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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcembbb 19, 191S. 



Seed Trade News 



AKEBZOAV SEED TSASE ABSOOZAZZOV. 



PiMldent, F. W. Bolciano, Waihlngtoa, D. 0.; 

 M«f«tai7-ti«aaarer. O. B. K«nd«l. OlcTeUnd. O. 



L. W. Wheeler, Gilroy, Cal., will be 50 

 years old December 20. 



The Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., won its case against B. A. 

 Holden & Co., Cincinnati, O., for pay- 

 ment for 557 bags of beans sold to the 

 latter in January. The beans were seized 

 by the government and condemned by 

 the government chemist and the Holden 

 Co. refused to pay for them. 



A BILL for a pure seed law drafted by 

 the agricultural extension depjvrtment of 

 the Ohio State University and the State 

 Board of Agriculture jointly is to be 

 presented to the legislature of that state 

 this winter. By its provisions dealers will 

 be required to indicate on all packages 

 of seeds sold the percentage of weed 

 seeds and inert material included. 



THE KED CLOVER EMBABGO. 



The War Trade Board, at Wash- 

 ington, December 12, raised the embargo 

 on the export of red clover seed so as 

 to permit British importers to secure 

 the seed they had contracted for in 

 this country. It is estimated that these 

 contracts amount to 2,000,000 pounds. 

 The permission was given with the pro- 

 viso that none of the seed is to be sent 

 to the continent. 



FBEE SEED DISTRIBUTION. 



During the fiscal year 1918, according 

 to a late bulletin of the Department of 

 Agriculture, there were distributed on 

 congressional and miscellaneous requests 

 11,165,709 packages of vegetable seed 

 and 2,188,818 packages of flpwer seed, 

 or a total of 13,354,527 packages, each 

 containing five packets of different kinds 

 of seed. There were also distributed 12,- 

 473 packages of lawn-grass seed and 11,- 

 110 packages of improved narcissus and 

 tulip bulbs. The seeds and bulbs were 

 purchased on competitive bids, as here- 

 tofore. Each lot of seed purchased was 

 thoroughly tested for purity and via- 

 bility before acceptance by the depart- 

 ment and tests of each lot were conduct- 

 ed on the department's trial grounds to 

 determine trueness to type. 



XJ. S. SEED TESTS. 



According to the report of the acting 

 chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, "dur- 

 ing the year 16,838 samples of seed were 

 received for test at the Washington lab- 

 oratory and 11,349 at the five branch 

 laboratories maintained in cooperation 

 with state institutions. ' ' This is a larger 

 number of samples than was tested In 

 the previous year. 



"In the spring of 1918 seeds of red 

 clover and redtop were collected for ex- 

 amination for the presence of adulter- 

 ants as well as to determine how fully 

 the seed trade is complying with its 

 agreement to label all field seeds with 

 the percentage of pure Jive seed. This 

 material will be examined and reported 

 on later. 



"The enforcement of the seed impor- 

 tation act has kept out of the country 



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