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The Florists' Review 



February 27, 1913. 



include every name that we think will 

 ultimately be used by the seed trade. 



"The descriptions and explanations 

 accompanying each variety are purely 

 my own. It was the list of names only 

 our conference compiled." 



The lists of synonyms and varieties 

 that can be used one for the other will 

 be of much value to the seed trade. 



ONION SEED ON THE COAST. 



The seed trade will be interested in 

 an accoitnt by F. G. Cuthbertson of 

 onion seed growing in California. Mr. 

 Cuthbertson is the son of W. Cuthbert- 

 son, the widely known head of Dobbie 

 & Co., Edinburgh, but has been in Cal- 

 ifornia for a couple of years. The ex- 

 tract is from a letter written a few 

 weeks ago to a British trade paper: 



* ' Perhaps one of the greatest seed 

 crops in California is the onion. The 

 germination and stock quality of Cal- 

 ifornian onions is well known. It may 

 interest some to know a little of how 

 the crop is handled. 



"Like all other crops, there are spots 

 where the onion does especially well. 

 I am acquainted best with the handling 

 of the crop in the San Juan valley and 

 on the islands of the Sacramento river. 



"The seed is planted about February, 

 in rows twelve inches apart. The quan- 

 tity sown per acre varies, but four 

 pounds per acre on land known to pro- 

 thioe good bulbs is about the right 

 amount. If the seed is sown too thinly 

 the resultant large bulbs are expensive 

 to handle, and the size of the seed crop 

 does not depend on the large dimensions 

 of the bulb. The bulb, however, is al- 

 lowed enough room for development, so 

 that when harvesting time comes the 

 grower will have a medium-sized bulb 

 developed to its fullest character, thus 

 enabling careful selection. 



' ' An average onion bulb crop for seed 

 purposes would be 250 sacks per acre, 

 each sack weighing just over 100 

 pounds. I have seen a crop of Prize- 

 taker onion grown for market, produc- 

 ing 450 sacks per acre. Most people 

 imagine that a firm soil is necessary to 

 produce fine onions, but the best onion 

 land in California is a loose, peaty soil, 

 so loose in fact that in summer one's 

 foot sinks in considerably and the 

 ground shakes as a horse walks along. 



' ' The onions are generally ready for 

 sacking up during October and Novem- 

 ber. A set of experienced men are em- 

 ployed for this work and all wrong or 

 off t3^es are cast aside. A few sacks 

 of the perfect bulbs are collected for 

 stock seed and these are planted in the 

 center of the piece. The California 

 grower takes great pride in the selec- 

 tion of his onion bulbs and he knows 

 what is right and wrong. It takes on 

 an average forty sacks of bulbs to 

 plant an acre. The rows are three feet 

 apart and the onions six to eight inches 

 apart in the rows. 



"The onions are spread by means of 

 a wagon having two chutes in the rear, 

 three feet apart, and a man to each chute. 

 Soon a man can get expert in dropping 

 just sufficient bulbs for the require- 

 ments of the row. Behind the wagon 

 comes • gang of men placing the' bulbs 

 firmly in the ground at the proper dis- 

 tance. After the planting is finished 

 the bulbs are covered by means of the 

 cultivator. The planting is done during 

 Becember. Cultivating is kept up until 

 the end of April and after that the 

 growth is too thick to allow of the cut- 



SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



BEGONIAS 



Doz. 100 



Single, separate colors $0.40 $2.60 



Double, separate colors ... .60 4.00 



CALADIUMS 



With live center shoot 



Doz. 100 



6- 7 inch $u.30 $L 80 



7- 9 inch 50 3.60 



9-11 inch 86 6 00 



GLADIOLI 



First size bulbs 



100 1000 



America, pink fi.OO $2i>.00 



Augusta, white 2.00 18.00 



Francis King, scarlet 2.0o 18.00 



Light and White florists' 

 mixture 1.76 16.00 



CANNAS 

 Two to three-eye roots 



100 lOCO 



Austria $2.00 $ls.00 



Buttercup 3.00 



Chas. Henderson 2.00 18.00 



David Harum 2.50 20.00 



FloreDce Vaughan 2. GO 18. 00 



King Humbert- 

 Milwaukee 6.00 



Mme. Crozy 2.60 20.00 



Queen Charlotte. . . '. 2.60 20.00 



Richard Wallace 2 . 50 20. 00 



TUBEROSES 



Dwarf Pearl 



lOO 1000 



First size .'..$i.00 $9.00 



Second size 60 6.00 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 3S2 N. Nichigan Ave., CHICAGO 



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VICKSraVICK 



IISTEB SEEDI 



Aster Book now ready. 



