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average, but crops have improved. Car- 

 rots and onions are only moderate. Pes^ 

 and broad beans are good. Of runner 

 beans there are complaints of a poor 

 plant with some growers; it is yet too 

 early to say what these will do, as late 

 frosts may do much harm. — H. A. 



CALIFORNIA SEED CROPS. 



GiLKOY, Cal., June 5. — Late rains and 

 favorable cool weather have caused nearly 

 all seed crops in California to take on a 

 vigorous growth. These conditions, 

 while benefiting nearly all crops, have 

 been a great detriment to the onion seed 

 crop. The estimate now is that about 

 fifty per cent of the seed stalks are mil* 

 dewed, some veiy badly and some just 

 touched. With favorable cool weather 

 the later ones may pull through with 

 some seed in the head, but those stalks 

 that are badly mildewed will never re- 

 cover enough to form any seed what* 

 ever. All varieties seem attacked about 

 the same, and the same conditions exist 

 on about all the seed farms. 



Lettuce, radish and sweet peas are 

 taking on a very fine growth and with 

 favorable weather during June and. July 

 the growers feel confident that the crop 

 will be above the average, and contracte 

 will probably be filled in full. 



The small flower seed crops are look- 

 ing well and the growers in the Santa 

 Clara valley are hopeful of a just re- 

 turn on their investment. 



NOTES FROM HOLLAND. 



The lifting of the bulb crops will now 

 soon be at hand and even in some of the 

 less favorable localities has begun al- 

 ready. The month of May, which is 

 really the decisive month for the tulip 

 crop, was cold and rainy and the ap- 

 pearance of the blight in the tulip 

 leaves might not have taken such pro- 

 portions if dry and warm weather had 

 prevailed. The continued wet has, how- 

 ever, been the cause that this blight kept 

 spreading with marvelous rapidity in 

 some of the fields and put a sudden 

 stop to all growth. In consequence the 

 crop in such places will only be mid- 

 dling and in some places where the 

 leaves were killed off altogether the 

 bulbs will be poor. Crocus have also 

 suffered severely and as the area planted 

 out is much smaller than in 

 previous years, it is quite certain that 

 they will be scarce and higher in price 

 this season. Hyacinths are looking well 

 and if the month of June should turn 

 out warm, we may expect to lift a good 

 crop, although the quantity of salable 

 bulbs is likely to be considerably less 

 than last season, and especially in whites 

 there will not be any surplus. — Horti- 

 cultural Trade Journal. 



FEEL NEED OF GUARANTY. 



At the recent annual dinner of the 

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 Great Britain much of the discussion 

 turned on the desirability of a recognized 

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 is anything of such importance that we 

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 as the question of purity and growth; 

 it is a matter of the greatest moment. 

 This is a matter which should be taken 

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SEED IMPORTS. 



The records of the New York customs 

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