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The Florists^ Review 



July 13, 1922 



Seed Trade News 



AMERICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 

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

 secretary, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. - 



Some biographical notes regarding the 

 new vice-president of the American Seed 

 Trade Association appear, with liis por- 

 trait, under the heading, "Who's Who 

 in tlie Trade and Why," on a forward 

 page. 



The annual convention of tlie Vege- 

 table Growers of America will be held at 

 Indianapolis August 22 to 25. The Clay- 

 pool hotel will ix; headquarters. An ex- 

 hibit of Indiana-grown vegetables will 

 be a feature. 



All available assets of the bankrupt 

 Eveictte R. Peacock Co., Chicago, were 

 purcliased June 28 from the receiver by 

 Kverette R. Peacock and Peter Peerbolte. 

 The sum paid is said to have been $30,000, 

 and the chief item purchased, tlie stock 

 and equipment of the store at 4011 Mil- 

 waukee avenue. 



There is an old-fashioned custom still 

 followed by a few seed houses, which 

 send credit vouchers when they are unable 

 to fill a cash order in full. The credit 

 voucher is supposed to be used in ordering 

 other stock from the same concern. Buyers 

 no longer take kindly to the credit voucher. 

 If they don't get their goods promptly, 

 they want their money back. 



Exports of bulbs from Holland to the 

 United States in 1920 were valued at 

 $2,951,047, according to figures supplied 

 by the United States Department of Com- 

 merce. Exports to this country in 1921 

 amounted to $;!,115,227. In 1920 the ex- 

 ports of llower seeds to this country were 

 valued at $219,62(3 and last year at" $153,- 

 329, while the total value of vegetable 

 seeds was $4,328 in 1920 and $171,710 in 

 1021. 



The ]ii()bleni of getting close to one's 

 customers is solved effectively in the case 

 of the Ileiuy Field Seed Co., at Sliennn- 

 doah, la., by a little moutlilv i)ublication 

 called "Field's Seed S<'iise. " It con- 

 sists of si.xtoen jiages on ]iiint i),Tj)er, good 

 enough to carry illustrations, with which 

 it is liberally decor.nted. It is printed in 

 the private priiitshop of the seed com- 

 pany. H(»nry Field gives it his personal 

 sujiervisioii ;iiid the stories he tells of 

 his children, as well as the jtersonal tone 

 in whicli the suggestions contained in 

 each issue are written, create a mutual 

 interest between the seed com])any and its 

 customers. ;in interest which has made the 

 Henry Field Seed Co. one of the larg(>st 

 mail order liouses in the west. 



GRASSES FROM RUNNERS. 



]Many good turf grasses that repro- 

 duce by runners liave lost the habit of 

 producing seed, .ind for this reason the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture has been experimenting with the 

 vegetative propagation of some of the 

 most satisfactory strains of bent 

 grasses. Better strains have been de- 

 veloped by finding spots in lawns and on 

 golf courses where the turf was par- 

 ticularly good, cutting uj) the runners 

 and planting these cuttings in increase 

 plots. Most of this work has been done 

 in northern states, although some good 

 strains of Bermuda grass have been 

 selected which give promise of value in 

 the south. 



A number of commercial growers 



C C MORSE & CO. 

 WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA 



CARROT-CELERT-ENDIVE-LEEE-LETTUCE-ONION-RADISH-PARSNIP-PARSLET-SALSirT 

 SWEET PEAS-ALL VARIETIES PEAS-KENTUCKY WONDER BEANS 



We are Headquarters for the 



BEST OF EVERYTHING 



in 



Peas, Beans, Corn and Vegetable Seeds 



Glad to Quote for present delivery or on 

 growing contract for future delivery 



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



Braslan 



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

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



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



.Company 



^^ LEONARD SEED CO. oiii;;;^ 



C ^ WHOLESALE GROWERS Qpf e 



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



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn. 



Branch Houses in Wisconsin, Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Washin^on. 



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



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Eggplant, Tomato. Okra, Asparagus, 

 Rhubarb, Celery, Spinach, Beet, Onion, Beans, 

 Cabbage, Cauliflower, Sweet Corn, Vine Seeds. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 



PEDRICKTOWN, N. J. 



THE KINBERLIN SEED CO. 



Seed Growers SAN JOSEy CALIF. 



GROWERS OF 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



THE 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber. Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, S<iuash and Pumpkin Seed, Sugar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, S.T„"iV"." NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of High-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon. Squash and Pump- 

 kia; Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CALIF. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Beet, Carrot, Endive, Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



C'^rrespondence Solicited. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



GROWERS OP 

 FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Get the benefit of our 73 years' experience 

 AU Seasonable Varieties 



Our Stocks Are Very Complete 



Rochester, N. Y. The Flower City 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA. CALIFOItNIA 



The J. Bolgiano Seed Co. 



Garden, Field and Flower Seeds 

 Poultry Supplies 



Founded 1818 Incorporated 1921 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



