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The Weekly Florists'^ Review* 





July 14, 1904. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



Pres., C. N. Pagre, Des Moines, I» ; First Vice- 

 Pres., L. li. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas.. C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meetlur 

 win be held on tbe St. Lawrence, June. 1906. 



L. W. BowEN, of D. M. Ferry & Co., 

 Detroit, is in Europe. 



At Louisville the onion sets are about 

 made. The dry weather has shortencl 

 the crop considerably. 



Visited Chicago.— W. C. Langbridgc, 

 representing J. B. Rice Seed Co., Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y. 



In Michigan, the bean fields are look- 

 ing well. The stand is good and tho 

 outlook promises an average crop if good 

 weather continues. 



W. B. LoNGSTRETH, Gratiot, O., grows 

 the onion sets to supply his local" trade 

 and reports the crop looking well July 

 9, the season generally cool, and wet. 



Good rains in the sections of Michi- 

 gan where radish seed is growing have 

 helped to push the plants along. The 

 outlook is now more favorable for-^H 

 crop. 



"The yield of cucumbers from acre- 

 age under contract to picklers will be 

 heavy if the weather is favorable, as a 

 large acreage was planted, ' ' says a west- 

 ern pickler. . 



In Wisconsin early peas have blos- 

 somed and are beginning to set pods. 

 Present conditions point to a fair har- 

 vest of Alaskas and extra earlies. The 

 dwarf wrinkled sorts are not so prom 

 ising. 



Jamestown, N. Y.— The Walter Mott 

 Seed and Bulb Co. reports local trade, 

 embracing the territory within a radius 

 of twenty-five miles, as very satisfactory, 

 considerably in advance of last year, 

 in spite of a poor season, late spring 

 and wpt weather. 



The cucumber crop seems to be doinu 

 well thus far. The plants are backward 

 but appear healthy. From the present 

 outlook, it all depends upon the weather 

 from now on, as the stand at this date 

 ia about as good as it could be under 

 the circumstances. 



At Chicago the onion set crop looks 

 well in some fields; in others the thin 

 stand, owing to rough ground at seed- 

 ing time, will cut down the quantity 

 that should be harvested. The later 

 plantings, which it was thought might 

 come along properly, still show lack of 

 seasonable growth and will hardly ma- 

 ture more than half a crop. 



In some gardening sections this year 

 complaint is made that head lettuce runs 

 to seed instead of making a head. A 

 check in the growth of the plant is re- 

 sponsible for this. Changeable weather, 

 one day hot, the next cold, will some- 

 times cause it. Drouth followed by wet 

 will do the same. Beet and many other 

 crops will run to seed under the same 

 conditions. The present season has been 

 unusually hard upon the growing plants 

 and it is likely that things of this kind 

 will occur. Gardeners who have been 

 at the business for a number of years 

 understand this from experience, and 

 it is not an unusual occurrence. 



Visited Indianapolis. — S. F. Leonard, 

 Chicago. 



Crops of one or two important lettuce 

 varieties are reported failures by a Cali- 

 fornia grower. 



Musk melons, squashes and pumpkins 

 are not doing well, and a short seed 

 crop is in prospect. 



California reports that the onion seed 

 crop is likely to be much shorter than 

 former advices indicated. 



CATALOGUES WITHOUT STAMPS. 



There is much interest among seedsmen 

 and nurserymen in the matter of mail- 

 ing catalogues in bulk, without stamps 

 affixed, prepayment being by cash. A. 

 A. Berry, of Clarinda, la., took the 

 matter up with his postmaster and he 

 in turn with the Department at Wash- 

 ington. The correspondence is self-ex- 

 planatory. The first letter is to the 

 Eeview from Mr. Berry, as follows: 



We herewith encloie a letter to our post- 

 master, from tbe authorities at Washington, In 

 regard to a matter that the seedsmen have been 

 patiently working ou for years to bring to pass. 

 You can see that it is now a reality. At the 

 recent meeting, held at St. Louis, the matter 

 was up before them and nothing definite was 

 Icnown and we believe as yet the facts are not 

 known. Jhls will be quite a boon for all mall 

 order houses and especially seed houses, as the 

 affixing of stamps is quite a task when from 

 100,000 to 200,000 catalogues are sent out; be- 

 sides it sares the risk of handling postage 

 stamps, as there is always more or less loss In 

 affixing them. So .vou will see It Is quite an 

 advantage for this ruling to be4n use Indeed. 



The following is the reply of Mr. 

