

August 30, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



941 



thjs line at all this year. It is a diffi- 

 cult matter to make any accurate esti- 

 mate of any seed crops many weeks 

 ahead this year, the weather conditions 

 generally prevailing all over Europe 

 being so erratic. This will no doubt hav6^ 

 the effect of making the yield of all seed 

 crops much lighter, although the sam- 

 ples will be of good quality. 



A storm of wind, rain, hail and thun- 

 der recently swept over Nottinghamshire 

 and Lincolnshire, such as had hardly 

 been known for the last fifty years, and 

 the streets and fields were in a few 

 minptes perfect rivers of water. 



The hot weather has finished the pea 

 crops off quickly, and a much lighter 

 yield than was expected will be the re- 

 sult, as in many cases these crops were 

 ripened and ready for harvest before the 

 later pods were half grown. J. B. 



ROCHESTER SEED NOTES. 



The seed trade, both of Europe and 

 America, was well represented here last 

 week. W. Atlee Burpee, en route home 

 from the coast, inspected the aster 

 grounds. Messrs. Parsons and Ely, the 

 former from Dreer's and the latter from 

 Michell's, were both busy on the same 

 lines. J. J. Comont, from Carter's, and 

 S. B, Dicks, representing Cooper, Taber 

 & Co., are bqth looking up future busi- 

 ness. Disquieting reports have been re- 

 ceived regarding the pea crop. The 

 trade here thinks that these are rather 

 too pessimistic, preparing them for the 

 very worst. Cucumbers are said to be 

 nearly a total failure. Perhaps these 

 accounts may be exaggerated, and the 

 safest way is to conserve them with a 

 liberal allowance of salt. 



Messrs. Charles and Fred Vick re- 

 turned from Dayton this morning. They 

 say the meeting was a success but the 

 heat almost unbearable. 



GERMAN SEED CROPS. 



The meteorological record at Erfurt 

 is a mixture of thunderstorms and tor- 

 rential rains, with a few hot days thrown 

 in. This has not aided vegetation to 

 catch up the ground lost through the 

 late spring, and things in general are 

 nearly a fortnight behind the usual time. 

 In some places the rains have badly laid 

 the crops. Warmer and drier weather, 

 however, now seems to have set in to 

 the great relief of our seed growers. 



Peas have made a luxuriant growth, 

 and if the weather favors the develop- 

 ment of the pods they should turn out 

 a good crop. Beans did not come up as 

 well as usual, owing to unfavorable con- 

 ditions of harvesting last autumn, and 

 any attempt to judge their prospects as 

 yet would be premature. Neither onion, 

 carrot nor cucumber are in good shape, 

 while lettuce, radish, spinach and 

 mangel-wurzel are looking all right so 

 far. Cabbage, kale and beet are also 

 doing favorably, though the acreage is 

 smaller than usual. 



Flower seeds are mostly longing for 

 some warm and not too moist weather. 

 Perennials are yielding well, but some 

 biennials, such as forget-me-not, will 

 naturally be short, owing to the loss of 

 so many plants during the winter. 

 Pansies are not seeding well and badly 

 need gome consistent sunshine, the damp 

 atmosphere having hindered the setting 

 of tho pods. Sweet peas, though late, 

 look liealthy, and the same may be said 

 in general of the annuals, which have, 

 however, a considerable amount of lee- 



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No.34i 



WIBOLTT'S SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SCED 



is thf earliest of 

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 . most compact, the 

 surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snow- 

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