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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mav 16, 1007. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



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



'Vlce-Pres., 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 



It is hot in the Santa Clara valley. 



Plant imports are being delayed by 

 the stevedores' strike in New York. 



The prospects are that radish will 

 agaan be one of the scarce items next 

 season. 



The return of spring brought a rush 

 of counter trade, but mail order business 

 is practically over. 



Weather conditions continue to make 

 the retail seed business erratic in all sec- 

 tions of the country. 



Spring has not yet come in the Michi- 

 gan pea and bean districts. Seeding oper- 

 ations everywhere are late. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued a bulletin on the corn leaf- 

 aphis and corn root-aphis which will in- 

 terest seedsmen and especially growers 

 of seed corn. 



The calls for seed for replanting opera- 

 tions have not been up to anticipations 

 and the general opinion is that the loss 

 of early plantings was not so heavy as at 

 first reported. 



The Chicago growers of onion sets are 

 feeling a little more cheerful. They 

 have got out a fair acreage and the stand 

 on the early planted fields is better than 

 was anticipated. 



Adolf Kruhm, formerly with W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., is now with F. 

 Barteldes & Co., Lawrence, Kan., and 

 will have charge of their retail trade and 

 catalogue business. 



D. LiANDRETH Seed Co., Bristol, Pa., re- 

 ports that its crop of Seven-top turnip, 

 now in bloom, has been injured so seri- 

 ously by cold weather that the prospects 

 for seeds have been reduced to almost 

 nothing. 



The temperate climate as well as the 

 good, irrigated soil of the southeastern 

 district of France, the Provence, quite 

 properly called the garden of France, 

 places that country in a favorable posi- 

 tion to produce, with a real success, 

 nearly all sorts of seeds, and the indus- 

 try there is steadily on the increase. 



Knud Gundestrup, Chicago, will sail 

 from New York June 8, for a trip to 

 Europe, and will return about the middle 

 of August. He will be accompanied by 

 his family. They will stop first in Eng- 

 land, and, after a short stay there, will 

 go to Denmark, where Mr. Gundestrup 

 will leave his family while he visits seed 

 growers in France. After making a tour 

 of Germany together, they will embark 

 from a German port for their return 

 voyage. Mr. Gundestrup expects to bring 

 with him, when he returns, a seed-testing 

 machine which he believes to be superior 

 to any machine now used for that pur- 

 pose in America. 



[ Bnrpee^s Seeds Grow | 



DE GIORGI BROS. GO WEST. 



Eeport comes from Council Bluffs, la., 

 dated May 13, as follows: "Ferdde 

 De Giorgi, of the firm of De Giorgi 



Mention The Review when you write. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers of Superior Garden Seeds 



Seedsmon and Vlorlsts Supplied at the shortest notice and at right prices. 

 Our CatalOKueB are now ready and are mailed upon request. 



Flower Seeds— Onion Sets '» TiSV/SSfdSiUst.. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brandt 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



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SEATTLE, WASH. 



Gro\7«ra of 



PIGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CHAUNCEY P. COY & SON 



Established 1878. WATKRIXX). NKB. 



VINESEEDS 



AND BEKD CORN 



Wholesale Growers for the Seed Trade 

 Write for 1907 Contract Offers 



Mention TTie Review when yon write. 



JEROME B. RICE SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn 



tai all kiads gf Garden Seeds at Wboletsle Only. 



CAMBRIDGE, washiagto.co.. NEW YORK 



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Bros., completed arrangements yesterday 

 to move the firm's seed business from 

 Chicago to Council Bluffs. The new seed 

 house will occupy part of the first floor 

 and oflSce rooms in the Keystone, the 

 transfer to be effected May 17. The firm 

 has been established in Chicago for some 

 time, but it was decided after careful in- 

 vestigation that Council Bluffs offered 

 better shipping facilities and was more 

 centrally located for the seed business, 

 and for these reasons the change was de- 

 cided upon." 



HENRY FIELD'S PROGRESS. 



Henry Field's business at Shenandoah, 

 la., has grown from practically nothing 

 five years ago to large proportions, just 

 about doubling esich year. His business 

 this year will aggregate 20,000 orders, 

 amounting to close to $100,000. The 

 seeds are sold over all parts of the 

 United States and many orders come 

 from foreign countries, for he has origi- 



S. M. ISBELL & CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Seed Growers for tlie Trad* 



BEANS, CUCUMBER, TOMATO, 

 Radish, Peas, Muskmelon 



Squash, Wat«rm«lon, Swo«t Corn 



We are now boolting orders for 1907 fall dellT- 

 ery. Send for contract prices; also sarplus list. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



Growers of 



Garden Peas and Beans 



For tbe Wholesale Trade 



GRAND RAPIDS. > t MICH. 



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C. C. MORSE S CO. 



Seed Growers 



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

 Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and other California Specialties 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



ipecialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas, Aster. 

 OosmoB, MignoDette, Verbena, in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



nal methods of advertising. During the 

 rush time this spring Mr. Field had 

 eighty-seven men and boys on his pay 

 roll and the wages amounted to $750 

 per -week. The last week in April he had 

 fifty-eight men employed and paid out 

 $445 for help. He employs only men and 

 boys — even his stenographers are men. 



Mr. Field says that his business has 

 grown to such proportions that he must 

 incorporate and build a new warehouse 

 or he must curtail the business and 

 handle only a few select lines. He will 

 probably incorporate for $100,000. He 



