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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mav 30, liaL12. 



Seed Co., had the following interesting 

 comments to make: 



"It is diflBcult to say anything about 

 the present conditions in the pea grow- 

 ing district without singing that same 

 old pessimistic tune about the prospect 

 for a crop. To begin with, the soil was 

 extremely dry in some sections when 

 cold weather came on last fall, and in 

 other sections an abundance of rain had 

 fallen earlier in the fall, so that the 

 soil was as moist as usual. The ground 

 was covered by a good depth of snow 

 all through the winter and this snow 

 melted so gradually that all of the 

 water was absorbed by the soil. This 

 put the ground into good condition for 

 working, but the cold weather hung on 

 so steadily and so late that few peas 

 were sown in any of our growing sec- 

 tions before May" L The earlier sown 

 peas germinated' slowly, as the ground 

 continued cold up to May 20. We have 

 not, however, had any reports that 

 would indicate poor germination of the 

 seed on account of either the cold or 

 the wet. 



"On account of the continued cold 

 the peas have an unusually late start 

 and this in itself is a bad feature, be- 

 cause it will carry the peas over into 

 the extreme heat of late June and July 

 that, it seems, we are almost certain to 

 have. In some of our growing sections 

 seeding is not completed and we pre- 

 sume some few of our growers will be 

 sowing peas as late as June 5 to 10. 

 With the seeding spread over a period 

 of four weeks or more, we hope that at 

 least a portion of the crops will have 

 favorable conditions during the entire 

 growing period. This spring we have 

 escaped in this state and in northern 

 Michigan the snow storm that has 

 usually come about May 1 and we have 

 also escaped all frosts so far. 



"Advices received from Montana and 

 Idaho aeotions state that there have 

 been several snow storms and one or 

 two hard frosts or freezes during May. 

 None of these storms, however, has done 

 any damage to the peas with the excep- 

 tion of delaying the seeding on a por- 

 tion of the acreage. Between these 

 storms the weather has been favorable 

 for peas and all of those sown are mak- 

 ing rapid growth. Our reports indicate 

 that the seed generally has gone into 

 the ground in fine condition. 



"With anything like normal weather 

 from now on we think the prospect is 

 good for somewhere near a normal crop. 

 A good crop of peas is certainly needed 

 by everyone in the seed trade and we 

 hope that it will be realized." 



THE SEED SEASON. 



It Was a Good One. 



That the seed selling season of 1912 

 was one of the best on record, estab- 

 lishing a new high mark for most of 

 the houses, is apparent from the ex- 

 tracts from letters from seedsmen that 

 have been published in the last two 

 issues of The Review. Correspondence 

 received in the last week goes to show 

 that the latter part of the season is 

 turning out especially well. Here are 

 extracts from letters written late in 

 May. 



Texas Seed & Floral Co., Dallas. 



Regarding the seed selling season, 

 our mail orders have been much heavier 

 than ever before; the wholesale also 

 has shown a strong increase, and our 



BEANS, PEAS, RADISH ^^ r\ 



and aU Garden Baada ^^ ^m ^" ^\ C 'I C J 



LEONABD SEED CO 



ONION SETS 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADE 



Wrlta for Prloas 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalogue. 



The Evereff B. Clark Seed Co., 



Orowlns fltatlona at Bast Jordan. Mich.. Gtoaon Bt,r» Wis., Ustar Bay. Wla. 



BEAMS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONION, BEET, TURNIP, TOMATO, m 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



WHOLK8ALK ONLY 



J. OLIVER JOHNSON 



1870 MUwankea Avonue. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Heiiry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade 

 CARPINTERIA, -:- CAL. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster. 

 Cosmos, Mismonette, Verbena, in variety. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 



Seed Growers and Dealers 



Specialties : 



Cucumber, Musk and Watermelon, 



Pumpkin, Squash, Sweet and Field Com. 



FREMONT, NEB. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CONTRACT SEED GROWER 



SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Ejs Plant, 

 Tomato. Vine Seed ui neM Corn 



EDGAR 1. nLIRrr) nbw jersbt ' 



Correspondence Solicited. 



Hie C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, Douglas County. NEB, 



Whtlesale Growers tf Hifb Grade Setds. 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pum^ 

 kin. Sweet. Flint and Dent Seed Com. 



Bridgeman's Seed Warehouse 



Set. 18M. RICKARDB BROS., Props. 



Importers and growers of high-grade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc 



87 East 19th St., NEW YORK CITY 



Telephone 4235 Gramercy 

 Mention The Review when you write 



-THK- 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 

 ROCKY FORD. COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Squash and fumpkin Seed; Sugar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corns. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Braslan Seed Grewers' Ce. 



Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas 



Growers for the Wholesale Trade only 



San Jose, Californifl 



TOMATO SEEO 



BEST STOCKS. AIX TARIBTIRS. 



The Haven Seed Co. 



Grower* for wholesale trade only. Santa Ana. Cal. 



S. M. ISBELL ft CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contract Seed Growers 



Bean. Cucumber, Tomato, Radish, Pea, Squash. 

 Muskmelon, Watermelon, Sweet Com. 



CorrasjKmdanoe SoUoltad. 



Contract Seed Growers 



JSlMCultief * Pepper. Egg Plant, Tomate, 



Correspondence solicited. 



George R. Pedrick St Son 



PKDRICKTOWV, N. J. 



Oklahoma Seed Growers' Co. 



Contract Growers of 



Watermelon and Nuskmelen Seeds 



for the wholesale trade only 



ENID, OKLAHOMA 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCK BAT, H. T. 



Wholesale Grower. Exporter and Im- 

 porter of all plants, roots and bulbs in 

 season. 



Corraspondanoy SoUoltad 



Meotioa The Review when you write. 



