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The Florists^ Review 



April 9, 1914. 



Seed Trade News. 



AKEHICAN SEED XBASE ASSOCIATION. 



President, C. C. Matsie, Kinneapolii; Sacre- 

 terr-Treaturer, C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, 0. 



Thirty-Mcond annual oonvention. Watninston, 

 P. C. June 28 to 26. 1914. 



The mail orders are holding up well, 

 the season being rather backward over a 

 large part of the country. 



W. F. Therkildson, of Btti^iee & Co,, 



returned to Philadelphia last week after 

 a three weeks' trip through the middle 

 west. 



Fire caused by a stroke of lightning 

 completely destroyed the building of the 

 Botna Valley Seed Co., at Lewis, la., 

 March 28, together with its contents. As 

 the building was outside the fire limits, 

 no efforts could be made to check the 

 blaze. Insurance of $2,500 on the build- 

 ing and of a like amount on the contents 

 does not cover the loss. The company 

 will probably rebuild. 



THE CENSUS OF SEEDS. 



The U. S. Census Bureau has issued 

 a bulletin containing the figures on ag- 

 riculture gathered in the enumeration 

 of 1910, including statistics of the seed 

 crops of 1909. Although the matter 

 hardlv deserves a place under the head 

 of Seed Trade "News," it will be of 

 interest to note that "Table G4 of the 

 bulletin presents statistics for all grass 

 seed (including clover and alfalfa 

 seed), clover seed separately, and for 

 flower and vegetable seeds, by divi- 

 sions and states, for 1909 and 1899, 

 and Table 65 gives statistics for the 

 different kinds of grass seed for 1909. 



"The acreage from which grass seed 

 and flower and vegetable seeds were 

 raised has not been tabulated. In some 

 cases this acreage was not reported, 

 and in many other cases it would rep- 

 resent a duplication of the acreage re- 

 ported for hay and forage, flowers and 

 plants, and vegetables. The reported 

 production of flower and vegetable 

 seeds doubtless represents chiefly that 

 of farms producing such seeds for sale, 

 small quantities raised by farmers for 

 their own use presumably being often, 

 if not generally, omitted. Since state- 

 ments of quantity for all classes of 

 flower and vegetable seeds combined 

 would obviously have no significance, 

 only the total value of these seeds is 

 shown in Table 64. For the counti:y as 

 a whole the value in 1909 was .$1,411,- 

 000. The most important states in the 

 production of such seeds in 1909 were 

 California, Illinois, New York and 

 Ohio. 



"The production of all grass seed 

 (including clover and alfalfa) increased 

 from 4,865,000 bushels in 1899 to 6,671,- 

 000 in 1909, an increase of 37.1 per 

 cent, and the value from $8,228,000 to 

 $15,138,000, or 84 per cent. The pro- 

 duction of clover seed, however, de- 

 creased from 1,349,000 bushels in 1899 

 to 1,026,000 in 1909, and the value of 

 this seed increased at a lower rate than 

 that for all grass and clover seed com- 

 bined. 



"Of the total value of grass and 

 clover seed reported in 1909, the value 

 of clover seed constituted $6,925,000; 

 that of timothy, $4,019,000; of alfalfa, 

 $2,052,000; of millet, $492,000; and all 

 other kinds, $1,650,000. The East 

 North Central division was the prin- 

 cipal one in the production of clover 



Braslan 



Larie wtaltsale ■rmnn af ONION, LETIUCE. CARROT. RADISH, PARSWP. 

 PRRSIiT. CEURV. ENBIVE. LEER. SALSIFY ni SWEET.KAS. 



Seed Growers 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA /^ #^ TYl T^ A T% 17 



Write for 1914 Contracting Prices. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



YOU will be satisfied witli tlie products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalosucc 



BEAI^S, PEAS, RADISH 



AND ALL GARDEN SEEDS 



EAi^S, PEAS, RADISH ^ #\ 



AND ALL GARDEN SEEDS ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^/ • 



■^ ** " ONION SETS Writ, for Prlc. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Com Milford, Conn 



Orowlns Statfons at East Jordan, Mich., Groan Bay, Wis., SIstor Bay, Wis. 



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



^^ 1^ I ^^ 1^ ^% ■■ ^m m^ Write us for prices on new crop of higb- 

 ^0 PI I ^/ M% 9 Eb C U gnule globe and fiat varieties. 

 8CHILDER BROTHERS, (Seed and Sets) Chiillcothe, Ohio 



— THK— 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



ROCKY FORD, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe^ 

 Watermelon. .Squash and Pumpidn Seed; Sugari 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in variety. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Mention The B«Tlew when yon wrlta. 



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly Michiran OroTrn Beans, Onenmber, 

 Tomato, Muakmelon, Squash, Watermelon, Radish, 

 Sweet Oom. Correspondence ■elicited. 



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



Mention The B«t1«w whan yoa wrtta. 



THE KinBERUN SEED CO. 

 siaSSm SAHTA CLARA, CAL 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, mt9. 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 Mention Tlte Rrlsw whso yog writs. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ABBOYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA ana NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIAUSTS 



Wholesale growers of fnU lists of FLOWKB and 



OABDEN8KED8 



Mention The RcTiew when yon write. 



rieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, t: :: Callfotiila 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. :: 



Correspondenoe SoUoltotf. 



Msntlon Ths Beriew when yon write. 



TOMATO SEED 



BEST STOCKS 



ALL VARIETlEfl 



The Haven Seed Co. 



lisi Hi* fsr wboletale tndt mtt- Santa Ana, Cal 



Mention The Beriew when yoo write. 



QROWERS OP 



ONION SEED 



Flats Wholesale 



Globes. . .Wholesale and Retail 



LAUQHLIN SEED CO. 



NAPPANER. IND. 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN QROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTBRIA, -> CAL, 



SWEET PEA SEED 



Write for our Price List. 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Swoot Poa Farm, 

 Sunny Slopo. INDEPENDENCE. MA 



