. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 70 The Florists^ Review FiBBVABT 20. 1019. more. These peas are now known as McAdoos, and they are as widely dis- tributed through the northwest as Lib- erty bonds, which caused the substitu- tion in nomenclature. THE SEED SITUATION. "You can say that seedsmen are like other business men, waiting, just wait- ing, for something to turn ; The speaker was a California grower who had just completed a trip that in- cluded a call on all the principal seed buyers in the United States. "Retail mail order trade has started earlier or is in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 70 The Florists^ Review FiBBVABT 20. 1019. more. These peas are now known as McAdoos, and they are as widely dis- tributed through the northwest as Lib- erty bonds, which caused the substitu- tion in nomenclature. THE SEED SITUATION. "You can say that seedsmen are like other business men, waiting, just wait- ing, for something to turn ; The speaker was a California grower who had just completed a trip that in- cluded a call on all the principal seed buyers in the United States. "Retail mail order trade has started earlier or is in larger volume than ever before, but the wholesale trade is slow. The seedsman is confident of his ability to obtain in quick time almost any item he finds himself running short on and he is buying only a little from day to day. There is every confidence that a big retail seed season is under way, but there is no disposition to get excited over it. The conditions are the opposite of a year ago. "Nor is the trade keenly interested in 1919 contracts. The growers have put out acreage without contracts back of them and are not placing the crops readily. Their costs are high and they are compelled to ask prices that are higher than the present spot delivery market. The trade is willing to let the growers speculate. "For the last two or three years the California growers have put out all the acreage they could, with confidence they could not lose. There still is a world- wide demand for seeds, but it is in the tomorrow, not today. The 1918 crop was a poor one, but the acreage was so large that it was only the interposition of Providence that cut down the production to a point that leaves everyone fairly comfortable. There is no need to sacri- fice anything, especially in view of the continued high cost of production. "Tlie acreage in California this year probably does not exceed seventy-five per cent of last year's acreage under seed crops. Some growers may not agree t
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