Mauou 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1007 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOQATION. 



Prea., W. H. Qrenell, Saginaw, W. S., Mlcn.j 

 First Vlce-Prea., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Treaa., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 Beetlxu: will be held at Toledo, O., June 26-28, 1906. 



There were 425 bags of clover seed 

 on the last boat from Liverpool. 



There is report of poor germination 

 in some lots of eastern-grown onion seed. , 



August Rhotert confirms the report 

 of a scarcity of lily of the valley pips in 

 Germany this year. 



Growers of peas and beans, having 

 arranged for the most part for placing 

 their acreage for the coming year 's pea 

 crop, report that their energies will 

 have to be }mt forth now in finding an 

 acreage for beans. 



The Cash Buyers' Union, a large Chi- 

 cago mail order house reported to be 

 planning to follow the lead of Sears, 

 Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward 

 & Co. and go heavily into the catalogue 

 seed trade, passed into the hands of a 

 receiver February 26, the postal authori- 

 ties having inspired the action of credi- 

 tors. 



The largo general merchandise mail 

 order houses that recently added seeds 

 to their lines, find it quite difficult to 

 keep up with their orders. They report 

 that the seed line differs from the others 

 in many instances, not the least being 

 the fact that seeds are not a manu- 

 factured commodity in the sense that 

 other things are. 



Cloverseed was weaker on the Toledo 

 market at the close of last week. The 

 demand was active, but offerings seemed 

 liberal. Shipments were active. Ex- 

 ports for the wefek were placed at 1,906 

 bags, as against 1,778 bags last week 

 and 1,175 bags a year ago. Alsike re- 

 ceipts were 6,331 bags, against 10,166 

 bags a year ago, and 5,001 bags two 

 years ago. The close was steady. Clos- 

 ing: Cash, $8.62; February, $8.62; 

 March, $8.65; April, $8.57. Prime 

 alsike, $8.15; prime timothy, $1.62. 



Watkins & Simpson, the London 

 seedsmen, have offered a ten guinea cup 

 for the best exhibit of annuals and 

 plants usually treated as annuals, grown 

 in pots (sweet peas excluded), to be 

 shown at the meetings of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Great Britain in 

 1907. The cup is presented with the 

 idea of showing what interesting and 

 charming plants there are among this 

 common class of flowers when well 

 grown and with plenty of room indi- 

 vidually. 



A writer in a widely read gardening 

 magazine says that the sole object of 

 seedsmen in urging early orders is to re- 

 lieve themselves as much as possible dur- 

 ing the rush at the height of the season. 

 The opinion is that of one forgetful that 

 ' * a bird in the hand is worth two in the 

 bush, ' ' where some other fellow 's bright 

 catalogue may catch it. Again, the aver- 

 age seedsman never fails to have all he 

 can do in late March and April and 

 counts as clear gain all the increase he 

 can show in the record for January and 

 February, 



LEONARD SEED growers 



Leading 



Onion Set p-^^pp ^>^^ 

 Growers "^Ig™ CO. 



Larsfest growers of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in the Central West* 



Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



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in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



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SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Pop Com, CTionm> 

 ber. Melon and Sqnasli Seed. Write 

 us before placing contracts. We have 

 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

 good Seed at reasonable prices. Address 



A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY, Glarinda, la. 



Mpntlon The Review when you write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAL. 



Wliolesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



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3700 

 Acres 

 of Ger 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. £?"'' 



WKOXiBSAl^B BmmO OSOWBB8 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



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The seed planting season is hardly 

 begun and such small surpluses as have 

 developed should therefore startle no- 

 body. 



Onion sets are on the upward incline 

 and it is thought the top will be 

 reached about the time no more will be 

 wanted. 



Field corn of some important varieties 

 is reported hard to get hold of, yet it 

 seems hardly possible that there can be 

 any shortage. 



Tomato seed is being called for in 

 good quantities and it is thought that 

 the canners are preparing to make the 

 pack of 1906 a large one. 



The pickle men are making good 

 preparations in the way of buying seed. 

 It looks as though they are expecting 

 to put out a liberal acreage. 



The market gardeners ' seedsmen at 

 the different centers report the season 'a 

 business up to the present much better 

 than last year. It is thought that the 

 unusually mild weather is the cause. 



In general reports at hand show the 

 business of the year to be fully up to 

 the normal. Here and there reports are 

 made that there is more than a sufficient 

 quantity of available stock for the ex- 

 pected needs of the locality and that a 

 feeling of doubt as to the outcome of 



S.D.WoodruffftSons 



SFSCIALTIKS: 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE, CONN. 



New York City Store, 32-84 Dey Street. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



C. C. MORSEJB CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Streety 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



CareAil growers of California speoialtiea. 



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To the Wholesale Seed Trade: 



Write us for growing prices in car-lots on 



Field, Sweet and Pop Cora 



Healy Bros , Belle Center, 0. 



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the season prevails. On the other hand, 

 the conditions are reported just the re- 

 verse in other localities. Bookings for 

 shipments from the coming crop continue 

 to come in, in a way that satisfies the 

 growers, and present business from the 

 jobbers' standpoint is all that could be 

 desired. None of the mail order seeds- 

 men is complaining. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



The adverse weather conditions com- 

 menced with a poor harvesting season, 

 many crops, especially the more tender 

 vegetable and most flower seeds being 

 very short in consequence, and it is now, 

 when the orders are being made up and 

 the wholesalers are up to their eyes in 

 work, that the fullest effect of the short- 

 ago is felt. There is a considerable quan- 

 tity of yearling seed on hand of many 

 articles, which keeps prices down to a 

 fairly normal level. 



One of the novelties of the season 

 which gives every promise of merit is the 

 new tomato, Eev. Laycock. Many lead- 

 ing houses have placed orders for seeds 

 with the raiser. Also inquiries are being 

 received from America, among them one 

 from Prof. W. W. Tracy, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



To look at the advertisement columns 

 of the too numerous gardening journals, 

 one would suppose the trade of retailing 

 seeds is overcrowded; the number of 

 firms advertising is prodigious and it is 



