SEED INSPECTION 



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Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds — Continued 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed True 



and Lot Number. Dealer when other to 



than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Type 



Collected % 



Remarks 



Medfield State Hospital. Medfield 



Long Island Improved, No. 4215 90 10% Turnip 



Monroe's Seed Market. Attleboro 



Danvers— No. 4048 88 12% cylindr^'cal 



Unknown: 



W. E. Aubuchon Co , Marlboro 



Danvers Half Long 92 8% cylindrical 



Detroit Dark Red 94 4%, oblong— 2% obovate 



STUDIES OF FLOWER SEEDS 



Conducted by the Department of Floriculture 



Clark L. Thayer, Professor 



and 

 John L. Creech, Instructor 



For the eleventh 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 Seed Inspector, were tested in 

 the field for germination and performance. 



All seeds were sown on June 19. A second sowing was made, if seed was 

 available, for those varieties which gave unsatisfactory results in the first sowing. 

 The results of such duplicate tests are indicated by the letter "D" in the table. 



Seeds of 226 lots, representing 50 genera, packeted by 30 concerns and obtained 

 from 51 retail sources, were distributed as follows: 



Ageratum 3 



Alyssum 5 



Antirrhinum 7 



Brachycome 1 



Calendula 9 



Callistephus 8 



Cassia 1 



Celosia 2 



Centaurea 6 



Cheiranthus 2 



Chrysanthemum 1 



Clarkia 4 



Convolvulus 1 



Cosmos 6 



Crotalaria 1 



Cynoglossum 1 



Dahlia 3 



Delphinium 5 



Dianthu? 8 



Dimorphotheca 1 



Eschscholtzia 3 



Gaillardia 2 



Gilia 1 



Godetia 1 



Gypsophila 5 



Helianthus 3 



Helichrysum 3 



Iberis 4 



Impatiens 2 



Ipomoea 9 



Kochia 2 



Linaria 2 



Linum 2 



Lobelia 2 



Lupinus 2 



Mathiola 4 



Mirabilis 3 



Nicotiana 4 



Papaver 5 



Petunia 10 



Phlox 3 



Portulaca 5 



Reseda 4 



Salpiglossis 2 



Sanvitalia 1 



Tagetes 16 



Tithonia 1 



Tropaeolum 8 



Verbena 4 



Zinnia 38 



TOTAL 226 



