SEED INSPECTION 



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Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds — Continued 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed True 



Lab. Kind of and Lot Number, Dealer when other to 



No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Type 



Collected '7 



Remarks 



F. H. Woodruff & Sons, (Continued) 

 Winer's Hardware Co., Braintree 



708 F Radish Scarlet Globe 86 12% Top Shape— 2% Spindle 



Shape 

 S. D. Woodruff & Sons. Orange, Conn. 

 Allen Hardware Co.. Needham 

 379 F Beet Detroit Dark Red 98 2% Long Top Shape 



BelHngham Hardware Co., Weymouth 

 685 F Radish Early Scarlet Globe 90 4% Obovate— 6% Long Top 



Copeland Hardware Co.. Taunton 

 65 F Peans Sure Crop Wax •. 99 1% Pencil Pod 



H. J. Croteau & Co., Northampton 



600 F Radish Early Scarlet Turnip 4% Flattened— 2% Spindle 



Shape— 100% White Tip 



J. H. Fairbanks & Co., Bridaewater 

 442 F Beans Golden Wax 99 1% Green Pole 



Unknown 



W. E. Aubuchon Co., .\mherst 

 156 F Beet Detroit Dark Red 98 2% Short Spindle 



Harry Seder, Webster 



895 F Corn Whipple's Yellow -Absolutely not Whipple's Yel« 



low — Mixed Red and Greeii 

 Tassel — looks like Golden 

 Giant. 



STUDIES OF FLOWER SEEDS 



Conducted by the Department of Floricullnrc 



Clark L. Thayer, Profeseor 



and 



£. B. Risley, Student Assi.stant 



For the tenth season the Department of Floriculture has cooperated with the 

 Seed Laboratory- in conducting trials to determine the quality of flower seeds 

 offered for sale in retail seed stores, hardware stores, chain stores, schools, and 

 other retail outlets. The seeds, collected by the State Seed Inspector, were 

 tested for germination and performance under field conditions. 



All seeds were sown on Jul}' 6 and 7, which is late for many kinds of annuals, 

 in particular those species which give best germination with cool soil temperatures. 

 However, because of the abundance of rain in June, it was impossible to do the 

 sowing at an earlier date. Rainfall for the four months is shown in the follow- 

 ing table:* 



1945 Normal 



June 7.67 inches 3.75 inches 



July 7.36 " 4.10 " 



August 2.79 " 4.08 



September 3.57 " 4.24 " 



Total 21.39 inches 16.17 inches 



*Data on rainfall are taken from the Meteorologiral Observations of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. 



