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Fkbrdauy 24, 1921 



coast, one cacli to San Francisco, Port 

 land and Seattle. Lilies were shipped 

 in large quantities, from Japan, to Scat 

 tie and Sau Francisco. Next season the 

 conijiany plans also to ship lilies in solid 

 carloads to Denver, Minneapolis, De- 

 troit and Cincinnati. Arrangements are 

 now being made for tlie dispatch of car- 

 loads of l*a]icr Whites to the coast 

 cities. 



Guy M. French, who for twenty-three 

 years was with the Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., Morton Gro\e, 111., has spent the 

 last three months visiting western and 

 coast cities for the American Bulb Co. 



VEGETABLE SEED PBICES. 



In the table given on this page appear 

 the average retail prices quoted for 

 standard varieties of vegetable seeds 

 for 1921 and the four preceding years. 

 The table was compiled by the bureau 

 of markets of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture from the cata- 

 logues of a number of mail order seed 

 houses. 



A decrease in jirices ajjpears in the 

 case of most of the items mentioned, 

 some small and sfime large, the most 

 conspicuous being on cabbage, parnsips 

 and turnips. Out of the twenty-four 

 items listed, fifteen show decreases, 

 three arc the same and six show in- 

 creases as compared with 1920. The 

 average reduction, taking the list as a 

 whole, is slightly less than nine per 

 cent. Increases took place on garden 

 l>olo beans, cucumber, lettuce, musk 

 melon, watermelon and summer squash. 

 The average increase on these items 

 was less- than five ]ier cent. 



MOTT-LY GLEANINGS. 



Mentioning that the brown-striped 

 <atcrpillar had been seen outdoors Feb 

 luary 15, near the establishment of Wil- 

 liam Wundcr, at Pittville, Pa., Martin 

 C. Kibsam, Trenton, N. J., predicted an 

 early spring. "Assuredly the bugs are 

 with us," he added, "but all the same 

 the planters are not biting. They arc 

 buying only what is absolutely needed 

 for early sowing and holding back their 

 main purchases in the expectation of 

 getting lower prices. Meanwhile, with 

 the big seed stocks on hand, what is 

 the seedsman to do?'' 



J. Satterthwaite, of Trenton, N. J., 

 ilrew early attention with an exliibition 

 of fine ])oultry followed by a distribu- 

 tion of a special circular, calling atten- 

 tion to his seed and poultrj' supplies. 



The story is told of a certain seed 

 house that, at the opening of the season. 



MICHELUS FLOWER SEEDS 



ASFARAOUS PLCMOBUS NANC8 



Northern Oreenhouse-crown Seed 



1000 ■eed8...$ 4.00 10,000 ■eed8..tS«.00 

 BOOO seeds... 19.00 25,000 seeds. . 86.00 



ASPARAGC8 SPRENGERI 



1000 seeds $1.S0 10,000 seeds. .$12.B0 



SOOO seeds 6.7.5 2.^.000 seeds. . 28.76 



.\gekati;m 



Bine I'erfertioii 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 

 . .$0.15 $0.60 



AI.Y8SUM Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Uttle Gem Vi-lb. $1.T5 $0.15 $0.50 



Mttle Dorrtt 15 .60 



MU-hell's Bouquet (New)... .40 2.50 



ANTIRRHINUM Tr. Pkt. 0«. 



Giant Salmon Pink (Mifh- 



ell'8 $0.40 $2.00 



Giant Garnet 20 .76 



Giant Pink 20 .76 



Giant Scarlet 20 .76 



Giant Striped .20 1.00 



Giant White 20 .76 



Giant ¥elIow 20 .76 



Giant Venns 30 1.25 



Giant Mixed 20 .60 



ASTER, QltEEN 

 MARKET 



OF 



THE 



Tr. 



Pkt. O*. 



Whlt« $0.25 $1.00 



Rose Pinii 26 1.00 



Slash Pinli 25 1.00 



Daric Blue 25 1.00 



Licht Bine 25 1.00 



Crtmson 25 1.00 



.Uized 20 .75 



S T E R. EARLY ROVAI. 



BRANCHING Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Lavender $0.40 $2.25 



Pnrple 40 2.26 



Rose Pinic 40 2.26 



Shell Plnlt 40 2.25 



White 40 2.26 



Mixed 40 2.00 



CAI.ENDULA Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Michell's Special Forcing. 



Orange yellow $0.50 $2.00 



CANDYTUFT Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



MicheU's Giant White $0.15 $0.50 



Per % lb., $1.50; per lb., $4.00. 



LOBELIA Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Crystal Palace Compacta $0.40 $2.50 



Barnard's Perpetual 30 1.75 



Crystal Palace Speclosa 20 1.00 



Sapphire (Trailing:) 40 



PETDNIA Tr. Pkt- Oz. 



Grandlflora frlnared $0.S0 .... 



California Giants 60 



Monstrosus (Michell's) 1.00 



Dwarf Inimitable 60 $1.60 



Rosy Mom 60 2.00 



Doable Frinced Mixed, 



Per 600 seeds, $1.25; $2.00 per 1000 

 seeds. 



PHLOX DRrMMONDn Tr. Pkt. Os 



Dwarf Cecily $0.00 $1.76 



FlrebaU 40 2.00 



SnowbaU 40 2.00 



Choice BUxed 40 2.00 



SALVIA Tr. Pkt. Ox. 



Ameriea (new) $0.S0 $4.(K> 



Bonfire 40 2.60 



Splendens 25 1.60 



Znrieh 50 4.00 



VERBENAS Tr. Pkt. Ox. 



