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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 18, 1907. 





Seed Trade News. 



AMEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



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

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

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. The 25th annual 

 meeting iwlll be held at New York City, June, 1907 



The call for tomato seeds, usually 

 pretty vceU satisfied by this date, is not 

 abating as rapidly as it ordinarily does. 



The freakish spring weather is caus- 

 ing as much dissatisfaction in seed cir- 

 cles as in the free distribution of "new 

 and rare varieties. ' ' 



Tomato, i>epper and all other plants 

 that are grown by gardeners in hotbeds 

 are dropping away from lack of sun and 

 a replanting is necessary in many cases. 



The few left-over lots of onion sets 

 seem to be growing larger as the season 

 advances. This would be all right if they 

 were in the ground, instead of in the re- 

 tailers ' hands. 



Seeding for onion sets at Chicago, 

 which was progressing so finely three 

 weeks or more ago, is now at a standstill 

 and the growers are beginning to wonder 

 where they will land. 



Oats and potatoes that were purchased 

 by the catalogue men against anticipated 

 orders are not moving off very fast; and 

 the worst of it is that the season for 

 planting these articles has almost passed. 



The business in insecticides is of con- 

 stantly increasing importance to all 

 seedsmen. As general appreciation of 

 the value of spraying grows with the 

 public, this department is sure to take on 

 large proportions. ^ 



The pea and bean growers are still 

 out hustling for acreage. They are in 

 the optimistic class. Hope for the future 

 is their main asset and as they do not 

 have to pay a high rate of interest on it 

 there is no reason for scrimping. 



Much onion seed was planted during 

 the fine weather of the end of March and 

 the planters are anxiously awaiting the 

 outcome. It is feared that the seed will 

 hardly have sufficient strength to with- 

 stand the long continued unfavorable 

 weather. 



Already there are signs that the great 

 middle west may step into the breach 

 and make a strong effort to produce what 

 have heretofore been termed Pacific coast 

 seeds. It is well enough known that all 

 of these seeds can be produced in the 

 Mississippi valley provided the additional 

 cost of production would be stood for 

 until the thing got fairly going. 



"CouxTER trade is reported almost 

 dead. Fill-in business with the whole- 

 salers begins to run behind. The market 

 gardeners are doing little and mail trade 

 is not reported as flourishing. ' ' This 

 is the rather pessimistic report made 

 April 16 by a Chicago house, but ' * things 

 are likely to change for the better soon 

 and in a week or two we will likely for- 

 get all about it." 



At Peoria, HI., Joseph Szold & Son's 

 department store has been giving away 

 tuberose, gladiolus and caladium bulbs 

 and canna roots as premiums with each 

 purchase of $1 or more, "enough for a 

 complete flower garden." Whatever 

 effect iiuch a plan may have on the 



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LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers of Superior Garden See/ts 



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 Our CatalOBTies are now ready and are mailed upon request. 



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in Bulk 

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LAWN GRASS SEED 



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 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



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SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PIGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



CHAUNCEY P. COY & SOM 



Established 1878. WATKRLOO. NKB. 



VINESEEDS 



AND 8EXD CORN 



Wholesale Growers for the Seed Trade 

 Write for 1907 Contract Offers 



Mention The Review when you write. 



JEROME B. RICE SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn 



and all kinis of Garden Seeds at Wholesale Only. 



CAMBRIDGE, washisrto.cc, NEW YORK 



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store's sales, and on the public appre- 

 ciation of flowers, it does not tend to 

 enhance the value of our trade com- 

 modities in the eyes of possible buyers. 



There is said to be a fully adequate 

 supply of seed potatoes for any demand 

 that may be in sight. 



The clover and timothy seed market at 

 Chicago is quiet. At Toledo cash clover 

 seed is $9; timothy, $2.15; alsike, $7.45. 



It is said that Montgomery Ward & 

 Co., the big Chicago mail order house, 

 has every reason to be pleased with the 

 business it is doing in field seeds, al- 

 though they were not featured in seed 

 catalogue. 



Johnson & Pyle, in the Central Mar- 

 ket district at Columbus, O., have this 

 season handled a large quantity of onion 

 sets, and done especially well with them, 

 as there has been a rising market all sea- 

 son. F. G. Johnson, previous to last sea- 

 son, was for years the treasurer of the 

 Livingston Seed Co. 



S. M. ISBELL ft CO. 



JACKSON. MICH. 



Seed Growers for tli* Trad* 



BEANS, CUCUIVIBER, TOMATO, 

 Radish, Peas, Muskmelon 



Squash, Wat«rm«lon, Sw««t Corn 



We are now booking orders for 1907 fall deliv- 

 ery. Send for contract prices; also sarplus list. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



ALFRED J. RROWN SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Garden Peas and Beans 



For the Wholesale Trade 



GRAND RAPIDS. : > MICH. 



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C. C. MORSE ft CO. 



Seed Growers 



171-173 Clay St., SAN FRANCISCO, GAL. 

 Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and other California Specialties 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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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The Hotel Astor, New York City, ha.^ 

 been selected as headquarters for the 

 twenty-fifth annual convention of the 

 American Seed Trade Association, Jun'. 

 25 to 27. 



The Depere Canning & Preserving 

 Co., of Depere, Wis., has just been in- 

 corporated with $20,000 capital stock, by 

 Amil Shinke, Peter Cleven and John -L 

 Lenfestey. 



Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, sent 

 the Patrons of Husbandry of Tioga 

 County, in his state, two mail sacks of 



