30 WILLIAM KROEMER & SONS, INC., HICKSVILLE, L. I. 

GREENHOUSE BREEDING AND 
GERMINATION TESTING 
In the above photograph you can see another portion of our seed 
business. Breeding new varieties of vegetable seeds and also germination 
tests of vegetable seeds before such items are offered for sale. In this 
photograph, on the right you will see small bean plants, a stringless 
greenpod which is in the early stages of breeding work. On the left, we 
are in the process of sowing samples of vegetable seeds for germination 
counts. This type of work goes on during the winter months, that is 
from October until April. During this time approximately five thousand 
of these germination tests are made. These are the behind the scenes 
operations which are a necessity in the seed business which very often 
are unknown to the trade. However all this is in the interests of better 
seeds for farmers and gardeners. Our greenhouses and trial grounds 
are always open for inspection to those who are in any way interested 
in agriculture. 
