. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 120 The Florists' Review Mabcb 17. 1921. Seed Trade News AMEXIOAK SEED TBADE ASBOOIATIOH. Prmldeat. H. O. Haitlngi. Atlanta, Oa.; mc- retary-treaaarer, 0. B. Kendel, Clereland. O. Spring has come to many parts of the country, but the seed business is lagging. Low prices offered by canners are caus- ing growers to cut down their acreage of t«mato for 1921. Frank Leckenby, vice-president of the Charles H. Lilly Co., Seattle, Wash., had the misfortune to lose his wife by death last week. Two sons and a daughter sur- vive. More extended report of the d
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 120 The Florists' Review Mabcb 17. 1921. Seed Trade News AMEXIOAK SEED TBADE ASBOOIATIOH. Prmldeat. H. O. Haitlngi. Atlanta, Oa.; mc- retary-treaaarer, 0. B. Kendel, Clereland. O. Spring has come to many parts of the country, but the seed business is lagging. Low prices offered by canners are caus- ing growers to cut down their acreage of t«mato for 1921. Frank Leckenby, vice-president of the Charles H. Lilly Co., Seattle, Wash., had the misfortune to lose his wife by death last week. Two sons and a daughter sur- vive. More extended report of the death of C. R. Kimberlin, in this week's obituary column, supplements the telegraphic in- formation which appeared in last week's issue. The death of W. W. Barnard, pioneer seedsman of Chicago, occurred Thursday, March 10, at Los Angeles, Cal. Fuller report appears in the obituary column of this issue. The oflScial roster of the May Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, la., is as follows: President, E. S. Welch; vice- president, E. E. May; secretary, I. B. Bader; treasurer, B. G. Berry. The seed season of 1921, so far as mail orders are concerned, seems to have reached its peak earlier than in any previous year, probably because of the mild winter. Unless the season is pro- longed by some factor not now in sight, no records will be broken. Seedsmen who like statistics in their advertising will be interested to learn that a model farm garden, one-fifth acre in size, conducted on the horticultural grounds of the Missouri College of Agri- culture, produced $ at the cost of $42, including labor. A small back yard garden, one-twenty-fifth acre in size, pro- duced $ at the cost of $, in- cluding labor. SKAGIT GROWERS. At a meeting at Mount Vernon, Wash., of the seed growers of Skagit vallej' early in March, formal organization was completed, and members of the new association voted to set a price of 60 cents per pound on cabbage seed this season. However, the
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