APBIL 26, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1653 



Seed Trade News- 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



Pres W. H. Qrenell, Saerlnaw W. S., Mich.; 

 «ri^ Vlce-Prea., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 S«Mui C B. Kendel. Cleveland. The 24th annual 

 mating wUl be held at Toledo, O., June 26-28, 1906. 



Visited Chicago: Mel L. "Webster 

 and his son, Independence, la. 



Seedsmen "will find a local florist's 

 estimate of the Frisco seedsmen's losses 

 on page 1634 of this issue. 



The way sweet peas are being cleaned 

 out will make any shortage of the com- 

 ing California seed crop a serious affair. 



Chas. p. Guelf, of the Jerome B. Rice 

 Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y., is at present 

 making his headquarters at Columbus, O. 



A WIRE from C. P. Braslan reports all 

 seedsmen safe at San Jose and suburbs. 

 It is thought little damage has been 

 done to seed crops. 



Eakly varieties of sweet corn are in 

 good demand and 4he supply of many 

 of the most popular sorts seem to be 

 pretty well closed out. 



Onion sets have taken a jump the 

 p^st few days. 'It was like the last 

 wiggle of the pickerel landed last sum- 

 mer by the see^unan holding the fishing 

 record, A livS| finish is a good thing. 



If th^PVon set growers in the Chi- 

 cago district wanted rain, they got it 

 April 25. It was so heavy some seed 

 may have been washed out of the 

 ground. 



Mail trade is reported dropping off. 

 There is a good spurt- in the demand 

 for onion seed, several large lots having 

 been sent out the past week to localities 

 that were reported overstocked a short 

 time ago. 



S. D. Dysinqee, manager of the seed 

 department of Sears, Koebuck & Co., 

 Chicago, lost his wife on April 22, after 

 only a few days* illness. Mr. Dysinger 

 has himself just recovered from an ill- 

 ness of many weeks. 



From latest accounts three weeks of 

 cold weather following a week of balmy 

 temperature in early March have done 

 considerable damage to bulb fields in 

 Holland, besides retarding and shorten- 

 ing the blooming season. 



Seeding in the onion set district south 

 of Chicago was finished early this week. 

 The weather has been favorable, but rain 

 soon will be needed to bring the seed 

 out. C. J. Hess says the acreage is 

 somewhat smaller than last year. 



The onion set men are working over- 

 ume to get their seed into the ground. 

 Conditions for planting in the main are 

 first-class at Chicago, but there come 

 reports that the ground needs a light 

 iihower to make it work up properly. 



CoNsn)ERABiE Speculation as to what 

 effect the California earthquake will 

 have upon the seed growing interests is 

 being indulged in throughout seed trade 

 ''ircles. Nothing definite is known about 

 ^he matter and it is hoped that little 

 2f any harm has been caused by the 

 growing crops. 



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