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Mat 20, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



45 



one. The crop, however, almost always 

 looks good at this stage, for with onion 

 seed the reckoning conies at the other 

 «nd, just prior to harvest. Sweet corns 

 have just been planted and our hopes for 

 a good stand of this item must hang 

 upon seed of very strong vitality, because 

 conditions are such as not to favor the 

 growth of com. It has been for some 

 little time, and is still, very wet and cold. 

 The ground is thoroughly water-soaked 

 and the climatic conditions are such that 

 the entire winter wardrobe is still in use 

 with comfort. 



"The 1908 stocks of practically every 

 item we grow are cleaned up nicely. We 

 could never hope to start out a new grow- 

 ing season with the old slate cleaner than 

 it is today. 



"All of the above remarks regarding 

 growing conditions apply to our New 

 England crops. In Michigan and Wis- 

 consin, of course, peas have only just 

 ■been seeded, and though the season is 

 backward there is still time to make a 

 good crop of these. A good crop is cer- 

 tainly due this year and we think every- 

 body concerned, farmer, grower and con- 

 sumer, will be best pleased to see a large 

 crop. 



. ' ' Seed stocks of beans are just moving 

 out into farmers' hands, with some acre- 

 age yet to be placed, as the farmers have 

 persisted in their inclination to pass the 

 garden varieties of beans in favor of the 

 commercial varieties. Indeed, it looks 

 doubtful now whether some of us grow- 

 ■ers secure all the acreage of beans that 

 we would like to have grown. If the 

 coming season is unfavorable to this crop, 

 and the reduced acreage produces a small 

 yield, beans will be a very interesting 

 item next season." 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending May 

 8 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgg. Val. Kind. Pkgs.' Val. 



Annatto ... 5$ 7."? Grass 322 S2740 



Canary 550 2171 Hemp 200 688 



Caraway . . 426 3928 Uycopod'm . 10 667 



Oardamom .. 19 795 MUlet 5 104 



Oastor 2323 T281 Mustard 875 6339 



Celery 130 1827 Rape 4 13 



Coriander . 67 304 Sugar beet. . 1 5 



Cennel .... 3A 197 Other 6827 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 ^19,088. 



FRENCH SEED CROPS. 



France, like Germany, and from recent 

 reports, some of the seed growing sec- 

 tions in America, had an extremely late 

 spring. The winter was unusually severe 

 and it was far into April before the 

 weather was at all in favor of the opera- 

 tions of the growers of seeds. Annual 

 crops can hardly now be spoken of, for 

 the planting was three weeks or more 

 late in beginning. But complaint is heard 

 of lack of moisture for a good start. It 

 is feared that radishes will not yield a 

 good crop, and this is an item of con- 

 stantly increasing importance. Pai;sley 

 promises well and parsnips should turn 

 out all right if a fair start counts for 

 anything. Turnips and swedes suffered 

 a heavy loss during winter. Carrots kept 

 over better, but weevils did much damage 

 in certain stocks. Beets had a bad win- 

 ter and at planting -time many were 

 found unfit for use, so that plantations 

 were much reduced and a good yield can 

 give no more than a medium crop, at 

 best. In fact, all important biennial 

 crops grown for export may be said to 

 have passed a hard winter and have 



■TO THX TBAOB 



HENRY Mini, Qae(Umbor& ^mmy 



^^""^■^^^■^ (ESTABUSHXD IN 1787) 



Arower and Exporter on tho very largest scale of all 



CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER and FARM SEEDS 



Specialties t Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabl, Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radlslies, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Beconias, Carnations. 

 Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free ou application. 



HmntT MKTTE'S TRIUMPH OP THK GIANT PANSIK8 (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, $5.00 per oz.; $1.50 per ^-oz.; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my o^^ irounds of 

 more tlian 8000 acres, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest 

 stocks and best quality. X also cro^r largrely seeds on contract. 



