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Jdni 9, 1921 



while in producing sections of a few of 

 these seeds the prices quoted to farm- 

 ers are somewhat lower. 



FLOOD DAMAGE. 



The floods that have damaged Pueblo, 

 Colo., so badly have done more or less 

 damage throughout the Arkansas valley. 

 The J. C. Bobinson Seed Co., Waterloo, 

 Neb., reports that there may be no mail 

 service for about ten days and it will 

 be impossible to estimate crop damage 

 until the water recedes. Much live- 

 stock has been killed and some homes 

 injured, but it is hoped the water has 

 not reached the most important parts 

 of the district. Undoubtedly the acre- 

 age will be cut somewhat. 



ORDER CATCHES PALM SEEDS. 



The regulation of the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board, dated January, 1920, 

 requiring that all shipments of palm 

 seeds from Oceania be fumigated for 

 twenty-four hours by carbon bisulphide, 

 was enforced just as two shipments of 

 330 bushels of kentia seeds from Aus- 

 tralia, the first of the season, were 

 ready for distribution at San Francisco. 

 It is feared that this fumigation will 

 greatly reduce the germination, besides 

 adding to the delivered cost of the 

 seeds. The shipments were made un- 

 der permit, a health and sterilization 

 certificate was attached to each case, 

 and all formalities were complied with. 

 No reason is given by the F. H. B. ex- 

 plaining tlie necessity for the regula- 

 tion. 



BRITISHERS POSTPONE BUYING. 



Protest against the increase in prices 

 on French bulbs is not confined to the 

 American trade. Several London houses 

 have agreed that the prices asked are 

 prohibitive and will not buy at the 

 present figures. In a late issue of the 

 Horticultural Trade-Journal the follow- 

 ing communication is printed: 



We rocpntly Imd an opportunity of spoaking to 

 the nmleraigned I>on(lon firms in respect of 

 French bulbs and fonnd them all in acreement 

 with oiirselvps that the rates at present being 

 asked by the growers .'ire so proliibitive that the 

 trade in these items will be still further dimin- 

 ished. 



It was n common experience with them all— 

 and we think with most other houses in the 

 country— that last season's high prices resulted 

 in a diminution of h\isiness in Uoman hyacinths, 

 etc., of approximately one-third, and to in- 

 crease prices further — especially having regard 

 to the fact that we are at present passing 

 through a period of acute general trade depres- 

 sion — will about put the finishing touch. French 

 bulbs will certainly not be worth handling if the 

 growers maintain the rates at present being 

 asked. 



It is of interest to note that the French deal- 

 ers or agents themselves express the opinion 

 tliat the figures quoted by the growers are out- 

 rageous. Further. Dutch bulbs this autumn — in 

 common with almost nil other commodities — 

 will be cheaper, and why the French growers 

 should endeavor to obtain such absurd prices is 

 a mystery. 



In conclusion we may say the firms below 

 have no intention whatsoever of buying at the 

 present prices, and if we may make the sugges- 

 tion, we would say the trade in general would 

 be well advised to iiostpone purchasing. 



farter. Page & Co., ^A(^.. 



Suiail & Co.. 



.John Peed & Sons, 



-Mfred Dawkins. 



Ernest Paul & Co., 



Arthur 11. Mee. 



FRENCH BULB SITUATION. 



The French bulb situation is un- 

 changed and there is talk. of another 

 meeting of importers, to be held, prob- 

 ably, next week. At the meeting at 

 New York in May it u'as the consensus 

 that no orders should be placed prior 

 to a certain date unless the French svn- 



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dicate brought its prices into line with 

 the times. The date set is approaching 

 rapidly and as yet the growers have not 

 spoken. 



Contrary to some reports, the nine 

 American importers wTio cabled their 

 views to France did not name a price 

 beyond which they would not go; what 

 they did state was their belief that if 

 the previously announced high prices 

 are insisted on, American requirements 

 will be reduced to twenty-five per cent 

 of a normal year's imports. 



It is impossible to forecast the out- 

 come at this distance. Until it is known 

 the crop has been dug there is the possi- 

 bility the French growers may elect to 

 leave the greater number of their bulbs 

 in the ground another year, which may 

 safely be done with Paper Whites. If 

 the crop is dug as usual, there will be 

 greater probability prices will come 



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