. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. uman breast. We have not later blossoms to fall without the for-mation of fruit. The few fruits whichhad been formed were nearly ripe whendown comes the rain and starts a newgrowth on the plant. This not only ledto the production of fresh bloom andfruit, but has given a soft, sappy char-acter to the earlier fruits which the sunhas not sufficient power to alter. Seedsof these will probably be scarce and ofdetective germination. The commonervarieties of egg plant are in a simila
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. uman breast. We have not later blossoms to fall without the for-mation of fruit. The few fruits whichhad been formed were nearly ripe whendown comes the rain and starts a newgrowth on the plant. This not only ledto the production of fresh bloom andfruit, but has given a soft, sappy char-acter to the earlier fruits which the sunhas not sufficient power to alter. Seedsof these will probably be scarce and ofdetective germination. The commonervarieties of egg plant are in a similarcondition. Judging by offers recentlyreceived, there is a fairly good stockof yearling sweet peas on your sideand prices appear to be dropping allround. With a fairly abundant supplyof tall nasturtiums and prices of thesame quite reasonable, the small buyerson this side will not be disposed to paya high figure for sweet peas, so thata smaller demand is anticipated. The best qualities of natural grassesare fairly abundant and prices are rea-sonable. As the acreage of land sowndown to wheat is not so great as last. Damage by recent storm at Siebrecht & Sons Nurseries, New Rochelle, N. Y.(See page 1142, December 3 issue). year, there is every probability of agood trade in these articles during theforthcoming season. Mammoth long, red mangel, that hasbeen almost a drug for several years,is in very great demand just now, andas the stock is limited the lucky hold-ers are doing fairly well out of it. The clover seed trade has gone tosleep again for the winter. Mustardand rape seed still maintain the ad-vance previously reported. The short-age of California-grown lima beans,which are sold as butter beans onthis side, has enabled European grow-ers to obtain much better prices forEuropean-grown haricots, particularlythe green variety. The latter is verypopular Just now. At the same time,the lima beans have become so thor-oughly established in public favor thatthe trade in them is bound
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