Standard Descriptions of Vegetables, Beets and Carrots

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Excerpt from Standard Descriptions of Vegetables, Beets and Carrots: A Guide to Seed-GrowersThe establishment of standard descriptions of the different varieties of vegetables has been the outcome of a feared shortage of vegetable seed during the years of the world war. At that time many of the countries directly con cerned in the production and exportation of seed to Canada were seriously affected and in some cases deeply involved in the con¿ict. These circumstances caused no small concern for the welfare of Canada, and as a consequence the leaders in agriculture began to investigate the possibilities of producing seed under Canadian conditions. The Dominion Experimental Farms, agricultural colleges, and private individuals tried the experiment with the material that was available, and to the great satisfaction of all concerned it was found that seed of first-rate quality could be produced in Canada, seed that compared very favourably with imported supplies, and that in some cases was far superior.With the trying times past we still find growers endeavouring to carry on seed production in Canada with a view to supplying seed that will produce crops that are true to type for the variety. Difficulties experienced in this have been the lack of a type-book to serve as a guide in picking out the, ideal type, and to have this ideal type, as illustrated and described in such a book, conformed to by all growers. Furthermore, a type-book was needed as a means of checking up on the crops produced from seed from other sources, as related to the sale of such seed under license (as laid down in Section 6 of the Seeds Act of Then, again, there was need for such a descriptive treatise on account of the future production of foundation stock, élite stock seed, and registered seed. The rules for establishing these different grades of seeds are given in the appendix.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.