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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 24, 1919. 



Seed Trade News 



AXEBIOAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pieiident, F. W. BolKlano, Washington, D. 0.; 

 Mcratary-treaaurcr, O. B. Kendel, Olereland, 0.; 

 thirty-seTenth annual convention, Hotel Sherman, 

 OhicaKO, June 24, 2S, 26. 1919. 



It is the general report that flower 

 seeds are selling better than in the last 

 two or three seasons. 



In the comments made by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, on the alleged 

 failure of the seed trade generally to Sve 

 up to its war service pledge in the matter 

 of fully labeling agricultural seeds, a 

 thoughtful seedsman may see coming 

 events casting shadows before. 



Joseph J. Budlong, Chicago banker, 

 pickle packer and onion set dealer, has 

 been appointed by Governor Lowden, of 

 Illinois, as a member of the reception 

 committee to welcome the Prairie Divi- 

 sion, composed of Illinois Natiubal 

 Guardsmen, home from France. 



SOUTHERN SEEDSMEN. 



The meeting of the Southern Seeds- 

 men's Association, to have been held 

 May 19 and 20, at Montgomery, Ala., 

 has been postponed until May 26 and 

 27. 



It was necessary to do this on ac- 

 count of another convention which is 

 to be held in Montgomery on the dates 

 first selected by the seedsmen. 



F. S. Love, Sec.-Treas. 



"LOOK FOB THE LASEL," 



Oovemment Advises Seed Buyers. 



"Buy labeled seeds," is urgent ad- 

 vice to farmers from the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



"No farmer can afford to sow field 

 seeds unless he knows their quality. 

 If he buys clover seed, he should know 

 how much of it will grow and how many 

 weed seeds it contains. If he buys 

 orchard grass seed, he should know how 

 much chaff it contains and how much of 

 the seed is dead. If he buys seed corn, 

 he should know whether it is adapted to 

 his climatic conditions and how much 

 of it may be expected to make plants 

 in the field in a favorable season. If he 

 buys a mixture of alsike clover seed 

 worth $20 per hundred pounds, and 

 timothy seed worth $10 per hundred 

 pounds, he should know what propor- 

 tion of each the mixture contains, and 

 how much of each kind will grow. If 

 the farmer does not have this kind of 

 information he is not sure of getting a 

 crop, even in the best of soil and with 

 the best of weather conditions. It is not 

 good business to pay the expenses inci- 

 dent to farming operations, including 

 interest, taxes and labor, and run the 

 risk of not getting a stand in the field. 



"Many states have laws regulating 

 the sale of farm seeds, restricting the 

 sale of low-grade seed and requiring the 

 seller to make certain statements as to 

 their quality. Many farm seeds are 

 sold by dealers in one state to farmers 

 in nearby states, thus becoming inter- 

 state trade and therefore not subject to 

 state law. 



What Trade Promised. 



' ' "With a view to bringing about some 

 means by which all agricultural seeds 

 passing in commerce might be properly 



Peacock Brand — Superior Seeds 



We have shipped thousands 

 of pounds of seed and car 

 loads of onion sets to Europe 



Let*s Send Some to You 



Look Over Our Prices on Cabbage Below 

 WE ARE 



CONTRACT GROWERS 

 IMPORTERS EXPORTERS 



Onion Sets 



RBD $2.00 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



VSTHITB 3.10 per bu. (32 lbs.) 



TELLOW 2.00 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 Enkhuizen 8.00 



Fottler's Brunswick 4.00 



Premium Flat Dutch 8.00 



All Seasons 8.00 



All Head Early 8.00 



Charleston Walcefleld 5.00 



Copenhagen Market 10.00 



Lupton 3.26 



Vandergaw 4.00 



Autumn King 3.00 



Early Winningstadt 3.00 



Early Dwarf Flat Dutch 3.00 



Drumhead 3.00 



Surehead 3.25 



CARROT. 



Danvers Half Liong % .46 



Ox Heart or Guerande 50 



Improved Long Orange 45 



Early Scarlet Short Horn 56 



Chantenay 46 



Early Nantes 46 



CAULIFLOWER. 

 Early Snowball (Cal. Grown) $26.00 



ALL OUR SEEDS 



ARE 



GOOD STUFF 



Writ* [for 119191 Catalocu* 



CHICORY. Per lb. 



Witloof $2.60 



ENDIVE. 



Green Curled $ .66 



LEEK. 



American Flag $1.26 



Large Musselburg 1.26 



London Flag 1.26 



PEAS. Per lb. 



Thomas Laxton $ .20 



Gradus or Prosperity 80 



PUMPKIN. 

 Connecticut Field $ .60 



RADISH. 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip $ .66 



Sparkler 66 



Scarlet Globe 76 



HORSE RADISH ROOTS. 

 Extra fine strong roots of our own 



f rowing — 10 to 14 inches in length — 

 3.60 per 1000. 

 600() or more at $3.26 per 1000. 



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 



Soutbport Yellow Globe 1.26 



Southport Red Globe 1.60 



Southport White Globe 1.76 



Michigan Yellow Globe 1.40 



Yellow Globe Danvers 1.25 



Yellow Flat Danvers 1.50 



Ohio Yellow Globe 1.40 



Prizetaker 1.76 



Yellow Cracker 1.40 



Australian Brown 1.16 



Large Red Wethersfleld 1.40 



Yellow Strasburg 1.50 



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'B Blood Tuinip 40 



Arlington 40 



Dewing's Blood Turnip 40 



Swiss Chard 60 



Evcrette R. Peacock Co., Seedsmen/^'^^^^;^^*" Chicago 



