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Comments on Value and Purpose of Laboratory Testing of Tree Seed and Responsibility of a Seed Laboratory

It pays to have every seed lot tested by an experienced seed analyst before sowing the seed in the nursery. After 30 years of testing conifer, hardwood, and shrub seed, we are still learning new techniques, better methods, and are observing additional germinative characteristics on less common and exotic species. Last year, at the New York laboratory, we tested over 300 species of tree and shrub seed for germination from all over the world, including 49 different pines, 18 different spruces, and 39 different eucalyptus.


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Author(s): C. E. Heit

Event: Region 7 Nurserymen's Conference
1965 - Gerrish, New Hampshire