The Weekly Florists* Review. 



OCTOBER 31, 1901. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHKBICIM SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pros. Oeorre S. Oreen, Ctalcaro; First Vlce- 

 praB., M. H. Duryea. Mew York; Stc'y and 

 Treas., C. B. Kendel, Cleveland. 



Keports from the milling of beans 

 add nothing of a reassuring nature. 



Some of the atlvance price lists of 

 European seedsnieu withhold prices on 

 radish. 



The corn has had good curing weath- 

 er, but the late sorts of sugar corn are 

 bound to be scarce. 



There is a considerable difference of 

 opinion among the catalogue makers as 

 to what onion seed will be worth. 



In Holland Alaska peas are offered 

 at 18 shillings, $4.32, per cwt., and 

 American Wonder at 23 shillings. 



Cucumber seed, particularly the pick- 

 ling sorts, promises to give trouble to the 

 wholesalers who have been careless about 

 prices. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 announce that they are already oversold 

 on their new sweet pea, Burpee's Prim- 

 rose Spencer. 



We value youf magazine very nmch 

 for the seed news and could not get 

 along without it. — L. L. Olds Seed Co., 

 Clinton, Wis. 



N. J. Burt, Burlington, la., has 

 adapted to his own use the trade mark 

 of the Burlington Route, making it 

 read: ''Burlington Seeds are Best." 



At Sedalia. Mo., October 25, L. H. 

 Archias, president of Archias' Seed 

 Store, with Mrs. Archias, celebrated the 

 fifteenth anniversary of their marriage. 



There apj)ears to he a considerably 

 larger quantity than usual left on hand 

 after advance orders for both Bermuda 

 and Japanese Easter lily bulbs have been 

 filled. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 shows that in 1906 the United States 

 imported 458,041 bushels of beans and 

 dried peas. Of these 127,709 bushels 

 came from Canada and 111,737 from 

 Mexico, while only 4,066 came from the 

 United Kingdom, but the latter had an 

 average value of $3.54 per bushel as 

 against $1.45 per bushel for the entire 

 year's imports. 



The new Wisconsin law making it 

 compulsory for seedsmen doing business 

 in that state to print on each package 

 the year of growth and the percentage 

 of purity of the seed enclosed therein, 

 will place them in a peculiar position. It 

 is asking more from them than their 

 competitors in other states are called 

 upon to do in conducting a similar line 

 of business and is a discrimination 

 against them that is not just. 



HMONG the most carefully selected 

 muskmelons that have reached the eastern 

 markets this fall were those from Ord- 

 yvay, Colo., a station on the Missouri Pa- 

 cific about ten miles north of Rocky 

 Ford. The shipping association there 

 has taken much care to send out only 

 perfect fruit and has been putting Bur- 

 rell's Gem on the market in splendid 

 condition. The pink flesh is its distin- 

 guishing mark to the buyers. | 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers of Superior Garden Seeds 



Most of oar Crops are now liarv«st«<l and we are ready to qaote prleei to the trade. 



Flower Seeds-Onion Sets '• %*S:"fiLJo'ipfc «*. CHICAGO 



Mention The Berlew when yog write. 



[ Burpee's Seeds Grow ) 



Mention Itie Berlew when yon write. 



THE EVERETT B. CURK SEED CO. 



Mllford, Conn. 

 Kast Jordan, Micli. 

 Sister Bay, Wis. 



Growers of FANCY STRAINS Onion, Beet, Parsnip, Turnip and Sweet Com 

 In CONNECTICUT: Peas and Beans in MICHIGAN and WISCONSIN. 



- Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



JEROME B. RICE SEED GO. 



Growers of 



Peas, Beans, Sweet Corn 



Md iB Unit af Bardea Seeds at Whaletale My. 



CAMBRIDGE^ waahLgto. Co.. NEW YORK 



Mention The Berlew when yoe write. 



Thousands of empty onion-set trays, 

 stacked in the ^elds, are conclusive evi- 

 dence that some of the largest growers 

 in the Chicago district failed to harvest 

 anything like an average crop. 



Among the seed trade visitors to the 

 flower show at Lenox, Mass., October 

 23 to 25, were J. K. M. L. Parquhar, 

 Boston; A. T. Boddington, New York; 

 John Low, of Peter Henderson & Co., 

 New York, and Mr. Hay, representing 

 Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. 



Watkins & Simpson, Loudon, report 

 excellent demand for their novelties, 

 Godetia Crimson Glow and f]schscholtzia 

 Dainty Queen. Many American cata- 

 logues will list them for the approach- 

 ing season. Other Watkins & Simpson 

 novelties for 1908 include the Pilot pea, 

 Early Model Red Globe beet. Drooping 

 Crimson Willow-leaved beet (orna- 

 mental), Alyssum Little Dorrit and im- 

 proved strains of several introductions 

 of previous years. 



CONDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 



Every seedsman will be interested in 

 the following letter from A. J. Pieters, 

 president of the A. J. Pieters Seed Co., 

 Hollister, Cal., dated October 25: 



"We have not yet finished cleaning, 

 the season here having been unusually 

 cool and late. 



' ' In regard to the condition of the 

 seed industry on this coast, we believe 

 that the coming year bids fair to be a 

 more satisfactorj' one in many ways 

 than the past has been. Rains have 

 begun early and we should be able to 

 get the crops in early. Early planting, 

 other things being equal, will give us 

 better crops and earlier deliveries. There 

 will be little surplus in the hands of 

 the growers by the time all deliveries 

 are made, and that little should move, 

 if reports from Europe and from the 

 east are correct, long before the new 

 crop is in sight. 



"Orders are being booked now for 

 the crop of 1908. and. in some cases at 



S.M.ISBELL&CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contract Seed Growers 



BEAN, CUCUMBER, TOMATO 



Radish, Pea, Muskmelon 

 Squash, Watermelon, Sw«et Corn 



Oorreepondence Solicited. 



■Write for prices on Surplus Stocks 

 for Immediate Statpment. 



Mention The Ue-ievv when you write. 



8EATTLB, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Mention The Berlew when jua write. 



Waldo Rohnert 



OHiROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Spedaltles: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, ABtet. 

 OosmoB, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. Oor 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Bevlew when 70s write. 



M. S, STARK 



OTTIR LAKB, . • MICH. 



Dealer in Potatoes, Contractor and 

 Grower of Fancy Garden Beans. Refu- 

 gee, or 1000 to 1, and London Horti- 

 cultural Beans for Sale Now. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



■eod Growers i 



Address all commanications to oar permanent address 



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

 Onion. Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



■Ad Other Oalifomle Speoleltlee 

 Mention The arrlew when yon write. 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



<3rowers of 



Garden Peas and Beans 



For the Wholesale Trade 



GRAND RAPIDS. • . MICH. 



Mention The ReTlew when 70a write. 



