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RAYNES PARK, LONDON, S.W. 19. 
and South Western Railway Main Line, The New Buildings completed during 1919 are to the rear of above, 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS. 
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 germination. The subsequent processes of testing, 
&c., we have had pleasure in illustrating with notes in 
previous issues of our catalogue. 
A view of some of our seveuty-five Cleaning and Pea-picking 
Machines, all driven by electric motors, has also been given. 
Number 10 is familiarly called in our warehouse the 
“ Dreadnought,” and stands sixteen feet in height. 
No weed, however nimble, or light seed can possibly 
escape its vigilance ; it is fed by an electric elevator, and its 
duties are exacting. 
In the first instance the seed travels into a large drum 
at the top of the machine and is brushed by rapidly revolv- 
ing specially prepared lambs’ skins, all small portions of 
husk and earth that may adhere to the seeds at the time of 
harvesting being removed. The seed then descends by 
gravitation (when all dirt, dust, and light seeds are drawn 
away by forced draught) on to sieves which, by an eccentric 
movement take out all the “ smalls.” The whole combination 
is driven by a powerful electric motor, which also gathers 
the dust from and around the machine by suction, ready to 
be carted away and destroyed. 
The Peas are now cleaned and graded, but some are 
stained or injured by inclement weather or by the attacks of 
insects, which probably weaken their germination ; these 
must be picked out by hand. 
The founder of our firm, James Carter, was, we believe, 
the first to guarantee the germination of his Garden Seeds 
eighty-four years ago; the practice as amplified in our 
illustrations is still conducted annually by our Firm. 
All Vegetables, Flowers, and Farm Seeds, are grown 
at the same time as our Customers grow them, to full 
maturity, so that we may assure ourselves of the quality and 
trueness of each variety. By examining our trials from 
time to time wc know exactly how the produce of our Seeds 
should appear in the gardens and farms of our Customers 
all over the World, making allowances for the various 
climates, and by the aid of our comparative tests (we try all 
Seeds of repute) we assure ourselves that our Customers arc 
growing “ the best and only the best ” and “ Tested.” 
THREE GOLD MEDALS, 1920. 
FOR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS. 
26,000 Rows of Vegetables and Flowers. 
