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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 2, 1906. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMEBIC AH SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., Henry W. Wood, Richmond, Va.; FlrBt 

 Vlce-Prea., Charles Burge, Toledo, O.; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 36th annual 

 meeUngr will be held at New York City, June, 1907. 



The first French bulbs arrived at New 

 York July 31. 



The Michigan pea growers have had a 

 week of good weather. 



The Nebraska vine seed growers are 

 busy with the cucumber beetle. 



Beans will surely turn out short. The 

 effects of the cold spring and dry sum- 

 mer are now quite apparent. 



Majesty is the name of A. T!^ Bod- 

 dington's special strain of mignonette, 

 not Majestic, as it was printed last week. 



The radish seed crop in Michigan, 

 which is annually increasing in acreage, 

 is giving a good account of itself to date. 



The onion set harvest at Chicago is in 

 full swing. Quality is excellent but the 

 size of the crop shows no sign of in- 

 crease. 



Lists of cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, 

 cucumber, lettuce and other market gar- 

 dener specialties for ,, the south are al- 

 ready on the wing. ' 



The Connecticut growers have had a 

 long spell of wet, humid weather and are 

 far from pleased,, especially with the 

 prospect for onions. 



The Colorado melon growers for seed 

 report a good start and no great trouble 

 from the aphis, which is worrying the 

 growers in Nebraska. 



M. L. McDonald, of the firm of 

 Henry Field, Shenandoah, la., will soon 

 enter the Iowa State College at Ames 

 for advanced work in seed breeding. 



The Michigan republican state con- 

 vention, at Detroit, July 31, nominated 

 Dexter Mason Ferry, Jr., as its candidate 

 for member of the state board of educa- 

 tion. 



The Chas. H. Lilly Co., Seattle, 

 Wash., reports all its crop of cabbage 

 seed for fall delivery sold well in ad- 

 vance and demand unsatisfied. The Pa- 

 cific northwest has not heretofore figured 

 largely as a source of supply for this 

 item. 



HARRISU BULBS. 



The Bermudian landed at New York 

 July 27 the second consignment of Har- 

 risii lily bulbs. This shipment aggre- 

 gated 1,414 cases, which makes receipts 

 to date 4,652 cases, there having been 

 3,238 cases in the boat a fortnight ago. 

 This is practically the season's supply, 

 but it indicates that the crop of Har- 

 risii, in point of quantity, is not so short 

 as has been stated in some reports from 

 Bermuda, the receipts having exceeded 

 those of last year to date by several hun- 

 dred eases. The first boat last year was 

 thought to have a heavy consignment 

 when it landed 2,470 cases, as against 

 3,238 cases on the first boat this year; 

 and the increase held good in the second 

 cargo. 



Figures are lacking as to the number 



PACIFIC sc£:d growers* CO 



2077 SUTTER STRSST 

 SAN rRANCISCO, CAL. 

 Specialties t 



O nion, Carrot, Lettuce, S^weet 



Mention The ReTtew yhen .ron write. 



LEONARD 



SEED 



SEED GROWERS 



Leading 

 r-^e^s* -OW« CO. 



Largest fitowets of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in (bz Central West 



Write tor Prices. 



CHICAGO 



>l»Miltmi rh»* •{•'V t»»w ivhPii \i»ti wrfif 



( Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peai, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Oor 

 respondence BoUcited. 

 Mention The KeTlew when yon write. 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 den Seeds 

 in Cultiva- 

 tion. 

 WHOLKSALK SKXD 6ROWXR8 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



of cases of each size of bulb, but all are 

 agreed that there is a pronounced short- 

 age of the larger sizes. It is of the 

 small sizes that there is increased produc- 

 tion. It also doubtless is true that not 

 aU the stock is true Harrisii, and a con- 

 siderable amount of disease is likely to 

 be found in some of the stock from care- 

 less or irresponsible growers. 



CALIFORNIA SEED CROPS. 



C. C. Morse & Co., write as follows: 

 ' ' Begarding crop conditions we have to 

 say that on the whole the crop is an 

 average one, with the exception of onion. 

 We expect, however, to fill our contracts 

 practically in full but wiii have little 

 or no surplus. Badish, lettuce, carrot, 

 and parsnip are unusually good. We 

 are now busily engaged in cleaning and 

 shipping our spinach crop and are well 

 into sweet pea and lettuce harvest." 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The weather is now all that could be 

 desired for seed growers, coming as it is 

 just before harvest. It is warm, in fact, 

 hot, with frequent bright, hot sunshine 

 and an occcasional warm shower. Most 

 seed crops are looking well in conse- 

 quence and it is surprising the improve- 

 ment all crops are making. There are 

 reports that the onion crops in many 

 European districts are looking bad and 



C. C. Morse & Co. 



SEXD GROWXBS, now located at 



171-173 Clay Street, 

 San Francisco, Cal* 



Orowers of the following specialties 

 for the trade : 



Carrot, Celery, Endive, 



Leek, Mustard, Parsnip, 

 Parsley, Radish, Spinach, 



Salsify, Tomato, Cucumber, 



Onion, Lettuce 



Flower Seeds, especially 



SWEET PEAS 



RecUtered telegrraph and cable address: 

 Bloraeed, San Francisco. American Seed 

 Trade Ass'n Code, ABC Code 4th edition. 



Seed Farma at Newark, Alameda Co., Vic- 

 toria Island and Gllroy, Santa Clara Co. 



Farm Office. Trial Grounds and General 

 Growing: Headquarters at Carnadero. near 

 Gllroy, Cal. 



Warebouses and Bulk Waretaouse, Santa 

 Clara, Cal. Address all communications to 



171-173 Clay St., San Francisco 



Mention The Rovlcw when you write. 



prices are likely to still lurther advance. 



There is some talk in England that 

 the reported corner of kentia palm seeds 

 produced on Lord Howe Island has fallen 

 through. I know for a fact that some 

 English growers had placed their usual 

 orders with the exporters from Lord 

 Howe Island before the corner was 

 spoken of, and as soon a.s the supposed 

 plan to corner the crop was started they 

 received information that the seeds could 

 be delivered only through iuessrs. Sander. 

 These growers have lately received a 

 communication that the goods can now 

 be delivered at booked prices and are 

 in fact on the way. If the corner has 

 fallen through, it would be interesting 

 to know why. 



The National Sweet Tea Society's 

 show was a great success in every way. 



