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THE ASSOCIATION SEED SERVICE 



Mr. Warren: We don't recommend anyone's seed. Mr. 

 Gunnason has no right to say that it is Mr. West's seed 

 through the Monroe County Market Gardeners' Association 

 unless Mr. West has given it to him. 



Question: Do you think Mr. West has sold seed outside 

 his immediate neighborhood? 



Mr. Warren : I don't believe he would select it so it could 

 be sold for $1.10. 



A Member: I can raise just as good cucumbers as West 

 can raise for a dollar. Eighty dollars a pound is outrageous. 



Mr. Work: As far as I know, Mr. West has not been 

 selling his seed unless possibly in a very small way. There 

 are lots of Irondequoit cucumbers. He has been breeding 

 those, developing and selecting for a good many years. He 

 has a type which he regards as exceptionally good. He has 

 offered the result of his personal effort in developing the 

 strain at $5.00 an ounce. 



A Member : I don't think you ought to have offered them 

 in the name of the State Association at that price. 



Mr. Work: Is it worth while for a man to buy an ounce 

 of hothouse cucumbers at that price? 



Mr. Warren: It certainly is. It is hard to get a very 

 good strain. 



Mr. Work: What do you think of West's strain? 



Mr. Warren: I never saw anything better. 



A Member: I would be willing to pay a good price, but 

 three cents apiece for a seed I would not stand for. 



Mr. Bonney : I do not see what grievance this gentleman 

 has. He is not obliged to buy the seed. 



A Member: It is not that. It is the injury to the As- 

 sociation. 



Mr. Work : That seed of Mr. West's has not been avail- 

 able to people in general. It is now available to members of 

 this Association. Mr. West is an exceedingly successful 

 grower and has a splendid strain. Some seemed interested 

 in getting the strain. Mr. West was willing to offer it at 

 the price mentioned. When you are selling cucumber seed. 



