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Q Germ "Ben Be; Germ "Rye Do i^o U •3 T3 m C C to "3m'" S " S S .2 (o •-.2 J- ^C^ 1- (UCCj-' 4J O: 1) o a c c3 g3 2'S& 5, c-o 0) CI O ri'5 ta Eli; SEED INSPECTION 15 do 00 t^oooo t>- <»} 00 ro O 0> 00 « t-.' d e< ooooo "*00Ti<Ot~. Oo o ooo C\ "O ^ ^ oooooo qooqqo oodddd 00 tX) O^ O^ Q^ fOlO 00 1/^ rj>r~\Ot»^ ts ".2 M.-to tf) c o =1^ Mi- 2 • 4; M M ■ ^ >." S.'u u 5 ° a^'ziT) etc 5 n C O-Vm <u ft'O F I. c "o K L.!2, p 4) 4) jj o D ;;^ be 16 CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 Table 3. — Results of Inspection and Germination of Vegetable Seeds Sections 261 B2 and 261 C. Each separate container of Vegetable Seeds must be labeled to plainly show the kind of seed and variety and the name and address of the person who labeled such seed or who sells, offers or exposes it for sale. For seeds which germinate less than the Massachusetts Standard the label must also show the percentage of germination CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 exclusive of hard seeds, percentage of hard seeds if present, calendar month and year the test was completed and the words "Below Standard" in not less than 8 point type. Date of test shall not be over nine months old, exclusive of the month in which the test was completed. Seed may not be sold or offered for sale which has a false or misleading label. Six hundred and one samples of vegetable seeds were received and tested in the laboratory; however, this table includes only such samples as were found to be mislabeled with respect to requirements of the law. The wholesaler's name, in all instances, and the germination for those samples of seed found below standard in germination are in boldface type. In samples for which the found germination is not in boldface, the germination is above standard but below the germination stated. Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Collected Germination Given % Date of Test % Mass. Found Stand- Month of Test Associated Seed Growers, Inc. New Haven, Conn. Essex Co. Cooperative Farming Assoc, Topsfield 87 Lettuce New York No 12 86 94 Onion Early Yellow Globe 78 91F Spinach Bloomsdale Pavoy Long Standing No. 99546 B 75 W. Allee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Clinton Hardware & Auto Supply Co., Clinton 934 Leek Broad London 70 93.3F Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing 70 C. B. Coburn Co., Lowell. 278 Parsnip Long Smooth Hollow Crown.... 70 Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, Conn. Joseph Sordillo & Sons, Boston 12F Spinach Savoy Leaved Long Standing — 89 Arthur R. Cone, Buffalo, N. Y. H. K. Webster Co., Lawrence 424F Beet Crosby's Egyptian 81 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Gardner State Hospital, East Gardner S-294 Endive Full Hearted Batavian, No. 367. Massachusetts Reformatory, West Concord S-175 Celery Summer Pascal, No. 288. Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham S-167F Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing Savoy, No. 315. Taunton State Hospital, Taunton S-144 Celery Summer Pascal, No. 288. Worcester State Hospital, Worcester S-245F Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing Savoy, No. 315. 