The R. H. S. awarded their Gold Medal to the above exhibit of vegetables grown from Carters Tested Seeds and 
exhibited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs (Mr. E. Beckett Gardner) Holland House Show, 1913. 
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MEANING OF OUR WELL-KNOWN TRADE MARK 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS 
N EARLY a hundred years ago the founder of our firm, James Carter, we believe, was the first to 
guarantee the germination of garden seeds. The practice, with the advantage of more scientific 
and up-to-date methods, is still followed. The Carter laboratories at Raynes Park, wherein the 
scientific skill of our botanists and analyst, aided by the finest apparatus in the world (always open to 
inspection) should assure for this title (Carters Tested Seeds) the very best recommendation. We 
were awarded the large silver medal for our own invented apparatus for seed testing at the recent Royal 
International Horticultural Exhibition in London. All our seeds, after passing through our laboratory 
tests, are grown in our grounds to full maturity at the same time as our customers grow them, so that we 
may prove the quality and trueness of each variety. By examining our trials from time to time we know 
exactly how the produce of our seeds should appear in the gardens of our customers all over the world, 
making allowances for the various climates, and by the aid of our comparative tests (we test all British 
and Continental seeds of repute) we assure ourselves that our customers are growing “the best and only 
the best” “tested seeds.” 
With Compliments of 
Carters tested Seeds, Inc. 
102=106 Chamber of Commerce ‘Building 
GART^EEDf boston Boston, M dssdchusetts 
Telephone : 
MAIN 5645-5646 
United States 'Branches: 
Arcade Building 
SEATTLE, WASH. 
Branch of 
JAMES CARTER & CO. 
RAYNES PARK, LONDON, S. W. 
Canadian Branches: 
133 King Street, East 
TORONTO, ONT. 
Coristine Building 
MONTREAL, QUEBEC 
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