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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Afbil 20, 1906. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTMN. 



Free., C. N. Pare, Des Moines, la ; First Vlce- 

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

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

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



The navy bean grown for commercial 

 purposes is again cutting a figure in fix- 

 ing the contract growing price of the 

 garden varieties. 



It is reported that there are still a few 

 onion sets to be had at scattered points. 

 The demand is not so active as it would 

 be if the weather were better. 



The canners have found a rapidly 

 extending market for spinach and will 

 pack larger quantities tWs season. Con- 

 siderable inquiry is heard for seed. 



Standard varieties of seed potatoes 

 from general reports are not moving any 

 better. The high priced novelties in seed 

 potatoes are said to be selling well, how- 

 ever. 



The United States Department of 

 Agriculture has published a new bulle- 

 tin on alfalfa, treating the subject fully 

 and devoting a chapter to growing and 

 harvesting for seed. 



A SECOND season for the planting of 

 beans will be a result of the frosts 

 recently reported from the southern At- 

 lantic states. Already there is a brisk 

 call from that section for beans to re- 

 plant. 



The United States General Appraisers 

 have sustained an importer's contention 

 that certain dill and parsley seeds should 

 have been classified by the customs col- 

 lector as "aromatic seeds, which are 

 drugs." 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 reports that in 1903 this country ex- 

 ported 151,985 pounds of ginseng val- 

 ued at $796,008, a slight increase in 

 quantity and decrease in value as com- 

 pared to the record for 1901. 



At Chicago the cold weather of April 

 has prevented the seed sown for onion 

 sets appearing above ground to date. It 

 is not thought that this wiU prevent a 

 good stand later on but if weather condi- 

 tions were more favorable the growers 

 would feel happier. 



The unseasonable and low temperature 

 which has prevailed generally throughout 

 the country for the past two weeks has 

 eased trade up considerably. The mail 

 order seedsmen have felt the falling off 

 more than the others, it is reported, and 

 the loss for April will draw heavily from 

 the increase that March gave to the re- 

 ceipts for 1905. 



The village of Baiersdorf, Bavaria, 

 which has the reputation of raising the 

 finest horseradish in Europe, is about 

 twenty-two miles south of Bamberg, on 

 the line of railroad to Nuremberg. Horse- 

 radish is cultivated almost exclusively on 

 about 1,335 acres of the moist grounds 

 of the valley of the river Eegnitz. The 

 average yearly yield amounts to about 

 55,000 hundredweight (6,050,000 pounds). 

 Most of the product is exported to Aus- 

 tria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and 

 France. It is packed in heavy barrels, 

 containing about 1,000 roots each, and 

 the price varies from 2% to 4 cents a 

 pound. 



LEONARD 



WHOLESALE 



WRITE FOR PRICES 

 WE ARE 

 HEADQUARTERS 

 FOR 



ONION SETS 



for preunt reatdrementa reftdy to ■Up. 

 Oontraot orderi (or delivery after hsrveit 1906 

 ■re being booked now. 

 KAHa. PEAS AND 6ARDEN SEEDS. Write tar Prkes. 



:r CO. CHICAGO 



Flmr iMdi 



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Bitki 



Mention The Keriew wh— ^ write. 



Genuine BERMUDA ONION SEED 



l^r«.rb, WILDPRET BROTHERS, 



Port-Orotava, Teneriffe, 



(Canary Islands. ) 



Write for prices at once and place your order at an early date so as to secure a full supply. 

 Best references required from unknown firms. Orders accepted from the wfaoieiale trade only. 



in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



HAVING BEEN AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE 



For My g>m Anifll I ^^ ^^^ 



Exhibition of UL/%U11-PL1 World's Fair 



it iB with increased confidence in my ability to supply superior stock that X solicit a coDtinuance of 

 patronage, and new customers. OrofTs Hybrids and other aorta the best obtainablt.. <« 



Write for 

 CataloKue. 



ARTHUR GOWEE,6ladiolus Specialist, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N.Y. 



Mpntloti TTiP ReTlcw wbrn yon writ*. 



I Burpee's 



Seeds Grow | 



VALLEY PIPS 



Address: AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 



Beat German forcing and forcing IttliAOU. W 

 OtUllPS. in sorts, selected X,OSQlTI.OMVUi VUI,nB, 

 CBXMBOV SAMBZiBBB, A8A&BA8 and other Kaster 

 forcing Plants and Bnlba imported to order. Fall delivery. 



31 BABOKAT ST. 



P. O. BOX 758. 

 Mention !%» R»Tlew wbcii yoa wrlta. 



NEW YORK 



It is announced that merchant steam- 

 ship service from Japan to the United 

 States will be suspended until such time 

 as the menace of the Eussian fleet is re- 

 moved. 



SEEDS EXPORTED. 



According to the Bureau of Statis- 

 tics of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture the totals of seeds exported dur- 

 ing three years were as follows: 



— 1903. 



$ 632,732 



5,698,492 



1,549,687 



853,829 



581,773 



238.770 



Totals $6,384,815 $8,027,824 $9,456,283 



INOCULATING LEGUMES. 



The Department of Agriculture says 

 that "The publication of the results ob- 

 tained with pure cultures in inoculating 

 leguminous plants has resulted in such a 

 demand for this material that it has 

 been impossible to meet the demand. The 

 patent which the department holds upon 

 the method of growing and distributing 

 these organisms was taken out in such a 

 way that no one can maintain a monop- 

 oly of the manufacture of such cultures 

 and so as to permit of its being taken 



SEED GROWERS 



Pleld, Sweet and Pop Corn, Ononm« 

 b«r. Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 as before placing contracts. We have 

 superior 8tock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY, Clarinda, la. 



Mfntlon "Hie RfTJew when yoo writfc 



up and handled commercially. The com- 

 mercial product is being handled quite 

 generally by seedsmen. Upon applica- 

 tion the department has furnished all 

 necessary information to the bacteriolo- 

 gists representing properly equipped 

 concerns. ' ' 



ERFURT SEED REPORT. 



The Erfurt, Germany, correspondent 

 to the Horticultural Trade Journal 

 writes in part as follows: 



The winter has not been such as pleases the 

 gardeners here, who like plenty of snow to 

 protect the plants and hard frost to pulverize 

 the jtround and destroy the various Insect pests. 



Sales bare in most articles been satisfactory. 

 Many sorts of beans such as Scarlet and 

 White Runners. Pale Dun, Osborn's and Flageo- 

 let Victoria Dwarf, are cleared out and en- 

 quirers from all sides hare to remain unsatis- 

 fied. In leeks, almost a complete clearance 

 has been eflFected, and stocks have not been 

 so low for many years. On the other band 

 radishes bare not moved oflF very briskly, and 

 plenty of seed is still in the warehouse. Cab- 



