^■'■n:r-'^% .rny^T' 



" ^.TiT^^*^'^' "^ T^"*^TVn '" " «^ 



118 



The Florists" Review 



March 2. 1922 



Seed Trade News 



AMEKIOAN SEED XBASE ASSOCIATION. 

 President, L. L. Olds, Madison, Wis.; secre- 

 tary-treasurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 0. 



Gkowing contracts for peas and beans 

 are noted by all the larg-e tjrowers as 

 somewhat lower than they were last year. 



The Lexington Seed Co., of Lexin^jton, 

 O., has been incorporated. The caj)itali- 

 zation of the firm is i)laced at $20,000 

 and the incorporators are A. B. Hleidt, 

 K. Bleidt and G. Clay Goodloe. 



Com STOCK, Fkkke & Co., Wothersfield, 

 Conn., report a heavy demand. The en- 

 tire force here has been busy filling con- 

 tract and early orders for seeds. Tlie 

 flower seed dejiartnient has be<Mi enlarged 

 to care for the ever-increasing trade in 

 tiiis line. 



Two-YEAK-oi,D as|)aragns root.s are one 

 of the short items this year and, with 

 the ev(?r-increasing demand, will be all 

 sold out early in the season, reports ii 

 Hartford seedsman. Seeil stores alw;iys 

 have a large demand for the roots after 

 the planting season is over, when almost 

 everyone who has a garden wishes to have 

 an asparagus In^d. 



Calvin Keeney, of N. B. Keeney & 

 Son, Le Roy, N. Y., a niendn'r of the 

 nomenclature committee for the United 

 States government. re])orts having lost 

 more than UMI varieties of beans which 

 were being tested last season at his trial 

 groimds. They were all killed by frost 

 l.Mst .Inly. Ml'. Keeney was cui a Xew 

 Knghind tiip last week. 



Thk ni;iil order seed business should 

 1k' apiuoachiiig fiood tide, but it isn't. 

 The general rejiort is that both .January 

 and February have been a disapjioint- 

 ment to those who looked for a return 

 to the old time volume of early mail 

 orders. Tt is said that most of the mail 

 order houses find th.at the average size of 

 tlie orders is small again this year, in 

 addition to their nuiidier being less than 

 expected. 



The frost during the last tew weeks 

 has done absolutely no damage to any of 

 the sweet peas or the growing crops of 

 flower seeds in the vicinitv of (iuaila- 

 loui)e, Cal.. st.'ites the L. D.'Waller 8eeil 

 Co. This coni[iany rejiorts jierfect stands 

 of sweet jieas. Many varieties of flower 

 seeds are uji and also show good stands. 

 The planting this year is in advance of 

 any previous year, and as there has been 

 to date over ten inches of rain, which 

 is more than the total rainfall of 1921 

 and more for this .season than in any 

 year for tlie last five years, prospects for 

 good crops are believed to l>e excellent. 



VEGETABLE SEED PRICES. 



Lowest Since 1917. 



Prices (piotcd for vegetable seeds, 

 ))oth by ri'tail mail order and wholesale 

 dealers, are almost uniformly lower than 

 in 1921, and, for most items, the lowest 

 since 1917, states the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. The decline 

 has been constant since 1918, when the 

 peak was re.ached for most kinds. Tables 

 of retail catalogue and wholesale prices 

 on pages 122 and 120, respectively, show 

 that prices of beaus, peas, sweet 

 corn, lettuce and vine crop seeds fluc- 

 tuated less violently than did other 

 seeds, including beet, cabbage, celery, 



The albert DICKINSON COMPANY 



35th St. and California Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



UWN SEED TO THE TRADE 



Not Price^ 



''.'^l=<''?'''"'-'<''Vi'^b«V|i 



But Quality ^ 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Write at Once for Price 

 Bamboo Stakes 



TREE SEEDS 

 T. SAKATA & CO. 



SAKAICHO, y„u2fiSSi*lark JAPAN 



Office : No. 1 KITANAKADORI 

 ITCHOMB :-: YOKOHAMA 



We are Headquarters for the 

 BEST OF EVERYTHING 



In 



Peas, Beans, Corn and Vegetable Seeds 



OUd to anote for present delivery or on 

 growlnc contract for future delivery 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Ii^«(e ^% ^2 1 Ca V^ Orower* tor the Wholesald Trade Only. Onion, Kiettace, Carrot, 

 ^^P^ C^^^MlC^m A Paranlp, Paraley. Oelery. EDdlve, Salaify and Mixed Sweet Peaa. 



Seed Groivers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA ^^OlUPfiUHy 



g;;^ LEONARD SEED CO. 'q^ 



CppJ- WHOLESALE GROWERS O . 



'^^^'^^ 226-230 WEST KINZIE STREET, CHICAGO ^^^^ 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Etfpiant Tomato, Okra, Asparagw, 

 Rhubvb, Celery, Spinach, Beet Onion,^ Beans, 

 Cabbafle, Cauliflower, Sweet Com, Vine Seeds. 



Correspondence Solicited 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 

 PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



niE KIHBERUN SEED CO. 



Seed Grower* SCIII UOSO, C&I* 



GROWERS OF 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC 



Correspondence Solicited 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Beet, Carrot, Endive, Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



GROWERS OP 

 FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Get the benefit of our 73 years' experience 

 All Seasonable Varieties 



Oar Stocks Are Very Complete 



Rochester, N. Y. The Flower City 



