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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 11, 1910. 



The cultural methods which will give 

 the best crop of seed beans do not 

 differ materially from those used in 

 growing beans for commercial purposes. 

 It may be well, however, to refer to 

 some minor differences in cultural meth- 

 ods and requirements. 



No matter how well founded may be 

 the claim of some bean growers that 

 with commercial beans greater profit 

 will come from heavy seeding, cer- 

 tainly better seed beans can be grown 

 by light seeding. There is a great 

 difference in the quantity of seed need- 

 ed with different varieties, eight to 

 twelve quarts to the acre being as 

 liberal a seeding for a small seeded 

 but large-vined sort, like the Crystal 

 White Wax, as a full bushel would be 

 for some of the larger varieties, like 

 the Flageolet. The cost of growing 

 seed beans is somewhat increased by 

 the work of roguing out the mixed 

 and inferior plants, but when good 

 stock seed is used there should not be 

 more than one rogue plant to every 

 ten or twenty rods of drill; often there 

 will not be more than one to fifty or 

 100 rods. 



Many sorts of garden beans can be 

 grown, gathered, thrashed and fitted 

 for market at less cost than field beans, 

 and they generally yield fully as much 

 to the acre; but other sorts, particu- 

 larly some of the large, fleshy, wax- 

 podded varieties, require richer soil and 

 a great deal more care in curing and 

 thrashing, and they generally yield less 

 to the acre. ^ 



The labor necessary to thrash and 

 clean seed beans is largely governed by 

 weather conditions at the time of 

 harvest. The appearance of the sam- 

 ple is very dependent upon the skill of 

 the thrasher. The lot secured by one 

 man will contain so many split beans, 

 and those covered with sections of 

 pods, that it cannot profitably be made 

 fit for seedsmen's use, while another 

 man with the same machine will secure 

 a fairly clean lot from the same crop. 

 The labor and skill necessary to ob- 

 tain a good result are also quite de- 

 pendent upon the variety. 



The pods of some of the very fleshy, 

 wax-podded sorts shrink down about 

 the beans and in thrashing break so as 

 to leave many of the beans incased in 

 sections of the pod. It is sometimes 

 necessary to run the seed of such sorts 

 through a rubber made of a cylinder, 

 with many teeth about one-fourth of 

 an inch long and three-eighths of an 

 inch in diameter, revolving compara- 

 tively slowly against concaves covered 

 with ribbed rubber or very coarse, 

 heavy canvas. On account of the 

 difficulty in growing and thrashing 

 some varieties, seedsmen should, and 

 commonly do, make a difference in the 

 prices paid, though often this difference 

 is not sufficient to balance the actual 

 difference in the cost of growing, 

 thrashing and recleaning. 



Yield Per Acre and Prices. 



The yield varies greatly with the 

 variety, season, soil and the skill and 

 carefulness of the grower. It ranges 

 from ten to thirty bushels per acre, 

 with phenomenal yields up to forty or 

 even sixty bushels, a yield of ten bush- 

 els being comparable as to quantity 

 with one of eighteen to twenty bushels 

 of wheat. Seedsmen generally base the 

 area contracted for on a yield of eight 

 to twelve bushels to the acre. 



The prices paid farmers for growing 



Aster Seed 



The quality of our product is un surpassed. Look 

 over our collection of cut Asters while at the Conven- 

 tion. Visit our Aster farm and see our crop growing. 



VICK ft HILL CO., 'Sir Rochester, N.Y. 



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PRIMROSES 



IMPROVED CHINESE r,?^eSoraS: 



art. single and double, strong 2in.. $2.00 per 100; 

 XXX, strong 3-in., $4.00 per 100. 



CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM l^^,'^, 



4-inch, ready for 5 or 6-inch pots, $10.00 per 100. 



riNFIIARlAC Large flowering, dwarf; 

 V/inLRMKIAO 2.in.. $2.00 per 100. 



XXX SEEDS 



CHimeX PRIMROaS, flnest grown, single 

 and double, mixed, 600 seeds, $1.00 ; 1000 seeds, 

 $1.50; >«pkt..50c. 



