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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptbhbbb 9, 1930 



Seed Trade News 



AXEBZOAN SEED TRADE A8S00ZATZ0N. 

 President, H. O. Hastlnga. Atlanta, On.; 

 ■ecretary-treaiurer. 0. B. Kendel, OleTeland, O. 



S. F. Leonard, Chicago, celebrated his 

 sixty-eighth birthday anniversary Septem- 

 ber 4. 



D. A. CouLSON, secretary-treasurer of 

 J. A. Simmons, Ltd., Toronto, Can., died 

 last week. 



A GENERAL scarcity is noted in both 

 big-podded peas and named varieties of 

 sweet peas. 



The W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, re- 

 ceived two carloads of Dutch bulbs Au- 

 gust 31 ; they are moving- nicely. 



A shortage of beet and radish seed in 

 France is reported. Onion seed in Italy is 

 considered to be fairly plentiful. 



There has been a general decline in 

 asking prices to the growers of the Pacific 

 northwest on all grass seeds within the 

 last fortnight. 



F. B. Dawson, representing Cooper, 

 Taber & Co., London, England, was in 

 Chicago September 1 to 3, going thence 

 to visit the trade in western cities. 



John Leonard, of the Leonard Seed 

 Co., Chicago, returned August 23 from a 

 week's vacation; he could not afford, he 

 said, to spend any more time away from 

 business. 



Washington growers of pea seed have 

 twenty-two threshing machines at work 

 now, and in every case a crop short of 

 early expectations is reported. This is 

 attributed to the lack of rainfall in June 

 and the early part of July. 



C. O. Wilcox, at one time with the 

 W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, and lately 

 with Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky., 

 has joined the forces of the M. G. Madson 

 Seed Co., Manitowoc, Wis. He will spend, 

 as heretofore, most of his time in the 

 southeast and southwest. 



The unusual interest of this year's 

 meeting of the American Seed Trade Asso- 

 ciation, held at Milwaukee last June, is 

 reflected in the increased size of the vol- 

 ume of proceedings, which has just 

 reached members. The book is a third 

 larger than last year, containing 160 

 pages. Its excellent appearance carries 

 commendation to Secretary C. E. Kendel. 



The production of practically all small 

 vegetable seed crops will he ponsiderablv 

 less this year than in 1919 or 1918, 

 according to reports received by the bu- 

 reau of markets of the Department of 

 Agriculture. The reductions range from 

 eighty-eight per cent for spinach to 

 twelve per cent for lettiico. Increases 

 are shown for garden pole beans, garden 

 peas and onion sets. 



The growers in the Colorado cantaloupe 

 section have had a great deal to contend 

 with this year. The season is backward, 

 cold nights and hail having retarded the 

 plants. Approximately twenty per cent 

 of the original acreage in the Rocky Ford 

 section and twenty-five per cent in the 

 Ordway section was eliminated by three 

 hail storms early in the season, the worst 

 of which occurred early in July. A few 

 fields in the neighborhood of Swink were 

 replanted after the last hail. Other fields 

 have partially recovered from the hail, 



Our Special Price List 



offering 



for Autumn Planting is now ready 



We will gladly mail you a copy on request 



Everette R. Peacock Co. 



SEED GROWERS AND IMPORTERS 

 4011-15 Milwaukee Avenue CHICAGO, ILL. 



SEED SPECIALS 



AS PROMISED LAST WEEK WE OFFER SOME 

 SPECIALS AT VERY INTERESTING PRICES 



RADISH SEED 



Early Scarlet White Top. 35c per lb. 

 LongScarlet 86c " " 



PEAS 



Alaska 10c per lb. 



Champion of England 12c " " 



LittleGem 14c " " 



BEANS 



Giant Stringless 12c per lb. 



Black Valentine 12c " " 



Red Valentine 12c " " 



FULL LIST OF BULBS 

 Write for It 



CYCLAMEN SEED 



(New Crop— German Grown.) 



Glowing Light Red. . . .tl4.00 per 1000 

 Dark Red.... 14.00 " " 

 Light Rose... 14.00 " " 

 Dark Rose... 14.00 " " 



Oiganteum Roseum Su- 



perbum ( white with Red 



Eve) $14.00 per 1000 



Qieanteum Cimbriata 



(Lilac flowers fringed 



with Light Rose) $12.00 per 1000 



SALMON VARIETIES 



Light Salmon tl7.00 per 1000 



DarkSalmon 17.00 " " 



Rococo Erect a 



Cattleya 17.00 '" " 



ONION SETS 



BERMUDA -White Pearl $•_> oQ Bu., I'.fi lbs. 



Yellow -Straw-colored.. 2.2.") Bu.. 8(1 lbs. 

 F. O. B. Chicago Subject Unsold Bags EXTRA 



WRITE FOR PRICES on Red-Yellow-White Onion Sett 



Many other offerings of High Germination Tested 

 Seeds io our Fall Price List. Write tor it. 



American Seed Agency 



12 & 14 W. Washington St., CHICAGO 





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