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The Florists*^^ Review 



Afbil 13. 1822 



ports of a few important kinds were 

 ten per cent to twenty per cent larger. 

 Import prices of most kinds were great- 

 ly reduced, although they are still higher 

 than the average prewar prices. The 

 table Ik'Iow gives import data for 1920 

 and 1921 which should be considered in 

 connection with the' prospective domes- 

 tic acrcnj^e of vegetable seeds: 



Average 

 Imports prlcet 



Kind of seoil 1021 1920 1921 1920 



Lbs. Lbs. Per lb. Per lb. 



Beet, gurilen... 206,900 238,111 $0,142 $0,211 



Beet, sugar 7,720,202 23, 446, 0«>7 .196 .222 



Cabbage 253,l»il 390,741 .57 .766 



Carrot 47,563 69.428 .277 .226 



Cauliflower 12,355 16,918 8.134 8.209 



Celery* 426,228 593,722 .143 .196 



Collard 147 50 .231 .26 



Corn salad 3,338 13,624 .473 .449 



Eggplant 1,206 525 1.435 1.876 



Kale 40,206 77,069 .267 .267 



Kohlrabi 13,597 22,728 .467 .528 



Par8le.v 150,535 179,774 .125 .119 



Parsnip 57,426 17,015 .132 .219 



Pepper 8,745 2,050 .683 1.095 



Radisli 213,22.") 320,487 .218 .24 



Spinacli 1,222,136 1,139,143 .097 .110 



Turnip and 



rutabaga 2,241,577 1,846,007 .146 .228 



•Imported for planting and otlier purposes. 



tF. o. b. port of origin and not including duty. 



ACCEPTING ORDERS. 



A memorandum in the form of an 

 order for goods does not become a 

 binding contract of sale merely because 

 signed by the salesman and because he 

 may be empowered to enter into a bind- 

 ing contract of sale, holds the "United 

 States District court for the eastern 

 district of Pennsylvania in the case of 

 C. F. Bally, Ltd., vs. Quaker City Cor- 

 poration, 271 Federal Reporter, 957. 



Plaintiff, suing as for breach of a con- 

 tract to sell goods, relied on a paper 

 designated on its face as a "sales or- 

 der," and signed by one Hunneman as 

 "salesman." In dismissing the suit the 

 court declares: 



"It cannot be said that the order 

 was accepted because Hunneman had 

 authority to bind the defendant. There 

 is nothing ok the paper, or in the evi- 

 dence, to show that when he signed the 

 paper he was exercising that authority. 

 He signed as 'salesman.' 



"The paper on its face is a mere 

 order, whick, in the absence of accept- 

 ance, does not constitute a contract. 

 There are many cases holding that a 

 memorandum to the effect that some 

 commodity has been 'sold' to a pur- 

 chaser, signed by one authorized to sign 

 it, constitutes a contract of sale; also 

 many cases where, upon an order being 

 given and there being circumstances in- 

 dicating acceptance by the vendor, it 

 is held upon acceptance the contract is 

 complete, and either party may sue 

 thereon. 



"I fail to discover among the au- 

 thorities cited any well-reasoned case 

 in which a paper such as the one in 

 question has been held to be a contract. 

 The common law is the result of a de- 

 velopment in which custom and practice 

 among merchants play an important 

 part. It may be that in time authori- 

 ties carrying weight will determine 

 that, when one acting as a salesman 

 and having authority to accept an or- 

 der, signs it as a salesman, a binding 

 contract has been entered into between 

 the parties. 



"I must decline, however, to take 

 such advanced ground, un.sustainod by 

 authority, inconsistent with settled 

 ideas of what constitutes a contract, 

 and with the probability of establish- 

 ing a dangerous doctrine, by which 

 merchants sending out drummers to 

 take orders will be trapped into incut- 



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