SEED INSPECTION 



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less than one-third. Performance was designated as "satisfactory" if the vari- 

 eties were true to name, with only one-third or less of the plants not true to form 

 or color; "fair," between one-third and two-thirds not true; and "not satisfac- 

 tory" if less than one-third was true to name or if the lot did not produce suffi- 

 cient plants for providing satisfactory data. 



As far as possible trueness to type was determined. However, since many 

 lots were described as mixtures or did not carry varietal names, a wide range in 

 color and form was permissible. 



Results of the test on germination are summarized as follows: 



Good 



Fair 



Poor 



None 



Total . 



?61 



100.00 



Flower Seed Inspection 



Wholesale Distributor, Dealer When 

 Lab. Kind of Other Than Wholesale Distributor, 



No. Seed Place Collected and Variety of Seed 



Germi- 

 nation 



Field Tests 



Performance 



n87F Reseda 



971F 

 970F 



879F 

 880F 



Calendula 

 Cosmos 



Gaillardia 

 Zinnia 



Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass. 



Blueball Improved Poor Not satisfactory 



Violet Queen Poor Not satisfactory 



Breck's Giant Orange Poor' Not satisfactory 



Lemon Queen Improved Poor Not satisfactory 



Breck's Double Pinkie Poor Not satisfactory 



Sensation Mixed Good Satisfactory, 4 colors 



Geisha Girl Fair Satisfactory, 7 colors 



Breck's White Giant Good Satisfactory 



Glamour Poor Not satisfactory 



My Joy Poor Not satisfactory 



Dwarf Heavenly Blue Poor Not satisfactory 



Double French Scarlet Glow Fair Incomplete; had not 



flowered Sept. 29 



Tall Double African Sunset Giants . Good Incomplete; only 1 



plant in bloom 

 Sept. 29 



Semi-double Golden Gleam Good Satisfactory 



California Giant Brightness Good Satisfactory 



California Giant Golden Queen Fair .Satisfactory 



California Giant Scarlet Queen Good .Satisfactory 



Adams Hardware Co., Dorchester 



Blue Perfection None 



Cohasset Hardware Co., Cohasset 



Single Mixed Fair Satisfactory, 5 colors 



Splendens Poor Not satisfactory 



Hamilton Hardware Co., Hamilton 



Breck's Giant White Good Satisfactory 



Camellia-flowered, Breck's Special 



Mixture Good Satisfactory 



The Welch Company, Inc., Scituate 



Old-Fashioned Sweet Scented Good Satisfactory 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Clinton Hardware & .'^uto Supply Co., 

 Clinton 



Double Mixed Poor Not satisfactory 



Sensation Mixed Poor Not satisfactory 



Firestone Stores, Hyde Park 



Annual Double Mixed Good Satisfactory 



David Burpee Chrysanthemum-flow- 

 ered Giants Good Satisfactory, 6 colors 



