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ported to date indicate a yield per acre greater 

 than last year and the ayerage of the last five 

 yeara for dwarf snap beans. Yields of 600 to 

 1,200 pounds are reported in Idaho and 800 

 pounds in Colorado. The growing condition of 

 the late maturing fields is about ten per cent 

 better than last year and equal to normal. 

 Although the total acreage is 33% i>er cent 

 less, the present prospects are for a total pro- 

 duction practically equal to that of 1010. 



Garden pole beans. — About one-fourth of the 

 garden pole beans were harvested by Septem- 

 ber 26, with an average yield per acre of 600 

 IMunds. In Idaho, where a greatly increased 

 acreage was planted, a yield of 1,200 pounds is 

 reported on the acreage harvested, while in 

 Oalifomia the yield is only 500 and in Colorado 

 800 pounds. "With these yields on an unusually 

 large acreage, a production much greater than 

 normal seems assured. 



Cabbage. — Of the 1,074 acres planted for cab- 

 bage seed production this year approximately 

 60 per cent was abandoned as a total failure. 

 Two hundred and seventy acres harvested on 

 Long Island, N. Y., yielded 250 pounds per acre, 

 while an average yield per acre of 400 pounds 

 was obtained from approximately 200 acres har- 

 vested in the Puget sound district. 



Cucumt)er. — The cucumber seed crop, especially 

 in Colorado, has met with adverse conditions 

 during the last two months. About one-third 

 J of the acreage has been abandoned as a result 

 of damage by hail and aphis. The growing con- 

 dition of the remaining acreage is reported to be 

 only sixty per cent of last year and about sev- 

 enty per cent of normal. Under these condi- 

 tions the total production will be far below nor- 

 mal. 



Muskmelon.— Considerable damage was done to 

 the muskmelon seed crop, also, in Colorado by 

 hail and aphis, and about one-fourth of the acre- 

 age has been abandoned. ,. The yield per acre, 

 however, on the small acreage harvested is equal 

 to the 5-year average, and with the increased 

 acreage planted the total production may closely 

 approach that of 1919. 



Watermelon. ^ — An average yield per acre of 105 

 pounds obtained on the watermelon seed acreage 

 in Florida gives a production in that state of 

 500,000 pounds. A normal production from the 

 1,100 acres in other states will make the total 

 production about 100,000 pounds greater than 

 last year. 



Onion sets.— Most of the onion sets have been 

 harvested and an average yield per acre of 11,000 

 pounds obtained, compared with 5,900 last year. 

 This high yield on a twenty per cent greater 

 acreage indicates a production more than twice 

 that of last year and somewhat larger than the 

 ^ heavy production of 1918. 



Garden peas. — The production of garden peas 

 this year will be above normal, according to re- 

 ports received showing an average yield of 840 

 pounds per acre on the fifty per cent of the 

 acreage harvested. A relatively small percent- 

 ■ age of the acreage has been abandoned. The 

 growing condition of crops not harvested is 

 thirty-five per cent l)etter than last year and 

 ' equal to normal. 



Pepper. — About one-third of the peppers 

 planted for seed has been harvested. The yield 

 per acre obtained is reported in some Instances 

 to be only thirty pounds. The growing condi- 

 tion of the New Jersey crop is equal to 1919 

 and normal, while in Georgia it is only eighty 

 per cent of last year and sixty-five per cent of 

 normal. 



Pumpkin. — An average yield per acre greater 

 than last year and equal to normal is indicated 

 in reports of the growing condition of this crop. 

 A small percentage of the large acreage planted 

 has been abandoned and a production greater 

 than in recent years scorns evident. 



Summer squash.— Less than ten per cent ot 

 the summer squash seed acreage has been aban- 

 doned and the growing condition of the crop 

 on the remaining acreage is above normal and 

 better than last year. Although the acreage is 

 slightly less, tlie total production is expected 

 to be equal to that of 1919. 



Winter squash. — The growing condition of the 

 ■winter squash seed crop Is eighty-five per cent 

 of 1919 and eighty per cent of normal. The 

 acreage is also reduced slightly and the total 

 production will be less than last year and much 

 less than In 1918. 



Sweet com. — The average growing condition 

 of seed sweet com crops September 2.'i was 

 ten per cent better than last year and slightly 

 above normal. The crop is imiformly good in 

 all states except a few relatively small acre- 

 ages and only about seven per cent of the acre- 

 age planted has been abandoned. A yield per 

 acre equal to last year is expected, but the total 

 production will be less because of a twenty per 

 cent decrease in the acreage. 



Tomato. — Seventy-five per cent of the tomato 

 seed acreage has been harvested and a reported 

 average yield per acre of ninety pounds obtained, 

 compared with only sixty-seven pounds last year 

 and seventy-one pounds in 1918. The total pro- 

 duction, however, will be less than at any time 

 since 1916, because of the reduced acreage. 



Turnip. — About eighty per cent of the small 

 acreage of English turnip and sixty-five per cent 

 of the Swede turnip planted for seed production 

 this year was abandoned, and the total produc- 

 tion of each of these crops will be only a small 

 fraction of that produced last year. 



Miami, Arlz.^L. V. Home, for some 

 years connected with the florists' trade, 

 will open a retail store here soon. 



J. A. Vandervoort & Co. 



Wholesale Balb Growers 

 NOORDWYK, - HOLLAND 



Also Naraerles at Sassenlieini 



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Bic. Victoria, Golden Spur and Von Sion 



Also large growers of 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS, ETC. 



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116 Broad St., New York City 



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