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CONTROL SERIES NO. 183 



Table 4 

 Field Test Performances of Flower Seed Lots Tested and Found 

 Unsatisfactory in some Respects, Amherst, Mass., 1959 



r =K t- I f Wholesale Distributor, Dealer When ^tory^" 



No' 9^^°^ Other Than Wholesale Distributor, Ger ni- F.eld Test 



No. Seed Place Collected and Variety of Seed nation Performance 



- % 



r 171 ^- . Joseph Breck & Sons, Inc., Boston, Mass. 



C-121\e,bena Sparkle mixed 17** Satisfactory. 



W Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



A o. T^. ., Central Paint & Supply Co., Hyde Park 



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



Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



X Mc\-v . ^^^- ^ Casey, Store, Inc , Milford 



A-140 Tagete.s Carnation Floxvered Mi.xed 69 Poor Mixture; 90% orange. 



Crosman Seed Corporation, Rochester, 



N. Y. 

 .,,„,,, S. S. Kresge Co . Boston 



A-170\erbena Hybrida Grandiflora-Spectrum Red . 16*" Satisfactory. 



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



A ono ,r u McClellan Stores, Southbridge 



A-208 X^erbena Hybrida Pink js innr- i . j i 



■^ "'»"<i ^inK 33 lOOVo .scarlet red color. 



K ry^cKT- , Village Hardware Co., Athol 

 A-220 Tropaeolum Dwarf Mi.xed 5S 15% climbing type. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANNUAL FLOWER MIXTURES 



Comstock Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



. ,„, . , Harvey's Hardware Store, Fahnoutli 



A-196 Annual „ . , , . . 



Plo^gr 9 species and. or varieties 



Mixture '°""«^- 



Ferry Morse Seed Co., Detroit, Mich. 



. ,„, ,,,.,, -"^"en Hardware Co., Needham 



A-I21 Wild , , . . . 



Garden 12 species and or varieties 



Mixture f"""'^' 



Fredonia Seed Co., Fredonia, N. Y. 



. -, „ „, M- R- Loud & Co., South Weymouth 



.•\-51 Cut Flower n ,„^„:„ a ' ■ ^■ 



Mixture 12 species and, or varieties 



lound. 



Germnin's, Los Angeles, Cal. 



. ,-_ _ F- ^V. Woolworth Co., Fall River 



.•\-l/9 treasure < ■ . . ■ 



r^^A^r. o species and, or varieties 



A,^^f,", found. Predominantly 



^"""=»'^ tall Marigold. 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co., Wethersfield. 

 Conn. 



Xew .Style Hardware Store. Inc., 

 Roslindale 

 A-.O Annual j2 gpedes and or varieties 



J?"' J found 



Garden 



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



Wirthmore Stores, Concord 

 .^-151 Surpn.se 6 i^^ ^^ ^^ varieties 



*t'/-'^f" found. 



Mixture 



Woodruff's Triple "T" Seeds Inc , 

 Wethersfield, Conn. 



Cohasset Hardware Co., Cohasset 



A-73 Annual 7 species and or varieties 



Mtoure found, including cabbage. 



.r'i^^j''^'°''y germination results indicate seeds "worthless for sale" but the plants obtained in 

 the held were satisfactory. 



