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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



January 25, 1906. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATMM. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell. Sagrlnaw, W. S., Mien.; 

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

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 21th annual 

 meeting: will be held at Toledo, G., June 26-28, 1906. 



W. C. Beckert's market gardeners' 

 list has the names of varieties in both 

 English and German. 



1). M. Fekry & Co. did not hesitate 

 to price scarce items at what they are 

 Avorth in the 1906 retail catalogue. 



The catalogue houses report that 

 business is opening up in good shape, 

 and the outlook for 1906 is bright. 



The Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, re- 

 ports that contract business for 1906 is 

 opening up ahead of all previous records. 



It is interesting to note the proportion 

 of half-tone illustrations in the 1906 

 catalogues. The wood-cut has had its 

 day. 



The greenhouse gardeners are com- 

 plaining that the dark weather of the 

 past few weeks has put a heavy loss 

 upon them, owing to retarded growth 

 resulting therefrom to their vegetable 

 crops. 



A Bermuda grower is offering Harrisii 

 of the 1906 crop, delivered freight and 

 tluty paid, at New York, at the following 

 prices to planters: .') to 7-inch bulbs, 

 $25 per thousand; 7 to 9, $55 per thou- 

 sand; 9 to 11, $125 per thousand. 



Some of the sweet corn growers re- 

 port a hard time getting their stocks 

 into proper shape for shipping. Consid- 

 erable hand picking is necessary to make 

 the samples merchantable, and to bring 

 the germinating quality up to standard. 



Well posted seed travelers report that 

 the conditions prevailing two weeks ago 

 do not apply to the present. They find 

 that an intervening week makes a very 

 great difference and their ideas of 

 things in general change at each railroad 

 station. 



The Johnson & Stokes 1906 catalogue 

 shows an agriculturalist holding and ad- 

 miring a June Pink tomato, while in the 

 very near distance is a substantial look- 

 ing building labeled "Bank," the infer- 

 ence being that the planter of J. & S. 

 seeds will at least have money in the 

 bank if he does not own the institution 

 itself. 



The jobbing houses are more rushed 

 than is usual at this time of the year. 

 Keports are that the continued mild 

 weather is forcing an early demand for 

 seeds in all sections, and shipments that 

 are booked for the end of February are 

 called for immediately. To comply with 

 such requests and keep up with the 

 January bookings at the same time is 

 not easy rolling. 



The present low price for market 

 onions is explained by onion growers as 

 being the result of an open winter. The 

 bulbs stored have been easy to get at, 

 the soft weather has made the quality 

 poor in many cases, and an endeavor to 

 unload for fear of a continued spoiling 

 has forced the market down. They all 

 look for very high prices for the article 

 that will carry until the poorer lots are 

 disposed of. 



Any One Who Sells Seeds 



Is invited to consider the KSBIT8 and FBOFIT8 of 



LANDRETH'S SEEDS 



121 years they have been before the PUBlbZC and acknowledged as the Stand- 

 ard of Bzocllenoe. A large portion are the product of the celebrated 



BLOONSDALE FARMS 



Drop a postal card for Wholesale Gatalosrue. 



D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY, Bristol, Pa. 



Establishment Founded 1784. Incorporated 1904. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



LEONARD 



Leading SEED 



rsr 'jo™- CO. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



SEED GROWERS 



Largest growers of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in the Central West* 



Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



QNION 



220 lbs. White Bermuda Seed 



in original package. Crop of 1905, 75o per lb. 



Crenshaw Bros. 



TAMPA, FLA. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



GLADIOLI 



ARTHUR COWEE, 



XiABOBBT 8TOOK IV THE WOBIiD. 



Qoallty, the best obtainable. GBOFF'8 HTBBIM 

 and other strains of merit. 



Write for catalogue. 



Oladlolna Speoialiat, 

 lADOWVAXB Z>ABM, 



BERLIN, N.Y. 



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SEED GROWERS 



n«ld, Bw««t and Pop Com, CncTun- 

 1>er, Melon and Sqnaali 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, Clarinila, la. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Braslan Seed^ 



efGer- 



Growers Co. ar^^ 



WHO&BSAIB BBBD OBOWBmS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



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W. F. Allen will open a seed store 

 February 1 at 216 Main street, Salis- 

 bury, Md. 



Chas. p. GuELr, of £he Jerome B. 

 Rice Seed Co., was summoned to Chicago 

 January 20 by the condition of his wife, 

 who is seriously ill at St. Joseph 's hos- 

 pital. 



The Hyde Park Seed and Floral Co., 

 Austin, Tex., A. J. Seiders, manager, 

 reports having secured control of the 

 seed from the breeding blocks of Prof. 

 M. A. Ferguson, who is breeding corn 

 for high yielas. 



S.D.Woodruff&Sons 



SFECIAL.TIK8: 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Halo Office and Seed Farms, OBANGE, CONN. 



New Torlc City Store, 88*84 Dey Street. 



Mention The Review wben yon write. 



C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cai. 



Oareftel growers of California speoialtlee. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Knud Guxderstrup, Chicago, states 

 that P. S. Petersen has no longer an 

 interest in his mushroom spawn business. 

 Mr. Gundestrup is conducting both the 

 seed and spawn business on his own ac- 

 count, having succeeded P. F. Thorasen 

 two years ago. 



GERMAN SEED TRADE. 



The yields of the late crops of flower 

 seeds, principally asters and zinnias, 

 turned out exceedingly small in the 

 Quedlinburg district and remained far 

 behind the early estimates. Also the har- 



