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Table 5 — Continued 

 Field Test Performances of Flower Seed Lots Tested and Found 

 Unsatisfactory in some Respects, Amherst, Mass., 1958 



Labora- 

 Wholesale Distributor, Dealer When tory 

 Lab. Kind of Other Than Wholesale Distributor, Germi- Field Test 

 No. Seed Place Collected and Variety of Seed nation Performance 

 % 



Vanderhoof Hardware Co., Concord 

 .^-170 Mixture Annual Flower Garden Mix 15 genera found. 



Budd D. Hawkins Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



Lamson's, Inc., Marlboro 

 A- 186 Calendula Orange King 25 Satisfactory.** 



C-365 Mixture Wild Flower Garden Mix 15 genera found. 



Mandeville & King Co., Rochesler, N. Y. 



Fiske Corp., Natick 

 A-136 Zinnia Peppermint Stick 81 Only 5% with striping. 



The Pet Shop, Fall River 

 C-270 Mixture The Wonder Packet 17 genera found. 



L. Richmond & Co., Brockton 

 A-5 Calendula Orange King 25 Satisfactory.** 



^^'hite Hardware Co., Framingham 

 A-141 Zinnia Polka Giant Peppermint Stick 87 Only 45% with striping. 



Norlhrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Central Hardware Co., Fitchburgh 

 A-239 Zinnia Cherry Sunday 80 75% red type. 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Hyannis 

 A-235 Mixture Old Fashioned Garden 24 genera found. 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Natick 

 A-129 Zinnia Peppermint Stick 70 Only 50%- with striping. 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Plymouth 



A-96 Celoiia Tall Red Shades 61 2% orange; 2% plumosa type; 



25% dwarf. 



The Page Seed Co., Greene, N. Y. 



Lvnde Hardware Co., Gardner 



A-310 Zinnia Fantasy 65 Package shows a mixture but 



not so labeled. 



Pellefized Seed Co., New York, N. Y. 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Attleboro 

 A-1 16 Calendula Double Mix 28 Satisfactory.** 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Worcester 

 A-265 Zinnia Lilliput Mix 91 50%, magenta & lavender. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, 

 N. Y. 



Boston Supply Co., Framingham 

 A-139 Mixture Old Fashion Garden Mixture 12 genera found. 



Toabes Hardware Co., Marshfield 



A-93 Iberis Mixed 67 Mixture of 5 colors, but 50% 



were light lavender. 



J. B. Rice Seed Co.. Shushan, N. Y. 



A-305 Zinnia Milage Hardware Co., Athol 



California Giants Mixed 77 90% crimson color and 



luminous type. 



Ross Bros. Co , Worcester, Mass. 

 C-336 Ageratum Mixed colors 83 95% blue perfection. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, III. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co., Cambridge 

 A-209 Mixture Old Fashioned Garden Mixture 13 genera found. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, New York, N. Y. 

 Tom Irwin Rowley 

 .A.-318 Calendula Sensation Orange 30 4% yellow. 



