. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 20 The American Florist. Jan. JO The pEEE) Trsde. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. S. F. Willard, Pres.; J. Charles McCullough, First Vice-Pres.; C. E. Keudel, Cleveland, 0., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-second annual convention, St. Louis, Mc. June 31-23, 1904. Sweet corn prices are said to be a little less firm. The very severe cold weather is of no help to mail orders. The new potato' Eldorado is being offered in England at $875 per pound at wholesale rate. Contract bean prices are higher, while growers are refusing
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 20 The American Florist. Jan. JO The pEEE) Trsde. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. S. F. Willard, Pres.; J. Charles McCullough, First Vice-Pres.; C. E. Keudel, Cleveland, 0., Seo'y and Treas. Twenty-second annual convention, St. Louis, Mc. June 31-23, 1904. Sweet corn prices are said to be a little less firm. The very severe cold weather is of no help to mail orders. The new potato' Eldorado is being offered in England at $875 per pound at wholesale rate. Contract bean prices are higher, while growers are refusing to take large orders for scarce sorts. Nearly every itetn on both the green pod and wax bean list seems to be short. Seed stocks will be needed. San Francisco, Cal., January 23.— There is a deficiency of rain here which is alike bad for crops and growers. Business with catalogue houses gener- ally is very good as compared with last season, in many cases much better. The disposition to make heavy con- tracts for seed peas is about in line with the sentiment on contracting for onion seed. The spring catalogue of Peter Hender- son & Company has been mailed this season as promptly as most others in the trade. Visited Chicago. —August Rhotert, New York; E. M. Parmalee, of the John H. Allan Seed Company, Cape Vincent, N. Y., on his annual contracting trip. Schmidt & Botley, Springfield, O., report that the returns from their new catalogues are coming in very satisfacto- rily, even better than last year, and they think the prospects for business the com- ing spring are very good. There will be some reduction of the acreage planted to onion sets in the Chicago district the coming season. Two years of low prices have discour- aged some of the growers who can see more profit in other lines. Among the short items in flower seeds this season are Viola odorata and varie- ties. Phlox Drummondii, P. decussata. Lady Grisel Hamilton sweet pea, thun- berg'ia, Browallia speciosa majo
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