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NOVBUBEB 16, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



J 503 



Seed Trade News. 



AMCnCAN SEED TRADE ASSOQATHM. 



Pr©B., W. H. Qrenell, Saginaw, W. S., Mich.; 

 fflrat Vice- Pros., li. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 meetlnK will be held at San Jose, Cal., June, 1906. 



J. C. SuTPERN, Decatur, 111., now does 

 business as the Suffern Seed Co.. 



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Visited Chicago: Adolph Cornell, of 

 Bhisler-Comeli Seed Co., St. Louis. 



The prospects for the seed trade in 

 the southwest are unusually bright this 

 ; season. 



The Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, is 

 enlarging its dealing in flower seeds 

 in wholesale quantities. 



Sears, Boebuck & Co., Chicago, gen- 

 eral mail order house, are offering flo- 

 rists and seedsmen a surplus list of 

 bulbs. 



From Sedalia, Mo., comes word of 

 the incorporation of Archias Seed Store, 

 L. H. Archias president, L. A. Kipping 

 rice-president, L. Archiaa secretary. 



Onion growers in the vicinity of 

 Bloomington, 111., have become discour- 

 aged because of repeated crop failures 

 and very few gardeners here will plant 

 onions next year. 



Bethlehem township, Clark county, 

 Indiana, is the great sunflower-seed pro- 

 ducing locality, the yield this year ap- 

 proximating 100 tons. Edward S. and 

 Charles E. Pemett handle the bulk of 

 the product of the community. 



Jerome B. Bice Seed Co., Cambridge, 

 N. Y., is distributing a pamphlet con- 

 taining descriptions of the leading va- 

 rieties of onions with half-tone illustra- 

 trations. They say Southport Bed Qlobe 

 is the only red onion to grow for profit. 



The flat varieties of seed used for 

 onion set growing are scarce enough, ac- 

 cording to reports, to warrant the fol- 

 lowing prices for good-size quantities: 

 Yellow, $1; red, $1.10; white, $1.40. 

 Smaller lotis go at an advance of 10 

 cents per pound. 



Watkins & Simpson, London, say that 

 two years' experience has confirmed them 

 in the belief that there is a great want 

 of high class half-tones for Ulustrating 

 seed catalogues. They have just issued 

 their third catalogue of such illustra- 

 tions. It is a fine piece of printing. 



The seedsmen from whom the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture bought those 

 lots of adulteAted clover and grass seed 

 with one voice arise to explain that they 

 bought that seed from so and so, and 

 that they didn't know it was mixed. 

 Why didn't they know! 



S. Albilson, of the L. L. Olds Seed 

 Co., Clinton, Wis., says that "After 

 some years' experience we find large ap- 

 propriations and a large number of pa- 

 pers of general circulation do not net in 

 returns anything like what it did a few 

 years ago, that is, for the simount of 

 money expended. At the present time we 

 think it best not to increase the appro- 

 priation and to use only those papers 

 that we find paid in direct returns." 



LEONARD SEED growers 



Leading 



Onion Set p-^wfd ^^\. 

 Growers "^Ig^ps^ CO# 



We are amon£ the 

 Beans and 



[est gfrowert of Pea>» 

 in the trade. 



Write for Prloea. 



CHICAGO 



Mention Tbe Bevlew when jon writ*. 



Burpee's 



Grow 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Pop Com, Cnonm- 

 ber, lielon and Bquash Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



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



Mention The Beriew when you write. 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oar«ftiI growers of California specialties. 



Ilentlon The Berlew when yon write. 



WATERMELON SEED 



I have a surplus of most of the leading sorts, 

 strictly flrst-class in every respect. Let me have 

 a list of your requirements and I will Quote you 

 a price that will be attractive for best stocks. 



Address D. H. GILBERT 

 Grower off Melon Seed, Monticello, Fla. 



Mention Tlie Review when yon write. 



FoET Smith, Abe. — The flower show 

 held in Lee's seed store, November 9 to 

 11, by the ladj managers of the Belle 

 Point Hospital, for the benefit of the 

 hospital, was a decided success, this be- 

 ing the third annual flower show held 

 there. 



Thebx is no let np to the demand for 

 dependable stocks of the Globe onions. 

 Seed of these varieties is in active de- 

 mand at $2.50 to $3 per pound. Be- 

 ports from the localities where onion 

 growing for market is scientifically prac- 

 ticed prove that growers there will p^y 

 fancy prices for the reliable article. 



As reported in the BEvmw some time 

 ago, there is quite a quantity of the 

 canners' varieties available for seed in 

 the hands of people not formerly grow- 

 ers of seed sweet com, but who were 

 led into growing it on account of the 

 high price two years ago. This fact, it 

 is thought, will have considerable bear- 

 ing upon the price of sweet com next 

 spring. 



It is reported that many of the onion 

 set dealers are oversold. The cleaning 

 up process and a general rounding up of 

 the quantities supposed to be still avail- 

 able shows a shortage where a surplus 

 was thought to exist. January shipments 

 are likely to show a still greater short- 

 age, as the sets now in the warehouses 

 are bound to shrink more than usual on 

 account of the dry rot in the whites and 

 a sprouting in the yellows and reds. 



Electros! Electros! 



(Cliches) 



An Illustrated Album 



contalninR a UNIQUE COLLECTION of up-to- 

 date PHOTO ELECTROS of leading varieties of 

 VEGETABLES and FLOWERS, suitable for 

 ILLUSTRATING SEED CATALOGUES, no^ 

 ready and free on application. 



Also ovu- list of sterling NOVELTIES of VE<J- 

 ETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS for 1906. Seed 

 catalogue published in December. 



WATKINS it SIMPSON 



IBOKAITTB 

 19 Tavisteok Btnet 

 Covent Garden, London, England 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



S.D.Woodriiff&Sons 



SPKCXAI.TXKS: 



Garden Seeds In Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Halii Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE, CONN. 

 New York City Store, 88-84 Der Street. 

 Mention Tlie Bevlew when yoo write. 



Braslan Seed^ 



•f Gar> 



Growers Co. ^JP^ 



WKOUMAXiS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Mention The Bevlew when joa write. 



The receiving of beans at the growing 

 stations has begun in earnest. The farm- 

 ers report that the fall has been an un- 

 usually good one for thrashing and that 

 very little loss has taken place while the 

 beans have been in the straw. They feel 

 that all the beans there were at harvest 

 time will show up in good shape after 

 passing through the thrasher. A con- 

 siderable shrink is often caused by rainy 

 weather after harvest and it is fortunate 

 that this will not be the case this year. 



With the completion of the new four- 

 story brick warehouse now in course of 

 erection, the Texas Seed & Floral Co., 

 Dallas, will considerably widen their 

 operations. They will have half an acre of 

 floor space, side track, power cleaning 

 machinery, etc. The first floor will be 

 used for storing heavy field seeds and 

 shipping heavy freight orders. The sec- 

 ond floor will be used for mail and ex- 

 press orders and the general offices. The 

 third floor will be for the storage of 

 implements, poultry and bee keepers' 

 supplies and reserve stock. The fourth 

 floor for the storage of seeds and sun- 

 dry supplies. 



