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The Florists^ Review 



Decbmbeb 12, 1918. 



Seed Trade News 



AMZBZOAV BESS TBADE ASSOOZATXOV. 



PrMldent, F. W. BoIsUno, WaahinKtoB. D. 0.; 

 fenUrj-tmrnanr, O. B. Kendel. Of«T«l>nd. O. 



After this winter's food prices the 

 planting of kitchen gardens should be 

 quite general next spring and the con- 

 signment box houses are looking for a 

 big season. 



Urged on by the government, south- 

 ern planters grew more than 100,000 acres 

 of castor beans in 1918. Preparations 

 had been made for still further increasing 

 the acreage in 1919, but what now will 

 become of the seed? 



It has been demonstrated that Amer- 

 ica can get along without German seeds 

 and no inclination is apparent to re- 

 open at the earliest possible date the 

 antebellum trade connections east of the 

 Rhine. German seeds will not be in re- 

 quest for some little time. 



The business of the Jerome B. Rice 

 Seed Co., Cambridge. N. Y., was estab- 

 lished in 1832, incorporation taking place 

 in 1886. The officers of the company are : 

 President, Jerome B. Rice, Jr. ; vice-presi- 

 dent and treasurer, C. E. Smith; secre- 

 tary, John L. Hunt; auditor, H. S. Hoard. 



FEBBY SAYS PSICES NOT FIXED. 



Answers Federal Trade Commission. , 



Negotiations are on between attorneys 

 representing D. M. Ferry & Co., of De- 

 troit, Mich., and the attorneys of the 

 Federal Trade Commission, to agree on 

 a statement of facts and submit it to 

 the commission for a decision in the 

 case before the commission in which the 

 Detroit concern is charged with refusing 

 to sell to retailers who cut prices to 

 the public. The alleged refusal is de- 

 clared to be a violation of the Federal 

 Trade Commission act and the complaint 

 in the case was brought against the 

 company in August, as reported in The 

 Review. If the attorneys can agree on 

 a statement of facts, it will obviate the 

 necessity for a formal hearing. The 

 indications are that an agreement will 

 be reached. 



The case is an interesting one, of&cials 

 of the commission say, as, while the 

 company specifically denies the jurisdic- 

 tion of the commission in the premises, 

 it nevertheless makes an explanation of 

 the reasons which it believes led to the 

 filing of the complaint. The company 

 denies specifically that it requires its 

 customers to sell at stipulated prices, 

 or to maintain prices, and refuses to 

 sell to those who will not agree to do so. 



Ferry's Statement of Policy. 



In its answer to the complaint filed 

 with the commission, the company de- 

 scribes its method of sale as follows: 



"At the beginning of each season, 

 respondent 's travelers call upon the sev- 

 eral retail merchants and take orders 

 signed by them for the seeds desired. 

 All of the orders are in the following 

 form: 



D. M. Ferry & Co., 

 Detroit, Mich. 

 Pleaae forward in due season a No. — box 

 of standard garden, flower, and field seeds tn 

 sell on conaiUaion for the year 191— on tlie 

 followInK terikia, vl*.: 40 per cent on the papers 

 sold and M per cent on the packages sold from 

 the inTOice price, the unsold seeds with the boxes 

 to be returned in good order when called for 

 and amount due for all seeds not returned to 

 be paid at the same time. 



1918 

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FLOWER SEED 



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SPINACH SEED 



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Round Tliicic Leaf Viroffiay 



Bloomsdale Savoy 



55c per lb. 



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