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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 18, 1908. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHKKICAIV SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., Oeorge S. Green, Chicago; First Vlce- 

 pres., M. H. Duryea, New York- Sec'y and 

 Treas., 0. E. Kendel, Cleveland. Twenty-sixth 

 annual convention at Hotel Pontchartrafn, De- 

 troit, Mich., June 23 to 25. 1908. 



Reports from California continue to 

 reflect the conditions reported in the 

 Review May 28, by A, J. Pieters. 



Don *t forget that this is the time to 

 prepare the illustrations for your 1909 

 catalogue; make your photographs. 



Mail, quotations received from Olli- 

 oules this week are the lowest yet to 

 hand . for the season 's crop of French 

 bulbs. 



The total invoice value of seeds im- 

 ported in April, 1908, was $402,411, 

 against $525,431 in the same 'month of 

 1907. 



The reports from the Michigan bean 

 fields are to the effect that the necessary 

 acreage has been found and planted un- 

 der favorable conditions. 



A. C. Zvolanek, of Bound Brook, 

 N. J., is inspecting the sweet pea crops 

 in the Santa Clara valley of California, 

 where he has growing contracts. 



George S. Green, president of the 

 American Seed Trade Association, says 

 he is hoping for a large attendance at 

 the Detroit convention next week. 



The peas in Michigan are doing rea- 

 sonably well; unless a sudden hot wave 

 strikes them while in flower, as might 

 easily happen after so cool a spring, the 

 yield should be normal. 



One has only to take a ride through 

 the country at this season to be made to 

 realize what the inventors of hand cul- 

 tivators have done to lighten the labors 

 of "the man with the hoe." 



The Seed Trade Association will hold 

 its annual convention at Detroit next 

 week. There are several important sub- 

 jects to be discussed besides those on the 

 program, and a good session is expected. 



Joseph Breck & Son, Boston, report 

 a larger volume of business in seeds than 

 they have done in any previous season. 

 Their representative, P. J. Van Baarda, 

 will sail for Europe July 25 for a two 

 months' trip. 



The legality of the non-warranty is 

 now so well established that in most of 

 the cases now threatening seed houses, 

 the sellers have given some guaranty by 

 not employing the language of the gen- 

 erally adopted disclaimer. 



F. M. Roesch, of the Fredonia Seed 

 Co., Fredonia, N. Y., has begun work on 

 a three-story brick and stone building 

 for a factory, office and retail store for 

 his company, on Water street. It will 

 be 50x100 and of the most modern con- 

 struction. 



At Toledo, O., June 8, James T. Lynch 

 filed suit in common pleas court for 

 $15,000 damages from James G. Hickox 

 and S. C. Schenck because of misrepre- 

 sentations through which, he alleges, the 

 defendants induced him to buy $7,500 

 stock in the Hickox, Mull & Hill Co., 

 handlers of grass seeds, after it had 

 been reincorporated under the Michigan 

 laws. Lynch alleges that the stock was 

 worthless, and that, through James W. 



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Knott, who went to see Schenck for him, 

 the defendants led him to believe that 

 the stock was a good investment and 

 would pay seven per cent. 



NEW KEOKUK (lA.) FIRM. . 



The Gate City Seed Co., with capital 

 stock of $30,000, has leased the old Hub- 

 inger building on the corner of Third 

 and Main streets, at Keokuk, la., and 

 will occupy the three stories and base- 

 ment as wholesale and retail departments 

 of the seed business. They are already 

 moving into the building, which is one 

 of the most imposing business structures 

 in the city, and expect to complete all 

 their plans within the next few days. 

 This move has been necessary because 

 of the fact that the seed department of 

 the O. A. Talbott Co. has outgrown the 

 present quarters of that firm, so this new 

 firm has absorbed that branch of the 

 Talbott business and has broadened out 

 into larger fields. O. A. Talbott will 

 not be actively connected with the new 

 firm, of which A. M. Davidson is presi- 

 dent, W. D. Burt and H. E. McCoy 

 being associated with him. Mr. Talbott 

 will devote his entire time to the grain 

 business. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



Now that the flowering season in the 

 bulb fields of Holland is quite finished, 

 growers are no little surprised to find 

 that notwithstanding the unusual back- 

 wardness of the season, many of the 

 tulips are already showing signs of 

 ripening, and from present appearances 



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it would Feem as if the lifting will not 

 be much behind ordinary seasons. The . 

 fine, warm weather of the last two weeks 

 of May has no doubt done much to- 

 wards the ripening of all sorts of bulbs, 

 and if it keeps up for some weeks it 

 will prove of great benefit for all out- 

 standing crops. It is true that under 

 these circumstances the growers will not 



