SEED INSPECTION 41 



Table 5 

 Field Test Perfornianees of Flower Seed Lois Tested aii<l FouikI 

 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 



% 



George J. Ball Co., West Chicago, 111. 



J. Shannon & Sons, Woburn 

 C-152 Phlox Globe Mixture 86 50% rose vvnth a dark centei 



Joseph Breck & Sons, Inc., Boston, 



Mass. 

 C-95 Portulaci All double Mixed 75 20%, single. 



C-91 Zinnia New Centiiray Mixed 75 85% rose pink. 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Penna. 



Green Thumb Garden Shop, Nr. 

 Plymouth 

 A-99 Celosia Plumosa. Mixed 77 75% deep red shade. 



Crosman Seed Corp., Rochester, N. Y. 



S. S. Kresge Co., Newburyport 



A-246 Zinnia Tiny Cupid Mixed 81 Poor color mixture; 



f.0% orange & yellow. 



F. W. Woolworth & Co., Hyannis 

 C-255 Mixture Surprise Flower Garden 29 genera found. 



Deerington Zinnia Gardens, Maroa, 111. 



F. W. Woolworth Co . Webster 

 A-217 Zinnia Deerington Special Double Bloom 



Giants 24 Only 3 colors. 



A-218 Zinnia Pride of the Nation, Crimson Red . . 22 Too few plants for a petfor 



mance test. 



A-215 Zinnia Special Royal Golden Orange 26 Satisfactory.** 



De Jager & Sons, Inc., So. Hamillon, 



Mass. 

 A-260 Calendula Radio 33 -Satisfactory.** 



Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Detroit, Mich. 



Bellingham Hardware Co., Weymouth 

 Landing 

 A-148 Zinnia New Century Mixed 72 95% luminosa type. 



Haverhill Hardware Co., Haverhill 

 A-249 Zinnia Peppermint Stick 92 No striping at all. 



Jordan-Marsh Co., Boston 

 A-86 Phlox Mixed 73 4 colors, but 60%, were magenta. 



J. J. Newbury & Co.. Whitman 

 A-164 Mixture Wild Garden Mixture 17 genera found. 



Fredonia Seed Co., Fredonia, N. Y. 



Curtis Farms, Inc., S . Weymouth 

 A-166 Iberis Mixed 63 90% light & dark lavender. 



Scott Hardware Co.. Lowell 

 A-283 Mixture Cut Flower Mixture 21 genera found. 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co., Wefhersfield, 

 Conn. 



First National Stores, Taunton 

 A-291 Zinnia Lilliput Purple 29 Satisfactory.*' 



First National Stores, Whitman 

 A-161 Zinnia Peppermint Stick 71 Only 40% with striping. 



New Style Hardware Co.. Roslindale 

 A-12 Calendula Orange King 23 Satisfactory.** 



Pierce Hardware Co., Taunton 

 A-41 Iberis Dwarf Hybrids Mixed 63 Only 3 colors— 70% light laven- 



der. Too few plants for a 

 performance test. 



