The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . sbeen chosen to fill the office of secre-tary and treasurer. — Caru 5,400 ACRES OF GARDEN SEEDSIN CULTIVATION. Braslan Seed Growers Go. WHOLESALE SEED JOSE, CAUIFORNIA The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cam-bridge, N. Y., has issued its annualonion crop report. We note that theacreage is 18,194 as compared with17,230 last year, with a yield of 272 bush-els per acre, as compared with 250 in1905. Iowa produced the heaviest yieldper acre, Minnesota and New Jerseyfollowing in the order named. Thestates producing the greatest quantityof
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . sbeen chosen to fill the office of secre-tary and treasurer. — Caru 5,400 ACRES OF GARDEN SEEDSIN CULTIVATION. Braslan Seed Growers Go. WHOLESALE SEED JOSE, CAUIFORNIA The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cam-bridge, N. Y., has issued its annualonion crop report. We note that theacreage is 18,194 as compared with17,230 last year, with a yield of 272 bush-els per acre, as compared with 250 in1905. Iowa produced the heaviest yieldper acre, Minnesota and New Jerseyfollowing in the order named. Thestates producing the greatest quantityof onions in the order named are Ohio,Indiana and New York. Chas. S. Burge. We present herewith the portrait ofChas. S. Burge, vice-president of theAmerican Seed Trade Association. was born at Maumee, O., in 1868,and located in Toledo in 1882. In 1884he entered the employ of S. W. Flowerin the seed business, of which concernhe has had the active management since1892. The house of S. W. Flower & Co.,was established in 1868 and since its in-. Chas. S. Burge. Vice President American Seed Trade Association. ception has been among the most pro-gressive in the country. The membersof the firm are Stevens W. Flowerand Mr. Burge, but the former takesno active part in the business of theconcern. Mr. Burge is also vice-presi-dent of the Dayton Dollar Savings Bank& Trust Co., president of the StandardPaper Box & Printing Co., and directorof the Toledo Produce Exchange, ofwhich he has been a member since 1888. American Seea Trade Association. sPEt:iAL , 190677. National Board of Trade.—W. AtleeBurpee. Albert McCullough. National Council of Horticulture.— Vaughan, C. E. Kendel. Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-ciation.—Geo. B. McVay. Seed Legislation.—S. F. Willard, Bolgiano, C. N. Kecney, O. , W. Atlee Burpee. Weights and Measures.—S. G. Cour-teen, A. H. Goodwin, L. L. Olds, McCullough, W. G. Scarlett. Customs and Tariff.—W. P. Stok
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