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The Weddy Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 1, 1908. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMKBlCAir 8KED TBADK ASSOCUTIOH. 



Pres., Watson 8. Woodruff, Orange, Conn.; 

 First Vice-pres., J. C. Robinson, Waterioo, Neb.; 

 Sec'y and Treas.. C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. 



The real status of the bean situation 

 is not yet known. 



Peas are turning out about as short as 

 the most conservative estimators pre- 

 dicted. 



Bulb trade is fair; what is needed is 

 a good frost to start the demand for 

 outdoor planting. 



Onion seed is apparently a? scarce as 

 the grower who could not land a con- 

 tract order hoped for. 



Visited Chicago: Lester C. Morse, of 

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

 Arthur Clark, of E. B. Clark Seed Co., 

 Milford, Conn. 



The onion fields of the central west 

 have not panned out as well as was ex- 

 pected some time back, but the growers 

 have had weather to harvest it in that 

 would be a credit to California. 



At Chicago the onion set crop has for 

 the most part gone into winter quarters. 

 No rain from harvest time until the time 

 of putting them into the warehouses 

 means a great deal added to the keeping 

 quality of the product, j, <• 



W. J. Mack, secretary J. C. Eobinson 

 Seed Co., Waterloo, Neb., sjiys they have 

 not yet been able to complete inspection 

 of squashes, pumpkins an"d corn. He 

 says they will be able to make very fair 

 deliveries on 'watermelon, but cucumber 

 and muskmeloD are practical failures. 



In general, all of the seed crops are 

 short, vine seeds especially so, not ex- 

 cepting the cucumber. Turnip beets and 

 a whole lot of other standard European 

 crops are getting less as each statement 

 of probable delivery is sent out. It will 

 be necessary to advance prices all along 

 the line to keep things even. 



P. J. Van Baarda, of Joseph Breck & 

 Sons, Boston, has returned from his 

 European trip. 



A. C. ZvoLANEK reports that the sea- 

 son has been a good one in the sale of 

 sweet pea seed and many of his vari- 

 eties are nearly sold out. 



The Western Packers' Canned Goods 

 Association will hoWP^a meeting at the 

 Sherman House, Chicago, October 15, at 

 which a large attendance is expected. 



D. V. BuRRELL, Eocky Ford, Colo., is 

 shipping cantaloupes to market in crates 

 of standard length and width, but only 

 deep enough to contain one layer of 

 melons. 



The United States court at St. Louis 

 has set October 7 as the date for con- 

 sideration of the application of the St. 

 Louis Seed Co. for confirmation of its 

 composition with its creditors at 33 1-3 

 cents on the dollar. 



It is reported that J. A. Everett, In- 

 dianapolis, has begun suit against the 

 publishers of the Equity Farm Journal 

 for $100,000 damage for expressing a 

 doubt as to the authentic character of 

 some of Everett's seed novelties. 



EoGERs Bros., Alpena, Mich., report: 

 "Only a small part of our crops have 

 been delivered so far. They are mostly 

 running below our field estimates, which 

 is on account of the severe drought and 

 hot winds. Think our yield will be be- 

 low 1907." 



G. S. Crego, the originator of the 

 Crego aster, who removed last spring 

 from Maywood, 111., to Portland, Ore., 

 says that his field of asters is in fine 

 condition and protnising a moderate crop 

 of good seed. He says the cool, moist 

 climate is conducive to slow but normal 

 development. 



At Richmond, Va., the T. J. King 

 Seed Co. has been granted a certificate 

 of incorporation with from $50,000 to 

 $100,000 capital stock. The officers are: 

 President, T. J. King; vice-president, 

 C. W. King; secretary and treasurer, 

 C. W. Winn; J. D. King, D. E. Mid- 

 yeete and J. J. Addison, all of Eichmond. 



The European seeds are coming in 

 earlier this year than last. 



Damaging' rains are reported from the 

 lima bean district in southern California. 



Tomato is another of the seed crops 

 about which discouraging reports are 

 heard. 



The prospect for an adequate crop of 

 seed of most varieties of sweet com has 

 been measurably improved in the last 

 few weeks. 



CONNECTICUT SEED CROPS. 



Frederick M. Clark, secretary of the 

 Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, 

 Conn., wrote as follows, under date of 

 September 26: 



"Our seed crops at the present time 

 have all been harvested, with the ex- 

 ception of sweet corn. Our onion seed, 

 the last week before harvesting, expe- 

 rienced two severe storms, one a wind 

 and rain storm the other a severe rain 

 storm. This caused blight to affect a 

 great many fields to the extent that the 

 yield will not be over fifty per cent of 

 normal in this section. Our sweet corn 

 is curing down abnormally early and will 

 be of excellent quality. The yield and 

 breadth, however, will not be heavy." 



AS RICE SEES THE SITUATION. 



Writing under date of September 22^ 

 the Jerome B. Eice Seed Co., Cambridge,. 

 N. Y., discussed the seed crop situation 

 as follows: 



"In regard to crop prospects as we 

 view them at the present time, appear- 

 ances are for more shortages in the cata- 

 logue than before in many a day. Among^ 

 the crops which are short we can mention 

 peas of the garden varieties. At pres- 

 ent it does not appear what the crop is 

 really going to give us, but enough peas 

 have been delivered to show us that the 

 growers did not produce a surplus. 



"Beans, the garden varieties, are also 

 a short crop, but as there has been a con- 

 siderable stock of the 1907 crop carried 

 over, we do not think any serious short- 

 age will be experienced. 



"The weather for ripening sweet corn 

 has been good, and, while the yield and 