Indispensable 



for commercial growers 



Send for copy today. 



iJamesVick'sSons 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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y4i 



Boston 

 Flower Market Stocks 



are having woaderfal success 



PURE WHITE 



Trade Pkt .$0.76 



Ounce 6.00 



Other Colors 



Trade Pkt $0.60 



Ounce 4.00 



BOSTON 



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tivator getting through. The onions 

 come into flower during the first part 

 of July and this is an anxious time for 

 the growers. If a few scorching days 

 come along there is apt to be some burn- 

 ing. Blight sometimes appears if con- 

 ditions are right for it. By August 

 many of the heads will be ripe and cut- 

 ting is commenced. 



'■'The heads are cut by hand and put 

 into baskets or sacks and taken by 



XXX SEEDS 



AOERATUM BLUB STAB, beat dwarf. 20e. 

 ALY8SUM SMOWDBUT, ttnest dwarf, T«ry 



compact, fine for pota, pkt., 20c. 

 CTCLAMEN OIOANTEUM. flneat glanU 



mixed, 260 aeeda, $1.00; Vi pkt., 60c. 

 CHBISTMAg PEPPEBS, very fine, 20c. 

 CHINESE PBIHBOSE, flneat grown, alnsle 



and double, <inlxed, 600 aeeda, $1.00; 1000 



aeeda. $1.60; % pkc, 60c. 

 CO^^EUS, New Hybrlda, Beat New Obmta, 



fine colora, grand, pkt, 20c. 

 CANDYTUFT, New Giant, fine, pkt, 20c. 

 COBAEA Scandena, extra blue, pkt, 20c. 

 HOLLiTHOCKS, new double everbloomlng, 



flrat year from aeed until froat, mixed, 20c. 

 LOBELIA, Blue Ball, New Dwarf, dark blue, 



Hneat of all Lobellaa, pkt, 20c. 

 PANS¥, OIANT, flneat grown, critically 



aelected, 6000 aeeda. $1.00; % pkt, 60c. 

 PETUNIA, New Star, flneat marked, pkt. 20a 

 PETUNIA, Giant Singiea Fringed, extra 



large and flne, pkt, 20c. 

 PHLOX DRUMMONDI, Cincere, New Dwarf, 



grand for pota, finest colora, pkt, 20c. 

 SlflLAX, New Crop, flne, pkt, 20c., os. 40c. 

 SNAPDBAOON, Olaiit Wliite, Pink or Yel- 

 low, aeparate or mixed, pkt, 20c. 

 SOLANUM MELVINU, the new conical 



fruited Jeruaalem cherry; the finest red 



berry plant grown. Pkt, 20c. 

 THUNBEBOIA, Mixed, (Black-Eyed Susan), 



flne, pkt, 20c. 

 TOBENIA FOUBNIEBI, New Giant, extra 



flne and showy, pkt., 20c. 

 VERBENA, ^nt-flowering, mixed colora, Tery' 



floe, pkt., 20c. 



CASH. Liberal Extrm Oonnt 



JOHN F. RUPP,"'"-"*!*"*" 



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Lily of the Valley Pips 



Cold storage, very fine quality, 



Berlin and Hamburg. 



Per case of 1000 $12.00 



Per case of 3000 32.00 



Our florists' catalogue is oft the press. 



Have you received a copy? 



If not, write for one today. 



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FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS 



CROP 1912 T,„„ ^ 



Vlnca Rosea. Alba pnra, each $0.20 $0.30 



Begonia Vernon 40 



Begonta Erfordla .00 



SalTlaBonflre JSSS 2.00 



Antirrhinum Olant Flrd., Sep, colon 20 .00 



Waakar % Ikm Sxi Mtrchastt 114 Chaabsrt St., 



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