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The Florists^ Review 



JniiY 6. 1922 



Seed Trade News 



AMRRICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 

 President, Alexander Forbes, Newark, N. J.; 

 secretary, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 0. 



John Hoogensteyn & Sons, Benno- 

 Vnoek-Haarlem, Holland, have sent over 

 the first American edition of their 

 "Flower Seeds for Summer Sowing." 

 They have operated in Europe for 

 t \v(,'nt y-two years. 



July 1 the Senate passed the agricul- 

 tural .schedule of the tariff bill, including 

 rates on grass seeds in paragraph 761, 

 l)ut action was ])Ostpoiied on paragraph 

 762, covering garden and other field seeds. 

 The rates fixed by the Senate are given 

 in the report on a forward page of this 

 issue. 



One American dealer handling 1,000 

 cases of Paper Whites last season has 

 booked at open prices orders for over 

 .1,000 cases of this season's crop. As 

 the French exporters insist on cash in ad- 

 vance of shipment^ it means an invest- 

 ment of more than $100,000 to bring the 

 bulbs over. Will the consumers take 

 them wlien they find the price more than 

 double that of last year? That is the 

 i)uestion. 



.\PPAHKNTLY stuniied l)y the demands 

 of the French bulb exporters, American 

 dealers have made no move in the last 

 week and few of them have cabled con- 

 tirmation of any orders placed before 

 ]irices were announced. They don't know 

 wliere they are at. But word comes from 

 France that the Hollanders are buying 

 .Did are encouraging the growers and 

 dealers to stand pat or even advance their 

 |)riees. The Hollanders evidently bo- 

 liove high prices for French bulbs will 

 liclj) Dutch bulbs. 



The 1922 production of orchard grass 

 ill the Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Vir- 

 u'inia districts is estimated to l>e approxi- 

 mately 200,000 bushels, compared Avith 

 .iliout 125,000 bushels last year. A larger 

 i-rop in the Missouri district is also ex- 

 I'Cctcd. The increased jtroduction is due 

 mainly to the larger yields per acre, but 

 .ilso to the fact tliat many fields which 

 were not cut for seed last year because of 

 too thin a stand were harvested this year, 

 tlius accounting for the increased acreage 

 in most sections. Taking all districts 

 Kigetlicr, the yield per acre was about 

 forty per cent larger and the acreage 

 aliout twenty ])er cent larger than last 

 \cai-. Tlie 1921 crop, however, was one of 

 the smallest in some years. Stocks from 

 that croj) were augmented by tlii' liheriil 

 i-arry-over of the fairly large 1920 crop. 



Wiij.TAM G. Haebicii, of La Ciosse. 

 Wis., has gone into the seed business. 

 Kor many years it has been his desire to 

 •lo so. He was brought up in Germany, 

 ^vhere he learned the florists' trade ami 

 was for thirty-five years in touch with 

 .1 number of the seed specialists of that 

 lountry. Twenty-five years ago he made 

 )iis home in Ameiica, following his jiro- 

 lession. He lield jobs as foreman and 

 manager with some notable concerns. He 

 -[Wt'ialized with luiicli success in cycla 

 mens, ])ansies and snapdragons. In his 

 seed business lie is speciiili/.ing in florists' 

 seeds, especially cyclamen, jiansy, prim- 

 ula, cineraria and snapdragon. He says 

 lie ''didn't go into the seed business so 

 much for the money as for the pleasure 

 it affords him to help his brother florists 

 in the improvement of cotulitions, espe 



C C MORSE & CO. 

 WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



SAN FRANCISCO. CAI.IFdB!NIA 



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Orowers for the Wholesale Trade Only. Onion, Lettuce, Carrot, 

 Parsnip, Parsley, Celery, Endive, Salsify and Mixed Sweet Peas. 



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Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA f^^tf^YV^T^^l'n'V? 



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Branch Houses in Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Washington. 



Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Spinach. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Eggplant, Tomato. Okra, Asparagus, 



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Correspondence Solicited. 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 

 PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



Seed Growers SAN JOSE, CALIF. 



. GROWERS OF 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



THE 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



I on tract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Wiiterinelon, Squash and Pumpkin Seed, Sugar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, SSr NEB. 



Wlioletale Growert of High-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon. Squash and Punip- 

 kia; Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CALIF. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties; Beet, Carrot, Endive, Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



Cf^rrespondence Solicited. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



GROWERS OF 

 FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Oet the benefit of our 73 years' experience 

 All Seasonable Varieties 



Our Stocks Are Very Complete 



Rochester, N. Y. The Flower City 



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Grown for the 

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HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA 



The J. Bolgiano Seed Co. 



Garden, Field and Flower Seeds 

 Poultry Supplies 



Founded 1818 Incorporated 1921 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