Mentioii The Review when you write. 



for Florists' forcing; Azaleas, Roses, Palms, etc 

 Romans, Valleys, Lilies, etc., Imported to order 

 Summer and Fall 1909 delivery; address 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St, or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



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BULBS and PLANTS 



F. J. Grootendorst 



& Sons, Boskoop, Holland 



Azaleas, Rliododendrons, Clematis, 

 Roses, PorcinK Plants, Kvercreens, 

 Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Herbaceous 

 Plants, Bulbs, etc. 



A postal brings onr catalogue. Let us qoote 

 prices on your list of wants. 



Until June 12 address our 



C. GROOTENDORST 



Care of MESSRS. MALTUS & WARE 



14 Stone St. New York 



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A good farmer is the wisest of all men, who, 

 with the plough, writes on the land the magnificent 

 book of human happiness. (B. P. G.) 



THE BEST CROPS OF ONIONS 



can be raised In the United States with 



(( 



VARELA'S" 



Seed 



Improved Bermuda Onion Seeds 



Limited production for 1909. Write soon to secure 

 some. My IMPROVED SEEDS are only obtain- 

 able through seedsmen and dealers in the U. S. If a 

 grower cannot get it from his seedsman, write to me 

 and I will give you the names of many who can supply it. 



fEDCRICO C VARELA,(c'a^n"A«;.TSk., 



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CAULIFLOWER 

 A B B A G E 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMAHN & CO. 



Longangsstraede 20, Copenhagen, Denmark 



started to make the 1909 crops of seeds 

 under none too favorable circumstances. 

 But it is notable how rapidly crops can 

 improve under the influence of a little 

 favorable weather and conditions almost 

 always turn out better than we anticipate. 



F. Eeqis. 



ONION SETS AT LOUISVILLE. 



There are practically no dark red 

 onion sets grown at Louisville. H. R. 

 Whiteside, under whose portrait on the 

 letter - head appears the inscription 

 * ' Largest onion set dealer in the U. S., ' * 

 says the acreage planted to yellow is 

 larger than it was last year. "It was 

 large last year, but we would estimate 



Kersbergen Brothers 



BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 



Wholesale Growers and Exporters of Boses, 

 BhododendroBS, Hydranceas, PeoaleSt Ever* 

 greens. Lilacs, Clematis, Hollies, Boxwood, 

 Conifers, vot'srown plants for forelnr and Her- 

 baeeons plants. 



Mew Baby Ramblar Boae 



B08K00P BABY 



A new rose of great merit which is offered for 

 sale this season. Colored plate and descriptlTe 

 matter mailed upon application. 



Ask for our catalogue, givinK prices od 

 general list of Holland stock. 



Represented by 



NICHOLAS van HEVELINGEN 



dare Tbe United States Noraeir Company 



Rich, Coahoma County, Miss. 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Very finest grades of Hambarg VaUey, tor 

 shipment as desired. 



Vmlt and Ornamental Stocks. 



French grown, best Quality, carefully teleotad. 

 graded and packed. 



■nsUsh Manettl Stoeks. 



Grown especially for florists' use. 

 Holland Plants. 



Roses, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Boxtreoa. 

 Olematis, Conifers, etc. 



Uly of the VaUey. 



Finest grades of Berlin and Hambnrg for tat- 

 port. 



For catalogs, specialoflers, etc., please apply te 



H. FRANK lARROW, 



Importer Wkolesaler 



P. 0. BOX 1250, 26 Barday Street. NEW YMK 



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HOLUND BULBS 



A complete line of healthy, well-growa, wall- 

 graded bulbs for fall delivery. 



VAN TIL-HARTMAN 

 HILLEGOM, HOLLAND 



Price list and full information from 



Jackson A Perkins Co. 



Sole American Agents 



Newark - New York 



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Holland Bulbs 



Msatlmls * TanAlphen, wholesale bolb 



Sowers and exporters, Llsae, near Haarlem, 

 olland. Superior quality, low prices. 



SOLX AlfXBICAM AOKNT, 



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