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The Florists' Review 



SiFTBHBU 16, 1920 



Seed Trade News 



AMXBIOAX BEZD TSASZ ABSOCIATIOH. 

 PrMldent, H. O. HMtlaia, AUanU. On.; 

 MCTcUrjr-trMiarer, 0. B. Kandel, OtoTtlaad. 0. 



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There is a feeling that the general run 

 of seed prices have touched battom and 

 that a gradual recovery is to be expected. 



Last spring's poor seed demand was 

 directljr connected with labor shortage 

 and^ high wages. Possibly next season 

 a different set of conditions may prevail. 



Garden -MAKING never appealed to . a 

 lazy man and seldom to a worker with a 

 well-filled pocketbook. The seed trade's 

 beat seasons have been those of rather 

 more than average unemployment. 



In considering the question of a 5- 

 cent or a 10-cent packet for next season, 

 it is well to remember that the home 

 gardener seldom has room to plant all 

 the seeds in a packet. He will be satis- 

 fied with less. 



The annual picnic of the employees of 

 the Chas. H. Lilly Co., of Seattle, Wash., 

 was held recently at Wildwood park, 

 across Lake Washington. Sports were 

 enjoyed during the day and followed by 

 a huge dinner, a minstrel show and 

 dancing imtil a late hour. Every em- 

 ployee of the company was there. 



The annual house party at the Grass 

 Lake seed farms of the Jerome B. Eice 

 Seed Co. has been called off this year. 

 The excessive rains during the summer 

 months and the cold weather following 

 have about ruined the otherwise interest- 

 ing melon and vine seed trials. This and 

 the disastrous fire at the farms recently 

 caused the postponement of the gather- 

 ing till another autumn. 



NEWS FBOM JAPAN. 



A Chicago importer of giganteum 

 bulbs has shown The Review the trans- 

 lation of a cipher cable received Sep- 

 tember 10 from one of the largest ex- 

 porters of bulbs at Yokohama. The 

 statement is made in the cable that 

 the present estimate there of the gigan- 

 teum crop is three million bulbs. It 

 will be remembered that last year's 

 crop was estimated at seven million 

 bulbs. The cable says there are hardly 

 any bulbs of the larger sizes; the 6 to 

 8 and 7 to 9-inch sizes will constitute 

 about ninety per cent of the crop. Be- 

 cause of the small crop, the bulbs are 

 rapidly passing into the hands of the 

 exporters and the season will close 

 earlier than usual. Growers are de- 

 manding even larger prices than last 

 year, though American dealers are 

 exerting pressure to force the market 

 down. Credit is refused; payment must 

 be made before shipment and the 

 American dealer takes all the risks. 

 The losses from sprouting and freezing 

 have been serious during the last few 

 seasons. 



LABGE TOTAL OF FRENCH BULBS. 



The last three cargoes of French 

 bulbs have shown a steady decrease in 

 the number of cases. The latest cargo 

 of the season was that brought by the 

 steamer Madonna to New York from 

 Marseilles September 8. But the 225 

 cases brought by the Madonna, added 

 to the 24,543 previously imported, 

 bring the season's total up to 24,768, 



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-lS 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. 

 LongScarltt 85c "' " 



PEAS 



Alaska 10c per lb. 



Champion of England ]2t; " " 



Little Gem 14c " " 



BEANS 



Giant Stringless 12c per lb. 



Black Valentine I2c 



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 " " 



Giganteum Roseum Su- 



perbum (white with Red 



Eye) $14.00 per 1000 



Giiranteum Cimhriata 



(Lilac flowers fringed 



with Light Rose) $12.00 per 1000 



SALMON VARIETIES 



Light Salmon |I7.00 per 1000 



Dark Salmon 17.00 " " 



Rococo Erecta 



Cattleya 17.00 " " 



ONION SETS 



BERMUDA -White Pearl $2 50 Bu., ;?6 lbs. 



Yello w- Straw- colored. . 2.25 Bu., ;3(i lbs. 

 F. O. B. Chicago Subject Unsold Bags EXTRA 



WRITE FOR PRICES on Red -Yellow -White Onion Sets 



Many other offerings of High Germination Tested 

 Seeds ia our Fall Price List. Write for it. 



American Seed Agency 



12 & 14 W. Washington St., CHICAGO 



