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CARTERS MAIN BUILDINGS AT 
A familiar landmark to Travellers from all farts of the World to and from the Great Metropolis, via the London 
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 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., &c., 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 
tncy are more easily identified, 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 improve- 
OUR TRADE MARK- 
ments 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. 
The produce of the plant is then carefully harvested and 
sown the following spring, when it again goes through the 
same routine, maybe 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 
experimental grounds, examine every plant, eliminating any 
H.M. 
THE KING'S 
20-GUINEA 
CUP, 1920, 
WON WITH 
PRODUCE 
FROM 
CARTERS 
TESTED 
SEEDS. 
Outdoor Tests at Ravncs Park. 
