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The Florists'^ Review 



OCTOBBK 9, 1910. 



Seed Trade News 



AVEEXOAV SEED X&ABE ASBOOIATIOK. 

 Piwldent, B. O. Dnngan, Pbiladelphla, Pa.; 

 ■•cntaiT-treasarer, C. B. Kendel, Cleyeland, O. 



Probably the shortest items this year 

 will be peas, peppers and tomato. 



T, J. Grey & Co., Boston, received a 

 silver medal for a display of vegetables at 

 the September exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



. C. B. Knickman has returned from his 

 trip to Japan in the interests of Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co. When last heard from he 

 was at San I'rancisco on his way to Eu- 

 reka, Cal. 



There is much activity in the seed 

 stores which do a jobbing business in 

 bulba, there now being in process of dis- 

 tribution a full fall line with the excep- 

 tion of giganteums and the minor items 

 excluded by the quarantine. 



The seedsmen who do a jobbing busi- 

 ness in lily bulbs have been deeply inter- 

 ested in the rumors floating around last 

 week concerning the loss of a large ship- 

 ment on the way from Japan. For those 

 whose bulbs are lost it means difficulty if 

 not impossibility in the matter of filling 

 orders, while for those who are not directly 

 involved it raeans a still stronger market. 



EvERETTE R. Peacock, of Chicago, in 

 addition to extending his seed trade inter- 

 ests with a rapidity which is attracting 

 wide attention, has taken the principal 

 part in the organization of the new Mil- 

 waukee-Irving State Bank, of which he 

 has become president. The name of the 

 institution is derived from the street in- 

 tersections at its location, which is the 

 neighborhood of the Peacock general head- 

 quarters. 



A NEW POLICY, TEXTLY. 



Seeds are now to be guaranteed — the 

 well-known and zealously guarded dis- 

 claimer has been thrown in the discard 

 by the seed tape people. The announce- 

 ment comes from the Hanser advertising 

 agency, as follows: 



' ' A new process for the taping of 

 seeds — one which enables the manufac- 

 turer to guarantee its products and 

 thereby establish a new precedent in the 

 seed business — is announced by the 

 American Seedtape Co. The new tape is 

 placed on the market this year for the 

 first time. It is the result of several 

 years' experimentation and has been 

 made possible by the use of an espe- 

 cially prepared tissue paper which is 

 subject to almost immediate disintegra- 

 tion upon coming in contact with the 

 slightest moisture. 



"Repeated tests with this new tape 

 made at the company 's laboratory in the 

 Pakro building at Newark, N. J., have 

 been so highly successful that the com- 

 pany has seen fit to institute a policy 

 never before attempted by seedsmen, 

 that of guaranteeing their product." 



The announcement from the advertis- 

 ing agency continues: "The bringing 

 out of the seedtape in this new form at 

 this time will be doubly welcome, due 

 to the tremendous interest in home gar- 

 dening as a means of reducing the pres- 

 ent high cost of living. Seedtape is par- 

 ticularly adaptable for home gardening 

 purposes and its well known economy 

 and labor-saving features are especially 

 important when prices are high and 

 labor is scarce. 



QUALITY SEED 



FOR THE 



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Market Gardeners 

 of America 



SPINACH SEED, All Varieties 



100 lbs. or more 30c per lb. 



Less than 100 lbs 35c per lb. 



WHEN YOU THINK OF 



GARDEN SEEDS 



WRITE TO PEACOCK 



OUR OWN SEED FARMS 



Everette R. Peacock Co 



SEEDSMEN 



4013 Milwaukee Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



