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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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NOYBMBEB 10, 1008. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAX SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres. Watson S. Woodruflf, Orange, Conn ; 

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

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



Agqelee & MussEB Seed Co., Los An- 

 geles, Cal., is the successor to the John- 

 son & Musser Seed Co. 



The death of S. W. Flower, widely 

 known for his interests in the grass seed 

 business at Toledo, is reported in this 

 week's obituary column. 



Anton C. Zvolanek, the winter-flow- 

 ering sweet pea seedsman, was recently 

 elected justice of the peace at his home 

 town, Boundbrook, N. J. 



The sweet corn now being taken in is 

 the best the seed houses have had the 

 pleasure of handling in a number of 

 years. The autumn season has been spe- 

 cially favorable. 



A EEPORT of the death of E. Leedham, 

 of Santa Cruz, Cal., will be found in the 

 obituary column of this issue of the 

 ; Review. Mr. Leedham was the founder 

 of the Leedham Bulb Co., and its man- 

 ager till the time of his death. 



Thebe is an evident disposition to hold 

 down both wholesale and retail prices on 

 the scarcest items of the season's seed 

 supply, although many who are quoting 

 low rates on scarce items acknowledge 

 they canont supply the demand and say 

 the stock is worth much more money, ex- 

 cept for the fact that the competitors' 

 prices are equally low. 



Among the seedsmen visiting Chicago 

 during the national flower show were Eu- 

 gene Schaettel, of Vilmorin-Andrieux & 

 Co., Paris, France; L. L. May, of L. L. 

 May & Co., St. Paul ; Charles N. Page, of 

 the Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la. ; Wm. 

 Currie and wife and Allister Currie, of 

 Currie Bros. Co., Milwaukee; H. W. 

 Buckbee, Eockford, HI. 



At Memphis, Tenn., Hugo Sachs and 

 Budolph Schreiber, doing business at 

 Quedlinburg, Saxony, as David Sachs, 

 filed suit in chancery November 11 

 against the Ullathorne Seed Co. The ob- 

 ject of the suit is to collect an account 

 alleged to be due and unpaid. Israel H. 

 Peres is solicitor for the complainants, 

 and the bill alleges that $694.19 is due. 



At Chicago, November 17, timothy 

 seed was dull at $3.87 1^ bid for Novem- 

 ber and $3.95 bid and $4.10 asked for 

 March. Country lots, $2.60@3.75. Clover 

 seed was unchanged at $9.20 for Novem- 

 ber and $9.50 for March and $6.00@ 

 9.00 for cash lots. At Toledo, Novem- 

 ber 17, clover seed was, cash, $5.52%; 

 November, $5.52%; December, $5.55; 

 March, $5.67; No. 2, $5.35; No. 3, $5.25; 

 rejected, $5.10. Alsike, prime, $8.80.' 



Offebs of onion seed are coming from 

 all sorts of unheard-of places. Last sea- 

 son's experience resulted in the planting 

 of bulbs in dozens of out-of-the way lo- 

 calities, and fair yields of seed, which 

 now serves to depress the market. These 

 odd lots of seed are generally of un- 

 known quality and the larger seed houses 

 will have nothing to do with them, but 

 they will eventually be sold through the 

 country merchants and will have their 

 effect on the demand for stock of known 

 character. 



C. C. MORSE & CO. 



48-66 Jackson St.. Sail Francisco^ Cal. 



THE LARGEST SBKD GROWKB8 ON THK FACinC COAST 



Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas 



-ALSO- 



Carrot, Celery, Leek, Mustard, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Salsify 



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LEONARD SEED C9i 



GROWERS AMD WHOLESALERS OF SUPERIOR GARDEN SEEDS 



FLOWER SEEDS-ONION SETS . . • GET OUR PRICES 



79 East Kinaie Street £^MMMd* MM*£\ 



148 West Randolph Street V»Illl^A01f 



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YOU will be satisfied with tlie products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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



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MUtord, Conn. 

 Kaat Jordan, llleh* 

 Sister B»7, Wis. 



THE EVEREn B. CURK SEED CO. 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, BEET, TURNIP, ETC. 



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Waldo Rohnert 



OILRQY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettace. Onion, Sweet Peas, iLstei 

 OoamoB. Mignonette, Verbena, In vaiiety. Oor 

 respondence BoUdted. 



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SEATTLE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



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Visited Chicago: John Michie, with 

 H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111. 



The supplies of cucumber and musk- 

 melon are smaller than wholesale prices 

 would indicate. 



The seed houses which have taken 

 pains with the breeding of field corn feel 

 that results justify an advance in prices 

 for their seed stock. 



With the exception of a very few vari- 

 eties, there will be plenty of sweet- corn 

 and prices are easy. 



D. S. Chamberlain, the head of the 

 Chamberlain Medicine Co., and one of the 

 substantial men of Des Moines, la., has 

 purchased a block of the treasury stock 

 of the Iowa Seed Co., giving that concern 

 increased capital for its 1909 operations. 

 The business of the concern is growing 

 rapidly. 



S.iM.ISBELL&CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contrmot Seed Growers 



BEAN, CUCUMBER. TOMATO 



Radish, Pea, Muskmelon 

 Sqoash, Watermelon, Sweet Com 



Oorrespondence Solicited 



B^j^WMte for prloes on Sorptus Stocks 

 ^^w lor Immediate Slilpment 



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PEAS ^ BEANS 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO. 



Growers for the Wholesale Trade 



GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. 



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Onion Seed 



We are extensive growers and dealers. 

 Write tor prioea on 1908 crop. 



Are also contracting new for 1909. 



SCHILDER BROS.. Chillicothe, 0. 



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In Holland the bulb fields are planted 

 and in most cases the winter covering is 

 ready. The quantities in go to indicate 

 normal supply for next season. Autumn 

 shipments of such goods as spiraea, gladi- 

 oli and liliums are now in full swing and 

 the crops having turned out quite up to 

 the usual mark, the results are likely to 

 be satisfactory. Seedsmen are now busy 

 preparing and cleaning their harvested 



