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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Fbbbdabt 8, 1912. 



Seed Trade News. 



AKXBICAII SXZD TRADE A8S00IATI0H. 



Pres., Leonard H. VauKhan, Chicago: First Vlce- 

 Pres., M. H. Duryea. New York City: Sec'y and 

 Treaa., O. E. Eendel. Cleveland, O. 

 ¥ Thirtieth annual convention, Chicago. June 26 to 

 27, 1912. 



' The canners still are making a great 

 to-do about the price of peas for seed. 



Otto Walters has bought the interest 

 of J. .L. Loebs in the Loebs Seed Co., 

 Aberdeen, S. D. 



The farmers of three counties assem- 

 bled at Forest, O., January 22, asked the 

 legislature for a pure seed law. 



The Springfield Seed Co., Springfield, 

 Mo., has extended its lease on its present 

 building to September 1, 1916. 



S. G. Courteen, commission merchant 

 and seedsman at Milwaukee, is reported 

 as planning the erection of a warehouse 

 to cost $200,000 in what is known as the 

 Eeed street yard. 



Anton C. Zvolanek, the Bound Brook, 

 N. J., sweet pea man, who is at Lompoc, 

 Cal., to remain with his crops until July, 

 was at Santa Barbara January 30 on a 

 few days' outing. 



D. J. Tamminqa, seedsman in the mar- 

 ket gardening section south of Chicago, 

 has just fini^ed a new store, one story, 

 brick, 33x87 feet, which is being occupied 

 In addition to the former one. 



The North Dakota Improved Seed 

 Orowers' Association was formed at a 

 tneeting at Fargo, N. D., January 25. The 

 organization was formed in response to 

 & call by Professor RoUey of the State 

 Agricultural College. 



Thomas W. Hobart, the Sioux Falls 

 seedsman, was one of the speakers at the 

 recent meeting of the South Dakota State 

 Horticultural Society, at Brookings. He 

 was also invited to take a place on the 

 program of the Minnesota State Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, has re- 

 moved to its new building, at 231 to 235 

 West Madison street, between Fifth ave- 

 nue and Franklin street, where all the de- 

 partments will be centered. The building 

 has been remodeled and is ideally located 

 for counter trade. 



The canners ' convention is on this week 

 at Rochester, with an extremely large at- 

 tendance. The seed houses that cater to 

 canners' trade are represented as usual, 

 though few have any quantity of peas of 

 last crop to offer. There is said to be no 

 diflSculty in getting orders for 1912 crops. 



According to the best source of com- 

 mercial intelligence in Japan, the exports 

 of lily bulbs of the several varieties to all 

 parts of the world from Yokohama, be- 

 tween July 3, 1911, and January 9, 1912, 

 were 55,899 cases. This practically cov- 

 ers the season of 1911. The shipments 

 have been reported in detail in this 

 column from week to week. 



One of the most striking catalogue cov- 

 ers of the season is that of the Germain 

 Seed & Plant Co., Los Angeles. It was 

 produced by the three-color halftone pro- 

 cess, showing the Comet aster in four 

 colors on the front and the Brazilian 

 watermelon on the back. The firm name 

 appears in bright red. Most of the covers 

 are too crowded; the strength of this one 

 lies in its simplicity. 



Hjalmar Hartmann & Co., GopeiiliagBn, Denmirk. 



Seed (lowers for tbe Wholesale Trade 

 Cauliflower, Cabbage and Root Seed. 



NOVELTY 



Copenhagen 

 Market 



Earliest large, 



ronnd headed 



Cabbage. 



Very Solid 



Centract 



Now 

 for 1912 



Crop. 



Copenhagen Market. Galvano Free. 

 Prices and Descriptive list free on Application. 

 'LOCCHNER I CO.. It Warren St.. New YorlcSole Ajentt for Che U. S. and Canada.^ 



Mention The Review when you write. 



VAN NAMEN BROTHERS 



Special Growers of Nasturtium, Zwijndrecht, Holland 



Will accept contract orders for 1912 crop Nasturtium. They further offer 

 several thousand pounds 1911 crop 



Tall Nixed Extra ni Dwarf Mixed Extra Quality Nasturtium 



For prices apply to our representative 



JULIUS LOEWITH, 99 Nassau St., New York 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



SuKPLUS lots of the Evergreen sweet 

 corns are offered at $1.90 per bushel; 

 Country Gentleman at $2.40. 



ExntOPEAN districts in which biennials 

 are grown for seed crops report alarm- 

 ingly severe winter weather in January. 



As the result of my advertisement in 

 The Review last season I sent another 

 shipment of onion sets to England a few 

 days ago. — D. J. Tamminga, Chicago. 



Texas has become an important factor 

 in the consumption of vegetable seeds. 

 At the rate the industry has been grow- 

 ing, the state soon will be the kitchen 

 garden of America. 



Thb February magazines carry even 

 less seed trade advertising than last year. 

 The best results have been found to come 

 from the use of the farm papers and 

 gardening publications. 



Oedees thus far in 1912, except in spe- 

 cial cases, are not up to the record for 

 the same period last year. The south has 

 sent the usual volume of business, but 

 the severe weather has held back orders 

 from the greater part of the country. 



With seeds as scarce as the talk would 

 indicate, it is surprising how many sur- 

 plus lists are in circulation. A few items 

 are hard to find in quantity, of course, 

 but pretty nearly everybody in the seed 

 business has something to sell, just the 

 same. 



Oke of the new business getting plans 

 of the Farmer Seed & Nursery Co., Fari- 

 bault, Minn., has resulted in starting an 

 information department, which is being 

 advertised as in personal charge of Wil- 

 liam Knelser, president of the company, 

 who offers to answer any qnestion on 

 farm management. 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Have you noticed how frequently the 

 letters received from the trade now show 

 the non -warranty and business terms, or 

 a reference to them, printed below the 

 (late linef 



With the leading varieties of cucum- 

 ber offered at 23 cents, muskmelon 

 grown especially for the seeds at 22 to 

 25 cents, watermelon at 12 cents, summer 

 squashes at 21 cents and others at cor- 

 responding prices in the February sur- 

 plus list of growers, it doesn't look as 

 though there was any serious shortage of 

 vine seeds. 



THE WORK THAT COUNTS. 



Congressman W. L. La Follette, of 

 Washington, wrote every voter in his 

 district that he was sending a package 

 of the congressional free seeds. Tne 

 letters arrived the day of the meeting 

 of the Kennewick Fanners' Institute. 

 In answer to the congressman's letter 



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