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The Fbtists'fievlnir 



Masch is.. 1919. 



Seed Trade News 



AHEBIOAK BEES TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



President, F. W. Bolglano, Washington, D. 0. ; 

 •ecretary-treasurer, O. B. Kendel, Cleveland, C; 

 thlrty-sevenili annual convention. Hotel Sherman, 

 Chicago, June 24, 25, 26, 1010. 



Winter weather in the first part of 

 March has served to retard the flow of 

 mail orders, but everybody in the mail- 

 order business is busy. 



After having sold over three million 

 gladiolus bulbs of his own growing, 

 Jelle Roos, of Milton, Mass., has ac- 

 quired the stock of W. E. Woodward & 

 Son, Saxon, Mass., consisting of over 

 two million bulbs. 



The exportation of seeds from Den- 

 mark still is under special government 

 license, but Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., 

 Copenhagen, say they expect the seed 

 trade soon will be following its normal 

 course again. The 1918 crop in Denmark 

 was grown under most unfavorable con- 

 ditions. Cabbage was only one-third to 

 three-quarters of a normal yield. 



The first importations of the 1918 crop 

 of Japanese hardy lilies, such as Lilium 

 auratum and L. speciosum, have arrived 

 in this country. There are not nearly 

 enough of these to go around and many 

 will be disappointed, those familiar witi 

 the situation say. The larger sizes, 

 especially, are short, A few cases of 

 longiflorum have arrived but are in hid- 

 ing. 



» Captain Ralph B. Howe, who has been 

 in the Quartermaster 's Corps, stationed at 

 Fort Bliss and Fort Sam Houston, re- 

 turned to Chicago March 10, having been 

 discharged from the army. He wiU re- 

 sume his work with the W. W. Barnard 

 Go. While in the service Captain Howe was 

 in charge of motor transportation and re- 

 pair work and later was appointed buyer 

 of forage for several army camps in the 

 southwest. 



The British horticultural trades' press 

 is felicitating the country on the fact that 

 England is appropriating a considerable 

 part of the Russian seed demand pre- 

 viously supplied by Germany. It is re- 

 ported that W. W. Johnson & Son, Ltd., 

 Boston, England, recently shipped a huge 

 quantity of vegetable and farm seeds to 

 Siberia and other concerns are said to 

 be getting a share of the business pre- 

 viously monopolized by German seed 

 growers. 



The Massachusetts gladiolus bulb 

 growers have been greatly alarmed by 

 the threat of a quarantine, either state 

 or district, because of the corn root borer. 

 Some of them have regarded the situation 

 as so serious that they have sold out their 

 entire stocks and, in one or two instances, 

 retired from business. It is said that 

 some of the largest growers have their 

 bulbs sacked for removal from the state 

 at a moment's notice and that one has 

 gone 80 far as to send half his stock 

 away in advance of any quarantine notice. 



John Vandermey, representing M. 

 Veld-Huyzen Van Zanten & Son, and C. 

 Van Zyverden, representing Van Zanten 

 & Co., were two Dutch bulb salesmen in 

 Chicago last week. Word comes that 

 many of the Dutch salesmen will be un- 

 able to get to this country, because of 

 difficulties in obtaining passports, or, if 

 they do come, their departure will be de- 



MRS. 



DAVIS 



SAYS: 



Onion Sets 



"The Poplars" 

 Lancaster, N. Y. , 

 Feb. 14, 1919. 



Everette R. Peacock Co., 



Chicago , 111 . 

 Gentlemen: - 



My seed came this morning-, 

 and I v/ish 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.. $2.26 per bu. (82 lbs.) 



WHITE S3.00 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



YELLOW $2.16 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 Wakefleld $6.00 



Glory of Enkhuizen 8.00 



Fottler's Brunswick 4.00 



Premium Flat Dutch S.75 



All Seasons 5.00 



All Head Early 6.00 



Charleston Wakefleld 6.00 



Copenhagen Market 11.00 



Lupton 4.00 



Vandergaw 4.00 



Autumn King 4.00 



Early Winningstadt 6.00 



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 .' 65 



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 $2.60 



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 SO 



PUMPKIN. 

 Connecticut Field , . .$ .60 



RADISH. 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip $ .65 



Sparkler 66 



Scarlet Globe 75 



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 2.00 



Yellow Cracker 1.60 



Australian Brown 1.16 



Large Red Wethersfleld 1.50 



Yellow Strasburg 1.60 



White Portugal 1.75 



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 Turnip 40 



Arlington 40 



Dewing's Blood Turnip 40 



Swiss Chard 60 



Everette R. Peacock Co., Seedsmen,^^'^i^'r."*" Chicago 



