. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 76 Tfie Florists' Review JuLT 81, 1919. the growers of bulbs have succumbed to the same influences which have upset all calculations on French and Japanese bulbs. Dry weather in May is alleged to have greatly reduced the crop, es- pecially of the larger sizes, one of the largest shippers stating that there are only about half as many 7 to 9s and 9 to 10s as he counted on when he booked his orders. He says he had bought of other growers about 50,000 bulbs, but that he did not get them, '' a man from New York having gone to the growers and offered th
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 76 Tfie Florists' Review JuLT 81, 1919. the growers of bulbs have succumbed to the same influences which have upset all calculations on French and Japanese bulbs. Dry weather in May is alleged to have greatly reduced the crop, es- pecially of the larger sizes, one of the largest shippers stating that there are only about half as many 7 to 9s and 9 to 10s as he counted on when he booked his orders. He says he had bought of other growers about 50,000 bulbs, but that he did not get them, '' a man from New York having gone to the growers and offered them much higher prices, $200 for 9 to 10s and $120 or Jsetter for 7 to 9s. Bids of $125 for 7 to 9s and $250 for 9 to lOs now bring no offers of ; With sales made by American jobbers against expected arrivals, deliv- eries under the circumstances are im- possible and nobody knows who will eventually pot up the season's output of bulbs. SEED BIDS OPENED. Bids for furnishing the seeds required by the Department of Agriculture for congressional free distribution during the coming year were opened Tuesday afternoon, July 22. They were not, however, made public. It is known that the bids in some in- stances were materially lower than last year's, and substantially lower all along the line. It is authoritatively stated that they were lower than those made before the war. More than fifty bids were offered, or about the average number during the list five years. During the few years preceding the war, the bidders averaged in the neighborhood of ninety. The department will purchase about $200,000 worth of seed. The appropria- tion is $358,900. The difference between the amount actually expended in seed and the amount of the appropriation is absorbed in overhead charges involved^ in distribution. It is expected that the department will make awards of contracts during the week ending August 2. THE CANTAIX)XJPE DISTRICTS. A feature of the cantaloupe crop in recent years has been
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