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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AUy 16, 1907. 



est percentage of seeds used in America 

 was imported from Europe, where the 

 industry' has received more careful at- 

 tention than here. Now there are 150 

 large seed firms in America, each han- 

 •dling hundreds of thousands of pounds 

 annually. In many instances they have 

 specialized, and handle only one kind of 

 seed. Twenty-five of these firms deal 

 only in peas and beans, eight in cab- 

 bages, eight in tomatoes, lettuce, cucum- 

 bers, onions, melons and beets. 



The money these firms pay into the 

 Santa Clara Valley of California 

 amounts to more than $1,500,000 yearly. 

 This valley produces a little more than 

 2,000,000 pounds of seed per annum, and 

 from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 pounds are 

 sold yearly in the United States. 



Central Michigan and western New 

 York produce almost all the bean seed 

 used in this country. One locality in 

 Michigan produces 75,000 bushels yearly. 

 Potatoes and corn are sold so extensively 

 that no estimate can be made of the 

 amount produced each year. Two mil- 

 lion pounds of turnip seed go into Amer- 

 ican soil every season, but most of it is 

 imported from England. One million 

 pounds of radishes are planted here, one- 

 tenth of which is raised in California, 

 some in Michigan and the rest in Eu- 

 rope. Of the million pounds of seed 

 onions which the annual crop demands, 

 California yields 700,000 pounds. More 

 than half the million pounds of cabbage 

 seed used in our crops is grown in our 

 own soil. 



IMPORTS OF SEEDS. 



The following is a list of the seeds 

 imported into the United States during 

 the fiscal year 1906, with the rates of 

 duty, quantities and values, as compiled 

 by the government customs authorities: 



Variety — Duty. Quantity. Value. 



Anise (lbs.) J'ree 1,016,090 $ 54,842 



Canary (bu.) SO^'o 115,817 132,117 



Caraway (lbs.) Free 1,831,842 95,564 



Cardamom (lbs.) ...Free 90,938 24,438 



Castor (bu.) 25c bu. 437,616 507.629 



Cauliflower Free 5,967 24,215 



Celery (lbs.) -i^/c 133 173 



Clover (lbs.) Free 17,188,620 1,775,849 



Coriander (lbs) Free 1,425,403 67,835 



Cotton (lbs.) Free 1.004,648 10.887 



Cumin, fenugreek 



(lbs.) Free 1,267,288 



Fennel (lbs. ) Free 161,206 



Flower Free 



Grass (lbs.) Free 7,941,506 



Hemp (lbs.) Free 2,555,556 



Flaxseed (bu.) ..25cbu. 51,542 

 Millet seed, prepared. 20% 



Mustard (lbs.) Free 



Poppy (bu.) 15c bu 



(lbs.) 



Free 

 Free 



Rape 



Sugar beet (lbs.) 



Other oU seeds 



(bu.) 25c bu. 



All other free Free 



All other dutiable. . .30% 

 Same (reciprocity 



treaty with Cuba) 



30% less 20% 



5,987,423 

 41,718 

 2,948.645 

 8,665,964 



5.453 



34,330 

 7,306 



147,918 



504.371 

 57.512 

 72,294 

 11,536 



1!)5,276 

 84,587 

 86,358 



593,529 



8,893 

 422.464 

 492.232 



160 



Total seeds, free or 

 dutiable $5,411,815 



There also were 50,555 bushels of 

 peas, classed as vegetables but declared 

 for seed purposes, valued at $86,117.60, 

 dutiable at 40 cents per bushel. 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seeds through the port 



of New York for the week ending May 4 



were as follows: 



Kind. Bags. Val. Kind. Bags. Val. 



Annatto. . . 29 f 385 Grass 215 |5,627 



Canary 403 751 Hemp 500 2,676 



Caraway.. 250 1,760 Millet 205 537 



Castor "...1,291 6,356 Mustard 25 362 



Celery 1 115 Poppy 2 14 



Clover ..1.024 23.087 Rape 5 19 



Coriander . 544 1 ,41.5 Other 3,383 



Fennel.... 46 332 : 



In the same period the imports of 



trees and plants were valued at $12,463. 



We offer every variety, double and single, worth growing; the very finest 

 strains procurable, all English greenhouse-grown, each, $1.50 per doz. pkts. 

 Also the Grand Exhibition Strains; Giant Pink, Giant White, Giant 

 Mag^nifica Blue, $2.00 per doz. pkts. These have enormous flowers and 

 extra solid petals. 



Try also The Duchess (white with rosy zone in center), The Duchess 

 Hybrid Red, The Duchess Hybrids, Mixed (a most striking and distinct 

 mixture of colors with zones of various colors), each variety, $1.50 per doz. 

 pkts. 



Orang^e Kiniir* our wonderfully striking and unique new color. This is 

 quite a new departure in color and never before seen in Primula Sinensis. 

 The buds are a beautiful rich orange, and when fully expanded the petals 

 are orange salmon, shaded with terra cotta. Splendid habit and very free- 

 flowering. $3.00 per doz. pkts. 



Try also our special carefully selected strains of Primula Stellata, all 

 varieties. Pansies and Gloxinias. Calceolaria and Cineraria. 

 Cyclamen Persicum, all vars., including new color. Carnations, best 

 and choicest stage and Marguerite varieties. 



Write for Wholesale Seed Catalogue, free on application. 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, Seed Merchants 



12 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, London, Eng. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



QENIINE 



BERMUDA ONION SEED 



— CRYSTAL WAX KSSJf^y 



WILDPRET BROS, p*-^ ?^*?,^f.'J[«r'ff« 



We are the origlDators of the True Crystal Wax Onion and are ready to execute orders for this 



item if placed at an early date. Beware of spurloua and cheap seed. If you ask some of the Texas 



growers their experience in the past years with a cheap Italian-grrown Crystal you will certainly bay 



nothing but our genuine seeds. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



