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The Weekly Florists'^ Review^ 



OCTOBBB 10, 1907. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHBBICAN SEED TRADE AStW>CI &TION . 



Prea., George S. Green, Cblcaro; First Vlce- 

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

 Treas., C. E. Kenaei, Cleveland. 



Visited Chicago: E. H. Shumway, 

 Eockford, 111. 



The estimates of delivery of seed peas 

 on the contract basis range all the way 

 from thirty to 100 per cent. 



Catalogue paper will cost from 50 

 cents to $1 per hundred pounds more 

 than it did for 1907 books, and press- 

 work and binding also have advanced. 



The reports from European seed-grow- 

 ing centers are of more encouraging 

 character. The splendid weather of late 

 summer has done much to repair the 

 damage of a bad start in the spring. • 



The death of John E. Olsen, of the 

 Illinois Seed Co., Chicago, is reported 

 in the obituary column thia week. He 

 was highly esteemed and had a wide 

 circle of acquaintances in the grass seed 

 trade. 



It is reported that the field bean for 

 commercial purposes will go as high as 

 $2 to $2.50 per bushel. If this is the 

 case it will make it easier for the seeds- 

 man to get $4 to $6 for the garden 

 varieties for planting purposes. 



The improved forms of the Japanese 

 morning-glory deteriorate rapidly if 

 great care is not exercised in seed-grow- 

 ing. This is particularly true of seed 

 grown in this country, and it appears 

 Japanese growers are getting careless. 



Beports on vine seeds, especially the 

 pickling varieties of cucumbers, are not 

 encouraging except in so far as they in- 

 dicate that high prices will be the rule 

 and thus give those who have any car- 

 ried-over stock a chance to recover losses. 



C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, 

 have a Countess Spencer sweet pea sport 

 to introduce this season. They call it 

 Florence Morse Spencer, and describe it 

 aa white with picotee edge of pink, of 

 Spencer type. They have several more 

 Spencer selections for next season. 



The Michigan radish seed crop is re- 

 ported to be short. Michigan vine seeds 

 will not pan out more than half a crop. 

 Garden beans in the Michigan district 

 are probably better on the average than 

 in any other of the large producing 

 centers, but in many cases even there the 

 reports point to a comparatively short 

 crop. 



Onion sets are now worth about 6 

 cents per pound, for all colors; shipment 

 immediate. For later shipment 1 cent 

 additional per pound is being offered, 

 but holders are not anxious to sell. It 

 is thought by some that 10 cents per 

 pound win be the value of this necessary 

 commodity when time for spring ship- 

 ment arrives. 



The milling and hand-picking thus far 

 done on the pea crops of the year show 

 a much greater shrink than was expected 

 when the peas were taken in at the grow- 

 ing stations. The grower depends to 

 a certain extent upon the dockage taken 

 at the time of delivery to make up to 

 him the natural shrink, but as a rule he 

 loses out and this year more so than 

 nsiially. 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers of Superior Garden Seeds 



Most of oar Grops are now^ liarv«st*d and we are ready to quote prices to the trade. 



Flower Seeds-Onion Sets '• V*^ {['"iT-doiph st. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



[ Bnrpee's Seeds Grow | 



Mention The Bey lew when you write. 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



Grower* of 



Garden IPeas and Beans 



For tlie Wbolesale Trade 



GRAND RAPIDS. i MICH. 



Mention The Review when 70a write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wiioiesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 OosmoB, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. Oor- 

 respondence aolicited. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



S. D.Woodruff & Sons 



BPBCZAI^TIBS: 



Garden Seeds in Variety 



Maine seed potatoes. onioD sets, etc. 



Correspondence soliclied. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, ORANGE. CONN. 



New York City Rtore, 88-84 Dey 8t'eat. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Illustrations of Burpee's new Spen- 

 cer sweet peas appear on pages 10 and 

 11 of this issue. 



Get busy on your catalogue; the print- 

 ing trades are again in ferment, and 

 only two months remain before the 

 southern edition will be wanted. 



It is worth while keeping an eye on 

 the pages of European advertising in 

 the Keview. There are many offers 

 there that will mean money to you to 

 know about. 



THE NON-VARRANTY. 



In discussing recent comment on the 

 legal phases of seed-selling, a leading 

 western seedsman said: 



"If those who object to the justice of 

 the seedsman 's non-warranty clause could 

 realize, as the seedsman does, the neces- 

 sity for making it stand out prominently 

 in catalogues and on stationery, their 

 views would be different. 



"Seeds are not, properly speaking, a 

 product. They are simply the germs 

 which under favorable natural conditions 

 will result in a product. The seedsman 

 may safely say that the seeds, or germs, 

 that are contained in the package he is 

 handing over were taken from the ar- 

 ticle that his customer is seeking to ob- 

 tain, and that to the best of his knowl- 

 edge the substance handed over has in it 

 the inherent characteristics of the article 

 from which it was taken; and further- 

 more, that the chances are in favor of 



Our Five Superb 



Sweet Pea Novelties 



of 1906-7, by weight 



NORA UNnriN, the best white. 

 WRAKK DOLBT, a lovely pale blue, 

 UBS A WATKIN8.a8Ut>eibiialepink, 



A. J. COOK. striklDK violet mMUve, 



$7.50 per lb. 



B. J. CASTLB, a rich carmine rose, 

 fS. 00 par lb. 



These varieties all have the beautifol 

 Gladys Dnwln tjve of flower. 



WATKINS A SIMPSON 



WhoI««iale Seed Hrrekants 



IS Tavistock St.. Covant Garden 



LONDON. KNGLAMD 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



JEROME B. RICE SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn 



sad sO kM» sf Sanlen Seeds at Whaletale Only. 



CAMBRIDGE, wasmnrto. Co.. NEW YORK 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



C. C. MORSE g CO. 



Seed Growers 



Address all communications to our permanent address 



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

 Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and Otlisr Oalifomia Specialties 



Mention TTie Review when yon write. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOLND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The Review when joa write. , 



the germs producing the same type of 

 article that the germs came from. 



"What more can he say? What more 

 could be asked of him? Will anyone 

 else in a similar line guarantee more? If 

 a hen stays off its nest too long, will the 

 man who sold the eggs be responsible for 

 the loss of the unhatched chicken? Or 

 if a Leghorn is hatched from what to 

 his best knowledge was a Plymouth Rock 

 egg, can he be held responsible? 



"A fair thing is all the seedsman 

 asks, and until all men are willing to be 

 fair the non-warranty clause is as neces- 



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