Show urges growers to buy good vegetable seed high quality vegetable seed is always the most economical for profits from any crop are directly proportionate onate to the yields C H nissley extension professor of vegetable gardening at the new jersey college of agriculture rutgers university ver sity reminds farmers the purchase and use of good seed are among the first essentials of obtaining high yields mr nissley says in urging vegetable growers to spend plenty of time and thought on the selection of their seed during the coming months some concerns specialize in seed for certain kinds of vegetables and offer better stock seed than is otherwise available he reports while some beget vegetable able seed such as Y att et tuce is produced by a few large companies in california and sold by many seed houses certified seed from such locally grown vegetable crops as tomatoes egg plants and peppers is available in many instances the seed is produced and saved by local growers so that the quality is known and the strain adapted to local soil and r climatic li matic conditions if possible order a quantity of seed a year in advance and plant a row or two of it as a test to make sure that it is true to name and type mr nissley advises growers |