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The Florists' Re1»ew 



FiSBBDABX 18. 1916. 



h'owers and SpeciaFists 



OktOP OOMTRACT 



Peas, Beans and Sweet Com 



Faas and Beans, Mieh^nui Gvown 



Sweet Ck»m, Iowa € tr o wn 



Correspondence solicited. 



Mlohlcan Oflloe: MIIXJNGTON 



Home Ofttoe: SIOUX CITT, IOWA 



Ask for prices now, 1916 crop. 



SIOUX CITY iECD & NURSERY CO. 



■■tabllsHed 18SS 



Seed Trade News 



AXEBIOAN SEED TRADE A8800IATIOH. 



President, Lester L. Morse, San Frandacot Cal. : 

 Secretarr-jl^aaarer, C. B. Kendel. Clerelattd. O. 



Ttalrty-thlrd annoal conrentlon, 8an Francisco, 

 Cnl.. 1915. 



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Ealph M. Ward has returned to New 

 York after a quick trip across the conti- 

 nent. :|| 



Charles H. Vick, who is president of 

 the Rochester Florists' Association, has 

 started a campaign to secure 100 new 

 members for that organization. 



W. CuTHBERTSON, of Dobbie & Co., 

 Edinburgh, who is known in the trade 

 the world around, has written a mono- 

 graph on the sweet pea. It is for the 

 grower rather than the seedsman, how- 

 ever. 



The houses that get their catalogues 

 out early report about as good a Janu- 

 ary as usual, but the majority of the 

 mail-order houses are only just beginning 

 to feel the pulling power of their books, 

 <1istribution having been rather later 

 than last year. 



J. W. Ratekin, Shenandoah, la., this 

 season has his brother, Archibald Rate- 

 kin, as assistant manager. The concern 

 early in February began working in 

 double shifts, so that business goes on 

 night and day. Orders are more numer- 

 ous than ever before in February. 



The Holland bulb salesmen in Amer- 

 ica, who at this date last year numbered 

 over 100, are not quite so numerous as 

 usual this season. But they are cover- 

 ing the country as with the usual fine- 

 toothed comb. A fair amount of busi- 

 ness is being booked under a promise 

 to meet the market on prices. 



The total amount of business done by 

 the seed houses at Shenandoah, la., in 

 1914, was $640,000, according to figures 

 obtained by C. A. Wenstrand, president 

 of the Commercial Club there. Four 

 concerns, Henry Field Seed Co., Nishna 

 Valley Farms, Ratekin 's Seed House and 

 Armstrong's Seed House are represented 

 in the figures. 



W. S, Hill, president of the Dakota 

 Improved Seed Co., of Mitchell, S. D., 

 was at Minot, N. D., recently to hear the 

 discussions on seed at a midwinter fair 

 and was given twelve hours' notice to 

 prepare an address on seed breeding. 

 W. A. "Wheeler, of the same concern, 

 lectured on alfalfa before a convention 

 at Aberdeen February 9. 



B. B. Buchanan figures the business 

 of the Memphis seed houses as a little 

 below that of last year to date, but be- 

 lieves it due solely to the fact that Janu- 

 ary, 1914, was unusually mild and dry, 

 giving the season an exceptionally early 

 start. He believes the diversification of 

 crops will mean the largest spring busi- 



Wlwlasate Irawert af Ike taUowiai CaWtrva SfteiaMn ariy: 



ONWM. LEnUCE. CAUOT. RMISN. PMMIP. PU8LEV. COEIV. 

 ERMVE. LEEK. SALUFT tat SWEH PEM. 



Braslan 



Seed Grow^ers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



any 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow'* 



Better write tp Burpee, Pblladelphla,— for new Complete Cataloeue. 



BEANS, PEAS, RADISH 



AND ALL QARDKN SEEDS 



UEOHA.5B..-- 



CO 



CMICAOO , 



GROWERS Fdani^ mit 



ONION SETS Writ.fr Me.. 



WRITE FOR PRICES ON 



CHOICE ONION SETS 



EVEREnC R. PEACOCK CO., 



4013 

 Mllwank.. Av.nu., 



CHICAGO 



Mention Tbe Review when yon write. 



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



ttr.wlnK St.ttoa. M Ea.t Lrdaa. Mlch^ ar..ii Bay, Wl.^ St. AnthMiy. Idah. 



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



THE L D.WALLER SEED CO. 



Sp.clall.t. In '' 

 SWEET PBAS-NASTURTtUM SEEDS 



Prioea on Application 



GDADALOUFE, CAUFORlllA 



Contract Seed Growers 



.^MtrialtipC* ^*VV»r, Ek Plant, Tomato. 

 opeuuues. yi^e SMd and Flald Cora. 



Correspondence Solicited 



George R. Pedrick A Sod 



PEORICKTOWM, N. J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, g?^«i?r NEB. 



Wholesale Gnmtn of Hif h-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muikmelon, Squash and Pump* 

 kin. Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed G)rn 



—THE- 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NKB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe. 

 Watermelon, Sauaeh and Pumpkin Seed, Susar, 

 Flint and Fifld Seed Com. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster, 

 Cosmos. Mignonette. Verbena, in Tsjlety. 



Correspondence solicited. 



Onion Seed Onion Sets 



Both the seed and set crop is short 

 this season throughout the country. 

 It will be to the purchaser's advan- 

 tage to buy early. Write for prices. 



SCHILDER BROS., ChilliGOthe, 0. 



Mention Th. R»t1»w wfa^p mo irr1t> 



THE KIN6ERLIN SEED CO. 



SMd Growen SANTA CLARAf CAL. 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, Etc. 



Correspondence Solicited 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, :: :i Cafifomla 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion. Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. :: :: 



Corr.apond.no . goItctt.<i» 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for tli. Wbol.aal. B—A TrsMl. 



Contract orders now being booked for 

 delivery after harvest, 1915. 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA, 



CALIFORNIA 



Contract Seed Grower 



SPECIALTIES: P«pp«r, Egg Plant, 

 Tomato, Vino Sood and FioM Com 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



VSrrOSpMMMCV •SNCilM 



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