December 21, 1905, 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



325 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell, Sa«rlnaw, W. S., Mien.; 

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

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

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



RoELKER & Sons had 400 bags of 

 sugar beet seed on the last boat from 

 Hamburg. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, have 

 installed a Brown bag filling machine to 

 assist in putting up their packages of 

 seed. 



It may be mentioned that the avail- 

 able supply of good strains of the Globe 

 varieties of onions are still far below 

 the demand. 



The California growers are returning 

 home in the best of spirits. All of them 

 report a good trade. They feel that 

 there may still be a little picking left 

 for the competitors who are traveling on 

 a later schedule, but they all seem to 

 be well booked up on the important 

 varieties. 



J. M. Thorbukx & Co., New York, have 

 secured a new location at 33 Barclay 

 street. The removal is made necessary 

 by the Pennsylvania railroad improve- 

 ments, but will result in giving the seed 

 firm much better facilities. They will oc- 

 cupy the entire building. Next door are 

 Suzuki & lida and August Roelker & 

 Sons. 



Chicago. — The market gardeners are 

 ordering their seeds unusually early this 

 year. The rule has been heretofore that 

 few orders have been placed before 

 January. The business booked during 

 the current month by the houses that 

 make a specialty of the gardeners' trade 

 indicate that 1906 will be a great year 

 in this department of the seed business. 



Visited Chicago: S. F, Willard, of 

 Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn.; W. J. Fosgate, of Santa Clara, 

 Cal., returning home from his annual 

 eastern trip; W. H. Grenell, returning 

 from the northwest; A. A. Berry, of A. 

 A. Berry Seed Co., Clarinda. la.; Mr. 

 Brown, of the Brown Bag Filling Ma- 

 chine Co. ; T. F. Landram, of C. C. Morse 

 & Co., San Francisco, Cal., returning 

 from the east. 



Some of the field seed growers are 

 making a strong bid for market garden 

 trade. They argue that the city seeds- 

 man is unreliable because he eats pie 

 ^vith a fork and shaves before he at- 

 tends a banquet. They forget, however, 

 to explain that in addition to these fail- 

 ings the city seedsman thinks that kohl- 

 rabi should be cooked before it is eaten 

 and that field corn is not the best sub- 

 stitute for cauliflower seed. 



AuTUMX seeding throughout Europe is 

 practically finished. Generally speaking, 

 adverse weather conditions "throughout 

 northwestern and over large areas of cen- 

 tral Europe have retarded sowing opera- 

 tions, and reports of reduced acreage 

 and expressions of fear that the crops 

 may not stand the winter well are com- 

 mon. In the southern and eastern parts 

 of the continent, on the coutrarv. sow- 

 ings were generally effected under good 

 conditions, and germination has been 

 satisfnctorv. 



NEW SWEET PEAS 



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EVELYN BYATT 



A GORGEOUS 

 NOVELTY 



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The most gorgeous colored Sweet Pea yet Introduced. It mav be termed a self Oorffeous, 

 havintc a rich oranfte salmon standard, and falls or wings still a trifle deeper color, giving a 

 rich, fiery orange or deep sunset color to the whole flower, very striking and unique. It has 

 caused quite a sensation wherever shown during thepat.t year. 



PHYLLIS UNWIN.iio^'E^rv 



Color a deep rosy carmine self, the same form as GLADYS UNWIX, with the prettily waved 

 and bold standard of that variety, but a Uttle larger, producing 3 to 4 flowers on a stem. It 

 is quite sunproof and perfectly fixed. The stems are long and stout, and It mav be described 

 as A GIANT IN SVSBY WAT. 



Each of above novelties, $14.60 per 100 packets; 

 $1.76 per doz. (Retail, 86 cents). 



GLADYS UNWIN 



LAST YEARS' 

 NOVELTY 



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This flneat of all Fink Sweet Peas we Introdnoed last season. It is a striking' 



and sterling improvement, quite fixed and dibtlnct, and a 



great acquisition for Cut Blooms. 



