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August 0, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



713 



Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., Henry W. Wood, lUchmond, Va.; First 

 Vlce-Pres^CharleB Burge. Toledo, O.; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 25th annual 

 meeting will be held at New York City, June, 1907, 



D. I. BuSHNELL, St. Louis, has re- 

 turned from a European trip. 



Heavy hail in Champaign county, 

 Ohio, July 27, did considerable damage 

 to corn growing for seed purposes. 



Everett Davis states that the Davis- 

 Elton Realty Co., St. Louis, is no longer 

 interested in the seed business. 



S. D. Dysinger, formerly of St. Paul 

 and later at Chicago, will make a trip 

 to the Pacific coast before assuming a 

 new connection. 



The Louisville onion set harvest is 

 completed and the product as reported by 

 the majority of the growers is one-half 

 of what it was last year. 



If it were not for the exhilarating 

 uncertainty as to what this or that crop 

 is going to pan out, these hot days would 

 be dull for the average seedsman. 



The Michigan bean fields are reported 

 as suffering from lack of rain and the 

 New York crop rusting badly from an 

 oversupply of it. These conditions ought 

 to put prices up a notch or two. 



It has been remarked that little de- 

 pendence can be placed upon crop re- 

 ports; still the man who ia willing to 

 take even a blind crack at an object is 

 more interesting than the one who won't 

 shoot at all. 



It is reported that the seed depart- 

 ment of the largest of the Chicago gen- 

 eral mail order houses did a business of 

 $90,000 in three months this spring. It 

 was exclusively mail trade and mostly 

 for small amounts. 



Onion seed for future delivery is not 

 bringing as good prices as conditions 

 would warrant. There is said to be a 

 good crop at Louisville this year, but 

 as the product of that section is only 

 used at home, and mostly for sets, it 

 should cut little figure. 



The canners are likely to be in the 

 market for unusual quantities of peas 

 for next season 's seed, as the early pack, 

 especially in New York, turned out short 

 and the late varieties are giving an even 

 ligliter yield for the packers. Wiscon- 

 sin canners also report light packs. 



The department of agriculture has is- 

 sued, as Farmers' Bulletin No. 254, a 

 pamphlet entitled "Cucumbers," by 

 L. C. Corbett, horticulturist in charge 

 of the Arlington experimental farm. 

 The growing of cucumbers, both in the 

 open and under glass, is fully described, 

 and all seedsmen and growers will find 

 in it much of interest. 



A MAN who is an enthusiast in his 

 business usually has the faculty of im- 

 parting some of his enthusiasm to others. 

 So it is with Henry Field, of Shenan- 

 doah, la. Every little while he gathers 

 the newspaper men of his town and 

 takes them to see some new thing at 

 his place, or a bed of flowers, telling the 

 papers to invite the public. So he has a 

 steady stream, or at least a rill, of visit- 

 ors through his trial ground at Sleepy 

 Hollow. 



PACIFIC SECD GROWERS' CO 



2077 SUTTER STRSBT 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAI*. 

 Specialties s 



Onion, Carrot, Lettuce, Siveet 



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LEONARD SEED growers 



Lansrest svowen of Peas, Beans and 

 Ganlen Seed in the Central West. 



Leading SEED 

 Onion Set _. __,__ ,— . --. 

 Growers ^Ig^o^s" CO, 



Writ* lor Prices. 



CHICAGO 



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[ Burpee^s Seeds Prow | 



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Waldo Rohnert 



OILROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialtleg: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peaa.Aatet, 

 OosmoB. Mignonette, Verbena In variety. Oo^ 

 respondence eolicited. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. ^2sf 



tion. 



WHOLB8ALB SKKD GEtOWKRS 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



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It is generally believed that not much 

 in the way of French-grown radish seed 

 is being carried over by the American 

 seed houses. This, in view of the re- 

 ported shortage of the coming crop, will 

 be a handicap to those who bank on 

 French-grown seed for their market 

 garden trade. 



Visited Chicago: — Max Wilhelmi, of 

 the Barteldes Seed Co., Lawrence, Kan., 

 on his annual tour of inspection of the 

 onion set fields; A. E. McKenzie, Bran- 

 don, Manitoba; Mr. Parks, of Peter 

 Henderson & Co., New York; Charles 

 Johnson, author of the Seedsman's As- 

 sistant, representing Daniff & Son, 

 French seed growers. 



HARRISU BULBS. 



A large handler of Harrisii says that 

 while it is undoubtedly true that more 

 bulbs have arrived from Bermuda than 

 came last year, still it does not in the 

 least alleviate the troubles of the im- 

 porters, who have generally booked or- 

 ders to a greater total than that of the 

 year before. In addition, it ia a fact 

 that the 7x9 size and larger show a fall- 

 ing off, the increased production being 

 in the small bulbs. This importer writes 

 that some houses will no doubt be unable 

 to fill orders for the larger sizes and that 

 the urgency of the calls sent to Bermuda 

 has resulted in the shipment of consider- 

 able stock which will not improve the 



C. C. Morse & Co. 



SKKD GROWXR8, now located at 



171-173 Clay Street, 

 San Francisco, Cal* 



Growers of the following: specialtiea 

 for the trade : 



CaA>rot, Celery, KndiTe, 



Leek, Mnatard, Parsnip, 

 Parsley, Radish, Spinach, 



Salsify, Tomato, Cucumber, 



Onion, Lettuce 



Flower Seeds, especially 



SWEET PEAS 



Registered tele^aph and cable address: 

 Moraced, San Francisco. American Seed 

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



Seed Farms at Newark, Alameda Co., Vic- 

 toria Island and GUroy, Santa Clara Co. 



Farm Ofllce. Trial Grounds and General 

 Growing: Headquarters at Camadero, near 

 GUroy, Cal. 



Warehouses and Bulk Warehouse, Santa 

 Clara, Cal. Address all communications to 



171-173 Clay St., San Francisco 



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reputation of the island 's product. It is 

 further stated that the demand promises 

 to keep large sizes scarce next year, so 

 that the booking of advance orders ia 

 likely to be done with greater caution. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



This is the seedsman's quiet time, and 

 retail houses are mostly engaged in en- 

 deavoring to get their money in for 

 goods sold in the spring. In England 

 at least this will prove an easier task 

 than for several previous years, as the 

 trade in England generally is much bet- 

 ter for all classes, and money is not so 

 tight. The wholesale houses are mostly 

 engaged in roguing and getting the 

 premises cleaned up ready for future 

 harvest deliveries, and their representa- 



