On 28/9/07 15:22, in article
, "Des Higgins"
wrote:

On Sep 28, 3:10 pm, Sacha wrote:
snip
For those who haven't
read the article's link that I posted, the tests on the seed viability are
not the whole of the report. It also comments on the range offered and the
info in the catalogues, for example and it coves 15 seedsmen.
This morning's radio feature remarked that the best way to get good,
reliable seed is to collect your own but it did not go into the F1 issue
with that.


that is all fair enough; as I said, I have bought crap seeds but the
big suppliers are usually fine.

Did you read it to see which seedsmen they reviewed? Some ARE the biggest
suppliers, such as Suttons, Mr Fothergill, Thompson & Morgan, Dobie's,
Unwin's, Chilterns and some are smaller, including what was the HDRA. I
think T&M came out on top.

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Sacha
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South Devon
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