June 25, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



35 



Fancy Beauties, Valley, 



Kaiserin, Killarney 



■■HiAi^Aair n Mmf«ftv If MA n ■ jm m.ii j ■ if n and all varieties of Seasonable Cut FlowcFS 

 WHOLESALE FLORIST. 1526 RanStead St., Philadelphia, Pa. 'or Ju„e ^^mngs .„« commencements 



EDWARD REID 



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crop thrashed. In this manner Wiseon- 

 sin Blues were frequently mixed with 

 Alaskas, and where extreme care was not 

 exercised to take these out, regardless of 

 cost, the stocks became mixed and a bad 

 matter became worse through hybridiza- 

 tion. This extreme care was not exer- 

 cised, because the majority of buyers 

 looked only at the price and would not 

 pay the extra cost of keeping stock pure 

 and true. 



Impure Stock of Alaska Peas. 



The fluctuation in supply and demand 

 occasionally made seedsmen and some- 

 times growers eager purchasers and, be- 

 fore anyone was really aware of it, 

 these inferior stocks, which gained a 

 foothold during the low prices and the 

 reign of indifference, permeated nearly 

 all the stocks in the country. For the 

 last five or ten years it has been pretty 

 nearly impossible to find any Alaska 

 stocks that were right, and this unfor- 

 tunate condition of things is clearly 

 traceable to the period during which 

 garden peas were sold at field pea prices. 

 Fortunately, the conditions were so very 

 bad as to force a reaction, and a few 

 people have been doing some very care- 

 ful and efficient work in restoring Alas, 

 kas to their original purity. We are 

 likely, therefore, to have much more 

 satisfactory stocks of this important va- 

 riety in the near future. Let us hope 

 that we may be spared the misfortune of 

 such low prices as may result in again 

 demoralizing Alaska stocks. The asking 

 of high prices does not necessarily prove 

 the purity of the stock, but one thing is 

 certain: The long continued prevalence 

 of prices at or below the cost line is cer- 

 tain to result in inferior stocks. 



Stratagem Peas Also Demoralized. 



Of all varieties of peas known to the 

 seed trade, there is probably not one that 

 excels, in fine quality and delicious flavor, 

 the old Stratagem, but the Stratagem is 

 a bad sporter and, if neglected even for 

 a single season, it suffers from rapid 

 degeneration. The man who sells Strata- 

 gem peas at anything less than a high 

 price sells them at an actual loss, if he 

 devotes to them the time and skill neces- 

 sary to keep the stock right. The eager- 

 ness to compete in the matter of price 

 has resulted in selling to the general 

 public such inferior stocks of Stratagem 

 as to give the planters the impression 

 that Stratagems are really a poor vari- 

 ety, while they are certainly one of the 

 three or four "top notchers" in the en- 

 tire list of peas. 



So-called Stratagem peas have been 

 sold at competitive prices which actually 

 do not contain five per cent of true 

 Stratagems. The planter, because he 

 did not like the Stratagem sports, 

 dropped the variety and now many seeds- 

 men do not attempt to handle it at all. 

 There are a few seedsmen, however, who 

 have never handled cheap Stratagems 

 and, when they could not furnish the real 

 thing, would not attempt to furnish any, 

 the result being that these houses have 

 a steadily increasing demand for Strata- 



W. E. McKISSICK 



Beauties, Valley and Sweet Peas 



OPEN DAILY, 7 A. M. TO 6 F. M. UP-TO-DATK SERVICE. 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA 



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BRIDES, BRIDESMAIDS, FANCY VALLEY. 



BERGER BROS. 



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PHIUDELPHIA 



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EUGENE BERNHEIMER 



SWEtT PFAS of highest grade in all 

 *'"■-'-■ ■■-'**' colors. BEAUTIES 

 and all other seasonable flowers. 



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Choice Sweet Peas for June Weddings 



Open 7:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. Saturdays, 7:80 a. m. to 1:00 p. m 



THE PHILADELPHIA GUT FLOWER CO., - • - 1517 Sanson Street, PHILADELPHIA 



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WILLIAM J. BAKER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



WHITE ROSES and SWEET PEAS 



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WMtmaoi Ferns ! 



StronKi •W9U shaped plants, 



in 6-incli pots, 75c and 50o each. 



J. W. YOUNG 



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gems and are building up a profitable 

 trade in this excellent variety. 



Other Stock That Fell From Grace. 



The experience in the case of Alaska 

 and Stratagem peas has been duplicated 

 in many other varieties of seeds. Take, 

 for instance, Red Valentine beans. A 

 dozen years or more ago, one of our 

 bean growers made a standing offer of 

 25 cents a pl?int for every flat-podded 

 plant of Red Valentines which his cus- 

 tomers could find in his fields, but the 

 depression in the garden bean market 

 which followed the large crops of 1896 

 and 1897 left no margin for growers to 

 use. in keeping their stocks up to stand- 

 ard, and even that fine strain of Red 

 Valentines fell from grace through the 

 hybridization carried on by bees and the 

 grower's offer had to be withdrawn. 



Fortunately, however, there are quite 

 a few seedsmen who appreciate the dif- 

 ference between stocks that are fair and 

 stocks that are fine and are willing to 

 pay a reasonable difference in favor of 

 fine stocks. This fact has encouraged 

 the grower referred to to renew his ef- 

 forts in producing a pure strain of Red 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



Philadelphia. June 24. 



Beanty, SpeclalB 12.00 to°Voo 



Extra uo 



Medium tim 



Short *^ 



Bride and Bridesmaid. Select $ 6.00 to $ 6 00 



fiK-^ Di V. \. o P'dtoary... 2.00 to 4.00 



Liberty, Richmond, Select 6.00 to 8.00 



_„ " Ordinary 2.00 to 4!oo 



Klllamey , Chatenay , Select 6.00 to 8.00 



^ , _, „ , Ordinary.... « 2.00 to 4.00 



Kaiserin. Select e.OOto 8.00 



Ordinary 2.00 to 4 00 



Golden Gate, Select s.OOto 6M 



_ .. Ordinary 2.00 to 4.00 



Oamatlons, Fancy 2.00to 3.00 



Select 150 



Ordinary i/ja 



Harrisli LiUes doz.. $1.50 



Lilium Candldum.doz.. 75c to$126 



Adlantum Cuneatum 7510 l.oo 



Hybridnm 1.26to 160 



Asparagus Plumosus, Strings 40.00 to 5000 



Sprays, bunch 50c 



SprenKeri,bunch.36-50c 



1^" 12.60to 15.00 



n?mJ„« 2.00to 4.00 



2*"lfy*f----o- — ; 40.00 to 50.00 



Sweet Peas, Select 4oto 50 



Ordinary 20 to *80 



Hardy Ferns . per 1000, $1.00 to $2.00 

 Galax Leaves.. case of 10,000, 7.60 



g°aPjl/»Kon 4.00 to 8.00 



Peonies 400^^ g^^ 



Valentines that is all round-podded, and 

 we understand the old offer of 25 cents 

 a plant for every flat-podded plant found 

 in this strain of Red Valentines has been 

 renewed. It is, however, safe to assume 

 that this work of restoring this very im- 

 portant variety to its best possible con- 

 dition would not have been undertaken 

 if all seedsmen were like the few who 

 consider price only. 



Madison, N. J.— Three widely known 

 florists of this town were recently the 

 only ones in evening clothes at a Masonic 

 meeting. For the sake of a joke the 

 Morns County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club at its last meeting adopted a reso- 

 lution that all members should wear full 

 dress at its sessions. 



