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The Florists^ Review 



Mabcu 2. 1922 



spinach and turnip, of which large quan- 

 tities normally are imported. 



Any changes in the price of the 

 former group, of which the domestic pro- 

 duction is usually sufficient to supply the 

 need^ of this country, may be attributed 

 largely to variations in the cost of pro- 

 duction and preparation for market. 

 The supply of the latter group, however, 

 was not controlled by domestic commer- 

 cial growers and, with imports suddenly 

 cut off, the high prices prevailing in 1918 

 followed. Likewise the rally of domes- 

 tic growers to supply the deficit thus 

 created, followed by the rapid resump- 

 tion of imports, caused these items to 

 decline quickly to their 1917 price levels, 



1922 Prices. 



On the whole, wholesale prices for 

 1922 compared with 1921 show a greater 

 reduction than do the retail catalogue 

 prices. The wholesale prices of beans, 

 peas, sweet corn, beet, cabbage, carrot, 

 celery, onion, parsley, squash and turnip 

 are fifteen per cent to thirty per cent 

 less, while the retail catalogue prices of 

 these items, with the exception of cab- 

 bage and English turnip, are only five 

 to fifteen per cent less than last year. 



Little change, if any, occurred in the 

 wholesale prices of other kinds of vege- 

 table seeds except tomato, which is 

 quoted ten per cent less. The average 

 retail prices of tomato declined eight 

 per cent; spinach, fifteen per cent, and 

 watermelon, nine per cent. Cucumber, 

 lettuce, muskmelon, parsley, parsnip and 

 radish were unchanged to slightly lower. 



Wholesale Prices. 



The retail catalogue prices of vege- 

 table seeds are given in the table on 

 page 122. It represents the averages of 

 prices quoted for standard varieties by 

 a number of representative mail order 

 dealers. 



A table of average wholesale prices 

 per pound of standard varieties of vege- 

 table seed, compiled, like the table of 

 retail prices, by the United St.Ttes De- 

 partment of Agriculture, is as follows: 



Kind <.if Kcod. 3917 ]ni8 lltlit 1920 1921 1922 

 IJonns. dwarf 



siKip $0.18 $0.2G .$0.21 $0.10 $0.1.'> .$0.13 



Beiins, pirdon. 



liole* It .24 .2.'5 .21 .19 .15 



rteet, CMnicn.. .9(1 1.4."i 1.07 .('4 .48 .38 



neot. maiiKPl. .H.". .90 .08 ..30 .31 .27 



CablKiKO ••• 190 3. SO 8.00 2.7.") 2.40 2.00 



Carrot 1.00 l.".". .90 ..lO .nO .40 



CelPry, domrs- 



tio 1.50 2.2.1 1.8,-. 1.00 2.00 1.60 



Celery, imiiort- 



ed 10 00 10.00 .'>.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 



CuciimLer .'■>4 .S3 .85 .80 .80 .81 



Lettuce K> .>^'> .90 .72 .76 .70 



Mnskmolon .. .r.4 .78 .81 .73 .79 .70 



WaterniPlun. . . .42 .70 ..Vt .40 .45 .46 



Onion seed.... 1.90 4..10 2.6,''. 1.80 1.60 1.20 



Pnrslrv 3.-> .<«0 100 .00 .00 .BO 



Parsnip .30 ... 1.00 .40 ..35 .35 



Peas, tjnrden.. .12 .19 .19 .24 .19 .14 



Rnd)«li 40 l.tiO 1.30 .00 .50 .50 



Bpinach 00 2.00 .75 .35 .20 .20 



Sniiasli, sum- 

 mer 05 .80 1.05 1.00 .90 .75 



Squash, winter ..15 l.(H) 1.10 1.10 1.00 .80 



Sweet rorn 20 .25 .17 .15 .13 .10 



Tomato 2.75 3.G0 4.00 3.25 3.10 2.80 



Turnip. Kng- 



Hsli 35 1.75 1.35 .65 ..50 .35 



Turnip, Swede .32 l.-IO 1.25 .45 .37 .27 



•Not includinp; lima beiins. 



KNOW YOUR BANKER. 



Learn What He's For. 



Better acquaintance with bankers 

 has been forced on some seedsmen in 

 the last two years. Other members of 

 the trade have been more fortunate in 

 their finances. But all would fare better 

 If they were in closer touch with the 

 function of bankers in the business com- 

 munity. A good illustration is provided 



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1000 pips 135.00 



500 pips 18.00 



250 pips 10.00 



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600 pips 16.00 



250 pips 8,00 



Original cases of 2600 for 70.00 



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Orders and inquiries invited. 



The trade will be visited In due time for Spring and FaU orders 1922. 



