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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 11, 1912. 



Ian Seed Growers Co., San Jose, says 

 crop never looked better at this sea- 

 son. The Kimberlin Seed Co.. Santa 

 Clara, says conditions are excellent. C. 

 C. Morse & Co. report a total of nine 

 inches of rain in the San Juan valley 

 and the indications good. Waldo Eoh- 

 nert, Gilroy, says the present rain is 

 the best of the season and that he now 

 expects a fair crop, although the rain 

 came too late for a full one; his total 

 precipitation for the season now is 

 seven and one-half inches. 



LEONARD'S NEW FARM. 



The Leonard Seed Co., of Chicago, 

 has just made a lease for a term of 

 years on a tract of 500 acres of land 

 lying southwest of Chicago on the Chi- 

 cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, 

 about twelve miles from the Chicago 

 warehouse. This farm will be used ex- 

 clusively as a stock improvement and 

 testing ground in connection with the 

 experiment and trial grounds already 

 maintained by the company at Colum- 

 bus and Antigo, Wis. For the last six 

 years the Leonard Seed Co. has done a 

 great deal of experimental and special 

 work on peas and beans, as well as 

 other lines. In many cases stocks have 

 been worked up from single seeds or 

 pods. A specially trained force of men 

 is used in this branch of the business 

 and with the acquisition of this addi- 

 tional 500 acres of land much will be 

 added to the efficiency and scope of the 

 work. 



LIMA GEOWEBS INVESTIGATED. 



The government is investigating the 

 Lima Bean Growers' Association, of 

 which J. M. Waterman is manager, with 

 headquarters at Los Angeles, to see if 

 it is a combination in restraint of trade. 



"The Lima Bean Association handles 

 about forty per cent of the commercial 

 Lima crop in its territory," stated Mr. 

 Waterman. "Its competitors are the 

 J. K. Armsby Co. and A. & H. Levy Co., 

 the latter of Oxnard. " Charges were 

 made, accordng to Mr. Waterman, by 

 several small people, but he said, "I 

 explained at Washington that we 

 wanted either a clean bill or federal 

 steps." Mr. Waterman stated that the 

 Lima Bean Association handles about 

 $2,500,000 worth of the product a sea- 

 son. He admitted that when the asso- 

 ciation was organized three years ago 

 Lima beans were selling at 3 or 4 cents 

 a pound; he said they now ranged from 

 514 to 5% cents and have reached 6 

 cents at times. "But despite this ap- 

 parent rise in prices," Mr. Waterman 

 continued, "Lima beans are still as 

 cheap to the consumer. The organiza- 

 tion simply has imposed the advance 

 upon those coming between the grower 

 and the consumer; retail prices are 

 practically the same as three years 

 ago." 



NEW YORK PURE SEED BILL. 



You would probably like to advise 

 your readers through your columns that 

 a New York seed bill, known as the 

 Wilson Pure Seed Bill (No. 1455-1920, 

 Int. 1265), introduced in the Assembly 

 March 7, 1912: "An Act to amend the 

 agricultural law in relation to inspec- 

 tion and sale of seeds," has passed in 

 the Assembly and Senate, and is now 

 before the governor for his considera- 

 tion. 



Herewith please find copy of the bill, 



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