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The Florists^ Review 



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Mat 1, 1910. 



Seed Trade News 



AKSaiOAN BtSD T&ASE A8800XATI0N. 



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

 ■ecretarr-treasarer, O. H. Eendel, GleTeland, O. ; 

 thirty-aeyenth annual convention, Hotel Sherman, 

 Chicago, June 24, 25. 20, 1919. 



A REPRESENTATIVE o£ Kelway & Son, 

 Langport, England, was in Chicago last 

 week. 



Improvement of the building on West 

 Madison street, Chicago, occupied by the 

 W. W. Barnard Co., is under way. 



The few cold days during the last week 

 gave the St. Louis seedsmen a breathing 

 spells All declare that never before were 

 they so busy in April as this year. 



TpE Everette E. Peacock Co., Chicago, 

 one of the younger and rapidly growing 

 seed^ houses, reports its mail order busi- 

 nesa^his season Was five times as great as 

 ^ear, 



Je J. J. Wilson Seed Co., of Newark, 

 N. J^ is trying out some publicity meth- 

 ods £nrough the moving picture theaters, 

 shotting in colors the modern garden sown 

 with -^WilBbn'l^eeds. 



ONi'thiffi' S'sure; T^e seed trade in 

 the ITnSedf states never' again will be de- 

 pendent oik^ Europe for seeds; we can 

 grow wMfl^ 'We need and the only thing to 

 keei u^M-om doing it will be the ques- 

 tionlof cost. 



S^ME seedsmen never admit a decrease 

 in tieir sales, but on the whole April has 

 not 'been a notably good month in the 

 seed trade. Mail orders tailed off faster 

 than usual and it was too cold for brisk 

 counter trade. 



The Western Canners ' Association held 

 its annual meeting at Chicago last week. 

 The gentlemen gave out interviews to 

 the daily papers, explaining that the price 

 of canned goods need not be expected to 

 fall, but they did not seem to feel the 

 samei way ajbout seeds. There were numer- 

 ous ^d ^alesmed'^ on hand to quote prices 

 on present, ^uxplus or future deliveries. 



liXEli^ PRICES ON PACKETS. 



Status of Ferry Case. 



Th.e Federal Trade Commission is pre- 

 paring for trial about thirty cases in 

 which, it is alleged, a resale price main- 

 tenance policy in violation of law is 

 being followed by the firms or companies 

 which are named as defendants. In- 

 cluded in these cases is the one against 

 D. M. Ferry & Co., of Detroit. The com- 

 plaint was made against Ferry & Co. 

 last summer, but it has not yet been 

 reached for adjudication. The concern 

 has filed an answer in which it denies 

 maintaining any policy of fixing resale 

 prices. Many inquiries have been re- 

 ceived at Washington as to the status 

 of this case. 



It is stated by the commission that 

 the case will be reached in its turn on 

 the docket and that it will be tried on 

 its merits. However, the indications 

 now point to several months elapsing 

 before the commission will hand down 

 any decision in the Ferry case. 



A Parallel Decision. 



The commission has entered an order 

 which illustrates the views it has on the 

 subject of fixing resale prices. It can be 

 read by those in the seed and other 



Peacock Brand — Superior Seeds 



We have shipped thousands 

 of pounds off seed and car 

 loads off onion sets io Europe 



Let*s Send Some to You 



Look Over Our Prices on Cabbage Below 



WE ARE 



CONTRACT GROWERS 

 IMPORTERS EXPORTERS 



Profit in Cabbage Plants 



400 dozen at 16c brlDfirs S60.00. 



SOW IN OPEN FIELD NOW 

 1 oz. produces 6000 plants. 



1 OE. seed costs 30-60c 

 Sell plants at 16c per doz. 

 Sow In the open NOW 



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. 



Per Per 

 CABBAGE oz. lb. 



Jersey Wakefield ....\ .J(k: $ 5.00 



Glory of Enkhuizen.....i.^,_,^.^60c 8.00 



Fottler's Brunswick 30c 4.00 



Premium Flat Dutch 30c 3.00 



All Seasons 30c 3.00 



All Head Early 30c 3.00 



Charleston Wakefield 30c 5.00 



Copenhagen Market 60c 10.00 



Lupton 30c 3.25 



Vandergaw 30c 4.00 



Autumn King 30c 3.00 



Early Winningstadt 30c 3.00 



Early Dwarf Flat Dutch 30c 3.00 



Drumhead 30c 3.00 



Surehead 30c 3.25 



CARROT. 



Danvers Half Long $ .46 



Ox Heart or Guerande 50 



Improved Long Orange 45 



Barly Scarlet Short Horn 55 



Chantenay 45 



Early Nantes 45 



CAULIFLOWER. 

 Early Snowball (Cal. Grown) $25.00 



Rhubarb Roots 



$2.25 per bbl. 



CHICORY. Per lb. 



Witloof $2.50 



ENDIVE. 



Green Curled I .65 



LEEK. 



American Flag $1.25 



Large Musselburg 1.26 



London Flag 1.26 



PEAS. Per lb. 



Thomas Laxton | .20 



Gradus or Prosperity 20 



PUMPKIN. 

 Connecticut Field $ .60 



RADISH 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip $ .66 



Sparlcler *. . .66 



Scarlet Globe 76 



HORSE RADISH ROOTS. 

 Extra fine strong roots of our own 

 growing— 10 to 14 inches in length— 

 $3.50 per 1000. 

 5000 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 



Southport Yellow Globe 1.25 



Southport Red Globe 1.60 



Southport White Globe 1.75 



Michigan Yellow Globe 1.40 



Yellow Globe Danvers 1.25 



Yellow Flat Danvers 1.60 



Ohio Yellow Globe 1.40 



Prizetaker 1.75 



Yellow Cracker 1.40 



Australian Brown 1.16 



Large Red Wethersfleld 1.40 



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 Darlc Red 60 



Early Blood Turnip 40 



Edmand's Blood Tupiip 40 



Arlington 40 



Dewing's Blood Turnip 40 



Swiss Chard 60 



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



