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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEB 20, 1904. 



Freesia Bulbs! 



100 1000 ^ 100 1000 



nrat Sis*. H-ln. snd ap.90.75 99.B0 Mammoth tl-OO 98.00 



Bztra " ^-in. and up. .86 7.00 Sampleof 40 Bulbs, eack size, sent for $1.00 



STCMPP & WALTER CO. e«^rsr NEW YORK 



barcuy: 



BRANCH STORE 404 EAST 34th STREET 



Mention Hie Berlew wben yon write. 



delicate crops, the Quedlinburg, Germany, 

 6eed crop in general is below middling. 

 — ^Horticultural Trade Journal. 



The damage by wet weather to the 

 Michigan bean crop is not so serious 

 as was feared. The varieties that come 

 out damp after the threshing are not 

 molded and will, in all probability, make 

 good samples when hand-picked. The 

 shrinkage from hand-picking will be 

 heavy. 



On October 12 the collector of cus- 

 toms at New York sold at auction 106 

 cases of Japanese longiflorum bulbs 

 which had been abandoned by the im- 

 porter. It is stated that they had ar- 

 rived in a heated condition. The whole 

 lot was sold to a New York seed house 

 for $1 a ease. 



SEED CROPS AT ERFURT. 



Erfurt is one of Germany's centers 

 for seed growing. There are some twen- 

 ty-five firms engaged in a large way, tho 

 practice being to contract with the farm- 

 ers for most of the crops, so that it is 

 difficult to inspect the whale. The fol- 

 lowing summary of cdnditions October 1 

 IS from the Horticultural Trade Journal: 



■ The month of September brought us an 



dfJ^'S^ht'Ufh'"^*' '""!?.»''? PerslSteT heat aSd 

 fflS? «L ?h*^'' prevailed here during the snm- 

 S?nrn f^ *.5* "^^ growers have welcomed a 

 ^n^^**?,.™*""^ normal condltlonfl. The begin- 

 JjSf. Jni"* '^"*'' '"'»"«?"'•« ted a cooler tem^r- 

 atnre and some good soaking rains have gWe 



^m^'^nZ'Tt^i^f! "'"'* '"'' ^"^'-'■^^ 



tict^rT^^^%t^^ ,Sf*K''"*K^'^" as quUr'satU- 

 tlAii 7.hK.„"'"*w.^*"' fabbage and coa varle- 

 Hf.!: cabbages, white and red; savoy, Brussels 



E of HChJrir''- '2'7"'Pi. <■'•«"'• endlv™Tnd 

 ■lost of the herbs. Spinach Is on the whole 



SiSlV^//- «l^P'•'ck^.v-«eeded vaHetles hiving 

 In^lrin^^*^'^- Cauliflowers are not qnltl 

 answering the expecUtlons we formed last 

 month and the crop of Alelers In onlfo . .Wf 

 ?.°*.,i?'; r::"- '^^ «Ituat'lon"'rPga?dln| 'caS 

 rtor?^l!n<,*''h.f;r "" '"/* reported. Tme ofThe 

 Short and half-long sorts are good, others mid- 



S:l"^ -7 --t?sf^ctoTres,l^rr' tTJ/^ 

 may yield np to average but many are pSo? 

 m?i-*J.'",*' I^"? ^l^- R""n"s having l^r^S 

 ^VaL "^''^^ ^' *••« """• '«'»1 be averj^e to 

 nnder average. As regards peas, wrinkled 



h°ardlv "7r,»i?°'K"^ ,falr ''though'^ some kinds, 

 ■hort^ M fJ' ^^ A^^^ drought, are decldedl^ 

 taJ}'^ '''"^ round peas, on the other hand, 

 ~« ^% remarkably well. Radishes are not 

 Tery good and all varieties will yield under 



llnA'iV T""f' however, to large^ stocks on 

 hand the prices are not llkelv to advance mnch- 



.winter radishes will, however, be dearer Of 

 r?Iw f *^* •''^l'"' (feen curled Is rather 

 short In places, but all other sorts are In 

 strong force. In kohl-rabl we have of early 

 Lhli .?* ,**•/** * '"'^P '""om middling to poor, 

 !ril"fiu"i*' i"*? »°''*^ ''"^e done well there la 

 not likely to be any advance In price, however. 

 as there Is J>lenty of seed held over. Cucum- 



.fc!ll V^ yielding below exp«-tatlons. Mangels 

 Have In some cales yielded good crops and the 



■ general result Is about an average one. Swedes 

 are a bad crop, but the large yields of IMS 

 will prevent any serious shortage. 



In flower seeds we have verv good crops of 

 carnations, hollyhocks, chrysanthemums, mlgno- 

 nette, ageratnm. calllopsls. etc., while those of 

 larkspurs, godetln and Jobella. as well as the 

 perennials and biennials, such as bellls, single 



; wallflowers and Canterbury bells are mostly up 

 to average. Sweet peas are yielding above ex- 

 • pectntlons and may be reported as satisfactory 

 on the whole. Both large and small flowered 

 varieties of petnnia are good and there will be 

 no shortages. Summer varieties of dlanthus are 



D. Landreth Seed Company 



BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM 



BRISTOL, PA. 



