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The Weekly Horists' Review. 



SBPTBMBMt 1, 1904. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRAD( ASSQCUTION. 



Pres., C. N. Page, Des Moines, la ; First Vioe- 

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

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 will be held on the St. Lawrence, June, 1906. 



Clover seed prices are the highest in 

 years. 



The Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, makes 

 a profitable specialty of importing par- 

 rots. 



The Harrisii crop is proving equal to 

 all requirements, large sizes as well as 

 small. 



Too much rain in northern New York 

 and Canada is likely to shorten the pea 

 crop there. 



On September 1 there remained 175 

 acres of onion sets to be harvested in 

 the Chicago district. 



HjALMAR Hartmann, of Copenhagen, 

 Denmark, expects to be in Chicago by 

 the end of the week. 



The steamer Trinidad, from Bermuda, 

 arriving at New York August 22, brought 

 513 cases of Harrisii bulbs. 



O. H. B. WiESE, representing David 

 Sachs, of Quedlinburg, Germany, expects 

 to reach Chicago September 5. 



S. B. Dicks, representing Cooper, 

 Taber & Co., London, England, is due 

 to reach Chicago September 2. 



S. F. Leonakd, of Chicago, is making 

 a business trip covering the seed grow- 

 ing points on the Pacific coast. 



The steamer Potsdam, from Amster- 

 dam, arriving at New York August 23, 

 had on board 1,897 cases of Dutch bulbs. 



Yellow^ onion sets are oflfered at 4 

 cents per pound at Louisville, Ky., whites 

 at 5 cents per pound, for immediate de- 

 livery. 



J. M. Lamb reports the outlook for 

 the North Carolina bulb crop very good 

 as to quality, but the quantity will 

 hardly meet the demand. 



J. W. Eatekin, Shenandoah, la., re- 

 ports 1,500 acres Pride of the North 

 sweet corn already past danger of frost, 

 with all varieties maturing nicely. 



Seedsmen will be interested in the 

 method by which Johnson & Stokes il- 

 lustrate their catalogue as described in 

 the Philadelphia letter in this issue. 



Adam Currie, of Currie Bros., Mil- 

 waukee, has been appointed a member of 

 the international jury of awards on vege- 

 table food product exhibits at the World 's 

 Fair. 



Secretary Kendel has issued the pro- 

 ceedings of the twenty-second convention 

 of the American Seed Trade Association 

 and has also prepared as a separate 

 pamphlet the address of George H. Max- 

 well. The latter is for general distribu- 

 tion. 



The week's reports from the bean 

 fields are quite discouraging. Black wax 

 is showing considerable rust and other 

 wax sorts are not up to the average. 

 Green pods, excepting Longfellow, prom- 

 ise better. Valentine will probably give 

 the best yield. 



E. H. Ulleey & Co., Omaha, Neb., 

 who recently made an assignment of their 

 seed stock and fixtures, have made a 

 payment to their creditors of 33 1-3 cents 

 on the dollar. 



The Cleveland Seed Co., Rochester, has 

 passed into the hands of S. M. Pease, H. 

 H. Pease and C. E. Millham, who will 

 grow peas, beans and sweet corn for the 

 wholesale trade. 



Heavy rains in western Iowa and east- 

 ern Nebraska make the prospect for 

 sweet corn and vine seeds rather hard 

 to estimate. The present conditions are 

 unfavorable for these crops. 



Grand Rapids, Mich.— Alfred J.* 

 Brown Seed Co. is now located at the 

 corner of Ottawa and Louis streets. Its 

 new building has been refitted with im- 

 proved machinery, making it an up-to- 

 date seed warehouse. 



The Harry N. Hammond Seed Co., Bay 

 City, Mich., announces that the good will, 

 fixtures, stock of seeds, warehouse and 

 all its property and assets will be sold 

 at public auction on September 6 at 2 

 o'clock in the afternoon. 



EUROPEAN SEED CROP. 



It is now possible to give some partic- 

 ulars as to the probable yield of the seed 

 crops in the coming season ; the informa- 

 tion supplied is based upon a personal 

 survey of the crops in the principal seed 

 growing districts of Great Britain, says 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle, August 20: 



Peas. — It iB only a reasonable expectation 

 that after the very wet season of last year 

 the condition of stock-seeds would be so Indif- 

 ferent that the growth of the plants would 

 be correspondingly Inferior, the result being 

 that the present season's harvest Is likely to 

 be a very thin one. Another factor as govern- 

 ing the scarcity was the fact that the price 

 fetched by peas last season was so high as to 

 be a great Inducement to sell what would 

 otherwise have been sown, and so the breadths 

 put out are smaller than usual. It seems quite 

 certain that seed peas will gradually rise In 

 value, and some sorts will be as dear as 

 last year. This remark applies particularly 

 to the late varieties, especially as It Is antici- 

 pated that none will be forthcoming from 

 the continent. 



Broad Beans. — The crops In Lincolnshire and 

 In the adjacent bean-growing districts are seri- 

 ously affected by the black or smother-fly; 

 though it Is probable, given the continuance of 

 fine weather, the samples will be good. 



Beans, Kidney, Runner and Dwarf. — Generally 

 speaking, the breadths and plants are thin, and 

 In certain localities, where there have been 

 recent rains, the flowers are now setting their 

 pods more numerously than previously. Reports 

 from Germany are of a more favorable char- 

 acter. 



Turnips.— So extremely short Is the yield that 

 It Is said tlie crop may be written off as prac- 

 tically nil. 11 Is confldently expected that prices 

 for the best qualities of seeds will be very 

 high. 



Mangel Wurzel. — The plants did not thrive In 

 a satisfactory manner, and thus the yield of 

 seed has been materially affected. Golden Tank- 

 ard and Golden Globe, with other forms of the 

 choicer stocks of Globes, will command double 

 the prices of last year. 



Cabbages. — Varieties chiefly grown for cutting 

 In spring have run to bloom In a very imper- 

 fect manner. In more favorable localities, where 

 there Is an improved growth, the crop appears 

 to be satisfactory. 



Onion. — The onion plant for seed Is not so 

 plentiful as last year, and bulbs for planting 

 for seeds another year appear to be scarce and 

 small. It Is assumed that the plantations made 

 for seeds In 1905 will be as limited as those in 

 1904. 



Carrot. — The seed crop In this country so far 

 looks well. From France comes the report there 



is great danger to the carrot crop from the small 

 white maggot which appears in the flower-beads 

 and practically destroys the crop. 



Lettuce. — Very little lettuce Is now grown in 

 this country for seed-saving. In the lettuce- 

 growing districts ot France and Germany the 

 crops are favorable. 



Parsley. — Good breadths are out for seed pur- 

 poses and so far the crops promise very well. 



Home-grown Flower Seeds. — Seeds of nastur- 

 tium were scarce last year, but this season 

 promises a good crop. Sweet peas are also 

 promising well. Wallflowers all promise well 

 <'xcept the yellow section, of which there is a 

 likelihood of a scarcity. 



Warren, O. — Adgate & Son are build- 

 ing a rose house 24x100 and changing 

 from hot water to steam, putting in a 

 fifty horse-power boiler. All the local 

 growers have their carnations benched. 

 Business has been good because of much 

 funeral work. 



Greensburg, Ind. — The Greensburg 

 Floral Co. is movidg the greenhouse to a 

 new and very good location at the comer 

 of Broadway and McKee street, only two 

 blocks south of the Court House. Mrs. 

 H. Demer is the proprietor and J. H. 

 Demer the florist and manager. 



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