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The Florists' Review 



Mat 8, 1920 



Seed Trade News 



▲MBBIOAN BBBD TBADB ASSOOIATIOM. 

 PTMldent, ■. O. Dongan, PhiUid«lphU, Pa.; 

 ■•creUrr-treaaarer, 0. B. Kendel, Clereland, O. 



The lateness of the planting season this 

 year is keeping seedsmen in uncertainty 

 concerning many lines. 



Cold and wet ground has so delayed the 

 Wisconsin pea planting that there is pes- 

 simism already concerning the season's 

 crop. 



Nearly every seed house has dead 

 names on its mailing list; in some cases 

 the duplicates and names not heard from 

 within two years constitute a considerable 

 part of the whole. A large saving may 

 now be made through editing the mailing 

 list. 



Seedsmen will be well advised to order 

 their 1921 catalogue paper now. On 

 orders offered in April for M. F. B. and 

 S. & S. C, mills would not promise de- 

 livery before September and then only at 

 market price at date of shipment. The 

 price May 1 was about double what it 

 was a year ago. 



The Holland bulb travelers, not count- 

 ing those who have become resident in 

 this country, have nearly all sailed for 

 home or for England within the last fort- 

 night. In most cases order books have 

 more unused leaves than ever before, most 

 of the buyers having reduced their orders 

 at least as much as prices have advanced. 



The officials of the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board believe the Califomians can 

 supply America's need for Spanish iris. 

 Several of the growers of freesiaa have 

 been assisted to import propagating stock 

 since the quarantine became effective. 

 The production of Iris tingitana bulbs 

 also will be tried out on the coast with 

 government assistance. 



The Iowa Seed Dealers' Association 

 will hold its annual meeting at the 

 Savoy hotel, Des Moines, June 1 and 2. 

 It is expected to be a meeting of un- 

 usual interest and a general invitation 

 to attend is given to the trade. The 

 officers of the association are: Presi- 

 dent, M. Kurtzweil; vice-president, B. 

 H. Adams; secretary, A. M. Eldridge; 

 treasurer, J. T. Hamilton. 



Because of the decreased acreage of 

 wheat, clovers and grasses in many sec- 

 tions, seedsmen anticipate a good de- 

 mand for the kinds of seeds that are 

 usually sown after other crops have been 

 planted. In some sections where farmers 

 had planned sowing large acreages of 

 wheat, oats and barley, seeding operations 

 have been delayed by snow, rain and cold 

 weather to such an extent that corn, soy 

 beans, cowpeas, millets and sorgos will 

 be planted instead. 



California seed growers welcomed the 

 wet weather of March. Weather condi- 

 tions in all parts of California during 

 March were favorable to agriculture and 

 horticulture, the rainfall exceeding the 

 normal throughout the state for the first 

 time since last September. This was 

 accompanied by a good fall of snow in 

 the mountains, promising an increased 

 water supply later for storage in reser- 

 voirs and mountain lakes. Throughout 

 the Sacramento valley rain is still needed, 

 but throughout the southern portions of 

 the state the precipitation has been more 



Tested 

 Proven Seeds 



Early View of Oar Trial Grounds 



Did you ever sow Peacock's Flower 

 Seeds? If not— why not? Other 

 floristsido. 



Please see full list of Florists' and Market 

 Gardeners' Seeds in the 16-page Green Sec- 

 tion, pages 117 to 132 of The Review for 

 January 29. 



Everette R. Peacock Co. 



I SEED GROWERS AND IMPORTERSi 



4011-15 Milwaukee Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



