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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 23, 10 1 



Seed Trade News 



AHEBICAN KKEI) TKADK ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., J. (". Kohiiison, Waterloo, Netj.; First 

 Vice-pres., M. H. Durycii, New York; .Sw'y and 

 Treas., (;. E. Ki-inl,.], <'lfv«'laii(l, O. Twunty-eightli 

 annual inuutiiig, Atlantic City. N. J., June 'Jl to 

 23, 1910. 



AV. Ati.ke Buupkk and Mis. Biirix'o 

 will sail for Kurope on the Kiiiprrss of 

 Jndiii. lt'a\iiii;- Queboc July ]. 



Gkoweh.s of lilies for Kastcr are no 

 lonocr c'lamoiinj^- for ll.anisii ; llioy want, 

 instead, ^i;^;inteuni and Formosa bulbs. 



Mr. AM) Mks. I'rkd \ii.k announce the 

 jnania<ie of their (iauyhtcr, Kdij.a, to 

 Waldo JJohnert, on AVednesdav. Juno 15 

 101U. at San Felipe, Cal. 



Landing at Liverpool June 20, Walter 

 ]'. .Stokes and K. S. Willard will spend 

 two months in visitinor European seed 

 glowers, and in recreation. 



The Great Western Seed & Produce 

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

 incorporated, witli a capital of $3,000, 

 all subscribed. Peter Frost is president; 

 Alvin Johnson, vice-president; A. R. 

 Poulton, secretary and 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 tlioroiighly con- 

 y( rsant with the Iowa jmre seed law and 

 its relation to both dealers and planters. 



CALIFORNIA CONDITIONS. 



Wiitiiig from (iilrey, Cal., June 14, 

 Wablo Kohnert liad this to say of tiie 

 eondition of seed crops: 



"In regard to jiresent crop prospects 

 will say t!iat several weeks ago Ave hail 

 some very hot weather. T!ie thermom- 

 etc:- went up to Id.') degrees and this 

 w;is .alnio.-t too mu(di for some of the 

 erops. esj-ecially on the high land. 



"Sw<'el jieas were probably injured 

 the most. I should estimate' the loss 

 at about twenty-five j)er cent. The 

 <rop 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 tlie 

 warm weith.-r, but tlu^ stalk is still 

 green. Many of the jilants are loaded 

 with iiod an<l seem to be filling nicely. 

 The crop will. 1 think, be .a fair one. 



"JiCttuce, being u tleep rooter, was 

 not afl'ected b\- the hot sj)e]|. Thi> crop 

 ■will ])e a good average. 



"Onion is looking fine. So far no 

 damage has eonie that will interfere 

 with :i good, he.avy vield. This crop, 

 thougii. is not out of d.anger and will 

 not be until the seed is in the bag. 

 The wf.-ttlier at j.resent is rather 

 and We ;i|| hop(> for 



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 sumnuM-. ■ ' 



THE SEASON AT ROCKY FORD. 



"The se.-isoii just (dosed has been a 

 satisfactory one with us." savs the Eb- 

 ImtI 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 iinpiiries and belated orders yet 

 coming in. 



"The weather has been cool and un- 

 favorable for the starting of \ ine crops. 



J. C. Robinson, 



I'rcsideni III the Aiili'iiciHi Seed Trade AsKDclation.) 



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 favor.able 

 season, this district will make full de- 

 liveries this fall.'' 



ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION. 



Seed Trade in Annual Session. 



Members of the .\merican Seed Tr.ade 

 Association to a goodly miinber, a 

 larger ])roportion than usual being ac 

 com|)anied y»y their wives and families, 

 gathered at Atlantic City, X. J., June 

 L'l for the twenty eighth .•innual con 

 vention. It was an especially important 

 meeting in the view of most of the 

 members, because of the tlood of seed 

 legislation whi(di h.as come ujion the 

 trade within the last two ye.ars. ;ind 

 which was tiie principiil theme ot' dis 

 ciission. Only within the last few 

 months has real progress been made in 

 stemming the tide, but it was the con- 

 scMisus of ojiinion that the greatest men- 

 ace has becMi overcome and th.-it seed 

 laws henceforth can be sh!i|)ed tf)ward 

 uniformity and reasonableness. 



Se\-eii \cars ago the .associ.-it ion held 

 .•I meeting at .\tlantic City, at which 

 time Walter 1*. Stokes, of i'hila<ltdpliia, 

 was the jiresident, and S. F-'. Willard. 

 secretary. Mr. Willard was then (dected 

 to the position of jiresident. ;iiid he was 



highly commended by ^Ir. Stokes ii 

 stalling him to that office. Both t 

 gentlemen are now away in Euroi" 

 being perhaps the first meeting tluf 

 Willard has ever missed. The wea 

 throughout the dates of the ma' 

 was delightful, and all other condii 

 favorable. There was a represent:: 

 attendance, and under the leadersh' 

 J. C. Robinson, and the intluence oi 

 genial personality, every feature e' 

 ])roeee(lings moved along smoothl\ 

 harmoniously. He called the associ 

 to order in the Hotel Strand and. 

 the usual formalities, delivered 

 presidential address, reviewing the 

 cipal events of the association's c 

 tioiially active year. It was one "■ 

 most compreliensive documents oi 

 kind the association ever has listeii' 

 and w.'is received with warm app 

 The .address, as far as it pcrtaiie 

 the )iar;imount issues, is printed i' 

 on following pages of this issue. 



Secretary's Report. 



Seciet;ii\ < '. Fdward Keiidei 

 the tollowinj; rejiort on inembersi 



liit.'d inein!ier-lii|i reported l;ist .vc;ir 



Heeeiveil into Active and llunnr.uv Me 



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As treasurer. Mr. Kendel made 

 following report on the year's fitiai. 

 ojK lations: 



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