. The Asgrow grower's guide. Nurseries (Horticulture) Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Nursery stock Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Vegetables Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Fruit Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Gardening Tennessee Memphis Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Poultry Equipment and. lidWN IN THE HICH,9DISEASE-FREE VALLEYS OF THE IN jMilford, Connecticut, eighty years ago Everett B. Clark started in the business of growing vegetable seeds on the farm pictured below. At about the same time N. B. Keeney started in the seed business at Le Roy, New York, and John H. Allan, likewise, at Picton, Ontario
. The Asgrow grower's guide. Nurseries (Horticulture) Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Nursery stock Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Vegetables Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Fruit Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Gardening Tennessee Memphis Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Poultry Equipment and. lidWN IN THE HICH,9DISEASE-FREE VALLEYS OF THE IN jMilford, Connecticut, eighty years ago Everett B. Clark started in the business of growing vegetable seeds on the farm pictured below. At about the same time N. B. Keeney started in the seed business at Le Roy, New York, and John H. Allan, likewise, at Picton, Ontario, Canada. Until 1927 these three concerns developed separately, but in that year ioined forces under the present name of Associated Seed Growers, Inc. Since then the Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. of Cambridge, N. Y., dating back to 1832, has also been included. The principal business of each of these four companies—now consolidated—has been the breeding and growing of dependable strains of vegetable seeds. Although this business started, and now has its headquarters in the East, most of the seed is grown in the West. At the present time, in addition to the many thousands of acres planted in our seed production, we have more than 1000 acres devoted exclusively to breeding work. Before dependable seed can be grown, a dependable parent stock is essential. In order to insure the quality of our planting stocks and to improve them by the origination of new varieties, we maintain an extensive research and breeding organization. Asgrow breeding stations are operated in many different sec- tions of the country, because work on the different vegetables must be done in sections where those vegetables can be most advantageously grown. In the same way, our work in develop- ing strains that will be resistant to disease must be carried on in those sections where disease is causing the most trouble. Our staff engaged in this work is composed of plant breeders and seedsmen thoroughly trained in t
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