SEED INSPECTION 



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Table 5 

 Flower Seed Inspection 



Wholesale Distributor, Dealer when Field - 



Lab. Kind of other than Wholesale Distributor, Germi- 



No. Seed Place Collected, and Variety of Seed nation 



Field Tests 



Performance 



Chas. C. Hart Seed Co. — (.Continued) 

 Town Paint & Supply Co., Arlington 



523 F Ageratum Blue Perfection Good Satisfactory 



524 F Allysum Purple Violet Queen Good 2% White Alyssum 



522 F Centaurea Double Blue Good 6% Pinkie; 2% Purple 



525 F Kochia Mexican Fire Bush Fair Satisfactory 



526 F Tropaeolum Golden Gleam Poor** Too few plants for a 



performance test 



521 F Zinnia Dahlia Flowered Mixed Good Satisfactory; 7 colors 



Waverly Hardware & Supply Co., 

 Lexington 



552 F Tagetes African Tall Double Elderado Good Satisfactory 



551 F Tropaeolum Dwarf Mixed Good Satisfactory; 4 colors 



550 F Zinnia Finest Mixture Good Satisfactory; 7 colors 



Winer's Hardware Co., Braintree 



1073 F Callistephus Giant Comet Mixed Good Satisfactory; 4 colors 



Budd D. Hawkins, Reading, Vt. 



L B. Barrows & Co., Worcester 



117 F Callistephus New Plume or Comet Poor** Satisfactory 



118 F Petunia Rosy Morn Fair 12% off-type 



119 F Scabiosa Mourning Bride Double Mixed. .. . Poor* Too few plants for a per- 



formance test 



116 F Zinnia Fantasy Mixed Poor** Not Fantasy; Burpee type 



large flowered crinkly 

 leaves 

 Mandeville & King Co., Rochester, N.Y. 

 Allen Hardware Co., Nedham 



455 F Ageratum Lavender Blue Floss Flower Good Satisfactory 



413 F Callendula Orange King Good Satisfactory 



415 F Centaurea Pinkie Good Satisfactory 



453 F Cosmos Radiance Two Tone Good Satisfactory 



451 F Dimorphotheca African — All Colors Good Satisfactory; 5 colors 



412 F Eschscholtzia All Colors Good Satisfactory; 7 colors 



454 F Iberis White Giant Hyacinth Flowered . . Good Satisfactory 

 477 F Kochia Summer Cypress Burning Bush. . . Good Satisfactory 



452 F Petunia Violacea Good Satisfactory 



411 F Phlox Dwarf — All Colors Good Satisfactory; 9 colors 



474 F Tagetes Burpee Gold — Odorless Fair Satisfactory 



475 F Tagetes Crown of Gold, Odorless Good 59c Dwarf Harmony 



414 F Zinnia Fantasy — All Colors Good 6% not Fantasy type; 



6 colors 

 Bradford Hardware Co., Hyannis 



1022 F Petunia Flaming Velvet Good Satisfactory 



1024 F Vinca Periwinkle Good Satisfactory 



1020 F Zinnia Lilliput Red Riding Hood Good Satisfactory.... 



J. H. Chandler & Co., Newton Center 



532 F Anchusa Blue Bird Good Satisfactory 



531 F Aster Tahoka Daisy Poor* Satisfactory 



530 F Centaurea Red Boy Good 6% Pinkie 



527 F Scabiosa Mourning Bride, Rosette Fair 5% off-type; Yellowish 



529 F Tagetes Sunny Dwarf Single Good Satisfactory 



528 F Zinnia Lilliput-Black Ruby Good 9% Lavender 



Davis Hardware Co., Gardner 



1002 F Alyssum Snow Cloth Good Satisfactory 



1003 F Zinnia Golden Yellow Creeping Good Satisfactory 



Flynn's Hardware Co., Attleboro 



501 F Ageratum Lavender Blue Floss Flower Good Satisfactory 



496 F Calendula Orange Shaggy Good 4% Yellow 



502 F Salvia Bonfire Poor* Satisfactory 



500 F Tagetes Mammoth Mum-Lemon Yellow. . . Good Satisfactory 



497 F Tithonia Torch Good Satisfactory 



503 F Zinnia California Giant Red Good Satisfactory 



504 F Zinnia Rosebud Rose Pink Fair Satisfactory 



495 F Zinnia Will Rogers Good Satisfactory 



Hyannis Hardware Co., Hyannis 



1021 F Impatiens Camellia Flowered Good Not Camellia flowered; 



6 colors 



♦Insufficient seeds for laboratory test. 

 **Laboratory germination: 117—13%; 116—40%; 526- 



-30%. 



