Jdne 7, 1906. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



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

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

 Tr<>aH C. E. Kendel. Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 mating will b« held at Toledo, O , June 2e-28, 1906. 



EvEEYTHiNO points to an unusually 

 large attendance at the seed trade con- 

 vention this month. 



The acreage of radish for seed in the 

 Michigan section is reported slightly 

 larger than last year. 



B. B. McGiLL, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, went to Boston June 2, 

 and will spend a fortnight's vacation in 

 New Jersey. , 



Jesse E. Northrup is vice-president 

 of the board of park ' commissioners at 

 Minneapolis, his board membership ex- 

 tending to 1909. 



Turnip seed is moving out in good 

 shape and the prospects are that an 

 excellent business will be recorded on 

 this item before the close of the season. 



Frank Hoermann, Terre Haute, Ind., 

 reports that market garden trade has 

 taken a new lease of life since the recent 

 rains, prior to which planters were pretty 

 well discouraged. 



The universal postal congress at 

 Bome has increased the international 

 letter weight unit from a half ounce to 

 an ounce, making the new rate 5 cents 

 for the first ounce and 3 cents for each 

 additional ounce. 



The Louisville & Nashville railroad is 

 endeavoring to establish cantaloupe 

 growing on a large scale along its Shef- 

 field and Tuscumbia branch in Tennes- 

 see. L. H. Lister is in charge and hopes 

 to rival the Bocky Ford district. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



Peas. 



Reports from all sections show a good 

 stand and all conditions favorable. . 



Beans. 



Planting is under way and reports 

 from all the stations show favorable 

 weather and the soil conditions good. 



Onion Sets. 



Louisville.— Acreage about equal to 

 last year; stand fair; weather favorable; 

 prospects good for an average crop. 



Indianapolis.— Acreage less than last 

 year; stand poor to middling; prospect 

 for half a crop. Recent rains have im- 

 proved conditions somewhat and the out- 

 , look IS better than a week ago. 



, Chillicothe.— Acreage less than last 

 iyear; stand good; condition favorable- 

 , crop will be below average owing to re- 

 ! dueed acreage. 



Chicago.— Acreage equal to last year : 

 ^ stand variable, excellent in some fields 

 and very poor in others; rain needed in 

 most localities; weeds bad with the 

 smaller growers. Several of the large 

 fields show a poor outlook for even half 

 a crop. On the whole it is thought that 

 I If rains and favorable conditions prevail 



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411-415 SANSOMK STRKBT 



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Specialties t 



Onion, Carrot, Lettuce, Siveet 



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SEED GROWERS 



Lat£est fiTowen of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in the Central WesU 



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CHICAGO 



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LAW^N GRASS SEED':Jt^,« 



Dickinsons, EvergretRy and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



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C. C. MORSE S CO. 



On account of fire which destroyed 

 our Btore at San Francisco, head- 

 quarters are removed to old address 

 at SANTA CLARA, CAL. 



Careful srow^ers of California speolaltles 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 den Seeds 

 in Cultiva- 

 tion. 

 WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



for the remainder of season the crop 

 may average up to last year. 



At other centers average stands are re- 

 ported and average crops expected^ 



THE SEASON'S BUSINESS. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia: 

 — Business for 1906 has been very good, 

 considerably ahead of any previous year. 

 The orders already booked for bulbs for 

 autumn delivery are far ahead of last 

 year and the prospects for the rest of 

 the year are very satisfactory. 



CuRRiE Bros. Co., Milvcaukee:— The 

 season 's seed trade in this section has not 

 been remarkable in any respect. We con- 

 sider it a fair average season in point of 

 sales. Crops generally are looking well. 



John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, 

 "Wis.: — The main feature of this season's 

 trade as it came to us was the large 

 volume of February, which exceeded any 

 February that we have ever had, and 

 the length of the season. We are cer- 

 tainly much busier today, June 1, than 

 we were last year or the year before. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. OnioD, Sweet Peas, Aster. 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Ooi^ 

 respondence Bolicited. 

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Gladiolos Bolbs 



Our bulbs are not better than 

 the best, but better than the reat. 



JH TBT TBZM. 



■ Gustiman Gladiolus Co. 



^ STLVANLA.. OHIO. 



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W, Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadel- 

 phia: — On the whole the season just 

 closed has been most satisfactory, not- 

 withstanding that several lines of seeds 

 have not moved as well as could have 

 been desired. Our total business, how- 

 ever, has been the largest we ever have 

 had and it was most gratifying to more 

 than make up in April the falling off of 

 our mail order business during March. 

 One of the influences that had the great- 

 est effect on business was the mild 

 weather during January and February, 

 when doubtless other seedsmen like our- 

 selves had the largest influx of orders 

 ever received in these two months. 



Barteldes & Co., Denver: — In Colo- 

 rado we eonsider that trade in all lines 

 pertaining to the seed and floral busi- 

 ness has increased. We think that grow- 

 ers and dealers have had a better trade 

 than for several seasons previously. The 

 weather has been especially favorable for 

 crops in general. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York: — 



