40 



CONTROL SERIES NO. 163 



Table 5. Flower Seed Inspection 



Labora- 

 Wholesale Distributor, Dealer When tory 



Other Than Wholesale Distributor, Germi- Field Tests 



Place Collected and Variety of Seed nation Performance 



Lab. Kind of 

 No. Seed 



471 



565 



Zinnia 

 Zinnia 



Papaver 

 Calendula 



Chrysanthemum 

 Gaillardia 



Joseph Breck & Son.s, Inc.. Boston. Mass. 

 Belmont Hardware Co., Belmont 



Fantasy Mixed 94 8% not Fantasy type 



Joseph Breck & Sons, Inc., Boston 



Giant Dahlia Flowered Mixed 91 Poormixture;50% Red 



Clarendon Hill Hardware Co,, 

 Somerville 

 Superb, Double Mixed 94 10% single 



Milford Hardware Co., Milford 



Persimmon Beauty 84 8% Yellow 



W. Atlee Burpe Co., Philadelphia, Pa 



Clinton Hardware Co., Clinton 



Coronarium, Double Mixed 62 8% single 



D. J. Mahoney, Bradford 



Double Mixed 61 Poor mixture; 90% 



Yellow with Red 

 throat 

 Needham Hardware Co., Needham 



Double Mixed 51 Poor mixture; 90% 



Yellow with Red 

 throat 

 Frank Cardoza, New Bedford 



Sunflower 90 Packet states only 



"Sunflower." Packet 

 is illustrated with 

 the mammoth type. 

 Found to be mamm- 

 moth type. 

 Crosman Seed Corp., Rochester, N. Y. 

 J. A. Tepper Co., Northampton 



Mixed Colors 96 Poor mixture; 80% 



two colors — Pink 

 and Red 

 Deerhiglon Zinnia Gardens, Bargersville, 

 Ind. 

 J. J. Newberry Stores, Bridgewater 



Baby-Bee Small Red 67 14% single. Found 



Orange, Pink, deep 

 Pink and three 

 shades of Red 

 Royal Golden Orange 28 6% Pompon type 



Ferry Morse Seed Co., Detroit. Mich. 



O. M. Gulow & Co., Turners Falls 



Moss Rose Double Mixed 92 15% single 



Winter Hardware Co , Beverly 



Indian Summer Mixed Giants 60 Poor mixture; 75% Red 



Joseph Harris Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



Joseph Harris Co., Lexington 



Pacific Beauty, Persimmon Orange. . 90 6% Yellow 



Chas C. Hart Seed Co:, Wethcrsfield, 

 Conn. 



Granby Supply Co., Granby 



California Poppy. Mixed 88 Poor mixture; heavy 



predominance of 

 Orange- Yellow type 



Giant Mixed 83 Poor mixture; 50% 



Rose shades 

 M. P. Hayes Co., New Bedford 



Violet Queen 33 Mislabeled. Found to 



be Royal Carpet 

 Kos Hardware & Grain Co., Chicopee 



Blue Perfection 19 Satisfactory 



Royal Carpet 38 Satisfactory 



480 Gaillardia 



375 Helianthus 



1496 mpatiens 



370 Zinnia 



369 Zinnia 



1472 Portulaca 



536 Zinnia 



17 Calendula 



1447 Eschscholtzia 



1446 Zinnia 



379 Alyssum 



1431 Ageratum 

 1428 Alyssum 



