*" Chicago 



