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Table 4 

 Field Test Performances of Flower Seed Lots Tested and Found 

 Unsatisfactory in some Respeets, Amherst, Mass., 1959 



Labora- 

 Wholesale Distributor, Dealer When tory 



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



No. Seed Place Collected and X'ariety of Seed nation Performance 



% 



Joseph Breck & Sons, Inc., Boston, Mass. 

 C-121 \'cibena Sparkle mixed 17** Satisfactory. 



W. Atlee Burpee Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Cent.al Paint & Supply Co., Hyde Park 

 A-24 Dianthus Fordhook Favorites, Single & Double 89 Poor Mixtuie; 75% single. 



Comstock, Ferre & Co., Welhersfield, 

 Conn. 



Wm. H. Casey, Store, Inc , Milford 

 A-140 Tagetes Carnation Flowered Mixed 69 Poor Mixture; 90% orange. 



Crosman Seed Corporation, Rochester, 



N. Y. 

 S. S. Kresge Co . Boston 

 A- 1 70 Verbena Hybrida Grandiflora-Spectrum Red . 16*'= Satisfactory. 



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



McClellan Stores. Southbridge 

 A-208 \'erbena Hybrida Pink 35 100% scarlet red color. 



\'illage Hardware Co., Athol 

 A-220 Tropaeolum Dwarf Mixed 58 15% climbing type. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANNUAL FLOWER MLXTURES 



Comstock Ferre & Co., Welhersfield, 

 Conn. 



Harvey's Hardware Store, Falmouth 



.\-196 .-Annual 9 species and/or varieties 



Flower found. 



Mixtuie 



Ferry Morse Seed Co., Detroit, Mich. 



Allen Hardware Co., Needham 



A- 121 Wild . 12 species and or varieties 



Garden found. 



Mixture 



Fredonia Seed Co., Fredonia, N. Y. 



M. R. Loud & Co., South Weymouth 



.\-51 Cut Flower 12 species and. 'or varieties 



Mixture found. 



Germain's. Los Angeles, Cal. 



F. V,'. Woolworth Co., Fall River 



A- 179 Treasure 6 species and, or varieties 



Garden found. Predominantly 



-Annual-; tall Marigold. 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co., Welhersfield. 

 Conn. 



Xew Style Hardware Store. Inc., 

 Roslindale 



A-20 Annual 12 species and or varieties 



Flower found 



Garden 



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



Wirthmore Stores, Concord 



A- 151 Surpri.se 6 species and/or varieties 



Garden found. 



Mixture 



Woodruff's Triple 'T" Seeds Inc , 

 Welhersfield, Conn. 



Cohasset Hardware Co., Cohasset 



A-73 .Annual 7 species and or varieties 



Flower found, including cabbage. 



Mixture 



♦♦Laboratory germination results indicate seeds "worthless for sale" but the plants obtained in 

 the field were satisfactory. 



