. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Boody House, Toledo, O. Headquarters Seedsmen's Convention. Visited Chicago : E. M. Parmalee and H. T. Hopkins, of Sheboygan, Wis.; G. C. Eldering, Haarlem, Holland, going east. The onion blight or mildew which was threatening to be serious a month ago in the California crops has made, according to recent advice, no further ravages the past three weeks. Cabbage plants set for 1906 harvest are reported in poor shape by a London contract house, the average being only about 50 per cent of a crop, with a fail- ure
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Boody House, Toledo, O. Headquarters Seedsmen's Convention. Visited Chicago : E. M. Parmalee and H. T. Hopkins, of Sheboygan, Wis.; G. C. Eldering, Haarlem, Holland, going east. The onion blight or mildew which was threatening to be serious a month ago in the California crops has made, according to recent advice, no further ravages the past three weeks. Cabbage plants set for 1906 harvest are reported in poor shape by a London contract house, the average being only about 50 per cent of a crop, with a fail- ure on All Seasons and American Savoy. Of turnip several are a partial failure. The United States department of agriculture, circular No. 18, dated May 19, 1906, says: "In order that seedsmen, as well as farmers, may avoid the pur- chase of adulterated seeds, this depart- ment will examine and report promptly as to the presence of adulterants and dodder in any samples of seed submit- ted for the ; Onion seed sown for sets about Chi- cago has in some fields north of the city failed to germinate vifell owing to the drought and large patches are bare. In other fields, where two-year-old seed has been thickly sown, it has germinated well and will produce small sets. South of the city the season has been favor- able for the onion maggot, but with warmer weather the onions will outgrow such attacks. 5,400 ACRES OF GARDEN SEEDS IN CULTIVATION. Braslan Seed Growers Go. Wholesale S««d Growers. • AN JOSE. CAUirORNIA Waterloo, Neb.—The onion set grow- ers of this section have arranged to produce 20,000 to 25,000 bushels of onion sets this season, which represents a larger acreage in sets than at any time during the past five years. Texas growers of onions are reported to have done fairly well this year and it is predicted that their product will drive the onions from Bermuda and those from Egypt out of the New York market next year. Bermuda sent to this country approx
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