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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 5, 1905. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



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

 Pres., L. L. May, St. Paul: Secy and Treas.. C. K. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

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



Some dissatisfaction is expressed at 

 the poor deliveries that are being made 

 on beans. 



Cucumber seed and sweet corn are 

 listed in this year's catalogues at vne 

 old-time prices. 



The whoesale lists will contain higher 

 prices on many things in seeds than do 

 the retail books. 



Burpee's twenty-ninth general seed 

 catalogue was put into the mails on the 

 last day of the old year. 



It is reported that the California grow- 

 ers have concluded to quit operating in 

 the "up the river" region. 



The catalogues that cater to the "price 

 bujyer" surely get down to rock bottom 

 on,j many of the standard sorts. 



•«\XL varieties of seed beans are 'higher 

 in. price than they have been for manv 

 . seasons at this time of the year. "^^ * 



It seems rather odd that a wholesale 

 inquiry for quotations on ten bushel lota 

 of beans are priced higher than a, gar- 

 dener's inquiry for one bushel. 



Wjietiier there is enough ezg jjlnnt 

 seed for market garden trade i.* still a 

 question. Gradfes below the gardeners' 

 stf^itdard are not plentiful, either. 



J. W. Ratekin, of Shenandoah, la., 

 je|K)rts a very good quality of seen coin 

 in drying houses there.. His own firm 

 is one of the largest handlers in in.' 

 country. . . 



Contract deliveries of peas that mo«t 

 of the growers are making seem to bo 

 satisfactory. Some sorts are quite scarce, 

 but not sufficiently so to cause any dis- 

 turbance. 



There will be a meeting on January 

 10. at Cincinnati, of the executive com- 

 mittee of the American Seed Trade As- 

 •sociation. Routine matters will afford 

 the principal business. 



The winter so far has beeti favorable 

 for the onion sets that are in storage. 

 February shipments are about the first 

 to come out. The true condition of the 

 .sets will then be known. 



Some of the most important of the 

 foreign seeds are behindhand again thi.s 

 year. Replies to inquiries as to the cause 

 of delay put the blame on the weather 

 at harvest time and the unfavorable con- 

 ditions since. 



Vi.siTED Chicago:— \V. J. Fosgate, 

 Santa Clara, Cal.; Chas P. Braslan. San 

 Jose, Cal.; J. S. Michael, representing 

 Sioux City Nursery and Seed Co., -Sioux 

 City, la.: E. F. Ball, of E. J. Bowen 

 Co., San Francisco, Cal. 



The Ixonard ^>eed Co., Chicago, has is- 

 sued a thirty-two-page catalogue for the 

 use of the country merchant who han- 

 dles seeds. It meets a long-felt want, 

 being nicely illustrated, with the de- 

 scriptive matter concise' and comprehen- 

 sive. 



RATEKIN'S Seed House 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



SEED CORN, OATS, SPELTZ, BARLEY 



SHENANDOAH, IOWA. 



Mention The Reylew when yog write. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



onion sets ^---^-^^ 



79 and 81 East Klniie Street, CIIICAGO 



Bnrpee's Seeds Grow | 



Mention The Review when yoti write. 



DIAMOND JOE SEEDS 



We are the Largest Wholesale and Retail Seed Corn Rrowers in 

 the world. Ship in ear or shelled. We also do a seneral mail order 

 seed trade in all tbe best varieties of Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds 

 worth plaotiDK. In addition we handle tbe best erade of nursery stock 

 to suit critical buyers. Our large illustrated seed and nursery catalog 

 and farm guide free if you mention this paper. A postal card will 

 brinsr It, write today. Address. 

 WESTERN SEED COMPANY Shenandoah, Iowa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



HAVING BEEN AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE 



For My ^1 /tniHI I ^^ **"® 



Exhibition Of ULMLrlVLl World's Fair 



it is with increased confidence in my ability to supply superior stock that I solicit a continuance of 

 patronage, and new customers. Graff's Hybrids and other sorts tbe best obtainable. 



Write for 

 Catalogue. 



ARTHUR COWEE, Gladiolus Specialist, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N.Y. 



Per 1000 9 IB OO^ 



Per 2500 32 CO 



. Per 10000 135 OO 



THE BEST FOR EARL.T OB I.ATE FOBCINO. 



RUSSIAN \;^^i!LE:Y 



Branch. 404 E. 34th St. 



vs^.A.i^"rEi^ CO. , 



so BARCLAY ST , NEW YORK.^ 



Mention The Uevlew when you write. 



H. A. BuxYARD, the veteran traveliii',' 

 salesman, has taken a road position with 

 Arthur T. Boddington, New York. 



J. M. Thorburx & Co. state that they 

 have been officially notified that they 

 have been awarded a grand prize for 

 their exhibit of seeds and a grand prize 

 for the display of vegetables grown from 

 their seeds and shown at the St. Louis 

 World 's Fair. 



Thehe is not so much trouble in get- 

 ting foreign imports of seeds through the 

 custom house this season. The invc.jce 

 prices seem to satisfy the appraisers 

 better than they did last year. T.is is 

 helpful to the importer, as it save? nn- 

 necessarv delav. 



have a much larger number of orders booked 

 than heretofore to be shipped out In the next 

 t(>n days; In fact our warehouse Is a very busy 

 place, where orders are being executed. 



The activity among the MisHlssippl truckers 

 would indicate a very much Increased acreage 

 to vegetable crops the comiiiK season. 



The sanie conditions seem to obtain througb- 

 ont the South. The prospects for cheap cotton 

 Is forcing the southern farmer to diversify In 

 his farm operations. Taking the situation 

 from our point of business it would seem that 

 the year 1905 Is to be the banner year for 

 profitable business. 



SEED TRADE IN THE SOUTH. 



G. B. McVay, president of the Amzi 

 Godden Co., Birmingham, Ala., is quoted 

 as follows: 



The past year's business was only an average 

 one, due In a large measure to the excessive 

 dry fall. The market gardeners of the South 

 snftered much from loeing their fall crops on 

 this account. 



The pnmpects for another year are much 

 better than last season at the same time. We 



Pewaukee, Wis.— Frank Scholl re- 

 ceived a nine and one-half pound boy as 

 a Christmas present. 



Lyons, Kan.— Mrs. H. B. Smith says 

 the Christmas trade was good consider- 

 ing the high prices asked for cut flow- 

 ers at wholesale and which are a decided 

 deterrent to increased trade in the small 

 places. 



Sedalia, Mo. — Gelven & Son are re- 

 ceiving material for four new earfiation 

 houses and for a fireproof boiler house. 

 They report a good holiday trade, but 

 no better than usual. Carnations were 

 in great demand but blooming plants 

 would not sell. 



