. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1128 The Florist. Julylii, Importance of Accurate Descriptions.; Paper by Prof. "W. W. Tracy. Sr., read at the annual convention of the American Seed Trade Association, To- ledn. .T"no 26-2S. 1906. I Without taking your time to excuse the rid- ing of a hobby or any attempts at rhetorical finish, I will present my ideas on the desira- bility of more accurate and complete varietal descriptions of garden vegetables. In Bulletin No. 21, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- culture, we
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1128 The Florist. Julylii, Importance of Accurate Descriptions.; Paper by Prof. "W. W. Tracy. Sr., read at the annual convention of the American Seed Trade Association, To- ledn. .T"no 26-2S. 1906. I Without taking your time to excuse the rid- ing of a hobby or any attempts at rhetorical finish, I will present my ideas on the desira- bility of more accurate and complete varietal descriptions of garden vegetables. In Bulletin No. 21, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- culture, we find that American seeds- men in 1902 offered for sale seed of 327 varieties of tomatoes, 307 varieties of cabbage, 44s varieties of garden beans and proportionate numbers of other species. Now it is doubtless true that a pro- portion, though I think it but a small proportion, of these different sorts ex- ists simply as a matter of commercial expediency; by far a greater part of them exist because some one has found that plants of that type were better suit- ed to some set of conditions and re- quirements than any sort with which he was acquainted. It is probable that a better acquaintance with sorts already in cultivation would have prevented the naming of many of these stocks as dis- tinct varieties, but after allowing all pos- sible reduction from these causes there still remains a long list of sorts each with special adaptation to certain con- ditions and requirements. Are these adaptations of practical importance? I most unhesitatingly answer yes. In these days of sharp competition, I think not only occasionally, but visually the finan- cial success or failure in any attempt to grow vegetables for market depends as much upon the use of a good stock of the sort best suited to the conditions as upon any other factor and this is not mere theory. Let me give a practical illustration of the estimation some hard-headed farm- ers place upon the use of seed bred to an exact type.
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