Mammoth Fancy Bine $0.80 $1.76 



Mammoth Fancy Pink SO 1.76 



Mammoth Fancy Scarlet . . .80 1.7S 



Mammoth Fancy Striped . . .80 1.76 



Mammoth Fancy White ... .80 1.76 



Mammoth Fancy Mixed ... .80 1.26 



Also all other Seafionable Seeds, 

 BulbN and SnpplirR. WholCHale Price 

 List Free. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Mi^ketV^eet Phila. 



T^ A Ulf I A O STRONG DIVISIONS OF 

 L^/\JrTLil/\0 THE 10 BEST VARIETIES 



Each Docen 100 

 Kins of the Autumn. Decorative. Butt yellow, suffused terra cotta. 



Finest dahlia under cultivation $0.50 $.'i.00 $86.00 



Jolin Boreel. Decorative. Color similar to King of the Autumn.. 1.00 10.00 76.00 

 MIna BarKle. Decorative. Without a doubt finest red for cut flower 



purpose 15 1.50 10.00 



Sylvia. Decorative. White edged pink. Fine for the retail florist .10 1.00 8.00 



A. D. LIvoni. Show. Soft pink, very free bloomer 10 1.00 8.00 



Maud Adams. Show. The best commercial dahlia to date. Color 



pure snow white overlaid clear delicate pink 35 8.50 20.00 



Storm King. Show. An elegant white, very free bloomer 12 1.25 8.00 



Madonna. Peony. Large white with pinkish shadings, long stems .15 1.50 10.00 



Diemont Von Bystein. Peony. Lilac changing to light blue 20 2.00 15.00 



Countess of Lonsdale. Cactus. Deep Salmon. A flne dahlia 15 1.60 12.00 



Our Stock wUl please the most critical buyer. 



JACOB SCHULZ ( OMPANY, Inc., ^^ '^t.*'t ^'^ LouisfOUe, Ky. 



made a j)racticc of extending o\it on 

 the front sidewalk. Bags and packages 

 for shipment were loaded in front and 



1921 1920 I'.tlit r.iis 



Per IVr I'c-r For IVi l'<r I'lr I'or 



Kind of seed. ox. Il>. oz lb. oz. lb oz. lb 



Beans, dwarf .snap $0.39 .... $0.39 .... $0.41 $0.43 



Beans, carden pole. . .41 .... .40 .... .43 .... .41 



Beet, Rarden $0.14 1.15 $0.14 1 3« $0.1S l.T.'i $0.20 2.34 



Beet, mansf.l 12 .80 .11 .«!• .13 lis .13 1.32 



I'abbage 37 3.90 .48 5.24 .01 11.12 A't ."i.C.-) 



(■arrot 15 1.10 .14 1.28 IS 1.70 .22 2.23 



i-elerv. dome.stic .29 3.00 .32 3.10 .3.". 2.SII .29 2.84 



Celery, imported 85 9.85 .04 10.4,') 128 13..''i7 1.39 15.33 



Cucumber 16 1.40 .14 1.30 .14 l..'!2 .14 1.77 



Lettuce 19 1.60 .10 L.'iS IT 1.40 .15 1.41 



Muskmelon 17 1.50 .10 1.48 .1.". 1 3t; .14 1.30 



Watermelon 14 1.15 .13 1.10 .13 LI.". .12 .97 



Onion seed 89 3.00 .30 3.14 ..".7 .■!.S2 .55 :,.16 



Parsley .14 1.10 .14 1.10 .l.'i 12.-. .13 1.07 



rarsnip 14 1.05 .14 1.24 .10 1.80 .18 1.76 



Peas, garden .42 . . 45 .... .38 .... .37 



Hadish 14 1.15 .14 1.28 .17 1.07 .1. 1.67 



Spinach 11 .70 .11 .81 .13 1.23 .10 2.12 



Squash, summer 18 1.65 .17 1.04 .14 l.-^.O .14 1.38 



Squash, winter 18 1.60 .18 1.C8 .17 l.r.O .15 1.48 



Sweet corn .36 .30 .... ■•">■' • • • • .38 



Tomato 40 4.25 .41 4.47 .38 4.02 .38 4.11 



Turnip, EnKlish 14 1.16 ir. 1.42 .20 2.07 .18 190 



Turnip, Swede 13 I.OO .14 136 .20 2 04 .22 2 3-. 



Retail Catalogue Prices of Vegetable Seeds. 



ion 



unloaded at the rear, after making a 

 tour of a few blocks. Whether this is 

 correct or not, the house has jirofited 

 l)y constant publicity in various forms 

 and is today in the lead, with an old- 

 established, reputable business. 



"It is a puzzler," observed B. Fine, 

 of Davies & Fine, Inc., Wilkes Barre, 

 Pa., "to decide upon any definite plan 

 of publicity, as applied to the seed 

 branch of the profession. The govern- 

 ment certainly advertises us after a 

 fashion, but it is not what we would 

 have, could our feeble voice be heard. 

 Anyhow, let us make the best of the situ 

 ation. Of thi.s, one may rest content, 

 there will be no shortage iii any of the 

 leading stocks, so everybody may push 

 ahead for all the business it is possible 

 to get and at a living price.'' 



J. Cassel & Son, Lansdale, Pa., com- 

 menting upon the early delivery and the 

 fine quality of their seed stock, pre- 

 dict an equally early demand, on the 

 basis that usually when the intending 



