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ThcWcckly Horists' Review. 



March 8, 1906. 



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ROCHESTER SEED NOTES. 



Late deliveries of western stock, cu- 

 cumbers, melons, sweet and field corns, 

 etc., have greatly hampered the seed 

 trade, but, while enjoying excellent busi- 

 ness, much exceeding last year's, of 

 course they must have their annual 

 growl regarding the free distribution of 

 seeds by the Washington authorities. 

 Surely the seed merchants have had their 

 quotn of stern attention from the United 

 States government. 



Mandeville & King report an encour- 

 aging increase over last year, and the 

 other seedsmen have put their stores in 

 readiness for the impending rush. Pros- 

 pects are bright and hopes are high for 

 a record season. F. p. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



Com.plaints of damage done to crops 

 through weather extremes in England 

 are very prevalent, especially to the tur- 

 nip and similar field crops. It is not 

 unlikely that yields of all these will be 

 very light indeed during harvest of 

 1906. Many fields will be a very patchy 

 crop and in some cases are almost to- 

 tally destroyed. The stocks of turnip, 

 swede and similar lines have been so 

 exceptionally heavy the last few years 

 that a light crop one or two seasons will 

 do more good than harm to the market; 

 in fact, many merchants say it is just 

 what is wanted to bring prices to a 

 profitable level. Reports say the growers 

 are already holding out for a better 

 price for contract crops, although the 

 yearling seed stock of the country is 

 probably a very heavy one and quite suf- 

 ficient to keep prices from going up 

 much. 



In a look round Mark Lane seed mar- 

 ket the general impression is that there 

 is very little doing. Some exceptionally 

 fine samples of marigold were offered 

 but at figures at which they received 

 scant attention. Some samples of clover 

 were offered, but at high figures. No 

 doubt owing to the unfavorable crop re- 

 ports of these and similar lines, holders 

 of stocks are asking the very top figures. 



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while buyers will not satisfy more than 

 their immediate requirements at present 

 market rates, but sooner or later they 

 will have to buy, and if the crop reports 

 are anywhere near correct holders will 

 have no need to reduce prices. 



The seed potato trade is dead. Thou- 

 sands of tons are rotting. Disease is 

 more rampant this year than ever, and 

 instead of the recent boom of new and 

 disease-resisting varieties doing any 

 good, it has acted just the reverse. It 

 is only what might have been expected, 

 considering how excessively these boomed 

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HANDLING SEED CORN. 



The proper care and handling of seed 

 corn is a very important part of its 

 preparation for use. The low vitality of 

 seed corn so frequently shown in the 

 spring when the germination tests are 

 made is due in many cases to improper 

 handling and storing during the fall and 

 winter months. The stand, the thrifti- 

 ness of the plants, and, in consequence, 

 the yield, depend largely upon proper 

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the Iowa Experiment Station examined 

 a large number of samples of seed corn 

 secured from different parts of the state 

 and found that, on the average, these 

 samples fell far below the standard of 

 vitality. The corn had apparently dried 

 out well in the fall, and that a large 

 percentage of it should have been killed 

 by spring was not at all expected. How- 

 ever, it was found that often one ear was 

 good and the very next one poor; one 

 side of an ear alive and the other dead; 



