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The Florists' Review 



Febbl'abv 12, 1914. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AXESIOAK SEED TRAPE A8S00IATI0N. 



Pretldont, O. 0. llaaiie, Mlnneapolii; Secre- 

 tanr-TrMtur«r, 0. E. Kendel, CleTeUnd, 0. 



Thirty-Moona annual oonvantion, Watnlnston, 

 D. C, June 28 to 25, 1914, 



The onion set situation at Chicago 

 has changed little in the last couple 

 of weeks; yellows are a little scarcer 

 and reds a little easier, that is all. 



February has started well for the 

 mail-order seedsmen. In a majority of 

 cases orders are as numerous and as 

 large as in other years, but the days of 

 phenomenal increases for the older 

 houses appear to be past. 



Burglars entered the seed store of 

 Leifer Bros., at Little Eock, Ark., on 

 the night of January 28, and took the 

 loose change left in the two cash regis- 

 ters, and a few miscellaneous articles. 

 Charles Leifer discovered the burglary 

 when he opened up the store and noticed 

 the panels in the rear door were broken 

 out. 



C. E. Kendel, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association, says he 

 believes practically every seedsman will 

 favor putting seeds into parcel post 

 * iOn the same basis that books were 

 put in by a recent departmental order 

 taking effect March 15. This would let 

 parcels of eight ounces or less go at 

 the present flat rate. 



As security for a loan of $1,500,000 

 the Albert Dickinson Co,, Chicago, has 

 given a trust deed to the Chicago Title 

 & Trust Co. covering its warehouse and 

 the tract of ground, 78x263 feet, at the 

 southwest comer of South Clark and 

 Sixteenth streets, and the site of its new 

 warehouse at West Thirty-fifth street 

 and the drainage canal. The loan is for 

 twenty years and bears five per cent* in- 

 terest. 



The January seed business did not, 

 as a rule, break any records. Of course 

 some of the younger western and south- 

 ern houses got good increases, but the 

 old, well established concerns had only 

 about the usual run of January business 

 in spite of generally mild weather. 

 Some of the catalogues were later than 

 usual this season, which is a reason why 

 mail orders were not unusually numerous. 



The market for gladiolus bulbs is un- 

 settled; reaUy, it could be said there is 

 no market. The Hollanders are quoting 

 such prices that buyers who expect to 

 resell are afraid to accept offers. The 

 larger American growers feel that as the 

 planting season approaches the market 

 will settle down, that prices will become 

 stable and that a good business will be 

 done. The prediction is made by those 

 in close touch with the situation that 

 there will be no surplus, except, perhaps, 

 of America. 



While the seed trade's advertising in 

 the general magazines has decreased year 

 after year until this season it is entirely 

 negligible, the special publications are 

 getting a heavier run of seed advertising 

 than ever before. Country Gentleman 

 seems to be especially favored and it 

 will be interesting to note if its high 

 priced space will pull any better than 

 the other high priced publications 

 coming from the same presses. The 

 full back page of Country Gentleman, 

 printed in colors, was used last week by 

 Burpee and the week before by Hender- 



Braslan 



Lant wkaltaalt imnn af ONIM. IfTTUCE. CARNT. MDISN, PUSMP. 



nmei, cqiAt. endive, leek, mlsift tmt sweet pem. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA /^ g^ VVl T> A Tl "V 



Write for 1914 Contracting Prices. 



Mention The RaTlew when yon write. 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalogue. 



BEANS, PEAS, RADISH 



AND ALL QARDEN SEEDS 



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CHICAGO 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADE 

 ONION SETS Writ, for Pric. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed €0.9 Milford, Conn. 



arowlns Stations at East Jordan, Mich., arson Bay, Wis.. SIstsr Bay. Wis. 



Beans, Peas. Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Kc, Be 



^^ m ■ ^^ 1^ ^% ^m mm m^ Write us for prices on new crop of high- 

 W M% I V M% W b El U erade globe and flat varieties. 

 SCHILDER BROTHERS, (Seed and Sets) Chililcothe, Oiil« 



W. H. BARRETT 



ADRIAN, MICH. 



Grower of 



TOMATO SEEDS 



From choice, selected stocks, exclusively for the 



wholesale trade. 



Mention The Beylew when yon write, 



Waldo Rohnert 



OHJIOY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



SDecialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas, Aster. 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. 



Correspondence solicited. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly Bfirhlsan Grown Beans, Oacnmber, 

 Tomato, Moakmelon, Squash, Watermelon, Radish. 

 Sweet Oom. OorrespondeDce solicited. 



S. N. ISBELL & CO., Jackson, Nich. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



THE K1N6ERLIN SEED CO. 

 sc^ifrmn SARTA CLARA, CAL 



Growers of 

 ONiONp LETTUCE, RADISH, •to, 



Correspondence Solicited, 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wboieaale growers of fnll lists of IIiOWKB 

 GARDEN S££DS 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, z: :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radlsii, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. 



Corrsapondenoe Sollcltod. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



TOMATO SEED 



BEST STOCKS 



ALL VARIEHIS 



The Haven Seed Co. 



trs fsr wiMlesale tnt» mtt Santa Ana. Cal 



Mention The Review whm yoo writ.. 



OROWKRS OF 



ONION SEED 



Flat. WhoieMde 



GIol>e....WboleMde and Retail 



LAUQHLIN SEED CO. 



NAPPANBB, IND. 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA, -:- CAL. 



SWEET PEA SEED 



Write for our Price List. 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Sw««t Paa Farm, 

 Sunny Slop*. INDEPENDENCE. MO. 