7/1948 58 4/1949 80 11/1948 56 4/1949 70 11/1948 65 4/1949 60 12/1948 38 5/1949 60 12/1948 26 6/1949 60 11/1948 10 4/1949 60 12/1948 10 4/1949 60 1949 60 1/1949 66 4/1949 65 1/1949 53 4/1949 70 12/1948 2 4/1948 55 1/1949 42 4/1949 60 12/1948 2 4/1949 55 1/1949 42 4/1949 60 12/1948 2 4/1949 55 1/1949 55 4/1949 60 SEED INSPECTION 17 Table 3. — Results of Inspection and Geimination of Vegetable Seeds. — Concluded. Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Collected Germination Mass. Standard Given Found Date of Test Month of Test 55 5/1949 75 568 Broccoli 1093 Onion 53 Cabbage 54 Cabbage 56 Cabbage 55 Chinese Cabbai 63 Lettuce 64 Lettuce 62 Lettuce 554 Lettuce 554 Beans 454 Beet 457 Cabbage 453 Carrot 456 Onion 458 Butabaga 1030 Radish 369 Pepper 50 Lettuce Thomas J. Grey Co., Weymouth, Mass. Italian Green Sprouting. Charles C. Hart Seed Co., Wethersfield, Conn. A. T. Chase Corp., Dedham Yellow Globe Danvers 70 1/1949 Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton Drumhead Savoy. No. 1325 91 11/1948 68 Golden Acre, No. 1042 91 1/1948 79 Penn State Ball Head, No. 781 85 11/1948 63 Chihili. No. 509 94 11/1948 83 Big Boston Head B 92 11/1948 81 N. Y. Head No. 12, No. 640 88 11/1948 69 N. Y. Head, No. 615 B 92 11/1948 71 Budd D. Hawkins, Reading, Vt. L. B. Barrows Co., Worcester Iceberg 80 12/1948 63 Merrimac Valley Nurseries, Haverhill, Mass. Tendergreen 85 2/1949 66 Asgrow Wonder 88 2/1949 60 Marion Market 88 2/1949 72 Hutchinson 85 2/1949 63 Ea. Yellow Globe 85 2/1949 61 Long Island Improved 88 2/1949 40 The Page Seed Co., Greene, N. Y. E. A. Noble & Co., Stockbridge App. Prizetaker 75 12 Joseph Sordillo & Sons, Boston, Mass. Round White — 47 The Templin Bradley Co., Cleveland, Ohio (The Children's Flower Mission) Washington School, Taunton Ruby King F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Milford, Conn. Waldron Hardware Co., Taunton App. N. Y. Head No. 12, No. 1-5480C 84 10/1948 S. D. Woodruff & Sons, Orange, Conn. Massachusetts Reformatory, West Concord S-176 Cauliflower Early Snowball, No. 3341 Worcester State Hospital, Worcester S-243F Spinach Blight Resistant, No. 74353 Worcester 85 12/1948 72 90 11/1948 62  V II U (V o « Uh4 "v a 1^ ■a >> H •Z,T3 5i ss 52 3 3 4 1 0 2 2 27 42 0 0 3 27 1 2 1 0 45 1 1 1 0 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 1 53 2 1 1 46 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 31 15 30 14 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 7 7 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 9 30 2 10 5 0 0 0 30 ? 12 10 2 1 1 0 10 1 1 0 14 14 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 " IS 14 11 40 10 1 0 8 1 11 2 1 48 1 1 0 11 3 3 2 1 S 5 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 8 2 8 12 6 0 0 8 12 1 1 0 Associated Seed Growers, Inc New Haven, Conn. Belt Seed Co., Baltimore, Md. Boston Market Gardener's Assoc., Boston, Mass. Breck, Joseph, & Sons Boston, Mass. Burpee, W. Atlee, Co Philadelphia, Pa. Cargill, Inc Minneapolis, Minn. The Clapper Co West Newton, Mass. Cleveland Grain Co Cleveland, Ohio Comstock, Ferre & Co Wethersfield, Conn. Cone, Arthur R Buffalo, N. Y. Cox, Charles M., Co Boston, Mass. Craver Dickinson Co, Buffalo, N. Y. Crossman Seed Corp Rochester, N. Y. Delta Sales Corp Delta, Pa. Dickinson, Albert, Co Chicago, Ill. Doughten Seed Co Jersey City, N. J. Dreer, Henry A., Inc Philadelphia Pa. Eastern States Farmers' Exchange. Springfield, Mass. Empire Seed Co Fredonia, N. Y. Ferry-Morse Seed Co Detroit, Mich. Fox, Richard S., Jr Winchester, Ky. Fredonia Seed Co Fredonia, N. Y. Garfield, Williamson Co Jersey City, N. J. Grey, Thomas J., Co