THE LONDON SEED TRADE.
Messrs John Shaw and Sons leport through theifcb, Leonard W. Blake, of Christchurch, that the seed market daring the fortnight ending November 15th wa? in a very excited state. Continuous wet and stormy weather in the first part of it still further reduced the prospects of the new English crop, and cablegrams from the United States reported red clover seed extremely firm, and almost every available parcel had been packed up for thei own consumption. These . two facts caused the market to bo very fir m tor red clov.er, whilst for alsyke, prices hare advanced very considerably, the crop turning .out very badly. Trefoil and foreign Italian rye grass were both somewhat clearer. .Rape was wanted for France. Canary tended upwards. Hemp, rapidly- tailing. The imports into the Uniteil Kingdom of clover and grass seeds |during October were 20,750 cwt.j jvalue £34,061, against 13,825 cwt., value £33,038, in October 1881c' -■■4 L -
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1051, 6 January 1883, Page 3
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156THE LONDON SEED TRADE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1051, 6 January 1883, Page 3
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