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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



i229 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN 8CCD TRAM ASSOaATKM. 



Prea., W. H. Grenell. Sa«rlnaw, W. S., Mlcb.; 

 First Vlce-Pres., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Clereland. Tbe 24th annual 

 meeting will be beld at San Jose, Cal., June, 1906. 



Eoo plant seed, Columbian Mammoth 

 White asparagns seed, roots of aspara- 

 gus, the two-year-old size, and the crop 

 of seed sweet potatoes are reported very 

 short at one of the principal centers of 

 supply for theee articles. 



Visited Chicago: — Frank T. Emerson, 

 of the Western Seed and Irrigation Co., 

 Fremont, Neb.; Chr. Hansen, secretary 



A. Hansen^ Copenhagen, Denmark; C. W. 

 Warner, of Ames Plow Co., Boston, 

 Mass.; Mrs. E, J. Hoopes, Muscatine, la. 



MUSKMELON. 



C. P. Coy & Son, Waterloo, Neb., ad- 

 vise us aa follows, under date of Octo- 

 ber 14: 



"All the crops of muskmelon seed 

 that have been delivered us by farmers 

 have come in short of our estimates. We 

 find a large proportion of light, un- 

 filled seeds, and there will be a further 

 considerable shrinkage in fanning. Only 

 a few crops are actually in hand, but 

 such as have been received indicate a 

 general abortag» from previous reports. ' ' 



ONION SEED. 



The onibn seed crop is shorter in Cali- 

 fornia this year than it has ever been 

 before and it has been difficult to esti- 

 mate deliveries, partly because some 

 varieties are said to have yielded not 

 over fifty pounds per acre and partly be- 

 cause of a great proportion of light seed, 

 which made a large shrinkage in clean- 

 ing. The Braslan Seed Growers' Co., on 

 October 9, advised one of its customers 

 that deliveries would be the following 

 proportion ot contract orders: 



Variety. Per cent. Variety. Per cent. 

 Austrl'n Y. Globe. 100 Round Y. Danver8..100 

 Aostraliaa Brown .WO R. G. Wethersfleld. 20 



Buxton's T. D^— 100 Southport K. G 22 



Bermuda Wblt« ,..100 Southport W. G... 30 

 Bermuda Bed 100 Southport Y. G 45 



B. E. Bed Flat... 25 Spanish King 100 



E. E. Bed eiobe... 80 White Portugal .. 66 



B. B. Barletta 100 W. Silver Skin 65 



Gregory's B. Globe. 23 White Pearl 100 



Giant Bocca 100 White Pickling ...100 



L. B. Wethersfleld. 28 White Dutch 100 



Michigan Y. Globe. 21) White Bunching ...100 



Mam. Silver King. 100 Y. G. Zlttan 100 



New White Qoeen.lOO Y. P. Danvers 100 



Ohio Yellow Globe. 20 Y. G. Danvers 40 



Oregon Y. DnnT«r».l(J0 Y. Strasburg 100 



Prlxetaker ......... 4B Yellow Cracker ...100 



White TrlpoU ,.-.100 



STILES D. WOODRUFF. 



One of the pioneers in the seed grow- 

 ing industry in the United States is 

 Stiles D. Woodraff, senior member of tbe 

 firm of S. P. Woodruff & Sons, whose 

 headquarters are at Orange, Conn. Mr. 

 Woodruff at present lies critically ill 

 with heart trouble, but until the past few 

 months has always been an exceedingly 

 active man, with a very wide acquaint- 

 ance in the trade. 



Braslan Seedg 

 Growers Co. ^^^ 



WHOUMIA&> UMMD QMOWMMU 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Stiles D. Woodrtiff. 



Mr. Woodruff began his seed growing 

 industry in 1865, upon his return from 

 the civil war, and some of his early ex- 

 periences make interesting reading to 

 the present-day seed grower. The first 

 seed crops grown were turnip, beet, par- 

 snip, cabbage and sweet corn. The rul- 

 ing price for the first few years for tur- 

 nip, beet and parsnip to the trade was 

 40 cents per pound, cabbage $3 per 



S.D.Woodruff&Sons 



SPECIALTISS: 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, OBANCIE, CONN. 



New York Cltr Store, 82-84 Dey Street. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



C. C. MORSE g CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Car«fal growrs of California specl»lti«» 



SEED GROWERS 



Tield, Sweet and Pop Com, Cnctun- 

 b«r, Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 us before placinfir contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



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



Mention Tbe Review when yon write. 



pound, and sweet corn $3 per bushel. 



Mr. Woodruff in his early days took 

 up market gardening and his records 



Electros! Electros! 



(CUches) 



An Illustrated Album 



containinfr a UNIQUE COLLECTION of up-to- 

 date PHOTO ELECTROS of leading varieties of 

 VEGETABLES and FLOWERS, suitable for 

 ILLUSTRATING SEED CATALOGUES, now 

 ready and free on appliration. 



Also our list of sterling NOVELTIES of VEG- 

 ETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS for 1906. Seed 

 eataloKue published in December. 



WATKINS St SIMPSON 



SSED MSBCKAHT8 



19 Tavistock Street 



Covent Garden, London, Kn glaad 



HENRY MEHE 



QUEDLINBUR8, GERMANY 



flrower sat Kxporter ofOkolce 



Beet, Vegetable wi Flower Seed 



PANSIES 



SIette*s **Triainph of the Giants,** 



the most perfect and most beautiful in the 

 world, $5,00 per oz., $1.50 per ^ oz,; 75c 

 ppr 1-160Z. Postage paid. Cash with Order. 



LEONARD 



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SEED GROWERS 



Ve are among the largest growers of Peas, 



Leadlna ^^ ^^ ^^ '^ Beans and Garden Seeds in the trade. 



Onion Set ^, ^„,„^ .^.^ 

 Growers ''IgE^lEfs" CO. 



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