86 / SEEDWORLD.COM FEBRUARY 2018 SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbers,newsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustry—allcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1920 1925 1930 1931 1935 1940 1943 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1974 1975 1980 1982 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 New citrus fruit ‘tangelo’ developed, a grapefruit and tangerine hybrid. A MOMENT IN TIME The cover of our March 1974 issue shows that year’s All-America Selections winners. That year, five of the six AAS winners came from outside the United States. Clockwise from top left: the Yellow Baby Watermelon from China was a cross between an American female parent and a Chinese male parent. The Imperial Blue Pansy succeeded where many other pansies failed owing to its remarkable head and humidity tolerance, giving it a long blooming period. Premium Crop Broccoli grew larger heads with tighter, more compact bud clusters to create a more solid head. The Redskin Dahlia was a beautiful flower with bronze foliage and had good weather tolerance and disease resistance, and continued to bloom from mid-summer to fall. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1974 ISSUE: 200 is the number of glass and plastic greenhouses at Japan’s Takii & Company, whose broccoli breeding station was the largest in Japan at the time. 1.3 million pounds is the amount of field seeds imported into Canada in November 1973, up from 1.1 million pounds the same month a year prior. 100 acres is the size of an experimental soybean farm in Chile, where the com- munist government of President Salvador Allende fell in an historic coup d’état in 1973. 306.6 bushels per acre was the new world corn yield record set by Michigan grower Orville Montri — the first reported breaking of the 300 bu/a barrier in corn by a commercial farmer. First genetically engineered crop plant developed (tomato). Research to create fruit essences began. Roma tomato released; still main variety used for tomato paste.