Local Seed Networks

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We're working with the LSN coordinators to put their listing up on a webpage themselves. For basic contact listings, please have a look at this Table of LSN contacts, grouped by state and sorted by name. This list is published at the back of every second issue of The Organic Gardener.
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Background to Local Seed Networks

For many years, Seed Savers seed bank in Byron Bay was the "centre" of the Seed Savers' Network, providing leadership, vision, enthusiastic energy and seeds to everyone who would listen, and save seeds if they were not already adept. In 2001 we decided to decentralise, encouraging people  across Australia to form their own seed saving groups and share in the responsibility and pleasure of sharing locally adapted seeds. Let alone the privilege of been at the entry point of many local varieties and rare species of food plants. The concept of "Local Seed Networks" was taking shape. Today many people understand the value of finding local varieties that grow well without pesticides varietiies that are truly local.

By mid 2007 we had completed with John Brisbin our pro-bono web architect and friend, our five year plan towards the goal of setting up at least sixty Local Seed Networks (LSNs). By late 2009 we had 97 Local Seed Networks registered.

If you're the busy type , love to have access to lots of seeds, and love to share resources, we invite you to join us in this exciting and challenging journey. We have a Charter and Guidelines, see below, which outline what we offer and minimum service for a Local Seed Network. If you agree to this, we send a Questionnaire ( we will have one soon online) that prompts your group to decide on matters such as its name, its aims, where and how often it will meet and what its target audience might be. Seed Savers then sends a set of posters and pamphlets to you for promotion and sets up a webpage on this website for your LSN.

We have a vibrant, participatory network of networks all across the country. No matter where you live, there should be an active Local Seed Network near you except if you are in the outback. Lets not forget that some Australian have not even moble coverage and are hours away from a library or hospital. If you have no LSN near you, please consider starting one up! Join us now and let's build a healthier future together!

What are Local Seed Networks?

A local seed network is a group of people never mind how small, who enjoy swapping seeds and cuttings as much as they enjoy sharing stories and other garderners company. Many people have told us how much they have enjoyed getting together with other growers in their area, and suggested that we might help other groups get started. The Local Seed Networks project is our way of sharing Seed Savers Network's knowledge, tools, and encouragement with anyone who wants to save seeds with their neighbours! Jude and I have turned 60  a while back and are now producing video clips for this website on factors of resilence, home seed production, indigenous farmers, children learning in gardens, feasts and foods, food preps from gardens to table, wild harvests and gleaning, unusual harvests, we also have 700 interviews to choose from....  Anyone experienced likes to help? 229 hours of footage shot in 15 countries are all logged, properly indexed and stored. email michel@seedsavers.net

Why are Local Seed Networks important?

The basic answer to many of today's problems with poor-quality corporate-bred vegetables is quite simple: grow your own! If you're on this site, you probably are already a gardener and appreciate the tasty rewards of a simple kitchen garden.

Preserving local and traditional varieties is incredibly important to having good food on the table. Local Seed Networks are an excellent way to find local varieties  that are not offered by seed companies. when it comes to tubers and vegetatively propagated plants nothing beats a local seed network. From one garden to another.

LSNs are also the place where you learn how to preserve and prepare garden foods. 

If you're interested in forming a local group, please email Michel or Jude at info at seedsavers.net to help you get started (replace at by @).

Local Seed Network Charter

Inaugurated May 2004

Amended in March 2007

The purpose of this Charter is to provide a definition and set of guidelines for a Local Seed Network (LSN) that will help to direct their activities and also serve to unite LSNs under The Seed Savers' Network banner with a shared vision and aims.

Definition of a Local Seed Network

A Local Seed Network is a group, registered with The Seed Savers' Network, of three or more people living in the same bioregion who swap seeds and planting material with the purpose of conserving open-pollinated varieties of food plants.

Aims

  • To find, grow and distribute locally adapted seeds, particularly of vegetables and herbs as well as plants that are propagated by tubers, cuttings, rhizomes, bulbs, etc.,
  • To adapt new varieties to local conditions,
  • To promote the practice of seed saving and the importance of conserving diversity in our food crops, to schools for example,
  • To support other LSNs by sharing knowledge, skills, seeds and planting material,

Guidelines

As a Local Seed Network of The Seed Savers' Network, we ask that you:

  • Focus your plant conservation efforts on open pollinated vegetable seeds and other culinary plants,
  • Do not trade or exchange illegal or restricted plants,
  • Establish your LSN as (or within) a non-profit organisation so that any revenue generated by your activities is directed back into your network,
  • Behave in a cooperative, tolerant, inclusive and respectful manner to fellow members and other Local Seed Networks,
  • Swap seeds and other planting material freely amongst yourselves,
  • Meet at least three times each year,
  • Sign up supporters to The Seed Savers' Network, as below,
  • Keep in regular contact with The Seed Savers' Network.

