. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 58 The Florists^ Review Jdnb 3, 1920 Seed Trade News AmBIOAIf BKSD TRADB ASSOCIATION. PiMldaiit, a. O. DnnKan, PUUdelphU, Pa.; McnUrj-trMtanr, 0. B. Kendel, 01«T«Und, 0. Indications point to a live convention of the American Seed Trade Association at Milwaukee June 22 to 24. A French decree of May 21 removed the embargo on the exportation of clover seed in force since March 23, 1920. Shipments of cyclamen seed are on their way from Germany, reports A. Miller, president of the American Bulb Co., Chicago. Transportation facilities have im- proved in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 58 The Florists^ Review Jdnb 3, 1920 Seed Trade News AmBIOAIf BKSD TRADB ASSOCIATION. PiMldaiit, a. O. DnnKan, PUUdelphU, Pa.; McnUrj-trMtanr, 0. B. Kendel, 01«T«Und, 0. Indications point to a live convention of the American Seed Trade Association at Milwaukee June 22 to 24. A French decree of May 21 removed the embargo on the exportation of clover seed in force since March 23, 1920. Shipments of cyclamen seed are on their way from Germany, reports A. Miller, president of the American Bulb Co., Chicago. Transportation facilities have im- proved in the last week and seedsmen are now cutting down the accumulation of orders on their hands. The Iowa Seed Dealers' Association held its annual meeting at Des Moines June 1 and 2. A good-sized gathering found the sessions of a great deal of in- terest. Next week the Southern Seedsmen's Association convenes at Jacksonville, Fla., June 7 to 9. The program and plans for the meeting were given in The Review for May 13. Stronger call is being felt at retail stores for seeds for home gardens. The warm weather and newspapers' accounts of the serious food situation have stirred home owners to action. A. Henderson, of A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, says that the crops of French and Dutch bulbs are reported to be good, but that it is not yet certain whether they will be adequate in amount. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines- ville, O., is having a grand rush for garden seeds, according to Carl Barto. Buyers are just beginning to wake up, after the cold, backward season. This is pruning time—for mailing lists. The average mail-order seed house can recover part of the greatly increased cost of catalogues by cutting the dead and duplicate names from its mailing lists. When you have just moved into your new store and your telephone is not yet installed and the weather is such that no work is being done in the fields, so that no seeds are called for and no one comes in, then it is hard
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