Weymouth, Mass. Harris, Joseph, & Co Rochester, N. Y. Hart, Charles C, Seed Co Wethersfield, Conn. Hawkins, Budd D Reading, Vt. Johnson, J. Oliver, Seed Co Chicago, Ill. Landreth, D., Seed Co Philadelphia, Pa. Larrowe Mills, Inc Cohocton, N. Y. Lyon, John D., Inc Waltham, Mass. Merrimac Valley Nurseries Haverhill, Mass. Michael-Leonard Seed Co Chicago, Ill. Northrup, King & Co Minneapolis, Minn. SEED INSPECTION Table 4. — Summary of Inspection — Continued  Co 14 13 Greene, N. Y. Park & Pollard Co Buffalo, N. Y. Patten, Geo. Seed Co Jersey City, N. J. Pedigreed Seed Co New York, N. Y. Perry Seed Co 25 25 Boston, Mass. Philadelphia Seed Co Philadelphia, Pa. Ralston Purina Co 5 5 0 St. Louis, Mo. Rice, J. B., Jr., Inc 10 10 0 Shushan, N. Y. Ross Bros. Co 16 16 0 Worcester, Mass. Scarlett, Wm. G., & Co Baltimore, Md. Scott, O. M., Seed Co Marysville, Ohio Sordillo, Ohio Sordillo, Ohio Stanford Seed Co Buffalo, N. Y. Templin Bradley Co 12 11 1 Cleveland, Ohio Vaughan's Seed Store 8 8 0 New York, N. Y. Web-ster, H. K., & Co Lawrence, Mass. Whitney Seed Co Buffalo, N. Y. Woodruff, F. H., & Sons 77 76 1 Milford, Conn. Woodruff, S. D., & Sons 51 49 2 Orange, Conn. TOTALS 601 Of the trial grounds. Conformity to type was the m.easure of comparison in the tests, and individual plants were called off -type when they could not be classified in a group of plants ranging fairlj' close to the tj'pe generally accepted as typical for the particular variety under consideration. Yield records were not taken nor were replications of plantings made. The large number of lots made this impossible. The source of seed is given together with remarks on conformity to type, except that those lots of seed which were tested in the field and found 100 percent true- to-type are not included in this table. SEED INSPECTION 21 Field Test of Vegetable Seeds Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed True Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other to No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Type Collected % Remarks 79 F 83 F 99 F 95 F 96 F 19 F 20 F 414 F 415 F 417 F Associated Seed Growers, Inc., New Haven, Conn. Essex Co. Cooperative Farming Assoc., Topsfield Beet Detroit Dark Red, No. 57072 97 Carrot Danvers Red Cored 96 Corn Carmelcross. No. 76141 70 Turnip Purple Top White Globe 94 Turnip White Milan 94 W. G. Pearse & Co., Fall River Turnip White Egg, No. 70582 90 Turnip White Egg, No. 90625 86 Sears, Roebuck & Co., Lawrence Carrot Imperator 95 Turnip Purple Top Strap Leaf 76 Turnip Purple Top Strap Leaf 76 Turnip Purple Top White Globe 94 3% tapering roots 4% pointed roots 30% tasselate ears 6% lacking purple top 2% all purple — 4% Purple Top White Globe 10% globe shape 14% globe shape 5% split flesh 24% all white 6% lacking purple top — mottled over all turnip on 50% — fair strain Sears, Roebuck & Co., Quincy 587 F Beet Detroit Dark Red 98 588 F Radish Early Scarlet Globe, No. 4277 98 2% oblong 2% pink rooted — development all in top growth — poor strain Shurtleff Hardware Co., Middleboro 227 F Radish French Breakfast 96 Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass. 875 F Radish Long Scarlet Short Top 68 876 F Radish French Breakfast 98 877 F Rutabaga White Cape 92 879 F Turnip White Egg 94 880 F Turnip Purple Top White Globe 94 D'arruda General Store, Somerset 140 F Radish Scarlet Globe, No. 27 96 W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Clinton Hardware & Auto Supply Co., Clinton 930 F Radish Sparkler 99 932 F Turnip Purple Top White Globe 72 C. B. Coburn Co., Lowell 281 F Radish French Breakfast, No. 907 98 282 F Radish Scarlet Globe. No. 883 20 279 F Rutabaga Burpee's Purple Top Yellow 92 280 F Turnip Purple Top White Globe, No. 1163 79 Palm Grain Co., Lowell 263 F Beet Crosby's Egyptian, No. 629 89 The Clapper Co., West Newton, Mass. 918 F Radish Scarlet Globe 98 919 F Rutabaga American Purple Top 96 921 F Turnip Golden Globe 96 Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, Conn. Phaneuf & Son, New Bedford 159 F Turnip White Egg 82 Joseph Sordillo & Sons, Boston 8 F Beet Detroit Dark Red 94 F Beet Crosby's Egyptian 6 F. Carrot Improved Long Orange 98 4% semi-globe shape 32% French Breakfast 2% globe shape 8% American Purple Top 4% Purple Top — 2% globe shape 6% lacking purple top 4% long cylindrical 1% White Icicle 26% all white — 2% all purple 2% semi-globe shape 80% went to seed without proper root development 4% Macomber — 4% Purple Top White Globe Turnip 17% lacking purple top — 4% all purple 11% globular rooted 2% slightly tapering; otherwise an excellent strain 4% all yellow 4% tapered root 12% globe shape — 6% Purple Top 6% oblong roots 100% short topped — 10% tapered roots — weak strain 2% yellow flesh 22 CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds — Continued Lab. No. Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed To Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Remarks Collected. Arthur R. Cone, Buffalo, N.Y. H. K. Webster Co., Lawrence 424 F Beet Crosby's Egyptian 428 F Radish Scarlet Globe (Market Garden Strain) 90 431 F Turnip Purple Top Strap Leaf Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Bridgewater State Farm, Bridgewater S-129F Radish Early Scarlet Globe, Short Top No. 306 92 Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Inc., Springfield, Mass. Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, Inc., Waltham 337 F Beet Perfected Detroit, No. 719 98 340 F Beet Perfected Detroit, No. 719 98 342 F Beet Perfected Detroit, No. 1016 92 Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Detroit, Mich. Drive-In Fruitland, Boston 889 F Turnip Purple Top White Globe 84 J. J. Newberry Co., Framingham 907 F Turnip Purple Top White Globe 88 Fredonia Seed Co., Fredonia, N. Y. Standard Paint & Wall Paper Co., Worcester 526 F. Carrot, Chantenay 98 529 F. Radish, French Breakfast 88 528 F. Turnip, Purple Top Flat Strap, Leaf 82 Wood Square Hardware Co., Hudson 948 F. Carrot, Oxheart 98 949 F. Radish, French Breakfast 90 950 F. Turnip, Purple Top Flat Strap, Leaf 84 951 F. Turnip, Purple Top, Flat Strap Leaf 84 951 F. Turnip, Purple Top, White Globe 75 Thomas J. Grev Co., Weymouth, Mass. 567 F. Beet, Early Wonder 74 572 F. Turnip, Purple Top Strap, Leaf 90 Joseph Harris & Co., Rochester, N.Y. Joseph Harris & Co., Lexington 716 F. Beet, Detroit Dark Red, Special Strain, No. 501 97 710 F. Turnip, Purple Top, White Globe, No. 644. 