Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 7670 / SEEDWORLD.COM FEBRUARY 2017 A MOMENT IN TIME This issue featured an exciting new watermelon variety, Jubilee, and previewed the mid-winter meeting of the American Seed Trade Association, which it noted had “become largely a garden seed meeting.” Readers could learn how machines were being used to replace hand labor in vegetable growing operations. “Growers are faced with a situation that makes it expedient for them to mechanize quickly. And since much of the equipment they need has to be built to meet their requirements and its costs must be paid off over a limited life expectancy of the equipment, these growers are likely to be faced with higher production costs.” Additionally precision planters were making their debut, as well as harvesters for specialty crops, and there was growing interest in mechanical thinners. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1968 ISSUE: 384,436 pounds of vegetable seeds are imported into the United States between July and November of 1965. 400 individual fruit are produced by one vine of the Kabob tomato variety. 4 is the number of lobes found on the pepper variety Titan. 30 pounds is the average weight of the Jubilee watermelon, pictured on the front cover of this issue. 272,375 pounds of lettuce seed are imported into the United States between July and November of 1965 — the No. 1 imported vegetable seed that year. SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbers,newsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustry—allcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1917 1920 1924 1925 1930 1931 1935 19391940 1945 1948 1950 1955 1960 1965 1966 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 The cotton-stripper is developed for High Plains. Time-temperature tolerance project begins, providing nine principles for freezing vegetables. The Magness-Taylor pressure tester is invented to measure fruit ripeness. By crossing a grapefruit and a tangerine, breeders create the tangelo. The Federal Seed Act requires truthful labeling on vegetable seeds.