. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 'r^'^^rSi-'^. 60 The Weekly Florists' Review* Fbbbdabx 15, 1012. Mr. "White. He would not. Mr. Esch. What is the percentage of deterioration a year of seed; is there any known schedule f Mr. White. There is no known sched- ule. It not infrequently happens that seed tests better the second, third, or «ven fourth year, than it did when it came in from the fai^m. All that the buyer can do is to trust to the self-in- terests of the seller to sell him goods that will redound to his credit. Mr. Adamscn. Will garden seed gen- erally germinate after t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 'r^'^^rSi-'^. 60 The Weekly Florists' Review* Fbbbdabx 15, 1012. Mr. "White. He would not. Mr. Esch. What is the percentage of deterioration a year of seed; is there any known schedule f Mr. White. There is no known sched- ule. It not infrequently happens that seed tests better the second, third, or «ven fourth year, than it did when it came in from the fai^m. All that the buyer can do is to trust to the self-in- terests of the seller to sell him goods that will redound to his credit. Mr. Adamscn. Will garden seed gen- erally germinate after three or four yearsf Mr. White. It depends altogether upon the kind. Mr. Adamson. Not on how they are keptt Mr. White. Of course on how they are kept. 1 stand corrected. Mr. Esch. So that the placing of the year on the packet is not of so much real advantage to a purchaserf Mr. White. I do not see how it is of any advantage except to this extent, that it might be that seeds which are sold by concerns which sell their pack- ets outright might lie around in a coun- try store for two or three years after they were received by the retailer, and in that case, if they were marked with the year in which they were packeted, the buyer would have an opportunity to know how long the retailer had had them in his possession. Mr. Sims. I>oes not your company take up all the seed each year for which there are no buyers! Mr. White. Yes. Mr. Sims. I mean for retail pur- poses. Mr. White. Yes; our concern takes it all up, and it never sends out a packet a second time. Mr. Sims. If it is as good as it was the first time, why notf Mr. White. Because of this fact, that viability is a matter which we have very little control over, and when you come right down to it, not very accu- rate knowledge of. It is to our interest to see that the viability of the seed that goes out is as good as we can make it, because we want to sell them again. Mr. Sims. What do you do with these seeds you take upt Mr. W
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