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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEUBER 24, 1004. 



tracting with farmers, so that the inspec- 

 tion of any considerable portion of them, 

 as sometimes contemplated by visitors is 

 a considerable task. 



The firm of C. Platz & Son has been 

 engaged in growing flower seeds at Er- 

 furt, Germany, since 1756. 



Herbert W. Johnson, of Johnson & 

 Stokes, Philadelphia, was the successful 

 candidate for sheriff of Camden county, 

 N. J., at the late election. 



The firm of Polman Mooy, Haarlem, 

 Holland, was established in 1810 and is 

 one of the oldest of the Dutch houses. 

 The present owners are grandsons of the 

 founder. 



The early birds among the general 

 seed catalogues are making their appear- 

 ance. First was that of Johnson & 

 Musser Seed Co., Los Angeles, closely fol- 

 lowed by Crenshaw Bros., Tampa, Fla. 



Green is coming out of the Wisconsin 

 woods in larger quantities but should un- 

 favorable weather put an early end to 

 the picking season the supply will be 

 short as usual quantities are not yet in 

 sight. 



Visited Philadelphia.— Alfred Em- 

 erich, representing Vilmorin-Andrieux & 

 Co., Paris, France, and J. M. Clark, sec- 

 retary of the Leonard Seed Co., Chicago. 

 Mr. Emerich sails for home December 

 1, from New York. 



A TOUR AMONG CALIFORNIA 

 SEED GROWERS. 



Having journeyed up the river from 

 San Francisco, the first stop is at Isle- 

 ton. It is a typical up-the-river port. 

 It was night when we reached the place 

 and after supper, there being a Chinese 

 village there, we went out and had a 

 glimpse of the home life of the China- 

 man. Early in the morning we started 

 out to see the s^ed fields.. The crops up 

 the river compared favorably with those 

 at Santa Clara and Gilroy but seemed to 

 be nearer the cutting stage. July 8 was 

 the date on which these fields were seen. 

 The Morse plantings up the river were 

 quite extensive and were looked after in 

 a manner comporting with the Morse 

 standard of procedure, which is Al in 

 all particulars. We did not have time 

 to see all the fields, but what we did see 

 was enough to demonstrate that if the 

 levee system is safe there is a sufficient 

 acreage available for seed growing up 

 the river to grow a good many pounds 

 of garden seed. 



In the judgment of the growers there 

 is one drawback to this part of Cali- 

 fornia for onion seed growing, and this 

 is the hot winds which sometimes pre- 

 vail. These have a tendency to blight 

 the seed ball and lessen the quantity 

 at harvest if they come at a critical 

 time. It ia not thought that the hot 

 winds affect the other crops so much. 



We had promised Charles Parker when 

 leaving him at the boat the day be- 

 fore that we would get to his place by 

 noon if possible. It was a drive of some 

 miles, besides being on the other side of 

 the river. We hustled up the horse and 

 got to a ferry where they took us, and 

 the horse and buggy, across in the old- 

 fashioned way. We had dinner with Mr. 

 Parker, saw some of his fields of onion, 

 radish, etc., also saw fields that Mr. Wil- 

 cox had in the vicinity and discussed the 

 plantings of the other growers, whose 



D. Landreth Seed Company 



BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM 



BRISTOL, PA. 



WHOLESALE ORDERS SOLICITED 



SEED GROWERS 



OF- 



Sweet, Field and Pop Corn, Cucumber, Melon and Squash Seed 



We hav« a Surplus to offer. Be kind enonirl^ to ask 

 for SaMPiiSB and PAXCBB before Plaolng^ Orders. 



A. A. BERRY SEED CO., 



CLARINDA, IOWA 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



ONION SETS ^„,^_^^ 

 79 and 81 East Kinzie Street, CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. " 



fields we had to cut out, owing to lack 

 of time. These growers, with the excep- 

 tion of a Mr. Metson and a Mr. Eyder, 

 who are also interested in growing seeds 

 more or less up the river, have been men- 

 tioned previously. 



The time for returning home arrived, 

 we left Mr. Parker wrestling with a 

 threshing machine he was setting up, 

 and reached San Francisco late in the 

 evening. 



The account of this tour is written 

 from memory, and for that reason many 

 things of interest have undoubtedly been 

 overlooked. In the recital a fairness 

 to all the growers has been aimed at. 

 In summing the thing up it may be said 

 that from Los Angeles to the end of the 

 trip every grower visited was very 

 courteous and free to give any informa- 

 tion that would in any way help toward 

 an intelligent idea of the scope of oper- 

 ations. No jealousy was shown by one 

 grower if the visitor elected to accept 

 his competitor's offer of conveyance in 

 preference to his equally kind offer. 

 Each grower was also willing to concede 

 any existing advantage a competitor 

 might have over him in a given line of 

 work. This sort of thing put one at 

 his ease, and the kindly effort of each 

 to make the visitor feel at home is a 

 pleasant recollection. 



DUTCH BULB REPORT. 



The unusually fine and dry weather 

 has put the bulb fields in such a perfect 

 condition as we have not experienced 

 for the last ten years, and planting op- 

 erations have now almost been com- 

 pleted, under most extraordinary favor- 

 able conditions. Shipments of both 

 early and late ripening goods have now 

 come to an end and although prices 

 have ruled much too low, the clearing 

 of hyacinths has been a most thorough 

 one, and even in white hyacinths the 

 scarcity has been very general, causing 



WATERMELON SEED STa'd.nrio^'??: 



strictly blKb-clasii, at reaoonable prices. 



ASK FOR LIST. 



D. H. GILBERT. MONTICEL.r.O. FI.A, 



Mention The RcTlew wbvi jou write. 



a sharp rise in the market. Crocus have 

 also cleared off in a most satisfactory 

 way, and it is quite apparent that the 

 outlook for the grower of good crocus 

 stocks is a much better one. English 

 iris have moved rather slowly this sea- 

 son, and Spanish iris are somewhat of a 

 drug in the market at present. The 

 yearly increasing demand for bedding 

 tulips has caused the cheaper sorts to 

 be in good demand and some of these 

 have even gone up in price. The more 

 expensive sorts, such as are principally 

 used for forcing, have, however, not 

 cleared off so well, owing to the high 

 prices asked for them, but as soon as 

 these prices have come down again to a 

 more reasonable level, they are sure to 

 find as good a market as previously. — 

 H. T. J. 



POTS FOR LILIES. 



Can I grow longiflorums, 5-7 bulbs, in 

 4-inch pots and do it successfully? 



C. P. N. 



There is quite a difference between a 

 5-inch and 7-inch bulb. A 5-inch bulb 

 can be flowered in a 4-inch pot, and they 

 often are, although to give a fine flower 

 and healthy green foliage, they should 

 have a 5-inch pot. The 7-inch bulbs 

 should most decidedly be given a 5-inch 

 pot. W. 8. 



PARKHiiiii, Ont. — Mrs. A. K. Van 

 Wyck is going out of business. 



MuBPHYSBORO, IVL. — ^Lcwis R. Allen 

 has built an additional house during the 

 past season and has facilities for taking 

 care of a little more business. He says 

 the demand is increasing right along. 



