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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 6, 1906. 



Ok 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



Growers Of 



PUGET SOUND 

 CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



S. M. ISBELL « CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 

 Seed Gro^-ers for tbe Trade 



BEANS, CLCUMBER, TOMATO, 

 Radish, Peas, Muskmelon, 



Squash, Watermelon, Sweet Corn. 



CORRESPONDENCB SOLICITED. 



t;^p°" Write for prices on Surplus Stocks for 

 *-^^ Immediate Shipment. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., Henry W. Wood, Richmond, Va.; First 

 Vlce-Prea., Charles Burge, Toledo, O.; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 26th annual 

 meeting will be held at New York City, June, 1907. 



Texas rapidly is becoming the great 

 trucking state of the Union. 



The Lamar Seed Co., Lamar, Colo,, in 

 addition to agricultural seeds, handles 

 coal and ice. 



The arrival of German and French 

 seeds is anxiously awaited. Many of the 

 Italian shipments are in. 



The stockholders of the Thompson 

 Seed Co., Albert Lea, Minn., have de- 

 cided to continue the business. 



It is expected that there will be a 

 serious shortage on many varieties of 

 seed peas when the returns are all in. 



All energies now are devoted to get- 

 ting the general catalogues ready for the 

 mails in season for the southern trade. 



Visited Chicago. — E. H. Shumway, 

 Bockford, 111.; T. H. Johns, of Sioux 

 City Nursery & Seed Co., Sioux City, la. 



About the only canned vegetable that 

 is in abundant supply is sweet corn and 

 the condition is reflected in the canners' 

 call for seeds. 



One of S. M. Isbell & Co. 's men, Fred 

 Pierson, at Jackson, Mich., was hit by 

 a falling bag of beans November 23 and 

 laid up for several days. 



TjiE slow delivery of beans from the 

 growing stations is retarding seasonable 

 shipments to the general trade and there 

 is consequent general complaint. 



J. W. Eatchin, Shenandoah, la., has 

 made a three weeks ' trip to New Orleans 

 and the South. He reports bright pros- 

 pects for seed trade in that section. 



No reports are yet at band sis to any 

 shortage of beans. This is no proof 

 that a shortage may not develop later 

 on. The seed business keeps every one 

 connected with it guessing except the 

 congressman; be always makes a full 



LEONARD 



Leading SEED 



"o'SS.^ 'iSgs. CO. 



SEED GROWERS 



Larsfcst srowef* of Peac, Beans and 

 Garden Seed In the Central Vest. 



Write lor Prloea. 



CHICAGO 



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