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The Florists* Review 



Febuuaky 19, 1914. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMEBICAN SEED TSADE ASSOCIATIOK. 



President, C. C. Mai«i«, Minneapolii; Secre- 

 ttJv-Treaiurer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Thlrty-iecond annual convention, Wasningrton, 

 D. C, June 83 to 26, 1914. 



The Texas truckers are not planting 

 onions as heavily as formerly. 



The spring season is opening in excel- 

 lent shape for the southern seed houses. 



Otto Gunther, an employe of the 

 Nebraska Seed Co., took his own life by 

 inhaling illuminating gas Friday, Feb- 

 ruary 13. 



Arnold Eingier, secretary of the W. 

 W. Barnard Co., has been confined to 

 his home in Chicago by ilhiess since his 

 return from the canners' convention at 

 Baltimore. 



The Dorman-Shaw Seed Co. has been 

 incorporated at Los Angeles, Cal., with 

 a capital stock of $10,000. The incor- 

 porators are Eobert H. Dorman, Charles 

 Shaw and A. J. Mitchell. 



One of the unique publications of the 

 season is "The Food Value of Fresh 

 Vegetables," an essay by a college pro- 

 fessor which W. Atlee Burpee has pub- 

 lished as a 16-page pamphlet with pen- 

 and-ink illustrations. 



Last summer, during the protracted 

 season of heat and drought in the middle 

 west the cold storage giganteum lilies 

 gave poor results and many growers can- 

 celed their orders. Later deliveries of 

 the same bulbs gave good flowers. 



Since the appearance of Burpee's An- 

 nual with Matchless tom^ito on the cover 

 and an "apology" on page 20 for the 

 size of the cut, the firm has received 

 several letters stating that the writers 

 nave grown Matchless as large or even 

 larger than the picture. These have now 

 been printed as a circular for stuffing 

 mail. 



The probabilities are that after the 

 Holland growers have cut, and cut, and 

 cut on each other's prices for a season 

 or two they will conclude there isn't 

 much money in gladiolus bulbs, and 

 that many of them will drop out of the 

 business. When that time comes there 

 will be a fair margin for those who 

 grow a list of good sorts in moderate 

 quantity. 



Curtis Nye Smith, the Boston attor- 

 ney retained by the American Seed 

 Trade Association, is preparing an ex- 

 haustive paper on the disclaimer for 

 presentation at the .lune meeting at 

 Washington. In assigning the topic to 

 Mr. Smith the executive committee evi- 

 dently had in mind that Mr. Smith 

 would show the trade how to make the 

 disclaimer stick better than it does for 

 many seedsmen. 



Seedsmen who issue catalogues weigh- 

 ing in excess of eight ounces are figuring 

 on the course to pursue for next season. 

 In a number of cases books will be cut 

 down to come within the 8-ounce limit, 

 either by reducing the size of the pages 

 or the number of pages. In certain 

 cases it is figured the seedsman with a 

 heavy catalogue can escape the operation 

 of the law by shipping his books by 

 freight to a central distributing point 

 from which everything within a radius 

 of I.IO miles can be covered for 5 cents 



Braslan' 



Lane wholesale growers of ONION, LETTUCE. CARROT. RADISH, PARSNIP. 

 PARSLEY, CELERY, ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS. 



Seed Growers 



^Company 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Write for 1914 Contracting Prices. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



YOU will be satisfied witii the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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



BEANS, PEAS. RADISH 



AND ALL OARDCN SEEDS 



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KiNZW »Tii«^' GROWERS fOR THE TRADE 



ONION SETS WriffrPHe.. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Coniu 



OrewUis Statlona at Bast Jordan. MIelk. Qraan Bay, ¥ras^ Slatar Bay. Wis. 



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



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

 W Pi I U Pi 9 E EL U erade globe and flat varieties. 

 SCHILDER BROTHERS, (Seed and Sets) Chiiilcothe, Ohio 



— THK— 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NIB. 



ROCKY FORD. COLO. 



Contract vrowera of Cuctimber, Cantaloap^ 

 Watermelon. Hqaash and Pumpkin Seed: Sogar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Com. 



Waldo Roiinert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. 



Correspondence solicited. 



Mention The ReTlew when yen writa. 



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly Miohican Grown Beans, Oncnmber, 

 Tomato, Muskmelon, Squash, Watermelon, Radish, 

 Sweet Oorn. Correspondence aoUclted. 



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



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



m rnmm seed co. 



seed^S^ SANTA CLARA, CAL 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ota 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 Mention The RsTlew when yon write. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wlioleaale growers of fnll lists of FLOWKB 

 OARDEar 8RED8 

 Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, x: :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettaca, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. 



Corraapondenoa Bolloltatf. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



TOMATO SEED 



BIST STOCKS 



ALL VARIKTUS 



The Haven Seed Co. 



trada Mif ■ Santa Ana, Cal 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



QROIVKIIS OP 



ONION SEED 



Flats Wholesale 



Globes. . .Wholesale and Retail 



LAUQHLIN SEED CO. 



NAPPANBB, IND. 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade.. 

 CARPINTBRIA, -:- CAL. 



SWEET PEA SEED 



Write for our Price List, 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Swaat Paa Farm, 

 Svnny Slopa. INDEPENDENCE. Ma 