68 Charles C. Hart Seed Co., Wethersfield, Conn. Sunshine Feed Store, Bridgewater 358 F. Beet, Crosby's Egyptian, No. 2500 88 360 F Carrot Imperator, No. 774 — Budd D. Hawkins, Reading, Vt. I. B. Barrows Co., Worcester 549 F. Beet Detroit Dark Red 94 546 F. Carrot Nantes Coreless, 93 553 F. Radish New French Breakfast 86 548 F. Rutabaga Improved Purple Top Yellow 88 6% tapered roots 8% tapering— 2% pink rooted 8% Purple Top White Globe Turnip 11% all white; remainder very good strain 8% long top 2% tapered roots 6% were 50% white or better 8% Purple Top White Globe Turnip 12% all purple roots 4% tapered 12% lacking purple top 2% tapered roots 8% showed no white on tip — 4% globe shape 18% all white 2% long tapered 10% globe shape 14% all white— 2% globe shape 18% all white — 6% tapered roots 10% tops all deep red — 14% tops semi-red and green — 2%  roots 12% tapered roots Center not orange all way through — plant type varied 6% tapered roots — light green tops — light red flesh 7% tapered end 8% showed no white on tip of root — 6% tapering roots 4% Purple Top White Globe Turnip — 4% White Egg 4% Maromber SEED INSPECTION Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds — Continued Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed True Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other to No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Type Remarks Collected % F. Landreth & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Worcester Grain Co., Worcester Beet Detroit Dark Red, No. 202 955 F 956 F 632 F 634 F 637  Long Orange 96 Turnip Purple Top Strap Leaf 84 Ross Bros. Co., Worcester, Mass. Radish Early Scarlet Globe, No. 1815 94 Rutabaga Long Island, Improved 92 Turnip White Egg. No. 2635 74 The Templin Bradley Co., Cleveland, Ohio (The Children's Flower Mission) Washington School, Taunton Beet Crosby's Egyptian 93 Radish Long White Ice 96 Turnip Purple Top White Globe 86 3% turnip shaped flat bottom—broad — 6% strong thick taproot 2% yellow flesh 4% all yellow 18% tapered roots — 8% lacking purple top 8% tapered — development of strain poor 2% white 4% Purple Top White Globe 8% tapered roots— 11% predominant side hairs 2% blunt end 2% pink in color 10% Purple Top White Globe 4% yellow flesh 16% White Milan 6% tapering 4% all yellow— 4% Purple Top White Globe Turnip 16% globe shape— 8% Purple Top — 2% tapered roots 2% oblong — 3% off- 2% Color — 2% tapered roots 4% globe shape 6% lacking purple top — 4% all purple — 4% tapered roots Radish Turnip Radish Turnip Corn Vaughan's Seed Store, New York, N.Y. Brown Grain Co., Concord Crosby's Egyptian, Selected, No. 1404 98 F. H. Woodruff & Sims, Inc., Milford, Conn. Farm Bureau Assoc, Waltham Earl Scariet Globe, No. 2-S41 97 Purple Top White Globe, No. 33830-C 80 General Mills, Farm Service Div., Fall River Improved Golden Bantam, No. 34035 — 2% slightly tapered roots; remainder excellent strain 1% long tapering — 2% pink in color 20% lacking purple top Mixed with Golden Cross Bantam 209 F. H. Beet General Mills, Farm Service Div., No. Abington Detroit Dark Red, No. 33987. 91 3% oblong — 6% obovate 24 CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds — Concluded Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed True Lah. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other to No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Type Collected % Remark'^ F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Inc. — Continued Spence Hardware Co., Methuen. 194 F Beet Crosby's Egyptian, No. 33871-C— . 94 196 F Radish Crimson Giant, No. 2-664 C 10 198 F Turnip Purple Top White Globe. No. 33830-C S-225F Turnip S-2S8 F Beet 78 S. D Woodruff & Sons, Orange. Conn. Bridgewater State Farm, Bridgewater Purple Top White Globe, No. 74512 75 Grafton State Hospital, Grafton Detroit Dark Red, No. 84125 88 Massachusetts Reformatory, West Concord 5-308 F Rutabaga Long Island Improved, No. 94107. . 