SEED INSPECTION 



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Table 5. Flower Seed Inspection 



Wholesale Distributor, Dealer When 

 Lab. Kind of Other Than Wholesale Distributor. 



No. Seed Place Collected and Variety of Seed 



Labora- 

 tory 

 Germi- 

 nation 



% 



Field Test 

 Performance 



Geo. J. Ball, Inc., W Chicago, 111. 



Spencer Farms, Woburn 



C-38 Petunia Heavenly Blue 64 Found to be 02% dark 



violet color. 

 Luther Burbank Seed Co., Philadelphia.Pa. 

 Felber Paint & Seed Co., Brocton 



A-243 .Alyssum Car|>et of Snow 53 Not Alyssum mantimum 



var. procumbcns, but is 

 rather Alyssum mari- 

 timum. 



A-244 Marigold Best Dwarf French Double Mixed 33 Not a dwarf French type. 



All plants are of a 

 medium tall type with 

 double orange and yel- 

 low flowers. 

 W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 W. T. Grant Co., Rockland 



A-88 Marigold Spry 65 The flower centers are a 



deep orange no a golden 

 yellow. More like the 

 variety Harmony or 

 Orbit. 



A-87 Zinnia Cut & Come Again 75 Found to be a mixture of 



seven of the larger 

 flowered types. 

 Ferry-Morse Seed Co.. Detroit Mich. 

 Bellingham Hardware Co., Weymouth 

 Landing 



A-55 Zinnia Peppermint Stick 95 Only 5% showed any 



characteristic striping. 



Joseph Harris Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



Spencer Farms, Woburn 



C-40 Petunia Heavenly Blue 57 All plants but one have 



small, dark lavender 

 flowers with white 

 throats. 

 Charles C. Hart Seed Co., Wethers- 

 field, Conn. 

 J. McFarland & Son. Wollaston 



A-36 Marigold Harmony 49 Is a mixture of several 



types of the French 

 hybrids. 



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



L. Richmond Co., Brockton 



A-3 .A.ster King All Colors 82 Found to be all one color, 



a pinkish rose. 



Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, ."4inn. 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Quincy 



.•\-46 Zinnia Peppermint Stick 82 Only 40% showed any 



of the characteristic 

 srtiping. 



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



Wm. H. Casey Store, Milford 



.■\-179 Petunia Howard's Star 80 Found to be a mi.xture of- 



five types besides How- 

 ard's Star strain is also 

 poor as they are mostly 

 all white. 



J. H. Fairbanks Co., Bridgewater 



A-239 Petunia Rosy Morn 57 Found to be a mixture of 



four varieties. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, lU. 



Sears, Roebuck & Co., Glaucester 



A-253 .Alyssum White 72 White is not a variety 



name. Sample was found 

 to be the var. probum- 

 bens type rather than 

 the straight .Myssum 

 maritimum 



