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The Florists^ Review 



DXCBMBBB 18. 1919. 



Seed Trade News 



AXZSZOAV 8XED T&ASE ASSOCIATION. 

 PiMldeBt, ■. O. Dnnsun, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 toentaiT-treaaimr. 0. B. Kendel, Oleyeland, O. 



L. W. Wheeler, of Gilroy, Cal., was 

 born December 20, 1868, at Cherry 

 Creek, near Jamestown, N. Y. 



Eugene Schattel, of Vilmorin-An- 

 drieux & Co., Paris, was in Chicago De- 

 cember 15 and 16, his first visit since 1915. 



Trade offers from Germany are being 

 received with increasing frequency. WU- 

 helm Pfitzer, of Stuttgart, sends prices 

 on begonia seed for 1920. 



During the quarter ended September 



■/ 30, 1919, exports of bulbs from Amster- 



J\ dam to the United States totaled $161,- 



953, being fifth in importance in this 



trade, diamonds, hides, rags and artificial 



silk preceding. 



Every indication points to higher 

 prices on Paper Whites at Ollioules. 

 Where the "skindcate" once held them 

 up, the Holland and American buyers now 

 bid them up. The Englishman stands 

 back with his hands up. 



The official roster of the Jerome B. 

 Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y., is: 

 President, Jerome B. Rice, Jr.; vice-pres- 

 ident and treasurer, C. E. Smith; secre- 

 tary, John L. Hunt; auditor, H. S. Hoard. 

 The business was established in 1832 and 

 incorporated in 1886. 



German seedsmen who send price lists 

 to former American customers are quoting 

 in dollars and asking payment through 

 bankers in advance, the former in order 

 to avoid loss through low exchange and 

 the latter to protect themselves against 

 seizure of their accounts in case of interna- 

 tional financial or political difficulties. 



The California Certified Seed Potato 

 Growers' Association has been organized 

 at Los Angeles, with (Jeorge Peters as 

 president. The state legislature of Cali- 

 fornia has appropriated $10,000 to pro- 

 mote the improvement of seed potatoes. 

 The new association will cooperate with 

 state officials in developing state-grown 

 seed potatoes, so that shipments from 

 other states will not be required. 



Charles L. Atlee, for twenty-nine 

 years manager of the mail order division 

 of the W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, 

 has taken a similar position with the John 

 A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. The 

 personnel of this firm is as follows : Presi- 

 dent, John P. Salzer; vice-president, 

 Kenneth E. Salzer; secretary, Carl Rau; 

 general manager, W. D, Weedy. Since 

 1868, when John A. Salzer founded this 

 business, it has g^-own steadily until now 

 it employs more than 500 people and its 

 warehouses, offices, etc., occupy more 

 than seven acres of floor space. The 

 latest addition to these buildings is of 

 tapestry brick and has numerous im- 

 provements, including washed air and an 

 automatically controlled heating system. 



VALLEY FROM HOLLAND. 



Though no receipts are yet here from 

 Hamburg, since the steamer Abraham 

 Lincoln has not arrived, several ship- 

 ments of valley pips have reached New 

 York from Holland. The first, of eighty 

 cases for McHutchison & Co., was an- 

 nounced last week. On the steamer 

 Zuiderdyk, from Rotterdam, which ar- 

 rived at New York December 6, were 



Larger Yields of 

 Better Quality 



Are the Results of Planting 



PEACOCK 



Tested Proven Seeds 



Early View of Our Trial Grounds 



When We Grow Them, We Know Them 



Each season we grow thousands of acres of 

 High Quality Seeds on our own seed farms 

 to supply 75,000 critical planters in America 

 and Europe. 



$15,000 Worth of Seed Starting on I to Way to Europe 



Everette R. Peacock Co. 



SEED GROWERS AND IMPORTERSi 

 4011-lS MUwaukee Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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