. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 142 The American Florist, Aug. as The gBED T^aiJE- AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT MCCULLOUGH, PTeB.; F. W. BOLGIANO, VIce-Pres.: 8. V. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. S. B. 'Dicks, representing Cooper, Taber & Co., London, arrived at New York on the Lucania, August IS. Naples, Italy.—Seed crops in general are not satisfactory at all as regards vegetables. Cauliflower is very bad and onions very short, hardly enough to fill contract orders. Lettuces and tomatoes are very bad, the latter
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 142 The American Florist, Aug. as The gBED T^aiJE- AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT MCCULLOUGH, PTeB.; F. W. BOLGIANO, VIce-Pres.: 8. V. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn., Seo'y and Treas. S. B. 'Dicks, representing Cooper, Taber & Co., London, arrived at New York on the Lucania, August IS. Naples, Italy.—Seed crops in general are not satisfactory at all as regards vegetables. Cauliflower is very bad and onions very short, hardly enough to fill contract orders. Lettuces and tomatoes are very bad, the latter on account of mildew. It is yet too early to say as to the condition of leeks. Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville, write that the acreage of onion sets planted in Kentucky this year was larger than ever before, but the majority of crops of sets are very much smaller than last year on account of the sets being smaller in size. The quality generally is first-class and it is only very rarely that any of the crops have grown too large in size. Taking the crop on the whole, they believe it is the best that has been produced in years, both in quality and quantity. S. M. Pease, of the Cleveland Seed Co., Cape Vincent, New York, reports the yield of peas as very light, both of early and late sorts; vines short, pods short and not well filled; many glassy, lifeless peas caused by excessive hot weather, necessitating great expense in hand pick- ing. He does not think there will be over fifty per cent to seventy per cent of an average yield. Earlies lighter than late. Beans are going to be very disap- pointing, the last two weeks having been very unfavorable. Scarcity of peas and beans seems to be assured for the coming season. The crop of Long Island cabbage seed which, in the early part of the season, promised a full yield, has in many instances partially failed. The season was favorable up to July 1, when the ground had become very dry and the fields sustained a severe attack from th
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