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The Florists' Review 



Mav 22, 1913. 



Seed Trade News. 



AlOERIOAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Preildent, OtMilea N. P«c«. I>M Hviuem, la.; 

 Sccretuy-TreaBorer, C. E. Kendel, OleTeland, O. 

 Tblrty-flnt annaal conrentlon at ClCTeland. Jon* 

 S4 to 26. 1918. 



Wm. Kueker, president of the Farmer 

 Seed & Nursery Co., of Faribault, Minn., 

 has been confined at the St. Lucas hos- 

 pital of that city for the last two weeks, 

 where he underwent an operation for 

 gall stones. The patient is recovering 

 nicely and expects to resume his duties 

 at the office in the course of a few weeks. 



ONION BOOM OVER? 



Eepresentatives of the Southern 

 Texas Truck Growers' Association are 

 making strenuous efforts to sidetrack 

 threatened disaster in the marketing 

 of their products and, especially, their 

 crops of Bermuda onions. In conse- 

 quence of congested conditions in the 

 larger distributing centers, both appeals 

 and orders have been issued to growers 

 to discontinue shipments until the sup- 

 plies in the big city markets can be 

 reduced. The prices at which these 

 Texas onions have been selling have so 

 far barely reimbursed growers for their 

 actual cash outlay in production. Prof- 

 its on some shipments have been stead- 

 ily offset by losses in others, and a few 

 days ago the general situation threat- 

 ened a loss on every crate that might 

 go forward. 



At the New York office of the asso- 

 ciation it is reported that approximately 

 2,000 cars of onions liad been shipped 

 from the current crop, and it is esti- 

 mated that there are about 2,.S00 more 

 cars to dispose of. The total commer- 

 cial crop may not amount to as much 

 as 4,300 cars, for in addition to halting 

 shipments as a regulative market meas- 

 ure, there is a tendency on the part of 

 growers to ship only the very best selec- 

 tions in their crops. W. V. Tadlock, 

 eastern manager, sa^'s that one trouble 

 with the industry is that it is overdone. 

 Following its inauguration in Texas 

 there were, for the first two or three 

 seasons, reports of abnormal profits, and 

 these reports were true, but for only 

 a few growers of small quantities. 

 With these for a basis of operation, 

 real estate men and land boomers got 

 busy and in a comparatively short time 

 there was an onion land craze, all of 

 which helped to bring about such con- 

 ditions as now have to be dealt with. 

 The demand for seed of the Bermuda 

 onion is likely to be much smaller in 

 the approaching season. 



BELIilNOHAM BULB TESTS. 



That Bellingham bulbs are the best 

 in the world is the substance of a re- 

 port which will be published this sum- 

 mer by the Department of Agriculture 

 as the result of five jears of compara- 

 tive tests which have been conducted, 

 according to the Bellingham corre- 

 spondent of the New York Times. The 

 report will make a book of 150 pages. 



Peter Bissett, an attache of the de- 

 partment at Washington, who paid a 

 five days' visit to Bellingham, is quot- 

 ed in an interview with the Times man, 

 as follows: 



"The success of the Bellingham bulb 

 is a.ssured. Three years ago we were 

 satisfied with the showing made by some 



J. W. XDMUMDSON, ManaKAr 



H. W. WILLIAMB, ■•er«tMT 



California Seed Growers Association, Inc. 



Orowera for Wholesale Dealers 

 SJLN OOSB. CAUFORHIA 



CARROT - LETTUCE - ONION - RADISH - BEET -SWEET PEAS 



Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass 



Also Mixed Lawn Grass Seed. Ask for ddhrered prices, pronpt.ai^ futare ddhrery 



1 OLIVER JOHNSON «««""—"->*-. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn. 



Qrowlns Station* at East Jordan, Mich., Groan Bay, Wis., SIstsr Bay, Wis. 



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



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Gnnring ONION, LEHUCE, CARROT and RADISH San lose, Calif onia 



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New Price List 



of all commercial Sweet Pea Seed, 



also of my new Gold Medal Winter 



Orchid Sweet Pea, will be out after 



June I5th. 



Send for it to 



ANT. C. ZVOLANEK 



Sweet Pea Seed Ranch 

 LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA 



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J. BOLaiANO & SON 



WHOLESALE FIELD 

 and GARDEN SEEDS 



Established 1818. Write for otir low prioei. 



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THE KINBERUN SEED CO. 

 S^''S!U SANTA CLARA, CAL. 



Growers of 

 ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, etc. 



Correspondence Solicited. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



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SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



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 Mention The Review when yon writ*. 



Watch for our Trade Mark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pnre Culture NuliroMn Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades is thus 

 easily exposed. Fresh sample brick, 

 ^^■^"S^ with Illustrated book, mailed postpaid 

 ^p, C7^ by manufacturers upon receipt of 40 



^^"^^^K^^ cents in postage. Address 



Trade Mark. Ancfican Spawn Co., St Paul, Minn. 



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WE GROW EXCLUSITELT 



ONION SEED 



HIGH GRADE Standard Varieties 



Lau^hlin Seed Co. 



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TOMATO SEED 



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 of all plants, roots and bulbs In season. 



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Cold Storage Giganteums 



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Yokohama Nursery Co. 



New York, N. Y. London, England 

 Yokohama, Japan 



Fall Bulbs and Seeds 



For Summer Sowing 



Send for Price List 



F. O. FRANZEN 



1476 Summardala Ave., 



CHICAGO 



100 ACRES OF 



CAULIFLOWER 



Will be jrrown from my seed 

 by mem^tera of ONE shipping 

 association Free trial sample. 



Best Danish-grown seed, $1.50 per oz. 



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