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CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 



Field Tests of Vegetable Seeds — Concluded 



Wholesale Distributor, Variety of Seed True 



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



No. Seed than Wholesale Distributor, and Place Type 



Collected % 



Remark'^ 



F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Inc. — Continued 

 Spence Hardware Co., Methuen. 

 194 F Beet Crosby's Egyptian, No. 33871-C— . 94 

 196 F Radish Crimson Giant, No. 2-664 C 10 



198 F Turnip 



Purple Top White Globe. No. 

 33830-C 



S-225F Turnip 



S-2S8 F Beet 



78 



S. D Woodruff & Sons, Orange. Conn. 



Bridgewater State Farm, Bridgewater 



Purple Top White Globe, No. 74512 75 



Grafton State Hospital, Grafton 



Detroit Dark Red, No. 84125 88 



Massachusetts Reformatory, West 

 Concord 

 5-308 F Rutabaga Long Island Improved, No. 94107. . 96 



Pires Hardware Co., Fall River 

 236 F Rutabaga Long Island Improved, No. 94107 . . 96 



6% tapered roots 



90% showed no fleshy root 



development — very poor 



strain 



12% tapered roots— 10% 

 lacking purple top — very 

 poor strain 



20% tapering— 5% lacking 

 purple top 



6% obovate— 4% flat bottom 

 (Crosby's Egyptian type) 

 2% oblong shape 



4% Purple Top White Globe 

 Turnip 



4% Purple Top White Globe 

 Turnip 



