. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 106 The Florists^ Review DECBHBEB 4, 1919. Seed Trade News AMXaiOAM 8XKD ZSASS ASStOXATION. Ptwident. H. O. Dnnnn, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mcretary-treaaarar. C. u. Kendel. Gleyeland. O. Many seed houses find the Dutch bulb season tailing over into the month devoted to Christmas greens. The giganteums are cleaning up rap- idly. There will be few for cold storage, or for forcing on a partnership basis. Pending the establishment of a wages board, British seedsmen may formulate standards of pay, in order to anticipate government action. It looks like a cle
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 106 The Florists^ Review DECBHBEB 4, 1919. Seed Trade News AMXaiOAM 8XKD ZSASS ASStOXATION. Ptwident. H. O. Dnnnn, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mcretary-treaaarar. C. u. Kendel. Gleyeland. O. Many seed houses find the Dutch bulb season tailing over into the month devoted to Christmas greens. The giganteums are cleaning up rap- idly. There will be few for cold storage, or for forcing on a partnership basis. Pending the establishment of a wages board, British seedsmen may formulate standards of pay, in order to anticipate government action. It looks like a clean-up for the Dutch bulbs in spite of the delay on the dock. Those who have advertised their surpluses to the trade have found prompt takers. "Whenever you come across a man everybody likes, you will usually find a glass cover over Lis face and floral wreaths in the room,'' says Robert Nichol- son. The Missouri Seed Dealers' Association held a meeting at Jefferson City Novem- ber 24. President D. I. Bushnell, of St. Louis, presided over the meeting, during which many important matters were dis- posed of. It was the seed season of 1917 that Patrick O 'Mara, general manager of Peter Henderson & Co., offered the opin- ion that it had set a record which wUl stand until there has been a material in- crease in the population. If wages are so high that they have increased absenteeism to a point never known in the history of American indus- try, why should it be expected that men who will not work for money will bend their backs over beets and beans? The fall in the price of most kinds of seeds has not solved the problems of the commission box people. After having de- cided to go back to the 5-cent packet they find the rising cost of doing business, particularly of labor, is upsetting their calculations. From the British seed firm, Hurst & Son, London, comes the report of a season favorable, on the whole, to harvesting operations. "Most descriptions of seeds have been
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