PRIlini.A KBWKN8IS, the great and grand 

 new. Verbena-scented yellow Primrose. Be 

 sure to sow it. Trade pkt.. 25c. 



CmXRARIA, large flowering dwarf mixed. 

 1000 seeds. 50c; ^ pkt.. 25c. 



GIANT DAI8XKB (Bellis). extra large and 

 fine, mixed, trade pkt.. 25c. 



GIANT PAIMSY flowering varf^ 

 ties, critically selected, 6000 seeds. $1.00; half pkt.. 

 60c; oz.. $2.60; 2>fl oz. for $5.00. 500 seeds of Giant 

 Mm*. P«rr«t pansy seed added to every $1.00 

 pkt. of Giant Pansy. Our pansy seed crop is 

 extra good this year. 



CASH. Liberal extra count. 



WE CAN PLEASE YOU 

 JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



RUPPTOVi Tb« Horn* of Prlmros** 



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Slant 



PANSY 



Seed 



The Kenilworth Strain 



must not be compared with the flimsy Trimar- 

 deau; it is much larger and of good substance. 

 The immense flowers of 3I2 to 4 inches are of 

 perfect form; every tint and shade is produced 

 in striking combinations and endless variations 

 of beautiful colors and markings; it is the result 

 of years of selections. The stock plants are 

 selected from many thousands of plants grown 

 for market. It is rich with shades of brown, 

 bronze, red. mahogany and numerous others'. 

 1910 seed now ready, light, medium or dark mix- 

 ture, 2000 seeds, 50c: 5000. $1.00: 14 oz. $125- 

 loz..$5.00: lib. $50.00. 



AlsoCthe following colors of the KSHILWOBTH 

 8T,B'AIN: Yellow; Yellow,|(dark eye; Lord 

 Beaconsfleld, Mme. Perret; White, dark eye; Pur- 

 ple Black, Masterpiece. Red, Bronze, Dark 

 Blue and Light Blue Hhades. Trade pkt 

 25c: any 5 for $1.00; 12 pkts., 1 of each" 

 variety. $2.25. 



RAINBOW is a blend of over 50 

 of the latest introductions of giant 

 pansies of the most beautiful, 

 gorgeous colors, blotched, striped, 

 veined, margined, etc. With 

 every $1.00 worth of I*ansy 

 See<l I will send free 1000 

 seeds of Rainbow; and 

 with other amounts in 

 like proportion. 



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PANSIES 



FOR BEDDING 



Large Flowering Sorts. In Sepirate Colors. 



Large Trade Per 



Pkt. (2000 Seeds) Oz. 



Azure Blue «0.20 fO.W 



Belirian Striped 20 .7.> 



Black (Faust) 20 "i 



Bronze 20 .-> 



Emperor Frederick, (new) dark red. .20 .]•} 

 Kmperor William, ultramarine blue. .20 ."> 

 KoKlisk LiarK« Flowerine, fine 



mixed 25 I.?: 



Fire DraKon. fiery orange and bronze. .20 .'-> 

 Fire Kine, golden yellow, upper petals 



purple •• .20 .'_> 



Frenrli, large flowering, finest mixed.. .20 ."> 



Ould Marirliied 20 .;> 



Havana Brown 20 .•» 



Lord Bearonsfield, deep purple violet .20 .'> 



MahoKany colored 20 . ; 



Meteor, (new) bright brown 20 ■ ' 



Peacock, ultramarine blue, deep claret 



and white 20 . ' 



Prince Bismarck, beautiful golden 



bronze.. 20 



(luadricolor, or Pheasant's Kye 



(Ilalnbow) l)eautlful 20 



Red Ri<iinK Hood, i-ed, free bloomer. .20 



Red Victoria, (new) very fine 20 



Snow Queen, satin.v white • 20 



Striped and Mottled, large flowered.. .20 



White, pure 20 • ' 



White, with dark eye 20 



Yellow, pure 20 



Yellow, with dark e.\^ 20 



Fine English Mixed 20 •' ' 



See our offer of Ulant Pansies In last Issue. 



Johnson Seed Co. 



217 Market Street 

 PHILADELPHIA - - - PA. 



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BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS ti PLANTS 

 7tCortlandt St.. HKW TORK CITT 



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