. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 3 The Asgrow Program of Research and Breeding The food standards of today are not satisfied by Nature's products as they would nor- mally grow, unaided by man. Some plants, indeed, such as corn, could not continue to exist without cultivation, while others would revert to coarser forms unacceptable as food. Particular conditions of environment, including soil, climate and the devastating effects of ever-incr
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 3 The Asgrow Program of Research and Breeding The food standards of today are not satisfied by Nature's products as they would nor- mally grow, unaided by man. Some plants, indeed, such as corn, could not continue to exist without cultivation, while others would revert to coarser forms unacceptable as food. Particular conditions of environment, including soil, climate and the devastating effects of ever-increasing insects and diseases, demand new varieties or the adapta- tion of others. Advancement in the knowledge and technique of food preservation calls for types especially suited to canning, freezing and dehydrating. In addition, the quality of older varieties which are in general use for whatever purpose must continually be maintained, so that they may not deteriorate from their accepted standards. Eight Asgrow breeding stations and laboratories are now in operation, situated in as many different parts of the country, their locations having been determined by the needs of the species to be grown at each. The stations are charged with the following duties: (1) The maintenance of high quality parent Asgrow stocks to be multiplied annually in seed crops destined for distribution to our customers. (2) The production of new or improved types to meet special needs, including advances in processing or packaging. Taking at random a few from the many, examples are the Ranger bean, Marketer cucumber, various sweet corn hybrids, and such peas as Pride and Shasta. (3) To cooperate with federal and state agricultural experiment stations. (4) To determine the value of new or improved strains for particular localities. (5) To render service to customers by the investigation of special problems or fur- nishing specific Headquarters of the Asgrow pea-breeding station at Hamilton,
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