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156 



The Rorists^ Review 



March 18, 1»20 



100,000 Bulblets of Gladiolus Wil- 

 brinck, $25.00 per 10,000. 



100,000 Bulblets of Gladiolus Prince 

 of Wales, $50.00 per 10,000. 



25,000 Bulblets of Gladiolus Red Em- 

 peror, $10.00 per 1000. 



Primulinus Hybrids, % to 1-in., $11.00 

 per 1000; K to ^^-in., $9.00 per 1000. 



ALL GUARANTEED TRUE TO NAME 



P. VOS & SON, 



P. O. Box 



77 



Mt. Clemens, Mich. 



Taking these facts into consideration 

 and granting that the law of supply and 

 demand ordinarily controls prices, it 

 might seem to some that an abnormally 

 high price is inevitable. There is, how- 

 ever, another factor which logically 

 should affect the price of cowpeas,Vnd 

 which should not be overlooked, namely, 

 the supply of velvet beans available for 

 seed purposes. It is true that velvet 

 beans cannot be grown in many states 

 where cowpeas are ordinarily grown, but 

 it is also true that practically the en- 

 tire acreage of velvet beans is to be 

 found in those states having the largest 

 acreage of cowpeas. In the latter area 

 velvet beans bear practically the same 

 relationship to the local system of farm- 

 ing as cowpeas. 



Last spring the commercial supply of 

 new-crop (1918 grown) cowpeas was 

 not sufficient to supply the planting de- 

 mand. Even with the large carry-over 

 of old-crop cowpeas, most of which was 

 sold for seed purposes, many farmers 

 were unable to obtain cowpeas for 

 planting, and the wholesale selling price 

 advanced from $5.50 per hundred 

 pounds in the middle of February, 1919, 

 to $7.50 per hundred pounds the latter 



Eart of May. With reference to velvet 

 cans, the commercial quantity of new- 

 crop seed of good germination available 

 last spring was negligible, and this com- 

 modity sold at around $8.50 per hun- 

 dren pounds during the month of May, 

 the highest price since velvet beans 

 have been of commercial importance in 

 the south. 



The quality of the 1919 crop of velvet 

 beans is good, and the commercial sup- 

 ply available for seed purposes this 

 season is ample to meet all reasonable 

 demands. At the usual rate of seeding, 

 a given quantity of velvet beans has a 

 planting capacity four times that of 

 cowpeas. On this basis of the relative 

 planting capacity of each, the combined 

 commercial supply of cowpeas and vel- 

 vet beans available for seed this year is 

 about ten per cent larger than the com- 

 mercial supply of these commodities last 

 ▼ear. The ratio of the commercial sup- 

 ^y of cowpeas to velvet beans, ex- 

 pressed in terms of the planting capac- 

 ity of each at the usual rate of seeding, 

 was, in 1918, 5 to 2 and in 1919, 10 to 3, 

 while in 1920 it is about 3 to 5. 



Seedsmen's average wholesale selling 

 price for velvet beans February 28, 

 1920, was around $6 per hundred pounds 

 for recleaned stock and for cowpeas 

 about $11 per hundred pounds. This 

 is about fifteen per cent higher for vel- 

 vet beans and one hundred per cent 

 higher for cowpeas than on the same 



lily of the Valley Pips 



Extra Selected German Type 



Just a few cases left which we offer at reduced price 



to clean up 



2500 Pips to the Case, per 1000, $30.00 



DUTCH BULBS 



Write us for our special prices 



VAN MEEUWEN & TEGELAAR 



1133 Broadway NEW YORK 



Nurseries: Lisse, Holland 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



GIGANTEUM ULIES 



Inch To case Per case 



7 to 9 100 $55.00 



8 to 9 380 55.00 



9 to 10 200 55.00 



10% discount on five-case lots 



BOLTON t mmm CO., Nihnil«e,Wii. 



WING'S 



Iris, Peonies, Dahlias, Gladioli 



"You Can Get It At WlngV 



Write for Wholesale Price Uste 



The Wing Seed Co. 



MECHANICSBURG, OHIO 



Alway* mentton the Florists* Reviai* 

 ^rheo writln''' advertisers. 



XXX SEEDS 



Alrssam Snowball, only true dwf.. pkt. Vk\ 

 Chinefle Pr1inro<te, flncet Krown, 300 seeds SI. 

 Primula Malaroidt^H. Olant Baby, pkt.. 26c. 

 Cineraria, larRe-flowpred dwf., pkt BOc'apkt. 'J5C. 

 Cyclamen Giantn, l^Osct^dntl, ^ pkt. 50c. 

 Petania Giant French Fringed, floe, pkt. '."Sc. 

 Phlox Dramniondil Riant flowered dwarf, ->«• 

 VArbAna Calif, f-ilants. mixed, pkt. 25c. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremuutowi, Fa. 



GLADIOLI 



Please send for my Quotations on larse or 

 small Quantities of all the leadins vatibtiea. 



JELLE ROOS 



Gtodioln SfcdalisL B« A. MILTON, MASS. 





AJway^ mention the florists' Review wbeo 

 writing advertisers. 



