June 9, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



39 



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12 Tavistock Street, Covent Ganlen, LONDON, ENGLAND 



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L. DAEHNFELDT, Odense, Denmark 



Most important Sced-growor in Scandinavia (oOOO acres). Established 1850 



My sjx'cialties for export are Dwarf Erfurt Cauliflower 

 ami Cabbage Danish Ballkead 



Siiid me a trial order for delivery alter harvest and you will in the future be my constant customer 



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iiiic, nearly all the houses reporting 

 sliowing a greater gain in March than 

 there w^as falling off in the other 

 Mionths. Undoubtedly March of 1910 

 was the busiest month the American 

 seed trade ever has experienced. Curi- 

 ously enough, the complaint is of weath- 

 ir conditions, rather than of seed short- 

 •iges, although before the selling season 

 'ipened the cry of shortage was louder 

 •ind more general than in any recent 

 year. 



The letters which follow confirm, in 

 'Most respects, the opinions expressed in 

 'lie letters published last week. 



Otto Schwill & Co., Memphis, Tenn. 



The general demand for seeds during 

 lie spring of 1910 shows considerable 

 iiiprovenient over previous years. The 

 > lanting of all stocks and varieties of 

 '^getables has been heavy in this imme- 

 "iiite section; this is also true of the 

 'lanting of farm crops. The season has 

 'een rather unfavorable for most items. 

 I'lie cold weather during April hurt 

 I'ops of all kinds very much, and even 

 iiiring the month of May there has 

 ■'(■en but little growth, as the weather 

 'las not been favorable. The prospects, 

 'lowever, are for a fair crop of every- 

 thing. Prices on garden truck have 

 'leen somewhat above the average this 

 spring. 



Texas Seed & Floral Co., Dallas. 



The seed business in Texas will show 

 »P much better this year than last year. 



While we had an excellent trade early 

 in the season last year, the dry spell set 

 i» about April and we did not have 

 enough rain to amount to anything from 

 that time until late in the fall. On 

 this account crops were burned up badly 



all through Texas, and trade during the 

 summer and fall months was poor in- 

 deed. This year, however, we have been 

 favored with seasonable weather, trade 

 has been a great deal better and the 

 prospects are that it will hold up nicely 

 during the remainder of the season, un- 

 less something unexpected should hap- 

 pen. 



Of course, during the next two or 

 three months our trade depends largely 

 on the weather conditions. When we 

 have extremes of dry and wet weather 

 there is more -replanting done than when 

 the weather is more even and favorable 

 to the farmer; so, from the way things 

 appear just now, we do not expect any 

 especial runs on seed, but look for a 

 fairly good seed business all along. 



We deal largely in both field and gar- 

 den seeds. We have had a very good 

 trade this season on seed corn, sugar 

 cane, millet, cow peas, etc. The mar- 

 ket on cane, however, has been weak for 

 .some time and the profit extremely 

 small. Our garden seed business has 

 been fine. 



At present we are having an enor- 

 mous demand for our poultry foods, 

 which we manufacture ourselves. We 

 are now handling from 10,000 to 15,000 

 pounds each day. We have also had a 

 good business this season on bee-keep- 

 ers' supplies, the best we have had for 

 several years; however, we usually have 

 a good business in this line. Our bee 

 and poultry supplies are handled in one 

 department and we find they work to- 

 gether nicely. 



L. L. Olds Seed Co., Madison, Wis. 



In volume of business this season is 

 thirty per cent better than in any pre- 



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RALPH M. WARD & GO. 



12 W. Broadway, NEW YORK 



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vious year. Tlie number of orders has 

 not increased niu<;h, but they average 

 liuoer. The month of March was an 

 ex('e|»tioiially good month, but, owing 

 to the continued cold weather later, 

 business fell off more rapidly than usual 

 (luring the month of April. It has been 

 a jioor year for potatoes but a banner 

 year for corn, and our garden seed 

 business has iilinost doubled that of 

 any previous year. .lust at jjresent 

 there is a great demand for vegetable 

 plants. The late frosts destroyed thou- 

 sands of i)lants and wiped out the early 

 gardens in this section. 



Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis. 



In addition to thft unseasonable sea- 

 son, so to sjieak. the seed business in'' 

 the northwest lias been complicated by 

 long continued railroad strikes, making 

 deliveries difficult; also i)y the seed 

 laws of the different states, with their 

 varying requirements. 



On the whole, the season just passed 

 has been a most difficult one and, had 

 not the situation been relieved by gen- 

 erally firm values and a brisk demand, 

 the profits would have been meager 

 indeed. 



By the way. has the entire jobbing 

 trade clearly in mind the fact that our 

 duties on foreign seeds, under the new 

 tariff, are a'nout thirty-three per cent 

 more than in j)revious years, and that 

 almost every item in the cost of doing 

 business is increasing each season, and 

 that bare lofts are the rule and the 

 crop outlook, both in this country and 

 Europe, are not at all encouraging? 

 Inspection of some of the prices made 

 by travelers would indicate that some 

 of the jobbing houses are either forget- 

 ting these tilings or have not noticed 

 them. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



.1. Ilasslach. St. Remy de Provence, 

 France, flower and vegetable seeds; 

 Watkins & Simpson, London, England, 

 special list of flower and vegetable 

 seeds; S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., copy of weekly price list 

 of cut flowers and supplies; W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., turnip, 