96 Pires Hardware Co., Fall River 236 F Rutabaga Long Island Improved, No. 94107 . . 96 6% tapered roots 90% showed no fleshy root development — very poor strain 12% tapered roots— 10% lacking purple top — very poor strain 20% tapering— 5% lacking purple top 6% obovate— 4% flat bottom (Crosby's Egyptian type) 2% oblong shape 4% Purple Top White Globe Turnip 4% Purple Top White Globe Turnip SEED INSPECTION 25 STUDIES OF FLOWER SEEDS Conducted by the Department of Floriculture Clark L. Thayer, Professor Waldo C. Lincoln, Jr., Laboratory Assistant This is the fourteenth year in which flower seed studies have been conducted by the Department of Floriculture in conjunction with the Seed Laboratory to determine the quality of flower seeds offered for sale in various retail outlets. Seed of 268 lots, representing 54 genera, packeted by 27 wholesalers or distributors, were obtained from 45 retail sources by the Seed Inspector. Included in the retail sources were five retail seed stores with the remainder obtained from chain, hardware and grain stores. Five lots of perennials were collected but were not tested. The lots were distributed among the various genera as follows: Ageratum 6 Alyssum 10 Anchusa 1 Antirrhinum 5 Arctotis 1 Aster 1 Calendula 12 Callistephus 14 Celosia 1 Centaurea 6 Chrysanthemum 6 Clarkia 4 Cleome 2 Convolvulus 3 Cosmos 8 Cynoglossum 4 Delphinium 7 Dianthus 3 Didiscus 1 Dimorphotheca 3 Eschscholtzia 3 Gaillardia 6 Godetia 1 Gypsophia 5 Helichrysum 4 Iberis 5 Impatiens 5 Ipomoea 8 Kochia 1 Linaria 1 Linum 1  3 Sanvitalia 1 Scabiosa 7 Statice 1 Tagetes 20 Thunbergia 1 Tithonia 1 Tropaeolum 3 Venidium 1 Verbena 4 Zinnia 39 TOTAL 263 Dates of sowing were May 17, 18, and 19, a full month earlier than in most of the preceding thirteen years. Seeds were sown in twenty-foot sections in the row and in most cases, because of the small quantity of seed in a packet, it required the entire package of seed to plant the section; in some lots there were not enough seeds in a packet to plant the twenty-foot section. Germination tests were not made in the laboratory on any of the lots of seed. Results of germination were rated as "good" if seeds germinated in approximately two-thirds of the row; "fair" between one-third and two-thirds; "poor" for less than one-third. Performance was designated as "satisfactory" if the varieties were true to name, regardless of the number of plants, with only one-third or less of the plants not true to form or color; "fair" between one-third and two-thirds not true; and not satisfactory if less than one-third was true to name. Lots which did not produce sufficient plants for providing satisfactory data are so indicated. Since field germination tests are not up to the standards of germination tests conducted in the laboratory, this factor should be kept in mind when analyzing the results. It is impossible to control the conditions in the field which affect a reliable test of the viability of a seed and until work can be done in the laboratory and standards established, the type of field germination trial now being used is not a true test of the ability of the seed to germinate. Concrete Series No. 143 Flower Seed Inspection Wholesale Distributor, Dealer when Lab. Kind of other than Wholesale Distributor, No. Seed Place Collected, and Variety of Seed Field Tests Germi-nation Performance 748 F Zinnia