Or>ADY8 UNWIN has a very large and bold flower, not hooded, but with a very striking 

 upright crinkled or wavy standard, and broad wings. Color, a pale rosy pink A strik- 

 ing feature is that about 75 per cent of the long flower stems are with tour blooms, which 

 is a most unusual thing in Sweet Peas. It was first raised four years ago, viz., in 1901, and 

 has kept perfectly true and fixed in character each year since and we have no hesitation 

 in saying it is a bona-flde departure in pinks. Kor market growers especially it cannot be 

 surpassed, and is just the lovely pink color which is so much in demand. 94.60 per pound. 



Veg'etable and Flower Seed catalogues free on application in December. 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, 



SEED MERCHANTS 



12 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, England . 



V» ■■■■■■ ■■■■|B»«MMWiW»^———^i——^»<^L 



Cold Storage^Berlin Valley 



SPLENDID QUALITY FOB FORCING. 



$1 ..50 per 100; $13.00 per 1000: .'(XX) "case). $J.'>.00. 



NEW 

 CROP 



GREENHOUSE 

 f GROWN 



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Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seed 



Per 100 seeds. Wc: per 1000 seeds. S'vOO. 



JAPANESE FERN BALLS 



5-inch 20c each; $2.00 per doz.: $14.00 per 100. 



7-9-inch.. ..25c' each: $2.. 50 per doz.: $1.'<.00 per 100. 



Send for our SURPLUS LIST OF NARCISSUS— It will interest you. 

 For Now Crop Mammoth Verbena and Japan Lilies, see last week's Review. 



JOHNSON & STOKES, 2 1 7-2 1 9 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Meutluu The Uevlew when you write. 



SlXiS & GnooT. Enkluiiwon, Holland, 

 send with their seed catalogue a very 

 lonvenient table, the price in shillings per 

 cwt. uf 112 pounds reduced to cents per 

 l>ound 21! American money. 



CATALOGUE PRICES. 



The early catalogues show considerable 

 variation iu prices. Here are a few in- 

 stances: 



Yellow Globe Danvers onion : Kate- 

 kin 's Seed House, Sheuandoaii. la.. !i(k' 

 lb.; F. Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Ivan., 

 $1.50 lb.; Johnson & Musi-er, Los An- 

 geles, $1 lb.; Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, 

 ia., $2 lb. 



Large Bed Wethersfield onion : Kate- 

 kin 's Seed House. $1 lb. ; Barteldes & 

 Co., $1.25 lb.; Johnson & Musser, $1 

 lb.; Io^Ya Seed Co., .$1.75 lb. 



Prizetaker onion : Ratekin 's Seed 

 House, $1.60 lb.; Barteldes & Co., $1.25 

 lb.; Johnson & Musser. .$1.50 lb.; Iowa 

 Seed Co., $1.50 lb. 



Soutiipdrt White Globe onion: Kate- 

 kin's SiM'd House. $2 lb.: Barteldes Cc 

 Co., $1.5n 11». ; Johnson &■ ]\hisser, $1.5'> 

 lb.; Iowa Seed Co.. $2.50 Hi. 



Burpee's Stringiess (ireen Pod bean: 

 Ratekin 's .Seed House. $1.75 ])eck: Bar- 

 teldes & Co.. .$1.50 peck: Johnson & Mus- 

 ser. $1U IMO lbs.;. Iowa Seed Co., $2.25 

 peck. 



Wardwell's Wax beau: Ratekin 's 

 Seed House. $l.tt(i j.eck; Barteldes & Co., 

 $1.75 peck: Iowa Seed Co.. $2.50 peck. 



Kentucky Wonder bean : Ratekin 's 

 Seed House, $1.9i) peck; Barteldes & 

 Co., $1.50 peck; Johnson & Musser, $S 

 100 lbs. 



American Wonder pea: Ratekin 's 

 Seed House, $2.25 peck : Barteldes & Co.. 

 $1.75 peck: .lohnson & Musser. $9 lOij 

 lbs.; Iowa Seed Co., $1.75 peck. 



Gradus poa : Barteldes & Co., $2 

 peck ; Johnson & Mus.ser. 20c lb. ; Iowa 

 Seed Co., $2.75 peck. 



Early Ohiu potato: Ratekin 's Seeij 