WHOLESALE ORDERS SOLICITED 



.UfiitluD The UtfVlew wbro vou write 



Garden Seeds and Sweet Corn. 



THE EVERETT B. CLARK CO., MILFORD, CONN. 



Hive |ust hirTssted of ix- ( 

 celleot quality and offer : ) 



TURNIP— Red Flat Strap. Red Top Globe and P.T. Rutabaga. 

 PARSNIP— Long Smooth, and Hollow Grown. 

 KET-Orosby's Egyptian, Edmandslmpd., andDewingsB.T. 

 ONHW-Soutbport Yellow and Red Globe and Selected Y. G. D. 



FAri. PRICES OV SWEET CORN MOW READY. 

 WTUK ABOVE IS ALL STRICTLY CONNECTICUT GROWN. 



Mention Tbe Berlew wben jroa write. 



poor, owing to the parching heat earlier. Ver- 

 benas are still doubtfnl, while phloxes are 

 fairly good. As before advised, nasturtiums 

 are very scarce, the combined attacks of Insects 

 and drought having practically destroyed tbe 

 plantations. As regards the plants grown on 

 stages, stocks and double wallflowers are not 

 quite so promising as last month, having suf- 

 fered considerably from the attentions of the 

 black fly. 



Tbe greenhouse crops, begonias, gloxinia, cy- 

 clamen, calceolaria, cineraria, colens. etc.. have 

 mostly done well, while primulas are only giv- 

 ing moderate results. Pansies have only given 

 a middling crop, owing to the blooming season 

 having been cut short by the intense heat. 

 How the asters, our most Important field crop, 

 will turn out, is still uncertain, and all de- 

 pends on the weather we get during the next 

 few weeks; owing, however, to the bard con- 

 ditions the plants had to contend witb during 

 the period of development, it Is safe to say 

 that the crop will be much below average. 



Taking a view of the crops as a whole. It 

 mnst be admitted that tbe general results are 

 better than any of our growers, during tbe 

 exceptionally hot and dry summer months, 

 would have been Inclined to predict. 



MIXING SEEDS TO PRODUCE 

 GRADES. 



Seedsmen distinguish the two methods of 

 producing grades as legitimate and illegitimate; 

 even those seedsmen who knowingly sell adul- 

 terated seeds admit that such a course is not 

 legitimate. On tbe other hand, mixing dif- 

 ferent grades is generally claimed by them to 

 be proper, and. indeed, often necessary if the 

 seedsman is to sell at a price his customers are 

 willing to pay. Mixing seeds of a high grade 

 with screenings clearly lowers its quality, and 

 this is evident to any one who carefully ex- 

 amines the sample, but they argue that no 

 Intentional deception Is ifractlced. although the 

 new grade may be well stocked witb weed 

 seeds. The seedsman who adds adulterants has, 

 however, a dlfTerent object In view. He wishes 

 to lower the cost of the seed to himself with- 

 out injuring Its appearance. Such seed is usa- 

 ally sold at a trifle below the market price 

 of the grade for which It Is offered, and Is an 

 injury to the legitimate trade as well as a 

 fraud on the buyer. Adulterated seed is com- 

 monly offered on sample, but Is sold usually to 

 those not suffldently Informed to detect the 

 deception. 



The most freqnent adulterant is yellow tre- 

 foil, a great deal of which has been Imported 



LONG ISLAND CABBAGE SEED 

 AMERICAN CAUI IFLOWER SEED 



And oUier Special Seed Stooka. 



Frf nets Brill - Grower, 



Hempstead, L I., New York. 



Menti'-n Th» Review wb«»s yo» writs. 



Gladiolos Bulbs 



Our bulbs are oot better tban 

 tbe best, but better tban tbe rest. 

 TRY THEM. 



Cushman Gladiolus Co. 



■TKVAVZA, OHIO. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



into this country, some of It nnder the name 

 of crimson clover. Most of this will doubtless 

 be used to adulterate red clover seed, since the 

 demand for trefoil seed is Insignificant. Tbe 

 plant, although a legume, is objectionable 

 in clover fields because It occupies ground that 

 could be more profitably given to the clover 

 plant and because It does not mature with tbe 

 clover. Tbe seed so closely resembles that of 

 red clover that as much as thirty per cent 

 can be mixed witb tbe latter without being de- 

 tected on casual examination. It la greenish 

 yellow in color, and is distinguished by a mi- 

 nute projection in the neighborhood of the scar 

 that marks the point of attachment of tbe 

 seed In the fruit. Another adulterant sometimes 

 used Is the seed of Hungarian grass. The 

 small seeds are used which in size closely ap- 

 proximate tbe clover. The dark color also read- 

 ily blends with high-grade clover seed and 

 enables the anscrupulous seller to offer apar- 

 ently good qualities at prices with which hon- 

 est dealers cannot compete. — A. J. Pieters, Dept. 

 of Agriculture. 



We esteem the Review very highly for 

 its Seed Trade News. — Binghamton 

 Seed Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 



The Review is all right, the best 

 paper.— C. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