Associated Seed Growers, Inc., Cambridge, N.Y. Belanger, Inc., Spencer 749 F Ipomoea Pearly Gates Good Satisfactory 750 F Portulaca Single Mixed, Treated Fair Satisfactory; 8 colors 2% double Super Giant Crimson Monarch Poor Too few plants for a performance test Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass. 656 F Alyssum Carpet of Snow 0106 Good Satisfactory 655 F Antirrhinum Large Flowered Giant Cherry Ripe 0200 Poor Satisfactory 662 F Cosmos Breck's Cupped Pink Fair Satisfactory 654 F Cynoglossum Firmament 1540 Good Satisfactory 660 F Dianthus Breck's Geisha Girl 1664 Poor Too few plants for a performance test 657 F Iberis Breck's Giant White 1032 Fair Satisfactory 664 F Petunia Violet Blue Dwarf Bedding Admiral 2981 Fair Satisfactory 664 F Tagetes Carnation Flowered Tall Yellow Supreme 2572 Good Satisfactory 659 F Tagetes Single French Red Head 2660. Good Satisfactory 665 F Zinnia Crown of Gold Pastel Shades. Good Satisfactory; 6 shades 688 F Zinnia Dwarf Defiance Salmon Rose 4380 Good Not satisfactory; 65% 666 F Zinnia Crimson Monarch Dahlia Flowered 4308 Good Satisfactory 667 F Zinnia Golden Dawn Dahlia Flowered 4308 Good Satisfactory W. Alice Burpee Co., Philadelphia. Pa. Clinton Hardware & .^uto Supply Co., Clinton 939 F Centaurea Mixed Colors Good Satisfactory; 4 colors 937 F Cosmos Sensation Mixed Ea. Bloom. . . Good Satisfactory; 3 colors 938 F Eschscholtzia Cal. Poppy Monarch Mixed. . Fair Satisfactory; 6 colors 836 F Impatiens Camellia-Double Flowered All Colors Good Satisfactory; 4 colors; 10%) single 935 F Salvia Scarlet Sage Splendens Poor Satisfactory Glazier & Fox, Inc., Haverhill 470 F Calendula Yellow Colossal Fair Satisfactory 471 F Portulaca Single Mixed Poor Satisfactory; 9 colors Harding Street Grain Store, Worcester 539 F Petunia Large Single Bedding Mixed, Burpee's Floribunda. . . Good Satisfactory; 6 colors 538 F Scabiosa Blue, White, Pink Shades Fair 90% White— 10% Pink, no blue 540F Zinnia Burpee's Giga.ntic Colossal Chrysanthemum Flowered Mixed Fair Satisfactory McClellan's Store, Hyannis 698 F Tagetes Carnation-Chrysanthemum & Peony Flowered Mixed Good Satisfactory; 3 colors J. B. Si'oley & Son, Ware 760 F Ipomoea Heavenly Blue Good Satisfactory 759 F Scabiosa Blue White Pink Shades Fair Satisfactory 758 F Zinnia Burpee Lilliput Mixed Co'ors. Good Satisfactory; 7 colors Butler Bros. Co.. Chica.go, 111. Ben Franklin Stores, Arlington 726 F Clarkia Double Mixed Fair Sntisf.-^ctorv; 4 colors 728 F Delphinium Lustrous Carmine Fair Satisfactory 727 F Mathiola Beauty of Nice Good Incomplete; had not flow- ered Sept. 24 730 F Petunia Flaming Velvet Poor Satisfactory; 2% Violet King 729 F Zinnia Fantasy Mixed Good Satisfactory; 7 colors SEED INSPECTION 27 Flower Seed Inspection — Continued Wholesale Distributor, Dealer when Lab. Kind of other than Wholesale Distributor, No. Seed Place Collected, and Variety of Seed Germi- nation Field Tests Performance 922 F Tagetes 924 F Thunbergia 923 F Venidium 926 F Zinnia 619 F 625 F 620 F 623 F 617 F 618 F 622 F 621 F 616 F 624 F 615 F 806 F 805 F 804 F 803 F 807 F Aster Callistephus Cleome Godetia Gypsophila Helichrysum. Phlox Reseda Tagetes. Tagetes Verbena. 614 F Zinnia Cosmos Nemophila Tagetes Zinnia Zinnia The Clapper Co., Newton, Mass. Signata Pumila Good Satisfactory Mixed Good Satisfactory Fastuosum Good Satisfactory Wildfire Fantasy Poor Satisfactory; 3 colors Crosman Seed Corp., East Rochester, N. Y. 