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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcembeb 20, 1906. 



Co. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



Growers Of 



PUGET SOUND 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



S. M. ISBELL C CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 

 Seed Grower* for tbe Trade 



BEANS, CUCUMBER, TOMATO, 

 Radish, Peas, Muskmelon, 



Squash, Watermelon, Sweet Corn. 



OORRESPONDENOB SOLICITED. 



t2^^ Write lor price* on Surplus Stocks for 

 ^--'^ Immediate Shipment. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



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

 Vlce-Pres., Charles Burye, Toledo,©.; Sec'y and 

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

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



The a. a. Berry Seed Co., Clarinda, 

 la., operates its own printing plalit. 



The Gobin-Ebbert Seed Co., Rocky 

 Ford, Colo., issued its 1907 catalogue 

 December 5, 



It is reported that orders already are 

 being booked for Dutch bulbs for de- 

 livery next August. 



A. B. Catlin's seed store, Jamestown, 

 N. Y., was burned out December 11; 

 loss $1,000, insurance $800. 



The canners' convention will be held 

 at Buffalo February 12 to 15. All the 

 big growers of peas and other canners' 

 specialties will be represented. 



W. S. Maull, receiver for L. K. Pea- 

 cock, Inc., Atco, N. J., December 15 paid 

 to creditors a first and final dividend 

 of slightly over fifty-two per cent. 



W. W. Johnson & Co., Boston, Eng- 

 land, comment on the fact that "travel- 

 ers seem to become year by year less of a 

 necessity" in the wholesale seed busi- 

 ness. 



Visited Columbus: Mr. Guelph, of 

 the Jerome B.-Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, 

 N. Y., who reports Southport "White 

 Globe onion and Alaska peas as ex- 

 hausted stocks. •• 



C. A. McFarland, of Bowling Green, 

 Ky., for several years with Hill & Mc- 

 Elroy, has given up his place there to 

 accept a position with the DeForu Mfg. 

 Co., of Nashville, Tenn. 



It is reported that the tomato packers 

 in Maryland are planning not to contract 

 for raw stock at the present high prices 

 asked by the farmers, which intention, if 

 carried out, will considerably reduce the 

 acreage and the demand for seed. 



LEONARD SEED growers 



SEED 



Leading 



'^^ -Iggg. CO. 



Laxsest erowen of Pea«» Beansaad 

 Gaiden Seed in ft 



the Central West 

 Write for Prices. 



CHICAGO 



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[ Burpee's Seeds Grow ) 



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A. J. PIETERS 

 SEED COMPANY 



HOLLISTER, CAL. 

 Grower of 



Vegetable and Flower Seeds 



Special attention paid to 

 SELECTED STOCKS::::: 



A. J. PixTEBS, President and Manager, will visit 

 tbe trade December— January. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster, 

 CoBmos, MiKDonette, Verbena, in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



S.D.WoodrufF&Sons 



8PKCXAX.TIXS: 



Garden Seeds in Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 

 Correspondence solicited. 

 Main Office and Seed Farmi, ORANGE, CONN. 

 New York City Store, 82-84 Dey Street. 



L. R. Erskine, of Highmore, S. D., 

 has removed to Mitchell to take up the 

 work of organizing the establishment of 

 the newly formed Dakota Improved 

 Seed Co., of which he is president. 



The seedsmen in southern California 

 are happy since the recent rains, as they 

 all have their hands full. The season 

 is one month early this year. All report 

 a fine outlook and hopes for a long- sea- 

 son. 



The first general seed catalogue of 

 1907 to arrive is that of the Barteldes 

 Seed Co., Denver, which put in an ap- 

 pearance December 17. It has the Globe 

 varieties of onion priced at $2.50 per 

 pound. 



R. A. Reeves, of the Missouri Seed 

 Co., Kansas City, has been on a tour of 

 the alfalfa growing districts in Kansas. 

 He found plenty of seed in the hands of 

 the farmers, but they do not need the 

 money badly enough to sell at present 

 prices. 



C. C. Morse & Co. 



SEED GROWERS, now located at 



171-173 Clay Street, 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



Growers of tbe fonowing specIaltleB 

 for tbe trade : 



Carrot* Celery, XncllTe« 



Leek, Mustard, Parsnip, 

 Parsley, Radish, Spinach, 



Salsify, Tomato, Cncmnber, 



Onion, Lettuce 



Flower Seeds, especially 



SWEET PEaS 



Recrlstered teleerraph and cable address: 

 Morseed, San Franolsoo. American Seed 

 Vrade Ass'n Code, ABC Code. 4th edition. 



Seed Farms at Newark, Alameda Co., Vie* 

 torta Island and Gllroy, Santa Clara Co. 



Farm OlHce. Trial Grounds and General 

 Growing: HeadQuarters at Camadero, near 

 Gllroy, CaL 



Warehouses and Bulk Warehouse, Santa 

 Clara, Cal. Address all communications to 



171-173 Clay St., San Francisco 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Current wholesale quotations on the 

 scarce varieties of onion seed do not 

 make the crop look as short, as it im- 

 mediately appears to the man who goes 

 out to pick up a good bunch of seed at 

 these prices. 



Morris & S^ow will open a seed store 

 January 1 at 555 S. Main street, Los 

 Angeles, Cal. They will make a specialty 

 of flower, tree, plant and vegetable seeds, 

 also florists' supplies, plants and bulbs. 

 The firm is composed of O. M. Morris 

 and jJ*. C. Snow. 



A European trade paper says that in 

 Benary's Butterfly runner bean we have 

 a beautiful new plant, both for the 

 kitchen and pleasure garden, which will 

 certainly soon come into general cultiva- 

 tion and enjoy universal favor. The 

 vine is extremely floriferous, its leaves, 