Collaboration with Seed Savers' Network

Support for The Seed Savers' Network

We like to keep costs down for LSNs while they are establishing themselves. Hence we ask that as a minimum, for the first year, the coordinator of the LSN becomes a Seed Savers supporter; in the second year a second person pays a support fee and from the third year there is at least a third supporter (including the coordinator). The cost is $30 for one year or $50 for two years support. Help us to help you.

Support Offered by the Seed Savers' Network

The support the Seed Savers' Network offers includes:

Starter Kit

  • a web page on the Seed Savers website for LSNs to promote their activities and gain new members,

Ongoing Support

  • general administration, including web site administration,
  • technical telephone advice on all aspects of coordinating a seed network,
  • publicity for LSNs around Australia through Seed Savers' public profile and media contacts (see more below),
  • support visits to LSNs (please arrange at least six months in advance). we will have an online chart of regions we visit.

Training

  • Workshops by arrangement, screening of the film "our seeds",
  • Curricula for seed saving courses.

Resources at Bulk Prices

Seed Savers offers resources either for use by LSNs or for them to sell as income generation including:

Promotional Materials

  • posters for training and promotion,
  • pamphlets for education and recruiting.

Ongoing support for Local Seed Networks

We publicise Local Seed Networks in newspapers and magazines, on radio and TV and at conferences whenever possible. We also encourage organisations, multicultural, family or community groups that may be interested, or even active, in saving traditional varieties of food plants, to commence an LSN formally or to join with you.

Local Seed Network activities

  • look around your neighbourhood for anything unusual or even suspect such as weird-looking food plants;
  • talk to your neighbours about their gardens;
  • try to find out from older gardeners how they have saved their seeds from year to year, how they create garden soil, how they manage without pesticides;
  • be the first to offer other gardeners cuttings and tubers and seeds you have saved;
  • establish a seed collection/small seed bank by multiplying local seed stock for distribution to local gardeners (please note that seeds have a limited life span, usually a few years only); the purpose of the exercise is to create a dynamic network of friends to keep them in their gardens;
  • record movement of seeds and planting materials to and from the seed bank if you have one;
  • organise garden tours so gardening skills, seeds, food preserving methods can be shared;
  • demonstrate best seed harvesting, cleaning, and storing practices at markets, fairs, schools etc.;
  • promote the vital importance of seed saving and local garden diversity in the local media;
  • initiate seed saving activities in schools;
  • raise money for seed projects in the Majority World and let your group sponsor some of our projects. Thank  you!!

Procedures Manual: viability Testing, as used AT SEED SAVERS from 1999 to 2003

We have standardised our procedures over the years so that the viability percentage that is recorded on the seed packets is as consistent as possible. As our network runs on a low budget with volunteers, a careful balance has to be maintained between limited resources and providing accurate results.

There are three main ways that we conduct tests - in paper towels, in pots of soil and soaking in small pots. Paper towel testing is the cheapest and needs less space. For many years we used this method, but since 1998 with more space and garden resources, the majority of seeds have been tested in pots of soils or directly in a garden bed with is even better. what follows is for those who like fiddly work.

Paper towel and bowl testing are only indicative of the viability of the seed lot and not of their vigour, i.e., the seeds' capacity to push up through soil to grow.

1. Testing in pots of soil:

We are now testing most of our seeds in pots of potting mix that we make up ourselves from sifted compost and sand. We make up large batches at a time so as to have as standardised conditions as possible.

Often we are testing seeds that are out of season because they have been recently harvested. It is important to test them soon after arrival and store them away carefully so they are ready for distribution before their next sowing time. We have found that melons, gourds and other cucurbits are best sown in pots because it seems some kind of enzyme action in the soil is needed for better germination.

Even corn and beans which need warm soil are best tested this way especially in winter. The pots can be kept on top of a water heater or in a glasshouse for this purpose.

2. Paper Towel Testing: This method suits small seeds like those of herbs, roots, onions and some flowers. The necessary conditions to maintain in paper towel testing are adequate ventilation, darkness and moisture. Best results are when seeds are tested in their relevant growing season.

3. Testing in small bowls: Beans are to be sprouted in receptacles such as bowls, saucers, and cups. Corn and peas have successfully sprouted in this manner too although they give a similar result in pots of soil and paper towels.

Procedure for paper towel testing

Equipment: box labelled "Viability Testing" containing

• plastic sheet for protecting the work surface from water

• small oblong plastic bags, hole-punched for ventilation

• pot labels/tags (white plastic, as used by nurseries)

• pens (red and blue), soft black pencil, rubber, ruler, sharpener

• work sheet folder, adhesive labels and calculator

• unbleached paper towels

• atomiser with pure water

• office baskets/trays (plastic coated wire type). 

