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Junk 19, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



55 



BERNARD JUDAE & CO. 



Forwarders and Cnstoms Brokers 



Bulbs and Nursery Stock 



Our Specialty. 

 PMIS: 6 Faubourn Poittomiere 

 CHIUBO: First Nat'al BMk BM|. NCW YORK: 1 Broiiwiy 

 Mention The Rpvlew when yon write. 



Seedsmen should print in their cata- 

 logues a conspicuous notice to customers 

 who remit in postage stamps to buy par- 

 cel post stamps instead of the ordinary 

 kind. 



The oflBcers of the Breck corporation, 

 Boston, which was established in 1822, 

 now are: President, Charles H. Breck; 

 treasurer, Joseph F, Breck; secretary, 

 Arthur D. Forbush; general manager, 

 Edward O. Hatch; manager seed depart- 

 ment, Russell O. Gardner. 



A BUSHTESS COUNSEL'S VIEW. 



Says Fi««k B. White, who has been 

 called in'i*'«!«n*ultation by many seeds- 

 men : > 



"We d# not want to be pessimistic, 

 but conditions will not permit us to 

 be overly optimistic. Seedsmen, nurs- 

 erymen, incubator manufacturers, 

 poultrymen, as well as other interested 

 and strictlj' farm lines, have not had 

 a 'bumper crop' from their advertising 

 expenditure during the past season. On 

 the other hand, farm machinery manu- 

 facturers, in most instances, report a 

 fairly good business. But few of them, 

 however, consider the trade equal to 

 1912. With prospects so favorable for 

 crops this year, we are all expecting 

 advertising results another season." 



POSITION OF DISCLAIMEB. 



Ts the seed trade abandoning the non- 

 warranty, the disclaimer? A member 

 of the trade raised the question while 

 going over a morning's mail. There 

 were nine letters from well-known re- 

 tail catalogue seed houses. Of these, 

 four letter-heads carried no non-war- 

 ranty clause — were absolutely. silent on 

 the subject. Five had the usual dis- 

 claimer lu the usual form: "We give 

 no warranty, express or implied, as to 

 description, quality, productiveness or 

 any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or 

 plants we send out, and we will not be 

 responsible for the crop, etc." — but 

 only three let it go at that; the other 

 two prefix a story about their efforts 

 to provide quality, and one definitely 

 accepts responsibility to the extent of 

 the money paid for the seeds. That the 

 disclaimer is not given the careful at- 

 tention it was a few years ago is sho^v^n 

 by its position on the five letter-heads. 

 Following the action of The Review in 

 calling attention to certain legal de- 

 cisions and the custom in other trades, 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 appointed a committee to investigate 

 and report on the matter. The com- 

 mittee obtained a legal opinion on the 

 case cited by The Review and reported 

 that the disclaimer, to bo of effect, 

 either must be printed between saluta- 

 tion and signature of a letter or be re- 

 ferred to in the body of the letter if 

 printed elsewhere on the letter-head. 

 Of the nine letter-heads under examina- 

 tion only one had the disclaimer be- 

 tween date and signature. Three had 

 it across the top and one across the 

 bottom of the letter-head, while one 

 had it mixed in with miscellaneous in- 



BEAN8, PEAS, RADISH 



AND ALL QARDEN SEEDS 



i.t^t*M^Mi 



CO 



IThicaoo 



GROWERS FOR THE TRADE 



ONION SETS Writ, for Prlc. 



YOU will be satisfied with the products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



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



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



Orawlns Stations at East Jordan, Mich., Oraon Bay, Wis., SIstsr Bay. Wis. 



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



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly WClrhlKan Orourn Beans, Cucumber, 

 Tomato, Muakmelon, Squash, Watermelon, Radish, 

 Sweet Oom. Cot-respoDdence solicited. 



S. M. ISBELL & CO., Jackson, Mich. 

 Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Palo Alto, :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion. Radlsb, Lettuce. 

 Sweet Peas, etc. 



Corraspondsnoe BoUcltad. 



Waldo Rohnerf 



GILROY, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Astw. 

 Oosmos, Mignonette, Verbena, in nule^. 

 Correspondence solldted. 



Contract Seed Growers 



CaansltiM • P«PP«r. Kr PIsHt, Tonat», 

 ijpWIUUes. vine Seed snd Fisld Com. 



Correspondence Solicited 



George R. Pedrick Sk Sod 



PEDRICKTOWN. N. J. 



Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 



Seed Growers and Dealers 



Specialties: 



Cucumber, Musk and Watermelon, 



Pumpkin, Squash, Sweet and Field Corn. 



FREMONT, NEB. 



McGIII Seed Growers Co. 



WHOLESALE GROWERS ONLY 



ONION, LETTUCE, CARROT, Ete. 



Seed Farms and Trial Qrounds. 

 Coyote, Santa Clara Co., Calif. 



Office: 21 Pine Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



$18.00 per 1000 

 }9.50 per 500 15.00 per 250 



H. N. BRUNS 



3040-3042 W. Nt4iMi St., CHICAGO 



NEW CROP 



Asparagus Plumosos Nanus 



Wisconsin Oreenhonse Gro-wn Seed 



Not to be compared with the Inferior Oallfornla and 

 Florida outdoor grown seed. 



1000 seeds, $2.50; SOOO, $11.2S; 10,000, $22.00 



a. H. HUNKEL CO.. Seedsmen, Nilwtikee, Wis. 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade. 

 CARPINTERIA. -:- CAL. 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, ^^ir, NEB. 



Wlwlesale Grawcn tf Hifli-frade Seeds 



Cticumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin. Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn 



August. Rolker & Sons 



import for the trade only: Azaleas, 



Palms, Rhododendrons, Bay Trees, Roses, 



Lilacs, Holland and Japan Bulbs, 



Lily of the Valley, etc. 



P. 0. Box 752, Of 31 Baittoy Street, NEW YOR K 



Wholeealers, Notice! 



We still have a surplus of our HIrH Quality 

 Sweet Pea Seed at Farm Prices. Tlie best of 

 Winter-flowering Spencers, Unwin and QrandJ. 

 flora varieties. Write direct lo 



S. Bryson Ayres Co. 



Sweet Pel form, Sun$y Slope, INDCPENDENCt.MO . 



— THE- 



J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 



WATERLOO, NEB. 



ROCKT FORO, COLO. 



Contract growers of Cucumber, Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Sqna-ih and Pumpkin Seed; Susar, 

 Flint and Field Seed Corn. 



