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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



August 8, 1907. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMIBICIN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Free., George S. Green, Chicago; First Vlce- 

 pres., M. H. Duryea. New Yori; Sec'y and 

 TreaB., C. B. Kendei, Cleveland. 



The Pacific coast crop of turnip seed 

 has panned out well this year. 



Little is being said about beans, the 

 inference being that the plantings are 

 progressing favorably. 



W. J. Steawson, representing Straw- 

 son's, of London and Paris, industrial 

 chemists, is in the United States to 

 introduce their line of agricultural in- 

 setticides. 



The onion seed crop that is scattered 

 around and making a splendid show in 

 all manner of out of the way places 

 will cut a considerable figure when it 

 is known what the harvest is. 



The onion set would be a cheaper 

 commodity if it were not for the neces- 

 sity of growing it where labor and fer- 

 tilizer may be had in quantity, which 

 means the use of high-priced land, 



W. W. Barnard, Chicago, returned 

 August 2 from Sturgeon Bay, after a 

 ten days' inspection trip. A. H. Good- 

 win and Arnold Eingier, of the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., are back from a successful 

 fishing trip at the Flambeau reservation 

 in northern Wisconsin. 



A BAD feature of the freak weather 

 during the growing months this year 

 is noticeable in many of the market gar- 

 den patches. Eadish that should ma- 

 ture for market in July went to seed 

 when it should only have been ready to 

 pull. In many cases beets and carrots 

 did the same. The gardener is now 

 aware of the fact that the seed is not 

 to blame for this and it is a good thing 

 for the seedsman that the fact is recog- 

 nized. 



Complaint is being registered against 

 some of the prominent California seed 

 growing firms because they are quoting 

 onion seed to the consumers at as low 

 or lower prices than those at which they 

 have booked orders from dealers in the 

 same locality. It would be no more 

 than fair to let the dealer have at least 

 a five per cent leeway. A rebate might 

 fix things all right, but rebates are un- 

 popular just now. It is the same old 

 story: Too many growers are looking 

 for orders, and when the dealer cannot 

 buy from them all, those that are not 

 favored go after the consumer and land 

 his order, even though a cut price is 

 necessary to do it. 



The onion set harvest is well under 

 way. At Louisville, Ky., it is practi- 

 cally completed and will end at Chicago 

 within the month. The crop is a dis- 

 appointment, being much shorter than 

 expected. A short crop, however, is a 

 natural result of the unfavorable sea- 

 son. The seed that was planted at the 

 proper time underwent freezing and 

 thawing for a week or more before it 

 got a proper start. The seed that was 

 planted late, although it did not get the 

 freeze, missed the early start that is 

 needed to make a proper onion set. 

 Under the circumstances the crop has 

 done well and a .better price will prob- 

 ably make up for the losses caused by 

 the freak weather. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers off Superior Garden Seeds 



Headquarters for TURNIP and other seaBonable seeds. 

 Write tor prices. 



Flower Seeds— Onion Sets '» J^SV.'SllfdJtist.. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



[ Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



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C. C. MORSE « CO. 



- SeedOrowera 



Address all communications to our permanent address 



48 to 5fi Jafiksoo SL, San Francisco, Cal. 

 Onion. Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



other Calif omlA Spedaltlea 



Mention The Rrlew when yog write. 



SEATTLE. WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Wood. Stnbbs & Co., have secured tem- 

 porary quarters for the conduct of their business 

 at No. MM K. Jefferson St., Immediately 

 across from their old location, where new stocks 

 are n6w rapidly belnr put In. and they are 

 prepared to rive their customers' orders prompt 

 and careful attention. 



Wood, Stubbs & Co. 



208 E. Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WANTED 



Egyptian Winter Onion Sets 



Write us how many you expect to have, when 

 they will be ready for market, and mall a cluster 

 of sets. 



LIVINGSTON SEED CO., Columbus, Ohio 



Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville^ Ky., 

 suffered hardly a break in their business 

 because of the fire July 18, having se- 

 cured temporary quarters across the 

 street before the ruins of the old store 

 had ceased smoking. 



The pickle growers are beginning to 

 pick from the vines and no blight has 

 yet appeared to cut the crop. It is 

 hoped that the blight that has almost 

 put some of them out of business during 

 the past few years will spare the crop 

 this year. 



At last week's fair at Lake Geneva, 

 "Wis., gardeners who had bought Bod- 

 dington's seeds made such a big showing 

 that the enterprising Harry Bunyard, 

 who was on the spot, invested in a half- 

 page advertisement in the local news- 

 paper there to emphasize the popularity 

 of his house and the extent of its busi- 

 ness in the Newport of the west. 



Tomato vines in the Chicago market 

 gardening district give promise of a 

 large crop. It looks as though the pre- 

 servers and canners of this vicinity will 



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SEED 

 BAGS 



Send lor Cat. 

 and Prices. 



Herndon, Lester 

 & Ivey Co., 



Richmond, Vb-ginia. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



SpecialtleB: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster. 

 Oosmos, Migrnonette, Verbena, In variety. Oor- 



respoDdence solicited. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



JEROME B. RICE SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn 



uA an kMt of 6aniea Seeds at Whtletale IMy. 



CAMBRIDGE, WMhixto. Co.. NEW YORK 



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be able to get all the stock they need. 

 The crop of pickling onions, unlike the 

 set crop, has produced wonderfully well. 

 In an unfavorable season all onions that 

 mature early have an advantage over the 

 kinds that take longer to mature. One 

 thing only is against the early white 

 onion as a set proposition, and that is, 

 it will not keep. It is only fit for the 

 pickle vat, and must be salted down by 

 September at that. 



ERFURT SEED TRADE. 



Rain, rain and nothing but rain was 

 the note of almost every day for months 

 gone by. Things have been looking black 

 in consequence, as far as our seed crops 

 are concerned. It was well-nigh impos- 

 sible to master the fast growing weeds 

 in fields and gardens, simply because one 

 could not get at it, so wet and muddy 

 the ground always was. The second half 

 of July seems to promise sunnier and 

 better weather anyhow, and I am sure 

 the Erfurt seedsmeit want it. 



There is no doubt whatever about it, 

 meny vthijpygs ;ar.e .very rbackward, -and -it 



