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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jutr 11, 1907. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMBBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., George S. Oreen, Chlcaro; First Vlce- 

 Prea., M. H. Duryea, New York; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. 



Louisville reports a full acreage of 

 onion sets, with an average crop outlook. 



Many seedsmen visited the Jamestown 

 exposition following the New York con- 

 vention. 



Some of the California growers are re- 

 porting on the estimated delivery of 

 onion seed and it is not nearly so bad as 

 expected. 



The truck growers in the vicinity of 

 Corpus Christi, Tex., have organized an 

 association, with E. C. Green, of 

 Brownsville, as secretary. 



Seedsmen are this week extending and 

 totaling the inventory sheets. In general, 

 they are well cleaned up and expect the 

 final result to show a satisfactory profit 

 on the season's business. 



Buckbee's seed store, at Eockford, 

 111., is headquarters for the Second 

 Ward Non-Partisan Political club, of 

 that city, of which John T. Buckbee is 

 one of the active members. 



The pea crop in Wisconsin is, for the 

 most part, doing well, and the prospect 

 is for a good yield. In Michigan reports 

 indicate that rains are needed in many 

 sections to bring satisfactory results. 



Reports from the sections in the cen- 

 tral west, where onions have been planted 

 for a seed crop, are to the effect that the 

 blossoms are beginning to open and ev- 

 erything is favorable for a good yield. 



Visited Chicago: Chas. P. Braslan, 

 San Jose, Cal. ; A. J. Pieters, Hollister, 

 Cal. ; L. M. Breit, representing Sampson 

 & Fillon, Angers, France; L. S. Payn, 

 representing Andre LeRoy & Co., Angers, 

 France. 



The cantaloupe industry in the valley 

 south of Phoenix, Arizona, promises to 

 develop to considerable importance. The 

 first car of fruit from this district this 

 year was put on the rails at Mesa, Ari- 

 zona, July 1. 



The sweet corn crop is one that is 

 causing a few guesses. It is thought that 

 the early varieties will come along all 

 right, but the late sorts are far behind 

 and a shortage is fully expected, of 

 Evergreen and Country Gentleman. 



Beans for the coming crop went into 

 the ground under favorable conditions 

 and reports up to the present show that 

 . everything has been as it should be. This 

 applies to Michigan. Planters in Wiscon- 

 sin and New York also report favorably. 



Why is the American Seed Trade 

 Association not more representative of 

 the trade in general! Surely attendance 

 would be more worth while to the seed 

 growers and grass seed men who now 

 attend if they could meet each year the 

 great body of the trade. 



The Chicago onion set fields are get- 

 ting more rain than is needed. No harm 

 has resulted so far from this, however, 

 and on the whole the crop looks as 

 though a good harvest will be gathered. 

 The acreage at Chicago is short of what 

 it was last year and the late planting is 

 not likely to make as large a crop. An 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers off Superior Garden Seeds 



Headquarters for TURNIP and other seasonable seeds. 

 Write tor prices. 



Flower Seeds— Onion Sets '•Srw^^KlV'tist.. CHICAGO 



Mention Tbe Eevlew when you write. 



[ Borpee's Seeds Crow | 



Mention The Review when you write. 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



Seed Growers 



Address all communications to our permanent address 



48 to 56 Jackson St., San Francisco, Cal. 

 Onion. Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and Other Oallfomia Bpeoialties 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Co. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Orow ere of 



PLGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



estimate of what the crop will be as com- 

 pared with last year is put at about two- 

 thirds. 



Charles S. Buege, of Toledo, with 

 Mrs. Burge, made the trip to and from 

 the seed trade convention in an automo- 

 bile. 



The Iowa Seed Co., at Des Moines, 

 carries a stock of birds as a side line. 

 One afternoon recently one of their par- 

 rots gave an alarm of fire and all the 

 others took it up until the blaze, in the 

 basement of the Odd Fellows' building, 

 was extinguished by the fire depart- 

 ment. 



NEV NAMES 



If wholesale seed dealers wish to add 



to their mailing lists, here are the names 



of parties who are handling seeds locally, 



usually in connection with another line 



of business: 



Scbaaf 8 Store, Waverly, III. 



The Valley Produce Co., Saginaw, Mich. 



WeyerB, F. A., Port Huron. Mich. 



Litchfield Bros., Toluca, 111. 



McArthur, W. & A., Co., Cheboygan, Mich. 



Rasmussen & Miller, Oshkosh, Wis. 



Blttlnger, G. W., Polo, 111. 



Collier, Geo., & Co., Farmer City, 111. 



Kimball, C. H., & Son, Port Huron, Mich. 



Blake, Geo. A., & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 



LILY CROPS. 



The first of this season's crop of Ber- 

 mudean Harrisii are expected to reach 

 New York on this week's boat, although 

 it may not be until July 25 that enough 

 comes in to give the seed houses a 

 supply which will enable them to begin 

 filling the orders now on hand. Advices 

 are to the effect that the lilies were later 

 in blooming this year than usual, and 

 ripening also may be delayed a few 

 days, but this will hardly make much 

 difference in the date of arrival of the 

 two main lots which usually come in, for 

 there is only a fortnightly boat between 



COLORED 



VEGETABLE 



SEED 

 BAGS 



Send for Cat. 

 and Prices. 



Herndon, Lester 

 & Ivey Co., 



Kichmond, Virginia. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



JEROME B. RICE SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn 



aid att kiait of Gardes Scads at Whsiesale Oily. 



CAMBRIDGE, wsshiB>to. Co.. NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when tsQ write. 



Bermuda and New York. Eeports are 

 that there will be a further improve- 

 ment in quality, but that there will be 

 no special increase in supply, particular- 

 ly of bulbs of the larger sizes. 



It is interesting to note that the bulb 

 growing industry in the Azores islands 

 is making steady progress. At least one 

 New York bulb importing firm sent a 

 man to the Azores this spring, at flower- 

 ing time. He found the stock a re- 

 markably even lot and was well pleased 

 at the increase in acreage this season. 

 Forcers find these bulbs free from dis- 

 ease and the growth is of a robust 

 character, with flowers of a firm texture 

 that is particularly pleasing to those 

 who do a shipping business with cut 

 flowers. The demand for these bulbs 

 continues ahead of the supply, both in 

 Europe and America, several large Ger- 

 man and English firms competing with 

 the New York houses for the crops. 



The Japanese crops are said to be 

 about as last year in number of biilba 

 planted, but little information of de- 

 pendable character is to be had as to the 



