Mabch 26, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review« 



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Surplus Stock! 



Onion, RkdiBb. Beet. Carrot. Ouonmber. Cauli- 

 flower, Peas, Cabbage, Beans, Sweet Corn, etc. 

 Write for prices for immediate shipment. 

 AIX STOCK CHOXCK 1907 CROP. 



MICHI6AN SEED CO., Bay City, Mich. 



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SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Qrowmtm ot 



PtJGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



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Waldo Rohnerf 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peaa, Astet, 

 Hoemos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. Oor 

 tiespondence solicited. 



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C. C. MORSE & CO. 



^ Seed Orowers 



Address all communications to our permanent addrew 



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

 Onion. Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



and Other Calltomia Speolaltles 

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ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



Growers of 



Garden Peas and Beans 



For tbe Wlioleaala Trade 



GRAND RAPIDS. . * MICH. 



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G. S. Crego, aster seed grower of May- 

 wood, 111., has returned from a trip to 

 the Pacific coast. 



The Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, 

 Oa., has been using a half-page adver- 

 tisement in local papers to push the sale 

 of field-grown roses. The company ad- 

 vertises itself as "The Careful Seeds- 

 men. ' ' 



VEGETABLE BREEDING. 



Continuing tiie subject of the improve- 

 ment of vegetables by selection and by 

 cross breeding, as l)egun in the Review 

 of March .'i and March 19, W. Van Fleet 

 said : 



Peppers. 



Tlie pei>i>er is a very neat subject for 

 <rossing, and useful varieties may be 

 produced with tolerable precision. It 

 appears that development by pure heredi- 

 tary selection ha« played a smaller jjart 

 with the j»epper than with most vege- 

 tables. 



Potatoes. 



Tlie potato, as the most important 

 vegetable propagated by division, has a 

 diUVrent status from its congeners. New 

 varieties are produced by selection 

 among seedling.s grown mostly from 

 chance or self-pollinated seeds. It ap- 

 pears certain that intentional cro-ssing 

 or hybridization has i)layed a minor roh' 

 in the development of potato varieties. 

 The breeding of the potato is more 

 ardently pursue<l at the present time 



LEONARD SEED CO. 



Growers and Wholesalers off Superior Garden Seeds 



Name your requirements; we can usually meet all seasonable demands. 



Flower Seeds— Onion Sets ' Mrw^Ko^pi. st. CHICAGO 



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in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreen, and Pine Tree Brands 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNBAPOUS 



CHICAGO 



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YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia, — for new Complete Catalog 



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THE EVERETT B. CLARK SEED CO. 



Largest STOwers of CONNECTICUT ONION SEKD. Now offerlne both 1007 and 1908 

 crop. Soutliport Tello^^ Globe, Soutbport Red Globe and Tellow^ Globe Danvers. 



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MiUord, Conn. 

 East Jordan, Mleb. 

 Sister Bay, Wis. 



We offer at fol- 

 lowing special 

 prices what 11m- 



ONION SEED 



ited surpluses of our pedigree onion seed we 

 have of orop 1907: cash with order: immediate 

 shipment: Southport Yellow Globe, $1 20 per lb.: 

 .Southport Red Globe, $1.20 per lb.: Southport 

 White (Jlotje, iVOO per lb.: Yellow Globe Danvers, 

 $1.10 per lb.; Prize Taker, $1.30 per lb. Fine stocks 

 sweet com, peas and beans. Trade price list on 

 application. 8. D. WOODRUFF A SONS, 

 Uranse, Conn. 8X Oey St., New York City. 

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ROGERS BROTHERS 



SPBCLAXTY GROWERS 



S'sGarden Pea and Bean Seed 



For tl&e Wholesale Trade 

 ALPENA MICH. 



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than that of any other vegetable; yet 

 few experimenters are willing to claim 

 they have actually produced crosses or 

 hybrids. Every available species of 

 tuber-bearing aolanum is apparently be- 

 ing used by breeders in different coun- 

 tries in the hope of imparting vigor to 

 the cross-bred progeny. The paucity of 

 results, up to date, is quite remarkable, 

 and appears to indicate that for prac- 

 tical results we must return to the old 

 jdau of growing seedlings in quantity 

 from the best available varieties. This, 

 in view of the progressive sterility of 

 our best commercial varieties, is becom- 

 ing an incrr-asingly difficult matter. 



Tomatoes. 



The tomato is such a modern addition 

 to our list of really inqwrtant vegetables 

 that its developnu'nt from an ornanu'utal 

 (•uriosity to the most widely grown and 

 valued of garden fruits lies' almost with- 

 in the memory of living man. Selection, 

 as usual, was the i)otent and conq)ara- 

 tively rai)id means of changing the orig- 

 inal small, flabby and seedv fruits to 

 the large, solid and shapelv tomatoes of 

 today, but critical crossing has within 

 the la.st fifteen years become an import- 

 ant factor in the production of superior 



A. J. Pieters Seed Co. 



Growers ffor the 



WHOLESALE TRADE 



Ready to quote on 1907 anrplua 

 and 1908 contracta 



Hollister, - - Cal. 



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S.IVI.ISBELL&CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contract Seed Growers 

 BEAN, CUCUMBER, TOMATO 



Radish, Pea, Muskmelon 

 Sqnaah, Watermelon, Sweet Cera 



Oorreipondence Solicited. 



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varieties. Many breeders find the tomato 

 a fascinating and practical subject for 

 their efforts. It requires four or five 

 years of rigiil selection to sufficiently 

 "fix" a cross-bred variety, if of mark- 

 edly diverse parentage. There appears 

 to be a i>articular tendency toward re- 

 version to j»rimitive form.s"in the thin! 

 generation of cross-bred tomatoes. The 

 clas.sic development of the Trophy to- 

 mato, by twenty years of selection from 

 the original cross of the prijnitive to- 

 nmto or "love apple" with the angular 

 garden tomato of 1850. nia<le by Dr. 

 Hand, of Baltimore, .Md., has never been 

 equaled an<l is not likely to be excelled 

 by hurried modern introducers. 



The practical vegetable breeding of 

 the immediate future would seem to lie 

 rather in efforts to produce varieties re- 

 sistant to current diseases than in con- 

 tinual refinement of the edible portions. 

 Increased vigor and resistance to germ 

 infection ajjpear to be of the highest 