 Madden, third assistant postmaster gen- 

 eral,, dated June 25, to the inquiry of 

 the postmaster at Clarinda, la.: 



I am In receipt of your communication of 

 the 15th instant, in relation to the provision of 

 the Act of April 28. 1904, making appropria- 

 tions for the service of the Post Office Depart- 

 ment, ete., under which not less than 2.000 

 identical pieces of third and fourth-class matter 

 may be accepted, upon payment of the proper 

 amount of postage and under such regulations 

 as the Postmaster General may prescribe, for 

 transmission in the malls without postage 

 stamps affixed. 



The Department will formulate the necessary 

 regulations, which will be made effective as 

 soon as practicable, and will be given publicity 

 through the press and otherwise. 



It having been reported at the Seed 

 Trade convention that a ruling had been 

 issued to cover the operation of the law, 

 the Review on July 1 applied to P. E. 

 Coyne, postmaster at Chicago, for a 

 copy of the regulations. His reply, un- 

 der date of July 5, was as follows: 



Replying to your communication of the Ist 

 instant. I beg to state that the department has 

 not Issued any orders which provide for the 

 mailing of catalogues in bulk without stamps 

 affixed. 



BRITISH TRADE LAWS. 



In the British House of Commons in- 

 quiry was made as to the advisability of 

 some amendment in or addition to the 

 law as it now stood for the better pro- 

 tection of agriculturists and honest seed 

 merchants. The following reply was re- 

 ceived from Mr. Fellowes: "A case iu 

 which certain foreign seed was sold as 

 English clover was recently brought un- 

 der the notice of the board. Proceed- 

 ings were instituted under the merchan- 

 dise marks act, and the vender was fined 

 £10, with 6s. court fees and £21 towards 

 the cost of the prosecution. This result 

 goes to confirm the conclusion arrived 

 at by the departmental committee of 

 1900, who expressed the opinion tha* 

 there was no practical difficulty under 

 the existing law in the way of obtaining 

 thoroughly i;Jood and reliable seeds by 

 those who know how to set about it; I 



but we shall be very happy to give full 

 consideration to any representations or 

 suggestions which may.be made to us on 

 the subject." \ 



« PUEBLO, COLO. 



The greenhouse owners are beginning 

 to recover from the ' terrible hailstorm 

 of last May. All of them have bought 

 glass to reglaze the houses. G. Fleischer 

 was the heaviest loser. He is short on 

 flowers for his retail store. He has men 

 cleaning out broken glass, tons of it. 

 He will rebuild some of his houses, as 

 the wood was pretty well rotted out. 



Charley^ Wallace has bought out his 

 partner, D. M. McMurray, and will go it 

 alone. Mr. McMurray has rented the 

 Harry Baker greenhouses and will prob- 

 ably grow flowers. They have beep 

 used for vegetables. 



The J. J. Thomas plant has cleaned 

 up the several tons of broken glass and 

 is putting on the new glass and growing 

 a crop of cucumbers. They were badly 

 damaged by the hail but will turn off 

 nearly half crop. The Thomas houses 

 grow vegetables exclusively. 



E. G. Donnell.v .las bought glass and 

 will begin repairs at once. So will C. 

 0. Zimmerman. 



The Florists ' Hail Association was 

 hit pretty hafd but responded in fine 

 shape and at once. The association 

 stands high in this neck of the woods. 



A wonderful downpour of rain to- 

 day makes outdoor stuff look fine. 



J. T. 



Pittsburg, Pa.— Fire did a couple of 

 hundred dollars' damage in the store of 

 Randolph & McClements July 5. 



Jacksonville, III. — Joseph Heinl & 

 Sons has been incorporated. The capital 

 stock is $20,000 and the incorporators 

 are Joseph Heinl, Harry Heinl and Wil- 

 liam Heinl. 



MoNTPELiER, Vt. — Alex Emslie has 

 made an arrangement with F. P. Carleton, 

 the well-known sweet pea grower, by 

 which he will handle his entire cut of 

 sweet peas for the season. 



RocKviLLE, Ind. — D. A. Graham has 

 sold out his business here to Howard 

 Brubeck and has removed to Joplin, Mo., 

 where he will start in business with two 

 modem greenhouses. 



Indiaxapous, Ind.— F. A. Conway & 

 Co. have brought suit against Cook & 

 Schmidt, bricTt manufacturers, in Jus- 

 tice Smock's court for damages they 

 claim has been done to their stock by 

 dust from the bricks. Conway & Co. 

 ask $50.00 damages. 



Anoka, Minn. — Trade is again quite 

 good, after two weeks very dull. Bench- 

 ing is well under way at the Pratt-Ford 

 greenhouses. They had fine success with 

 Lawson, Enchantress and Prosperity in- 

 doors last summer, and are growing more 

 that way this season. H. E. Philpotc, 

 of Winnipeg, was a caller here both go- 

 ing to and returning from the St. Louis 

 Fair. 



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