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important commercial sorts. This is the aim and object of one 

 of the lines of work which we are pursuing for the benefit of the 

 market growers of Boston and elsewhere throughout the United 

 States. I wish to leave the impression that we are not endeavoring 

 to produce new varieties, but rather to bring about a high standard 

 of excellence in the best commercial sorts already upon the market. 

 We are interested in the producer of the commercial crop and we 

 feel that if we can place this choice stock seed at the disposal of 

 those who grow the seed, we can to that extent insure the producer 

 of the market product. This we think is one of the cheapest crop 

 insurances which the government can offer to the gardeners and 

 truck farmers of the United States. 



