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The Rorists^ Review 



NOVBHBSB 20. 1910. 



Giganteum Bulbs 



We are headquarters for choice Giganteum Bulbs— large stocks 

 permit immediate shipments. 



"CREAM OF THE LILY FIELDS." 



Consult us before finally placing your order — learn our prices — 

 it is to your advantage. 



A. L. RANDALL COMPANY 



180 N.Wabash Ave, CHICAGO, ILL. 



creased acreage in Imperial county dur- 

 ing the coming fall and winter in prac- 

 tically all of the kinds of winter vege- 

 tables grown in this community. The 

 importation of spinach and pea seed 

 has been unusually large. 



Imperial valley, comprising 413,000 

 acres under cultivation on the American 

 Bide of the border and 80,000 acres on 

 the Mexican side, produced crops worth 

 a total of $47,832,292 during 1918, ac- 

 cording to data compiled by the South- 

 ern Pacific railway. It required 18,682 

 cars to move this crop. It represents 

 produce worth approximately $600 for 

 every man, woman and child in the val- 

 ley. Twenty-one thousand tons of cot- 

 ton, worth $10,625,000, was the largest 

 single item. Other products contribut- 

 ing $5,000,000 or more to the total value, 

 in order of importance, were alfalfa, 

 live stock, milo maize and cantaloupes, 

 with combined winter vegetables fol- 

 lowing closely. 



CALIFORNIA SWEET PEA SEED. 



During the decade in which California 

 sweet pea seed was slowly but surely 

 gaining dominance of the world's mar- 

 ket, it was the habit of our British cous- 

 ins to decry its quality. For the last 

 couple of years the British have been 

 80 glad to get our seeds that we heard 

 little of their complaints, but the story 

 has not been forgotten, as witness the 

 following from an open letter in their 

 leading trade paper: 



"I cannot imagine that the general 

 run of retail seedsmen and market grow- 

 ers are calculating on squaring the high 

 cost of some lines by a low price on 

 sweet peas. Certainly the sweet pea 

 enthusiast is not going to be led away 

 by low prices. After all, it is not a 

 question of how cheap but how good, and 

 I am sure that Spencer sweet peas at 

 12 shillings per pound in these days can 

 have no claim to goodness. The general 

 run of growers, who bought seed by the 

 pound last season, at rates ranging any- 

 where between 15 shillings and £2, will 

 admit that a pure stock was a rarity. 

 The supposition that the mix-ups were 

 due to shortage of skilled labor hardly 

 counts, for the real explanation is Cal- 

 ifornian stocks. 



"Surely those who buy seed by the 

 pound have a right to know just what 

 they are getting, or must one assume 

 that nothing matters but price t If such 

 is the case, then we shall see a decline 

 rather than increase of sweet pea grow- 

 ing. 



* ' Those of the trade who specialize in 



BRITAIN 



Is The NATURAL HOME 



OP THE 



CABBAGE and of BRASSICAS in general, 

 KALE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, etc. 



ALSO RUTABAGA AND TURNIP. 



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Wkolesala 

 SEED GROWERS, 



LANGPORT, ENG. 



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Watkins & Simpson, Ltd. 



will shortly issue their advance offer of seeds 

 for the approaching season, and will be pleased 

 to mail a copy on application to 



27-29 Drury Lane LONDON, England 



Ifention The BcTlew wtea joa writ*. 



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SHIPMENT OF HIGH-GRADE HOLLAND BULBS 



STOCK IS LIMITED. ORDER NOW. 



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