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The Florists^ Review 



July 81, 1919. 



Seed Trade Hews 



AXXTBIOAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 

 PrcBldent, B. 0. Dungan. Philadelphia. Pa.; 

 •ecretary-treaBurer. C. B. gendel, Cleveland, O. 



England has no shortage of seeds this 

 season. 



Many of last season's buyers of seeds 

 are sellers this season. 



TfHE Chicago onion set crop has suffered 

 further deterioration during the last week. 



George H. Dicks and F. B. Dawson, 

 representing Cooper, Tabor & Co., Lon- 

 don, passed through Chicago last week on 

 their way to the coast. 



The obituary column this week records 

 the death of Arnold Ringier, widely known 

 among seedsmen and seed buyers during 

 the years he was secretary of the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., Chicago. 



The extent of the consumption of onion 

 seed in the United States is indicated by 

 the statement of the Bureau of Markets 

 that the estimated crop of fifteen leading 

 northern onion states is equivalent to 22,- 

 365 cars of 600 bushels each. It surpassed 

 the great crop of 1917 by nearly 2,000 cars 

 and was nearly 9,000 cars ahead of the 

 short crop of 1916. 



To PROPERLY observe its first anniver- 

 sary, the annual meeting of the stock- 

 holders of the Kiester-Hall Seed Co., 

 Waterloo, la., wfis held, July 16, around 

 the banquet board of the leading local 

 hotel. In addition to a list of things to 

 eat, the menu carried a program of music 

 and speeches and a picture of the new 

 building the company expects to occupy 

 about November 1, It is presumed direc- 

 tors and officers were reelected. 



BULBS. 



Here's the way the situation seems 

 to size up: 



Paper Whites — On the way. Crop 

 larger than recently reported; better 

 percentage of large sizes than expected; 

 original orders believed shipped nearly 

 in full. 



Romans — Nobody cares. 



Early tulips — Scarce. 



Late tulips — Perhaps enough. 



Narcissi — Nearly full deliveries; not 

 admitted to England. 



Hyacinths — Small demand. 



Harrisii — Trace. 



Formosa lilies — Crop failure. 



Giganteums — One-third to half a crop; 

 all the world wants 'em. 



Hardy lilies — Not many; most of them 

 dug and shipped to England rij^fht after 

 the armistice. 



Freesias — Seventy-five to 100 per cent 

 deliveries. 



FRENCH BULBS. 



TFe steamer Canada arrived at New 

 York July 28 with the first of this 

 season 's shipments of French bulbs. The 

 Patria is on the way. The Canada 

 brought only a comparatively small 

 quantity, but the bulk of the Patria 's 

 cargo IS bulbf^. The boat is due about 

 August 1. 



Apparently the reports of crop failure 

 in the Ollioules Paper White district 

 were exaggerated. Cable advices indi- 

 cate that many orders have been filled 

 in full. It is not yet apparent what the 

 exporters have done in the matter of 

 filling the orders booked at 38 francs. 



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