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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



.lUiA- 1, 1909. 



The American Seed Trade Associatil 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TKAUE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., J. C RoDiiison, Waterloo. Neb.; Fir.st 

 V^ice-pres., M. H. Duryea, New York; Sec'y and 

 Treas., C. E. Keudel, Cleveland, U. 



GRASS SEED ASSOCIATION. 



The Wliolcsale (irass Seed Dealers' 

 Association was organized at ^.'iagura 

 l'"alls last week. 



Tiie following were oleeted as its first 

 board of directors: Cliarlcs J). ]>oyles, 

 of tlie Albert Dickinson Co., Ciiicago, 

 111.; Henry \V. Woo.l, of T. W. ^Vood & 

 Sous, Kiidmioud, Va. ; M. II. Duryea. of 

 Henry Xuiigesser ^: Co., New York city; 

 Robert I'onuner, of 1). I. F>iislinell & Co., 

 St. Louis. Mo.; Charles Dickinson, of the 

 Albert Dickinson Co., Chicago, HI.; C. 

 F. Wood, of \Vood, St abbs k Co.. Louis- 

 ville, Ky. ; .los. L. l'ei)pard, of J. (L 

 Pepjiard, Kansas City, Mo., and Albert 

 McCullough, of .1. -M". McCidlough Sons 

 (;<)., ('incinnati, Ohio. 



The lioanl organized by electing Al- 

 bert Mc(.'ullough jtresident, C. F. Wood 

 secretary treasurer and -M. H. Duryea 

 \ iic-president. 



PRESIDENT ROBINSON. 



.1. I', li'obinson, who was last week 

 fleet fd president of the American Seed 

 Trade Assoeiatioii, like so many good 

 men in 1 he seed business, is a native of 

 Wasiiington eonnty, Xew York. Jle re- 

 moved to Waterloo, Neb., about twenty- 

 three veais ago and taught srhool fen- a 

 time. In 1 S>>.S he made his start as a 

 grower of \iiu.' seeds, sweet corn and field 

 corns for the wholesale trade, and two 

 years later he lieeame a member of the 

 Seed Traile Association. From the day 

 of the beginning of his business career, 

 the Robinson inti'rests have steadily ex- 

 panded. Incorporation followed in Ht()4, 

 L. S. tiould being associated with Mr. 

 Robinson and being vice-president of the 

 company, of which .Mr. IJobiiison is ])resi- 

 (ient. At the present time the busiiiess 

 of the company is ])robably the largest 

 of its kind in this ccumtry, and tiiat is 

 (•(luivfilent to saying the largest of its 

 kiiiil in the seed trade of the world. 



J. C. Robinson. 



(President of the American Seed Trade Association.) 



When Mr. Kobinson began, the cleaning 

 ai)))aratus em|)loyed was the old-fash- 

 ioned fanning mill, operated by hancl 

 jtower. Now the jdant consists of five 

 large Marehouses, in which is installed 

 the nuist moilern conveying and cleaning 

 macdiinery. 



Personallv, Mr. Robinson is a most 



engaging gentleman. Tlis personal ac- 

 (|uaintance includes practically every 

 seedsman in tin/ country, and there are 

 few more popular men in the trade. At 

 home he is known as a man of public 

 spirit, being associated with every cause 

 that tends to the welfare and advance- 

 ment of his c(unuuinitv. Mr. Robinson 



