. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 108 The Florists^ Review July 18, 1022 later, just before the selling season. The fall tests are an absolute necessity to intelligent buying. If certain carry- over stock gives out unexpectedly, the dealer must know in time to buy the amount over and above what he may have contracted for, and which should have been enough to cover. This makes it necessary to do the testing rather early in the fall, which means that sev- eral months may elapse between the time of some of the testing and the actual selling of that stock. These months are the most fav
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 108 The Florists^ Review July 18, 1022 later, just before the selling season. The fall tests are an absolute necessity to intelligent buying. If certain carry- over stock gives out unexpectedly, the dealer must know in time to buy the amount over and above what he may have contracted for, and which should have been enough to cover. This makes it necessary to do the testing rather early in the fall, which means that sev- eral months may elapse between the time of some of the testing and the actual selling of that stock. These months are the most favorable to seed storage, of course; nevertheless, seeds may lose more or less in germination during that time, and occasionally freakish and sudden drops are noted in the germination. This seems impossible to control. Onions are most likely to drop suddenly. Storage of onion seeds is important and the retention of vi- tality depends directly on storage con- ditions and the climate. In the south onion seeds can be carried only six months, and kept in tin containers at that. In the Chicago region they will normally carry three years, while in California and other western states they will safely carry four years. All these facts must be known and guarded against in a successful business. The ideal way, then, would be to test the seeds twice a year, but can a seed house afford to test twice a year? On the present basis it cannot. The trained help, the laboratory overhead, the rec- ords necessary to handle the volume of tests, and a large stock make testing twice a year prohibitive. The minute records kept of all stocks are consider- able labor items in themselves, with- out considering the actual retesting. Taking these things into considera- tion, a reasonable leeway should be given in checking up on stocks sold several months after the tests have been made. The sane and honest vegeta- ble seed dealer takes all possible pre- cautions to insure a high germination on his stock. There
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