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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Junk 23, 1910. 



Seed Trade News 



AMEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Prea.. J. C. Robinson, Waterloo, Neb.; First 

 VIce-pres., M. H. Duryea, New York; Sec'y and 

 Treas.. C. E. Kendel. Cleveland. O. Twenty-eigbtb 

 annti&l meeting, Atlantic City. N. J.. June 21 to 

 28, 1910. 



W. Atlee Burpee and Mrs. Burpee 

 will sail for Europe on the Empress of 

 India, leaving Quebec July 1. 



Growers of lilies for Easter are no 

 longer clamoring for Harrisii ; they want, 

 instead, giganteum and Formosa bulbs. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vile announce the 

 marriage of their daughter, Edna, to 

 Waldo Eohnert, on Wednesday, June 15, 

 ' 1910, at San Felipe, Cal. 



Landing at Liverpool June 20, Walter 

 P. Stokes and E. S. Willard will spend 

 two months in visiting European seed 

 growers, and in recreation. 



The Great Western Seed & Produce 

 Co., of Salt Lake City, Utah, has been 

 incorporated, with a capital of $3,000, 

 all subscribed. Peter Frost is president; 

 Alvin Johnson, vice-president; A. R. 

 Poulton, secretary an^ treasurer. 



Iowa seedsmen are well pleased with 

 W. B. Barney, the new State Food and 

 Dairy Commissioner. They say he is a 

 man of broad mind and thoroughly con- 

 versant with the Iowa pure seed law and 

 its relation to both dealers and planters. 



CALIFOBinA CONDITIONS. 



Writing from Gilroy, Cal., June 14, 

 Waldo Rohnert had this to say of the 

 condition of seed crops: 



"In regard, to present crop prospects 

 will say that several weeks ago we had 

 some very hot weather. The thermom- 

 eter went up to 105 degrees and this 

 was almost too much for some of the 

 crops, especially on the high land. 



"Sweet peas were probably injured 

 the most. I should estimate the loss 

 at about twenty-five per cent. The 

 crop will not be so large as was at 

 first estimated, but I think, though, 

 there will be enough to fill all orders. 



"Radish went out of bloom with the 

 warm weather, but the stalk is still 

 green. Many o^ the plants are loaded 

 with pod and «eem to be filling nicely. 

 The crop will, I think, be a fair one. 



"Lettuce, being a deep rooter, was 

 not affected by the hot spell. The crop 

 will be a good average. 



"Onion is looking fine. So far no 

 damage has come that will interfere 

 with a good, heavy yield. This crop, 

 though, is not out of danger and will 

 not be until the seed is in the bag. 

 The weather at present is rather cool 

 and we all hope for a cool summer." 



THE SEASON AT ROCKY FORD. 



"The season just closed has been a 

 satisfactory one with us," says the Eb- 

 bert Seed Co., of Rocky Ford, Colo. 

 "Our mail-order and retail trade shows 

 an increase of over 100 per cent over 

 former seasons, while our growing con- 

 tracts for vine seeds are ten times as 

 heavy as in any previous year, with 

 many inquiries and belated orders yet 

 coming in. 



"The weather has been cool and un- 

 favorable for the starting of vine cropB, 



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J. C Robinson. 



(President of the American Seed Trade Association.) 



SO our growers have experienced con- 

 siderable trouble in getting a stand. 

 More replanting has been required than 

 for several seasons. While crops are 

 backward as a whole, we never had 

 finer prospects and, with a favorable 

 season, this district will make full de- 

 liveries this fall." 



ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION. 



Seed Trade in Annual Session. 



Members of the American Seed Trade 

 Association to a goodly number, a 

 larger proportion than usual being ac- 

 companied by their wives and families, 

 gathered at Atlantic City, N. J., June 

 21 for the twenty-eighth annual con- 

 vention. It was an especially important 

 meeting in the view of most of the 

 members, because of the flood of seed 

 legislation which has come upon the 

 trade within the last two years, and 

 which was the principal theme of dis- 

 cussion. Only within the last few 

 months has real progress been made in 

 stemming the tide, but it was the con- 

 sensus of opinion that the greatest men- 

 ace has been overcome and that seed 

 laws henceforth can be shaped toward 

 uniformity and reasonableness. 



Seven years ago the association held 

 a meeting at Atlantic City, at which 

 time Walter P. Stokes, of Philadelphia, 

 was tjie president, and S. F. Willard, 

 secretary. Mr. Willard was then elected 

 to the position of president, and he was 



highly commended by Mr. Stokes in in- 

 stalling him to that office. Both these 

 gentlemen are now away in Europe, it 

 being perhaps the first meeting that Mr. 

 Willard has ever missed. The weather 

 throughout the dates of the meeting 

 was delightful, and all other conditions 

 favorable. There was a representative 

 attendance, and under the leadership of 

 J. C. Robinson, and the influence of his 

 genial personality, every feature of the 

 proceedings moved along smoothly and 

 harmoniously. He called the association 

 to order in the Hotel Strand and, "fter 

 the usual formalities, delivered the 

 presidential address, reviewing the prin- 

 cipal events of the association's excep- 

 tionally active year. It was one of the 

 most comprehensive documents of the 

 kind the association ever has listened to, 

 and was received with warm applause. 

 The address, as far as it pertainrl to 

 the paramount issues, is printed in f"*" 

 on following pages of this issue. 



Secretary's Report. 



Secretary C. Edward Kendel mafle 

 the following report on membership- 



i62 

 Total membership reported last year 



Received into Active and Honorary Mei"' g 



bershlp g 



Lost by resignation, etc 



Net lAmt jjj 



Present membership. Active j 



Honorary ___^ 



Total ;«' 



As treasurer, Mr. Kendel made the 



following report on tlie, year's finaa<"^ 



operations: 



