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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_17_2 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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May 17, lOOG. ThcWcekly Florists' Review. 1873 Seed Trade News. AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOaATION. Pres., W. H. Grenell, Sag^lnaw W. S., Mlch.i Wrst Vlce-Pres., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., C. B. Kendel, Cleveland. The 21th annua meeting win beheld at Toledo, O., June 26-28,1906 Visited Chicago: C. Dallwig, Mil- waukee, Wis. All reports from California point to a short onion seed crop in that locality. Chicago:—It is reported that the Chi- cago Market Gardeners' and Truck Farmers' Association is about to form a trust. On the night of Thursday, May 10, frost cut' down the tomato plants over a large part of the acreage for canners' use in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. Replanting has made a heavy call for seeds. Knud Gundestrup, Chicago, has bought property 80x196 in the onion-set district, with a sidetrack from the C. & N.-W. R. R. He will at once erect a warehouse equipped with all the latest devices for handling sets. They are still planting onion seed in the marsh districts of Indiana and Ohio. The acreage is about equal to last year's and the stand better. The late planting last year brought good results; hence planting may continue for another week, as there is some of the ground not yet prepared. Repokts from the pea growing sec- tions are that the stand from early seed- ing is good. A cold spring kept planting back, but favorable weather for the past two weeks has more than made up for it. There still are some pieces to be planted, but it is thought that by the end of the week all seeding will have been done. The outlook is good. The usual seasonable drop in trade is being experienced by most of the seed houses. Mail orders are not any easier to fill, but there are fewer of them. The jobbers are drawing breath and getting ready for the turnip seed season. Coun- ter trade continues brisk but not up to the volume of a week ago. Everybody seems to be satisfied and expects to find good profitable margins when the season is summed up. Vegetation generally never looked better in the California seed-growing section. The March rains came at an opportune time. There may have been some small damage to some fields through cracks opening during the April quake, and mud being emitted, but nothing of any importance has been reported. In San Jose rebuilding of wrecked struc- tures is being rapidly pushed and the people have adopted the slogan Forget it! Get busy." Reports generally from the onion set districts are that the stand is good, acre- age about equal to last year. The growth in the fields at present is equal to what it was at June 1 last year, giving a two weeks' start in favor of this year. This will be an advantage, as the earlier a set crop can be matured, the better it is for the quality of the product. Rain is needed on the clay ground and the wire worm is working some damage on sandy land. The maggot is also getting in some work.
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C E. Kendel. A BIT OF CLEVELAND HISTORY. In xS39, John Stair, recently arrived from England, started a grocery store with a side line of seeds, locating in Superior street, Cleveland, O., near where the postoflSce is temporarily situated. He took in his son, Benjamin H. Stair, and called the firm J. Stair & Son. In 1852 he moved into a new store at 115 Ontario street, where the business has been conducted uninterruptedly for fifty- four years. In 1857 A. C. Kendel began work for John Stair as boy, to sweep and clean and incidentally learn the seed business. Upon the death of Jolin Stair, his son, B. H., took Mr. Kendel into partnership, calling the firm B. H. Stair & Co. In 1875, Mr. Stair died and A. C. Kendel continued the business for himself and the widow of John Stair, changing the firm name to Stair & Kendel. Four years later, upon the deatli of Mrs. Stair, Mr. Kendel bought the Stair in- terests and called the firm A. C. KendeL In 1887 A. C. Kendel died and until his two sons, C. E. and W. F. A., who left school to enter the business, attained their majority, the business was con- ducted by Benjamin Wood, the book- keeper since 1866, who was appointed executor by the will of A. C. Kendel. The younger of the two sons became of age in 1893, when the business was turned over to them, a partnership being formed and the firm name, A. C. Ken- del, continued. Not long after the firm removed to Ontario street the grocery part of the business was dropped and the fruit com- mission business taken on, this branch following the spring seed business and continuing well into winter. The fruit commission business was continued until about five years ago and played an im- portant part in the business lite of Cleveland. The first (California fruit ever shipped to Cleveland was handled by this firm, Bartlett ))ears at that time re- tailing at l-'5 cents eadi. Bananas wore shipped by rail from As))inwall and were sold at 15 cents each. Lemons brtmght $15 per box. In 1885 a cold storage warehouse for the storage of apples, pears and grapes, with a capacity of 600 tons of ici'. was added to the business and this still con- tinues, enabling the firm to korp l)usy almost the year around. Contrary to the usual custom witii seed stores, this firm has felt that it could I)etter serve the immediate neighl)()rhood rather than extend its sphere and it lias come now to be known as a head(;uarters for seeds, bulbs and bedding ))lants for Cleveland and nearby towns, ami is con- sidered by many to be the best located seed store for the retail business in the United States. It has a notable trade on lawn grass seed, selling by tar the greater part of the seed that has made ('leveland 's famous lawns. In 1S97 it was fortunate in securing a new sweet corn from a retired gardener who liad grown it for many years, whidi was named Kendel's Early Giant and has introduced the name of the firm wher- ever swec t corn is grown. In 1908 C. E. Kendel was elected sec- retary of The American Seed Trade Association, is a member of the Cleve- land Chamlaer of Commerce and repre- sents his firm in the Retail Merchants' Board of the Chamber. Mr. Kendel is now devoting his brief leisure to jterfect- ing arrangements for the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Seed Trade Asso- ciation at Toledo, June 26 to 28, which jiromises to be a most successful gather- ing.

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