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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 31. 1021. 



Seed Trade News 



AMTXJOAX SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 

 Preiident, H. O. Haitlngi, Atlanta, Oa.; acc- 

 retary-trMiaarer, 0. B. Kendel, Clereland, 0. 



There has been an enormous sale for 

 gladiolus bulbs this season. 



The early spring has started the coun- 

 ter trade into greater activity than most 

 seedsmen ever have experienced in March. 



The month just closed sets a record 

 for March business by the W. W. Bar- 

 nard Co., Chicago, asserts Manager 

 Ralph B. Howe. 



The catalogue houses report mail or- 

 ders holding up remarkably well. It may 

 turn out a better seed season than many 

 thought possible. 



Luckily, home-building means less to 

 the seedsman than to the nurseryman. 

 There are plenty of orders this spring to 

 plant last year's gardens, whether new 

 home lots are laid out or not. 



The official roster of the Oshkosh Seed 

 Co., Oshkosh, Wis., is : President, Everette 

 R. Peacock; vice-president, C. Rooewe- 

 kamp; secretary, A. R. Ward; treasurer, 

 F. Q. Dowidat; auditor, A. H. Sporleder. 



Lack of employment in the cities may 

 not have much effect on gardening, be- 

 cause there is not much gardening in 

 cities, but in the smaller places unem- 

 ployment will afford time to "work 

 around the place." 



Dr. David Griffiths, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 

 was a recent visitor at the Brown Bulb 

 Ranch, Capitola, Cal. He was inspecting 

 the bulb growing farms in that section. 

 The Brown Bulb Ranch received an ex- 

 port order last month for over 30,000 

 yellow varieties of gladioli, the first order 

 for such stock for a foreign country other 

 than Canada. The herd of imported 

 Guernsey cattle is reported as a 

 success, and it is expected to show a profit 

 before long, besides providing the desired 

 fertilizer. 



Low prices for millet, sorgo and Sudan 

 grass seed and high freight rates have re- 

 tarded the movement from growers and 

 country shippers to large jobbers, accord- 

 ing to data obtained by the United States 

 bureau of markets. Up to January 20, 

 1921, less than one-third of IJie surplus 

 1920 crop of millet and Sudan grass, and 

 less than one-fifth of the sorgo crop had 

 been shipped from country points in the 

 leading production centers. In general 

 the movement of these seeds has been 

 more belated than the 1919 crop move- 

 ment, which was retarded by railroad 

 embargoes and a shortage of cars. 



"Things are not extremely rosy in 

 the wholesale seed trade just now," 

 reads a report from Great Britain. 

 "Those who were so eager — and they 

 were many — to make quite sure of 

 stocks of popular lines made contracts, 

 signed and sealed, for crops at very 

 high prices. Those very contracts helped 

 to force prices still higlier. but now it 

 is a case of surplus stocks to be cleared 

 if possible at a loss, and many a bill 

 has to be faced for seeds that haven't 

 realized first cost. There is one thing 

 both wholesaler and retailer may take 

 note of, the exceptional weather is in- 

 ducing everybody to clamor for seeds 

 to get them in the ground. A short, 

 sharp snap of wintry weather may more 

 than likely wipe off a lot of these 



TERMS: 

 Tkxrtv{30)day$ 

 Net. 



Peacock 's Quality 



Flower Seeds 



For Florists 



W* offar the following aoocia 

 for prompt ilolivory postpaid. 



All orders filled day received. 



Oz. >4 lb. 



Alyuum, Little Oem $0.4S $1.26 



i« oz Oz. 

 Aster, Queen of Market, 



Lavender lO.lS S0,7& 



Aater, Queen of Market, White 15 .76 



Aater, Queen of Market. Rose 16 .76 



Aster, Queen of Market. Shell Pink ,16 .76 



Aster, Queen of Market, Purple 15 .76 



Aster, Queen of Market, Crimson 16 .76 



Oz. >4 lb. 



Aster, Queen of Mark et. Mixed tO,70 $2.00 



Calendula, Orange King 20 .60 



Calendula, Sulphurea Plena, Yellow 20 .60 



H lb. 1 lb. 



GypsophUa Elegans Grandiflora Alba 10.46 Sl.60 



H oz. Oz. 



Lobelia, Crystal Palace Compacta $0.60 $2.00 



Lobelia, Speoiosa 86 l.OO 



Pansy, Peacock's Oiant Mixed 1.26 4.60 



Oz. H lb. 



PhioK, Drummondii, Choice Mixed $0.76 $2.60 



Salvia, Splendens 1.60 6.60 



Salvia, Bonfire 2.00 7.60 



Trade Pkt. Horn. 



Stocks. Beauty of Nice. Crimson King $0.20 $0.60 



Empress Augusta Victoria, Blue <20 .60 



Stocks, Beauty of Nice, Mont Blanc, White 20 .60 



Stocks, Beauty of Nice. Lovely Light Pink 20 .60 



Dwarf, Large Flowering Ten-weeks H oz. Oz. 



•cparate Colors $0.60 $2.00 



Mixed 60 1.76 



Write today for our special Flower Seed Catalogue. Also our special offer price 

 list on Garden Seeds and Onion Sets If Interested. 



Everette R. Peacock Company, *"' ™:^^*j;i„2S'S?i'^ 



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