GOOD SEED 



C. E. Myers, State College, Pa. 



Assistant Professor, Experimental Vegetable Gardening, Pennsylvania State 



College 



Of the several factors concerned in the 

 production of vegetables, that of good seed 

 is without doubt the most important, al- 

 though it is one which frequently does not 

 receive the attention it deserves. Too often 

 if the seed has the general characteristics 

 of the kind desired and is low in price, no 

 further questions are asked — at least not 

 until after it has been sown and it is too 

 late to make a change. Meanwhile the 

 vitality may have proved to be very weak, 

 or, this point being satisfactory, subsequent observation may 

 show that the variety is not the one desired, is badly mixed with 

 other varieties ; or the yield and character of the product is not 

 satisfactory. 































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Fig. 375. 



Kesult of Planting Unreliable Seed: 

 Tomatoes From the Same Packet 



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In most instances undesirable results of this kind could be 

 eliminated had proper precautions been taken at the right time. 

 In the first place it is unreasonable to expect a high-grade product 

 at an unreasonably low price. It may happen that not always is 



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