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r.EGIOTERCD TRADE MARK 
On the Raising, Growing, 
Cleansing, and Testing 
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T HE prominence we have given to our Trade Mark “ Tested Seeds ” over so long a period 
has repeatedly given rise to the question, “What do you mean by Tested Seeds?” 
Believing that the raising, growing, testing, &c., of Seeds will be a matter of interest to 
our Customers, we take this opportunity of giving an illustrated explanation of some of 
the methods that were employed leading up to the introduction to the gardening world of 
such well-known Peas as Telephone, Stratagem, Daisy, Michaelmas, Mayflower, 
Harvestman, International, Quite Content, Market Gardener, Giant Lightning, &c., tire., 
a process which frequently involves seven to eight years of patient observation and labour before a 
new introduction can be placed with confidence before the attention of our Customers. 
We have selected culinary Peas as our illustration because they are more easily identified in a 
photograph, but analogous methods have to be pursued in the improvement of all varieties of 
Vegetables and Flowers, a work which we have made — and still continue to make — a special feature 
of our business. Indeed, it is now a matter of history that 
our House has been responsible for some of the most 
important improvements in Vegetables and Flowers far 
too numerous to mention here. 
Let us assume that one of our Experts has observed 
a promising seedling, produced from cross-fertilisation the 
previous year in our experimental grounds ; its merits and 
characteristics are carefully noted in our Garden Registers. 
Possibly it may produce an extraordinarily large pod, like 
Quite Content, or it may be earlier, later, taller, more 
prolific and compact, &c., than any other variety shown in 
our comparative trials to be in commerce. 
First Test on specially prepared paper. 
The produce of the plant is then carefully harvested and sown the following spring, when it 
again goes through the same routine, may be for six or seven years, to secure constancy and 
fixation of its special characteristics ; the produce by this time may have increased to several 
bushels, when it is ready to be sown for a crop. 
Ground that is particularly suited to the variety 
is carefully selected, and the Seed is sown. In 
the early summer, when the plants are in maturity, 
our Experts, who have watched the character of 
the Pea ever since it was a seedling in our experi- 
mental grounds, examine every plant, eliminating 
any that show a weakness or lack of uniformity ; 
the crop is then harvested, stacked and threshed, 
and eventually comes to our warehouse to be 
cleaned, hand-picked, and finally tested for germi- 
nation. The subsequent processes of testing, &c., 
we have pleasure in illustrating with notes on the 
next pages. Seed Testers in the L iboi atory. 
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