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November 23, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



33 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell, Saginaw, W. S., Mich.; 

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

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

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



It is reported that even yet there are 

 seedsmen who are expecting a good de- 

 livery of onion seed. 



He.vly Bros., Belle Center, O., report 

 a shipment to one firm of seventeen cars 

 of Improved Learning field corn for seed. 



The next question that will arise in 

 the seed line is likely to be, ' ' How many 

 beans am I going to get?" 



With onions, potatoes and cabbage 

 resting easy on a rising market, the av- 

 erage market gardener is not worrying 

 at the prospect of high seed prices. They 

 all express a willingness to divide with 

 the seedsman. 



Some of the surplus lists that are ar- 

 riving at different points agitate the re- 

 cipients. They find, however, that in 

 most cases anything they want is dis- 

 posed of before their telegram ordering 

 same reaches the offerer. 



A. E. McKenzie, of Brandon, Man., 

 reports that the two cars of onion sets 

 spoken of in the Eeview a week or two 

 ago, reached Brandon safely and he is 

 more convinced than ever that his meth- 

 od of getting onion sets forward safely 

 is the right plan. 



Visited Chicago: A. A. Berry, of A. 

 A. Berry Seed Co., Clarinda, Iowa; An- 

 drew Morton, representing Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co., New York; Eugene Schaet- 

 telle, of Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, 

 France; H. M. Clair, representing C. L. 

 Allen & Co., Philadelphia. 



EOBT. BuiST Co., Philadelphia, is ad- 

 vertising American tuberoses in English 

 gardening papers, offering to lay down 

 in London Dwarf Double Pearl at $10.66 

 per thousand. They give a list of forty 

 or more customers, to whom they say they 

 ship annually, which reads like a clipping 

 from Burke's Peerage. 



In England there is continued discus- 

 sion as to the priority of the names Ailsa 

 Craig q,nd Excelsior as applied to on- 

 ions which most in the trade concede to 

 be identical. It is widely grown in Eng- 

 land and many private gardeners in 

 the United States grew it this season, 

 especially for exhibition. 



From reports it is quite a while since 

 the average onion set grower was in such 

 a quandary over what he would best do 

 about securing seed. A high price for 

 «eed has not prevailed at this time of 

 the year for several seasons and that the 

 price of sets after the harvest of 1906 

 ■will be any higher on account of it the 

 growers very much doubt. 



The seed trade committee of which 

 <^arles N. Page is chairman, has a new 

 idea on the government seed distribu- 

 ^on. It is hoped to interest President 

 Roosevelt in the matter and possibly so 

 appeal to his ideas of fairness that he 

 "Will, in his forthcoming message to Con- 

 gress, pronounce against the distribution 

 for which appropriation must bo made at 

 this session. 



LEONARD SEED growers 



We are among the largest growers of Peas, 

 Beans and Garden Seeds in the trade. 



Leading SEED 

 Onion Set _, _„„_ -^ ,«. 



Growers ■'|g^D^s« CO. CHICAGO 



Write for Prices. 



Mention The U<»vlew when yon write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



Meution The Review when you write. 



IF not satisfied with your cuts, write 

 ^ us. We make the cuts for the 

 Review and many 



Seed Catalogues 



All processes. Photos retouched or 

 redrawn in wash; wash drawings 

 made where photos are not available. 

 Quick work if necessary. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. 



CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO. 

 341-349 CL4RK ST., CHICAGO. J 



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SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Pop Com, encum- 

 ber. Melon and Squash Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts. We have 

 Buperior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRSNCiSCO, Cal. 



Careful growers of California specialties. 



Gladiolus Bulbs 



Our bulbs are uot better than 

 the best, but better tlian the rent. 



XBT THEH. 



Gushman Gladiolus Go. 



SYLVANIA, OHIO. 



Meiftion The Review when you write. 



It is reported from the southwest that 

 crops of melons and other vine seeds, 

 which often yield well in that section 

 have yielded quite poorly this year. 



The Helen Lewis sweet pea, wliich ■non 

 the silver medal as the best variety of 

 1905 at the National Sweet Pea Society's 

 show in London, England, has been sold 

 by the raiser, John Watson, Jr., to Chas. 

 W. Breadmore, the Winchester seedsman, 

 for dissemination in 1906. 



A. A. Berry, Clarinda, Iowa, says that 

 the amount of hardship the government 

 free distribution of seeds imposes upon 

 the seedsmen, is just about half the ex- 

 tent of the 38,000,000 seed packets put 

 nut, as no doubt half of the packages 

 are used, the others being dropped into 

 the waste bnsket as useless, which they 

 are to a great extent. 



Electros! Electros! 



(Cliches) 



An Illustrated Album 



containing a UNIQUE COLLECTION of up-to- 

 date PHOTO ELECTROS of leading varieties ol 

 VEGETABLES and FLOWERS, suitable for 

 ILLUSTRATING SEED CATALOGUES, now 



ready and free on application. 



Also our list of sterling NOVELTIES of VEG- 

 ETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS for 1906. Seed 

 catalogue published in December. 



WATKINS A SIMPSON 



8EBO MESCHAVTS 



la Tavistock Street 



Covent Garden, London, Eng^land 



M»-ntlon The RcTlew when you write. 



S. D.Woodruff ft Sons 



SPECIALTIES: 



Garden Seeds In Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion aets, etc. 

 Correspondence BoUclted. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE, CONH. 

 New lork City Store, 82-84 Der Street. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



CAILIFLOWER SEED 



DAXriSH SSOWBAIili 

 Price to Cousamezs 915.00 per ponnd 



Special prices to the Wholesale trade. Guaran- 

 teed in every respect. 

 Reference, Bassett & Washburn 



Address E. BOCKMAN, 



p. O. Box 

 530. 



Hinsdale, III. 



370O 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 des Seed* 

 is Csltive- 

 tion. 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. 



WHO&BSAXiB SEES QBOWEB8 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



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The government seed distribution for 

 1906 will begin December 1. Thirty-eight 

 million packets are to be sent out this 

 year. 



W. J. FosGATE, Santa Clara, Cal., left 

 Chicago Tuesday, continuing on his an- 

 nual tour east. The other California 

 growers are expected to reach Chicago 

 about Thanksgiving time. 



On November 18, fire destroyed the 

 building at Knoxville, Tenn., occupied 

 by Broylos, MeClellan & Lackey, whole- 

 s-ale dealers in seeds and agricultural im- 

 plements. 



Here is another dollar; we cannot get 

 along Avithout the Keview. — C. E. Mans- 

 field, Fitchburg, }ilass. 



