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The Florists^ Review 



April 2, 1914. 



Seed Trade News. 



AKE&IOAN SEED TBADE A8BO0IATI0N. 



Freildent, 0. C. KmiU, Klnneapolit; 8eor«- 

 tarr-TrMtturer, 0. E. Kendel, Oleveland. 0. 



Thirty-Moond annual oonTention, Waulngton, 

 D. 0., June 28 to 85, 1914. 



William F. Lange, of Appleton, Wis., 

 has moved his seed business from Meade 

 street to 786 Appleton street. 



The prices on onion sets at Nashville, 

 Tenn., seem to be on the rise at present, 

 while certain varieties of beans are 

 practically oflf the market. 



Government records show that March 

 1, 1913, there were seeds to the value of 

 $31,191 in bonded warehouses at the port 

 of New York. One year later the valu- 

 ation was $25,700. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission 

 has directed the Southern Pacific rail- 

 road to refund $76 to Northrup, King & 

 Co., on account of unreasonable rates on 

 seed shipped from Coyote, Cal., to Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 is urging farmers to be more attentive to 

 the matter of good seed potatoes, point- 

 ing out that the use of high grade seed 

 would easily add ten per cent to the 

 crop, or 34,000,000 bushels, easily worth 

 $20,000,000. 



If the development of cold storage had 

 done nothing else for florists it would 

 have been worth a great deal simply for 

 having made the Easter lily an all-the- 

 year-round flower. The cold storage lily 

 bulb business has become one of the im- 

 portant branches of the trade. 



The amendment of the New York 

 agricultural law in regard to the inspec- 

 tion and sale of seeds, recently intro- 

 duced by Mr. Tallett, has passed the 

 legislature and received the approval of 

 the governor. It changes the method of 

 testing samples from "by count" to 

 "by weight." In all other respects the 

 law is unchanged. 



The oflScials of the St. Louis Seed Co. 

 have been absolved from blame for the 

 loss of seven lives, which occurred March 

 17 in their store when the building was 

 crushed by the collapse of a wall of the 

 burned building next door. The coroner's 

 jury censured the building commissioner 

 for permitting the opening of adjoining 

 places of business while the insecure 

 walls were standing. 



In general March was an excellent 

 month for the mail-order seedsmen. Most 

 of the houses did as much as usual, while 

 in certain sections, notably the middle 

 west, the increase was large. Counter 

 trade did not open up as early as ex- 

 pected, because of the late spring, but 

 conditions are fairly satisfactory. The 

 best season, however, is one in which 

 spring comes early and not too suddenly. 

 It looks as though this year many sec- 

 tions would have but a few days for the 

 spring gardening fever to run its course. 



NOT SO FAST. 



The bill to restore the two-ounces-for- 

 a-cent rate of postage on parcels of 

 seeds and plants weighing eight ounces 

 or less made wonderful progress up to 

 March 25, but there it stuck. As re- 

 ported exclusively in The Eeview last 

 week, the bill introduced in the Senate 

 March 20 was passed March 23. It 



Braslan 



Lane wboletalc irawert ti ONHIN. LETTUCE. CARROT. RADISH. PARSNIP. 

 PARSLET. CELERY, ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFY t»i SWEET PEAS. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA ^^ ^^ 1T1 1^ A 1^ V 



Write for 1914 Contracting Prices. 



Mention The R«Tlew when yoo 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 ttARDKN SEEDS 



UEONA.5S..-- 



CO 



CHICAGO 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADE 



ONION SETS WrH.fr Pric.. 



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



Qrowliis Stations at East Jordan. RNIeh.. arson Bay, Wfls.. SIstsr Bay, WTIa. 



Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Beet, Turnip, Tomato, Etc, Etc 



^^ lyi I ^^ lyi ^^ ■■ ^m m^ Write us for prices on new crop of high- 

 ^# M% I \^ m% ^^ Um d U^ grade globe and flat varieties. 

 SCHILDER BROTHERS, (Seed and Sets) Chllllcothe, Ohio 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



ROCKY FORD. COLO. 



Contract ffrowers of Cucumber, Cantaloapc^ 

 Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin Seed; Sugar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wiiolesale Seed Grower 



Specialties : Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mitmonette, Verbena, in variety. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Mention The R«Tlew when yon write. 



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly Mlrbiran Grow^n Beans, Oncnmber, 

 Tomato, Muakmelon, Squash, Watermelon, Kadlsb, 

 Sweet Oom. Oorrespondence solicited. 



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



>fentlon Tlie R«Tlew when yon write. 



THE KINBERUN SEED CO. 

 se^'SJIm SARTA CLARA, CAL 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ets. 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 IfentloB The Berlew when yoo write. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wbdeaale frowers of fnll lists of nX)WEB and 



OASDKSSKEDS 



Mention The RcTlew when yvs witte. 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, i: ;: Callfordia 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce. 

 Sweet Peas, etc. :: 



Correapondenoo Solloltod. 



Msntion The Rerlew when yon write. 



TOMATO SEED 



BEST STOCKS 



ALL VARIETIES 



The Haven Seed Co. 



titm ut fir wheletale tnit Miy. Santa Ana, Cal 



Mention The Beriew when yoo write. 



GROWERS OF 



ONION SEED 



Flats Wholesale 



Globes... Wholeaale and Retail 



LAUQHLIN SEED CO; 



NAPPANRR. 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. 



Swoot Poa Farm. 

 Sanay Slopo, INDEPENDENCE. Ma 



