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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 10, 1911. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMEBICIN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres.. Leonard H. Viiiufhan, CliicaKo; First Vli't>- 

 Prpg., M. H. Durvi'<i. New York City; Soc'y and 

 Trcas., V. K. Ki-ndcl, Cleveland, O. 



A. €. Croft Seed Co., MonltoTi. Towa, 

 is ;i uew concern in the sce<l corn line. 



Clifton CY^rtis is starting into seed 

 growing ;it llollister. Cal., with thirty- 

 acres, lie will specialize on riolish, let- 

 tuce and carrots. 



The John II. Allan Seed Co., Sheboy- 

 gan, Wis., began pea picking July 31, 

 with a force of ninety-throe girls the 

 first day. To a reporter Mr. rarnieleo 

 (leclined to commit himself on the crop, 

 which is undeniably short. 



Howard ]\I. Earl, of W. Alice Burpee 

 & (ji., visited the seed growers of the 

 San .)u;in vadey. (';iiif(iriii;i, August 2. 

 He left Philade'lpliia .lidy I'd, taking in 

 norfheni Now "\'ork. norlJHM'ii ]\licliigan, 

 TItnh and Iihdio on the way to the coast, 

 and after calling at the liiirpeo farm at 

 Lonijpoc will visit Colorado and Oklahoma 

 growers on the Avay home, being due to 

 arrive in I'liihulolphia August 11. 



Till; seed growers of the Santa Chira 

 and San ,)iiaii districts agree that the 

 crop about to bo harvested will be a good 

 avorag(> oiio, with the single oxci>j)tion 

 of sweet jioas, and the last will bo better 

 than half a cro]!. TIk; early spring con- 

 ditions were siu'li as to warrant rather 

 iiloouiy jiri'diel ions. but. fortunately, late 

 spring and suinnier conditions wore 



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favorable and enabled everything but 

 sweet peas to recover the lost ground. 



Seed houses now offer Freosia Purity. 

 California grown, greoiijiouse grown or 

 Bermuda grown. 



The fall bulb catalogues are more 

 numerous, more elaborate, hirgor and 

 most of them were out earlier this sea- 

 son than usual. 



The Coulter-Adams Sood Co., of Ogden, 

 Vtah, reports the crcjp of garden peas as 

 fully as good as that of last year and 

 states that it will bo alilo to fill orders 

 100 per cent. 



The interest of W. Rozzelle in the 

 draml .Tunction S«'ed Co.. at Grand Junc- 

 tion, Colo., has beiMi purchased by W. L. 

 Burgess, formerly of Forkston, Pa. The 

 owners of the stock company now are 

 :\Ir. liurgoss, .1. P. Phipjis and J. D. 

 (Jonlev. Plans ;ire being made for in 



creasing the facilities and greatly en- 

 larging the business, especially the whole- 

 sale department. 



The Holland bulb men are well satis- 

 fied with the season to date. They have 

 had a good business and the stock they 

 arc shipping they think will prove of 

 (juality to give excellent satisfaction. 



FLOKADALE FARM. 



The accompanying illustration, show- 

 ing a bird's-eye view of the operations 

 at the Ploradale farm of W. Atlee Bur- 

 ]iee Ac Co., is reproduced from a photo- 

 graph made at Lompoc, Cal., July 25, 

 scarcely more than two Avecks ago. The 

 crops in the foreground are sweet peas, 

 the taller growing plants being sun- 

 llowors, which aro used to break the 

 ditforoiit ]dots. The season is late, 

 but conditions since the early part of 

 the year have been much improved. 



Bird's-eye View of Floradale Farm of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Lompoc, Cal. 



