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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 28. 1919. 



The financial loss to the company is put 

 at $125,000 by the local manager, Otto 

 Bofinger, and it is thought to be fully 

 covered by insurance, but the loss 

 through the interruption of business just 

 at the opening of the busy season will be 

 large. 



Details of the Loss. 



The Barteldes Seed Co., the head- 

 quarters of which are at Lawrence, Kan., 

 is the largest wholesale and mail order 

 house in Oklahoma, the branch house 

 building at 627 West Main street being 

 50x140 feet, three stories and basement. 



The origin of the fire is unknown, but 

 it obtained such great headway that the 

 entire building was consumed, the upper 

 walls falling. The stock of seeds, al- 

 though delivered earlier than last year, 

 was not so large as a year ago, but its 

 apparent total loss will create a local 

 shortage in many lines. The stock in- 

 cluded a complete line of farm, field, 

 grass, garden and flower seeds, onion 

 sets, etc. The catalogues had just been 

 mailed. 



The business of the Barteldes Seed Co. 

 dates back to 1867. The officers are: 

 President and general manager, F. W. 

 Barteldes; vice-president, Max Wil- 

 helmi; secretary and treasurer, J. Uhr- 

 laub. In addition to the headquarters 

 warehouse at Lawrence, Kan., the com- 

 pany has another branch at Denver, in 

 charge of J. R. Kern and J. M. Wiesel 

 As complete stocks were carried at all 

 three places and only one is lost, Mr. 

 Barteldes, who arrived at Oklahoma City 

 the day after the fire, expects to be able 

 to handle all orders with Llight ielay. 



SEEDSMEN AND CANNEBS. 



One Must Ejiow the Ropes. 



The great annual canners' convention 

 is on this week, greater than ever. It 

 was advertised to be held at La Salle 

 hotel, Chicago, but the attendance 

 proved to be so large that the overflow 

 spreads all over town, with much con- 

 fusion resulting, so that any seedsman 

 who does not know the trade pretty well 

 has trouble meeting up with the can- 

 ners he wants to see. 



The canners are not hunting up the 

 seedsmen this year; there is considerable 

 reluctance to buy more seeds at this 

 time, inspired by the knowledge that the 

 big shortage predicted last year failed 

 to eventuate and by the knowledge that 

 the seed production in the United States 

 last summer was the greatest in the his- 

 tory of the seed trade. The canners also 

 are a little uncertain as to how far they 

 should, themselves, go in the matter of 

 acreage this year. 



Seedsmen Present. 



Most of the seed houses catering to 

 canners' trade are represented, some of 

 them by numerous salesmen and steno- 

 graphic forces. Among those noted are: 



John H. Allan Seed Co., Sheboygan, Wis., W. 



B. Lucas. D. D. Rowlands. 



J. BolKiano &. Son, Baltimore, Md., R. J. 

 Bowen, H. B. Robinson. 



Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., W. A. Reed, F. A. Montellus. 



W. C. Pressing Seed Co., Norwalk, O.. W. C. 

 Tresslng. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford. Conn., 

 Alex. Mathers, Arthur B. Clark. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y., 



C. P. Guelf, Geo. W. Treon, H. M. Hedges. 



S. D. WoodnifF & Sons, Orange, Conn., Ailing 

 Woodruff, W. P. Oppenheimer. __ 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., Theo. 

 Cobb. Chas. Weber. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, Chas. Coventry, 

 M. S. Smith, Fred Lembke. 



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