CERTIFICATION OF SEED POTATOES.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 49, Issue 4, 20 October 1934, Page 239

CERTIFICATION OF SEED POTATOES.

CROPS PASSED TUBER INSPECTION DURING SEPTEMBER, 1934. Appended is a list of growers whose crops have been subject to and have passed the tuber inspection in connection with the system of Government certification of seed potatoes conducted by the Department of Agriculture. The list supplements those published in the July, August, and September issues of the Journal, and refers to those crops passed during September. In the June Journal was published a list of growers who have received provisional certificates. The acreage, percentages of foreign varieties present, and the group number and classification representing the relative merits of lines were given in that list, to which intending purchasers should refer.

Aucklander Short Top. Mother Seed- . Carroll, J., R.M.D., Southbridge. McPhail, W. A., Mitcham, via Rakaia. Nicklaus, J. F., 104 Ryan’s Road, Fendalton, Christchurch. Commercial Seed— Gaffeney, Mrs. M. F., Temuka. Nairn, G., R.M.D., Lakeside. Smith, G. G., R.M.D., Broadfields. Dakota. Mother Seed— Chambers, L. J., “Carberry,” Weedons. Gardiner, C., Mitcham, via Rakaia. Johnston, H. W., Dunsandel. Jowers, G. C., R.M.D., Springston (Line B). Morrish, F. E., Springston. . Seymour, J., Hawthornden Road, Christchurch. Shellock, W., R.M.D., Te Pirita, Rakaia. Commercial Seed— Berry and Halliburton, 28 • Dundas Street, Christchurch. Carpenter, A. M. and F., Fernside, Rangiora. Giles, N., Seadown, Timaru (Line A). Arran Banner. Mother SeedCooper, J., Croydon Road, Gore. Government Pure Seed Station, Box 4, Lincoln.

Arran Banner — Mother -continued. Kelly er, F. E., Macandrew Bay, Dunedin. Aucklander Tall Top. Mother Seed — Cross, H. E., R.M.D., WeedonsCourtenay. Eder, W„ R.M.D., Sefton. Government Pure Seed Station, P.O. Box 4, Lincoln. Commercial Seed— Beal, H. W., Eyreton, R.M.D., Kaiapoi. Seyb, L., Washdyke, Timaru (Line B). Early Rose. Mother Seed — Burns, R. A. C., Te Pirita, R.M.D., Rakaia. Iron Duke. Commercial Seed — Government Pure Seed Station, P.O. Box 4, Lincoln. Majestic. Mother SeedCross, H. E., R.M.D., WeedonsCourtenay. Robin Adair. Commercial Seed Marshall, D., R.M.D., Leeston. Arran Consul. Mother Seed. Government Pure Seed Station, Box 4, Lincoln.

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