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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabcu 11, 1900. 



Seed Trade News. 



IHIBICAM SBBD TBADB ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., WataoB S. Woodrafl, OranKe, Conn.; 

 Fint Vice-prea., J. 9. RobinBon, Waterloo, Neb.; 

 Seo'y and Treaa.. 6. E. Kendel, Oleveland. 

 Twenty-BeTentb annual conventioD, Niagara 

 FaUs, Ont., June 22 to 24, 1909. 



Central New York had the heaviest 

 snow fall of the winter March 5 — four- 

 teen inches at Syracuse. 



Those who pushed larger numbers of 

 catalogues into the south this season are 

 well pleased with the results. 



Two engines were still pumping, March 

 10, on the ruins of the warehouse of the 

 Albert Dickinson Co., Chicago, that 

 burned February 26. 



The Western Canners ' Association met 

 at the Sherman house, Chicago, Wednes- 

 day, March 10. The seed trade had some 

 representatives at the meeting. 



Cucumber seed of all sorts is well 

 cleaned up. The reduced harvesting of 

 this crop during the past two years is 

 now being felt and values are away up. 



The onion set market has remained 

 firm during the week; prices have ad- 

 vanced and the available supply is re- 

 ported to be much less than at the same 

 date last year. 



There is still a demand in certain 

 quarters for dependable onion set seed. 

 This sort of stock is not any more plen- 

 tiful than it was, although offers enough 

 are in evidence, with takers shy as to 

 whether it is right or not. 



Some of the beans that were so plen- 

 tiful a short time ago must have been 

 disposed of largely, as at present it is 

 hard to get them at reasonable prices. 

 Conditions always change, and surpluses 

 are usually disposed of before any one 

 is really hurt by an oversupply of any- 

 thing in seeds. 



The weather in general has been more 

 seasonable so far since January 1 this 

 year than it was last. This, it is thought, 

 has helped the mail order trade and ac- 

 counts largely for the steady receipt of 

 orders and possibly has something to do 

 with the reported increase in this line of 

 the trade over last year. 



It has been noted in at least one seed 

 house that the increase in the early mail 

 orders and the increase in the southern 

 orders were pretty nearly equal. In other 

 words, the trade is growing nicely in the 

 south, where the orders are early, with 

 whatever increase the north shows to be 

 largely handled during the rush season. 



The large demand for the canners' 

 varieties of peas, and the good prices ob- 

 tainable for them, have had an effect in 

 shortening the available supply of stock 

 seed for the coming year's crop. If the 

 demand for canned peas continues good 

 and brisk for a year or two more it is 

 quite a question as to where the stock 

 s<^ed will come from by that time. 



Mail order trade is said to be much 

 better so far than it was last year. 

 Judging from the reports at hand, there 

 should be a very great increase over last 

 year in the quantity of seeds sold. This, 

 in the face of reports of shortages all 

 along the line since the harvest of 1908 

 was completed, causes some to wonder as 

 to where the additional quantities can 

 come from. 



LEONARD SEED C^: 



CONTRACT GROWXR8 AMD WHOLX8ALX DKALBRS 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, GARDEN SEEDS 



ONION 8KT8 

 FLOWKR 8KXD8 



Get Our Prices 



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CHICAGO 



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Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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miford. Conn. 

 Kast Jordan, BOOll* 

 Slater Bay» Wis* 



THE EYEREn B. CLARK SEED CO. 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, BEET, TURNIP. ETC 



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PEAS !!! BEANS 



ALFRED J. BROWN SEED GO. 



Growers for the Wholesale Trade 

 GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. 



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Waldo Rohneri 



GUiROT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Growei 



Specialties: Lettace, Onion, Sweet Peas, Astei 

 Cosmos, Mismonette, Verbena, in yarietir. Oor 

 respondence solicited. 



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LANDRETHS' SEEDS 



BLOOMSDALE FARMS 



Bristol, :: Penna. 



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 varieties and quantities. 



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JAY J. UTTER, g^H^° 



Contract grower of Beans, Peas, Sweet Com, 

 Squash, Cucumber, Watermelon and Muskmelon. 



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Cow Peas, Cottonseed Meal 



Carload Lots a Specialty. 

 J. T. WALKER, Memphis, Tenn. 



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Visited Chicago: W. C. Langbridge, 

 of J. B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. ; 

 J. R. Cherry, with H. W. Bucklee, Rock- 

 ford, 111.; E. A. McKenzie, Brandon, 

 Manitoba. 



Michigan bean growers are urging the 

 retention of the present duty of 45 cents 

 per bushel on their product, which some 

 of the large handlers have asked to 

 have removed in the new tariff bill. 



After the recent fire, the Albert Dick- 

 inson Co., Chicago, found the east wall 

 of the warehouse west of the one de- 

 stroyed to be bowed in some eight inches. 

 The warehouse, used for seed grain, has 

 been cleared and the wall will come 

 down. 



8.M.ISBELL&CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 

 Contract Seed Grow^ers 



BEAN, CUCUMBER. TOMATO 



Radish, Pea, Muskmelon 

 Squaah, Watermelon, Sweet Com 



Correspondence Solicited 



■^^^WMte for prices on Surplus Stocks 

 ^^v lor Immediate Sblpment 



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Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA ..4 NASTURTIUM 



SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale growers of full lists of FLOWER 

 and OARD£N Seeds. 



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Onion Seed ir" 



We are extensive srrowera and dealers. 

 Write for prices. 



SCHILDER BROS., Chillicothe, 0. 



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SEAlTiXE, WASH. 

 Growers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



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S.D. Woodruff & Sons 



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Garden Seeds in Variety 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc. 



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