March 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



J077 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. 



Pres., W. H. Grenell, Sa^nsw, W. S., Mien.; 

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

 Treas., C. B. Eendel, Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 meetlnK will he held at Toledo, G., June 26-28, 1906. 



Sweet peas are looking up, according 

 to reports, and prospective buyers are 

 advised to adjust their glasses to a high- 

 er angle. 



Frank T, Emerson, formerly manager 

 of the Western Seed and Irrigation Co., 

 Fremont, Neb., is wintering at San 

 Diego, Cal. 



The executive body of tlie Society of 

 American Florists, in session at Dayton, 

 O., March 5, raised its voice in opposi- 

 tion to free seeds. 



If the corn growers cannot get enough 

 field corn dried out before long, nervous 

 prostration will attack some of those who 

 are waiting for a supply. 



Clover seed was firm at Toledo at the 

 opening this week. Cash $8.27, March 

 $8.27, April $8.20, October $6.25. Prime 

 alsike $8.15. Prime timothy $1.60. 



Sutton & Sons, Beading, England, 

 are shipping seeds to the tropics packed 

 in retail quantities in small, hermetically 

 sealed cans instead of the usual paper 

 packets. 



O. C. Thompson, Albert Lea, Minn., 

 has organized the Thompson Seed Co., 

 and offers the farmers of the northwest 

 an opportunity to buy its seed and its 

 capital stock. 



A Liverpool, England, concern, called 

 the Co-operative Bees., Ltd., issues a 

 seed catalogue of 200 pages, listing over 

 5,000 varieties and every species and va- 

 riety mentioned may be had in penny 

 packets. 



It is stated tliat districts in Tennessee 

 and northern Alabama are this year 

 planting thousands of acres of canta- 

 loupes, interested parties assert that 

 this new district is soon to become the 

 principal cantaloupe region of the coun- 

 try. 



The mail order seed houses are report- 

 ing business far ahead of last year to 

 date. In general they are of the opinion 

 that this gain will be all to the good, 

 the experience of the majority of them 

 being thnt orders continue to be sent in 

 right up to the limit of the planting 

 season. 



There seems to be no drojiping off in 

 tlie volume of business done by the 

 Avholesalers. It was thought that the de- 

 mand for earlv shipments due to the 

 open weather would make the rush sea- 

 son shorter than common. This is not 

 the case, however, and a considerable in- 

 crease over last year's huMiiess is sure to 

 be a result. 



Frank J. Ries, formerly with the 

 Goodwin-Harres Co., and later the W. 

 W. Barnard Co., Chicago, is now secre- 

 tary and manager for the recently incor- 

 porated Bromfield, Colvin, Kies Co., Bay 

 City., Mich. The corporation has taken 

 over the contract seed growing end of 

 the business of Bromfield & Colvin, and 

 the plan is to develop it along the lines 

 of Michigan specialties. 



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Largest pmwen of Peas, Beans and 

 Garden Seed in the Central West. 



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and Packages 



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Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



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SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Fop Com, Cncnm- 

 ber. Melon and Squasli 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. 



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Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



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Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co.i 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 den Seeds 

 in Cultiva- 

 tion. 

 WHOIiBSA^B SEED OBOWBB8 



S3N JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



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SpiXACH sci'd is in siiort sujiply and 

 the demand is unusually good. 



Visited St. Paul. — F. W. Kellogg, 

 representing S. G. Courteen, Milwaukee. 



Visited Ciiicaoo. — II. \V. Johns, Sioux 

 City Nursery and Seed Co.. Sioux (Jity, 

 Ta. 



L. L. iMay & Co., St. Paul, report a 

 good catalogue trade. Some ilays re- 

 ceipts are thirty per cent ahead of last 

 year. 



It is thought that the continued de- 

 pression in the onion market will have 

 some efl'ect in lessening tlie demand for 

 seed from growers who delay buying 

 their supply until planting time. 



John F. Geaky, of the Leonard See-1 

 Co., Chicago, returning from an extended 

 trip, reported largely increased bookings 

 of orders. He states that the feeling 

 of the trade generally throughout the 

 southwest is that the season's luisiness 

 will beat all records. 



C. P. Brasi.an's comment on the fail- 

 ure of eastern pe(>])le to recognize the 

 San Jose of print in the San ilosay of 

 speech promises to bear fruit. ^lany 

 firms there and in other towns where 

 there is a difference are printing the 

 [ilionetic spelling under the proper one 

 on letter-heads, statements, price-lists, 

 etc. 



S.D.WoodruffftSons 



SPECIALTIES: 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, OBANGE, CONN. 



New fork City Store, 32-84 Dey Street. 



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C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oaxefbl firxowers of California speoialtleB. 



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Field, Sweet and Pop Cora 



Healy Bros., Belle Center, 0. 



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Arxoi.I) HixciiEit, of tlif W. \V. Barn- 

 ard Co., Chicago, is making a New Eng- 

 land trip. 



The jilanting season is liable to be 

 over before the custom house ofticiaLs let 

 go of .some important items billed in bond 

 to Chicago seedsmen. 



The vine seeds, especially muskmelon, 

 watermelon and pumpkin, tiiat have 

 been received this year are generally be- 

 low standard in germinating (juality. 



THE WEDGE HAS ENTERED. 



The seedsmen at last have the thin 

 end of the wedge in the log, and may 

 hope for some progress in the matter of 

 s|.litting up the free seed distribution. 

 February i*S, the committee on agricul- 

 ture of the lower house of congress 

 adopted a resolution to eml the jirac- 

 tice. If the house and senate concur 

 in the action of the committee the distri- 

 bution will end — but it is a large "if." 



Representative Cocks, of New York, 

 matle the motion for the adojttion of ihe 

 resolution and a pretty warm fight devel- 

 oped. The Republicans were practically 

 a unit in support of the Cocks motion, 

 while the Democrats were solidly against 

 him. The motion was supported in com- 

 mittee by Wadsworth, of Now York; 

 Henry, of Connecticut; Haugen, of 

 Iowa; Haskins, of Vermont; Lorimer, 

 of Illinois; Brooks, of Colorado; Adams, 



