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The Rorists^ Review 



OCTOBDR 20, 1021 



Seed Trade News 



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AXESIOAN .SEED TRADE ABBOOIATION. 

 President, /L. L. Olds, Hadison, Wis. : aecre- 

 tary-treaturer, 0. B. Kendel, Olereland, O. 



Travelers for the French and Dutch 

 bulb exporters already are beginning to 

 arrive, in quest of orders for 1922. 



Word has been received in Chicago that 

 the head of A. Bremond Fils, Ollioules, 

 vrill visit America this winter to discuss 

 with importers matters relating to French 

 bulbs. 



A TOTAL of 4,063,000 cases of peas, 

 approximately half of the entire pea pack 

 of the nation, was put up by Wisconsin 

 canners this year. The total pack of the 

 nation this year is 8,207,000 cases, as com- 

 pared with 12,317,000 cases a year ago, 

 according to figures supplied by the 

 canners. 



In revising the revenue bill the Senate 

 last week removed the tax on packages 

 sent by parcel post, effective January 1 

 next. The imposition of a tax of 1 cent 

 for each 25 cents or fraction postage has 

 been a vexation to seedsmen. If the 

 Senate's action prevails in conference, 

 this will be removed next year. 



The annual meeting of the National 

 Canners' Association will be held at 

 Louisville, Ky., either the second or third 

 week in January. Three previous con- 

 ventions have been held at Louisville and 

 this year's meeting will attract prob- 

 aWy more seedsmen than did they. The 

 meeting of the Wisconsin Canners' As- 

 sociation will draw some to Milwaukee 

 November 7 to 10 and that of the Western 

 Canners' Association to Chicago Novem- 

 ber 11 and 12. 



Growers in southern Wisconsin had 

 disposed of eighty per cent of their crop 

 of white clover seed by the end of Sep- 

 tember. The prevailing prices, ranging 

 from $30 to $40 per hundred pounds, 

 have been fairly satisfactory to growers. 

 The imports of white clover seed, princi- 

 pally from Germany, have tended to sta- 

 bilize prices for the short crop of Ameri- 

 can seed. From July 1 to September 

 30 there was permitted entry 538,600 

 pounds and none for the same period last 

 year. 



The legal weight of a bushel of Ken- 

 tucky bluegrass seed is fourteen pounds in 

 nearly all states. This weight was estab- 

 lished years ago, when there were no 

 adequate machines for removing chaff, 

 immature Kentucky bluegrass seeds and 

 certain kinds of weed and other seeds. 

 With modern cleaning machinery it has 

 been possible to double the weight of a 

 measured bushel of Kentucky bluegrass 

 seed until at the present time seed 

 weighing nineteen to twenty-four pounds 

 per bushel is most commmonly offered 

 on the market. 



The bean harvest in the San Fernando 

 valley, California, is now in full swing 

 and reports from the fields indicate that 

 there will be a bumper crop. While the 

 acreage this year will not be as large as 

 it was last year, the increased produc- 

 tion per acre willf run much higher, and 

 in a number of inbtances predictions are 

 being made that growers will get as high 

 as thirty sacks to Jthe acre of Henderson 

 bush limas. An average of twenty sacks 

 to the acre is looted for, which will pro- 

 duce in the valle^y from 150,000 to 200,- 

 000 sacks. Air of last year's crop has 

 been sold, ana there is a good demand 



^«£S;f®"FLOWER SEEDS 



But Quality ^ 



Write at Once for Price 



Bamboo Stakes 



Lily Bulbs Tree Seeds 



Cycas Leaves 



T. SAKATA & CO, 



KANAGAWA, JAPAN 



Office : No. 1 KITANAKADORI 

 ITCHOMB :-: YOKOHAMA 



We are Headquarters for the 



BEST OF EVERYTHING 



in 



Peas, Beans, Corn and Vegetable Seeds 



OUd to aaota for present delivery or on 

 srowlng contract for future delivery 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. 



Meotlon Tbe Bavlew when yoa write. 



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Braslan 



Grower* for the Wholesale Trade Only. Onion, Lettnce, Carrot. 

 Parsnip, Parsley, Oelery, Endive, Salslty and Hlzed Sweet Peas. 



Seed Grovrers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Company 



TOMATO SEED 



Grown for the 

 Wholesale Seed Trade 



HAVEN SEED CO. 



SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 

 Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Beet. Carrot, Endive, Lettuce, 



Onion and Radish. 



C!orrespondence Solicited. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS 



GROWERS OF 

 FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Oet tbe benefit of our 71 years' experience 

 An Seasonable Varieties 



Our Stocks Are Very Complete 



Rochester, N. Y. The Flower City 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Pepper, Eggplant, Tomato, Okra, Atpangus. 



lUiubarb, Celery, Spinach, Beet Onion, Beans, 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, Sweet Corn, Vine Seeds. 



Correspondence Solicited 



GEORGE R. PEDRICK & SON 



PEDRICKTOWN. N. J. 



TOMATO SEED 



Pepper, Eggplant, Squash, Pumpldnt 

 Cucumber, Cantaloupe and WatermeioD 

 Seed and Field Com, on contract. 



EDGAR F. HURFF 



Correspondence Solicited, Swedesboro,N. J. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, 8s^^ NEB. 



VHiolesale Growers of Hifh-grade Seeds 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin; Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com 



THE 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin Seed, Susar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



L N. Simon & Sod 



Garden Seeds 



AT WHOLESALE 



438 Market St, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



