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The FIonstsMtcvicw 



Mat 8, 1919. 



Seed Trade News 



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AXE&IOAN SEED XaASE A88O0ZATI0N. 



Prealdent, F. W. Belgiano, Waiblngton, D. O.; 

 McnUnr-treararer, 0. B. Kendel, Olereland, O.; 

 thirty-BeTentb annual convention, Hotel Sherman, 

 Chicago, Jnne 24, 25, 26, 1919. 



How long will 1917 stand as the rec- 

 ord big year for the seed trade! 



The sale of flower seeds this season 

 has exceeded the record of any year since 

 the trade began to feel the effects of 

 war. 



On the whole, the seed ttade is not 

 worrying aboutt next season 's stock. The 

 reserve has become adequate to relieve 

 anxiety. 



* * Business is good. ' ' That is the way 

 Chicago seedsmen describe present condi- 

 tions. They say further that perennials 

 are more popular this year than last, but 

 have no explanation for this. 



The travelers for the Holland bulb ex- 

 porters are finding it rather difficult to 

 book orders, because of the increase in 

 their prices. The lighter the bookings 

 these gentlemen carry home, the better 

 business will be next autumn for Ameri- 

 can seed houses which deal in bulbs. 



SEABS-BOEBUCK'S SEED OBDEBS. 



The world 's gr atest mail order house. 

 Sears, Boebuck & Co., Chicago, has 

 made another excursion into the mail 

 order seed trade this season with, ac- 

 cording to reports, greater satisfaction 

 than was obtained the first time the 

 concern went into the seed business, sev- 

 eral years ago. Profiting by the first ex- 

 perience, a different method was pur- 

 sued this time. Instead of putting in a 

 stock of bulk seeds as was done before, 

 last winter Sears, Koebuck & Co. in- 

 vited a number of seed houses to bid 

 on a contract for supplying stock in 

 packets and packages. Considering all 

 factors, it was decided to give the con- 

 tract to the Everette E. Peacock Co., 

 which has a warehouse not far from the 

 mail order establishment. The contract 

 provided that the seller should supply 

 packeted goods as wanted, under the 

 buyer's label. A minimum number of 

 packets of each kind was specified, but 

 the buyer was to be permitted to go as 

 far as circumstances demanded and is 

 understood to have taken considerably 

 more than the minimum quantity bar- 

 gained for. 



The first announcement that Sears, 

 Boebuck & Co. were going to supply seeds 

 for the season of 1919 was contained in 

 a general catalogue sent out last winter. 

 The announcement was not a conspicu- 

 ous one and merely stated that a special 

 seed catalogue would be supplied on re- 

 quest. A coupon was provided. It is 

 of. interest to note how steady the calls 

 for catalogues were. They were mailed 

 only to those who asked for them. The 

 requests came at the rate of 1,300 to 

 1,500 per day, the number received vary- 

 ing scarcely at all for weeks. The cat- 

 alogue offered nothing smaller than 10- 

 cent packets. 



The orders resulting from the distri- 

 bution of the seed catalogues are said to 

 have exceeded in number what was ex- 

 pected, but to have fallen short in 

 average size. It was figured that the 

 catalogues were going into the hands 

 of agricultural people who buy in con- 

 siderable quantity, but if reports are 







KNOWN 



AND 



SOWN 



PeacBck Brand — Superior Seeds 



We have shipped thousands 

 of pounds of seed and car 

 loads of onion sets to 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 doun at 16c biinera 160.00. 



SOW IN OPEN FIELD NOW 

 1 oz. produces SOOO plants. 



1 OE. seed costa 30.60c 

 Sell plants at 15c 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 30c $ 5.00 



Glorv of Enkhuizen 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 S.OO 



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. 



Dangers Half Long | .45 



Ox Heart or Ouerande 60 



Improved Long Orange 45 



Early Scarlet Short Horn 66 



Chantenay 46 



Elarly Nantes 45 



CAULIFLOWER. 

 Early Snowball (Cal. Grown) $26.00 



Rhubarb Roots 



$2.25 per bbl. 



CHICORY. Per lb. 



Wltloof $2.60 



ENDIVE. 



Green Curled $ .66 



LEEK. 



American Flag $1.25 



Large Musselburg 1.25 



London Flag 1.26 ' 



PEAS. Per lb. 



Thomas Laxton $ .20 



Gradus or Prosperity 20 



PUMPKIN. 

 Connecticut Field $ .60 



RADISH 



Scarlet Turnip White Tip $ .66 



Sparkler 66 



Scarlet Globe 76 



HORSE RADISH ROOTS. 

 Extra fine strong roots of our own 

 growing— 10 to 14 Inches in length— 

 $8.50 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 1.26 



Southport Red Globe 1.60 



Southport White Globe 1.76 



Michigan Yellow Globe 1.40 



Yellow Globe Danvers 1.26 



Yellow Flat Danvers 1.60 



Ohio Yellow Globe 1.40 



Prizetaker 1.75 



Yellow Cracker 1.40 



Australian Brown 1,16 



Large Red W^ethersfleld 1.40 



Yellow Strasburg 1.50 



White Portugal 1.76 



Crystal White Wax 1.50 



Red Bermuda 1.10 



White or Straw Colored Bermuda. . 1.10 



SPECIAL BEETS. Per lb. 



Crimson Globe $ .60 



Crosby's Egyptian 40 



Detroit Dark Red 60 



Early Blood Turnip 40 



Edmand's Blood Tupiip 40 



Arlington 40 



Dewing's Blood Turnip 40 



Swiss Chard 60 



I Everette R. Peacock Co., Seedsinen.^''"i!S!.T*" Chicago 



