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The Florists' Review 



Jdni 2, 1921 



Autf. Lagarde 



LIVE WIRE 



Competition is Life 



Again — 



Buy Your French Bulbs 



— Now 



FROM 



Lagarde & Vandervoort 



OLLIOULES, FRANCE 



Mail address: Care MALTUS & WARE 

 116 Broad Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Our repreaentatwe will be catling on you 



J. A. Vandervoort 



during the early part of the year, which 

 was detrimental to growth in general, 

 and consequently all seed plantings are 

 late. This recent storm, however, has 

 given everything a good start and will 

 be beneficial, especially to flower seeds. 

 On the other hand, it has been bad for 

 the larger portion of the hay crop which 

 is now being harvested. 



The sweet peas are badly affected 

 with aphis, reports John Bodger & Sons 

 Co., Los Angeles, and it is feared the 

 rain and cloudy weather will have a 

 tendency to increase this pest. A short- 

 age in named varieties is anticipated and 

 there will be no noticeable surplus in 

 mixtures. 



Asters and zinnias, reports the same 

 firm, show a good stand and promise a 

 normal yield. A few varieties, how- 

 ever, show a poor stand. These the 

 company hopes to be able to replant and 

 get a fair yield. 



CAN GROW SUGAR BEET SEED. 



From present indications the acreage 

 devoted to growing sugar beet seed in 

 the United States this season will be 

 somewhat less than last year, in the 

 opinion of specialists of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. The 

 causes are: First, the drop in the price 

 of sugar has caused some sugar com- 

 panies which grow beet seed to curtail 

 their expenses, and one way is to elim- 

 inate or reduce the production of sugar 

 beet seed; second, the seed has become 

 more abundant and more easily obtain- 

 able from European countries than it 

 was during the war and immediately 

 thereafter; third, while the price of 

 iiiii»orted seed is still from two to three 

 times as high as the prewar price, it 

 is greatly reduced as compared with the 

 price of this commodity during the war; 

 fourth, the cost of producing American 

 sugar beet seed under normal conditions 

 is higher than the cost of seed imported 

 from European countries. 



However, the experience of Ameri- 

 can growers the last few years, the spe- 

 cialists say, has demonstrated that 

 sugar beet "seed can be produced in this 

 country comparable, in regard to qual- 

 ity, with imported seed and in some re- 

 spects, especially with reference to ger- 

 minating qualities, the American-grown 

 seed has generally surpassed the best 

 imported seed. 



Importations of sugar beet seed the 



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 Grnndlflora Prize, 



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PRIMULA Chinensis 



h tr. Tr. 



pkt. pkt. 



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KcrnieHlna Splendens .6U 1.00 



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PRIMULA Obconica 



Gigantea Tr. pkt. 



I.ilncinn, Lllnc $0.50 



Kt'rmesiiia, Crimson sn 



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Alba, Wlilte 50 



Hybrida, Mixed 50 



PRIMULA Malacoides 



Tr. pkt. 



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Malacoides Alba 50 



Malacoides Superba, Hoay 



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Also all other Seasonable Seeds 



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 SEED GROWERS, 



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Inst several months have indicated an 

 even lower grade, from the standpoint 

 of germination, than in previous years, 

 some testing fifty per cent or less. 



Such seed is expensive at 25 cents per 

 pound, as compared with American- 

 grown seed testing eighty to ninety per 



cent germination, even if it cost th: t 

 sum to produce. 



The only argument against the pr'- 

 duction of sugar beet seed in this com • 

 try is its cost when compared with th?t 

 of an equal amount of imported seed. 

 This difference in cost is more imap 