2. Collect seeds for testing. Put carrot and parsnip seeds in the fridge for twenty four hours to vernalise them.

3. Fill in seed lot details on the work-sheet:- accession number and variety name from the label on the seed bag as well as the date the test has commenced.

4. In soft lead pencil write the accession number and variety name on the pot-tags to correspond with the entries on the work-sheet. If the pot-tags have been used clean off with the rubber.

5. Lay plastic sheet down on a table and place 6 pieces of paper towel on it.

6. Place each pot-tag to the left of each paper towel. The habit of working from left to right consistently reduces the possibility of error such as a wrong tag in the seed lot being tested.

7. Select a random sample from the seeds by putting the whole lot out on a sheet and dividing into two, then mix one half and divide into two again, then repeat this again and again until you have approximately the number of seeds required.

8. Spread seed out as evenly spaced as possible, for ease of counting, onto the paper towels - but not too close to the edges.

CRITERIA FOR THE NUMBER OF SEEDS TO TEST FROM EACH SEED LOT:

a) no more than a pinch from the bag as some seed lots that come in are very rare and can't be used up in tests where it could be grown out directly instead

b) even if there is a large quantity of seed available in the lot, too many seeds in the test makes an endless chore of counting the sprouts each week

Number of seed varies with size of seed. Some approximations:

Poppy                       too small to count (approx. %)

Lettuce                      40 - 60 Tomato                      30 - 45

Sweet corn                 20 - 30 Spinach                      10 - 15

9. Count the number of seeds on each towel and enter on the work sheet.

10. Spray the seeded sheets lightly to "bed down" the seed to the paper towel. Take care to keep moisture away from the bags of seed you are working with. Place a top sheet of paper towel over and spray it until evenly and thoroughly damp (but not dripping wet as seeds will rot or go mouldy).

11. Roll the "sandwich" of towels with seed 2 times over as per illustration.

If the paper towel is rolled over too many times the seeds are likely, again, to rot or go mouldy. Carefully pick up and place on the ruler and slide into the hole-punched bag so that it rests along the bottom seam. Place the relevant pot tag inside.

12. Place each test sample in the compartments of the wire office baskets. One sample goes in at each end with 2 being placed in each compartment from there. The samples are to sit up vertically.

13. Samples must be checked daily for dampness. If drying out,  squirt into the bag with the atomiser onto the towelling without removing it from the plastic hole-punched bag (to reduce excessive handling). Keep baskets positioned up from a surface to allow air to circulate under and around them.

14. Every 7 days for the 4 week period take each sample out, one at a time, unfold carefully on a flat surface, taking off the cover sheet of towelling and count the number of seeds sprouted. It's much easier to count the sprouts by leaf form than root form. Replace the cover sheet and atomise if needed. Then roll up, place back in the bag and return to its compartment. Enter the count on the work sheet. Record any unusual event such as presence of mould, insects, seeds rotted etc.

15. Samples can be grown or thrown after the 4 weeks, or earlier where maximum number of seeds germinated has occurred.

Some approx. sprouting times:

Lettuce              4 - 10 days     Parsley               3 - 4 weeks

Tomatoes           ditto

16. Using a calculator ascertain the % of viability by dividing the number of seeds sprouted by the number of seeds tested. Please take care in interpreting the decimal point. There is a big difference between 4% and 40% !!! Write the % of viability and the month and year of test, in red pen preferably, on a small adhesive label and affix  to the bag of the relevant seed lot. Also enter on the work sheet.

Procedure for bowl testing of beans, or corn and peas

For this test the seeds need to be soaked overnight prior to testing.

1. Collect the seed lots and enter details on the work sheet  i.e. accession number, variety names, test commencement date and numbers of beans being tested from each lot.

CRITERIA FOR NUMBERS OF SEEDS TO TEST: The same rationale applies as for smaller seeds. Generally, where the seed lot is of a small quantity, use 5 - 8 beans. If the seed lot is of a large quantity use 8 - 12 beans.

2. Write the accession number of each seed lot on small adhesive labels and affix to the receptacle that will be containing them. Place the corresponding seeds in that.

3. Pour tepid water over the seeds in their receptacles for the overnight soak.

4. Next day drain off the water from each receptacle, fill again with room temperature water as a rinse and drain off.

5. Remove seeds from the receptacle and place an unbleached paper towel, folded over in quarters, into the bottom of the receptacle. Spray with the atomiser until the towel is quite wet. Place seeds in the relevant receptacle and if the weather is hot and or dry, lightly place a dampened paper towel on top.

6. Check daily for wetness and atomise if needed. If seeds show signs of too much wetness (mould on the seeds or paper towel, smelly, etc.), remove the paper towel that has been lightly covering them. Viable seeds tend to sprout after about 3 - 5  days. Non-viable beans rot and smell badly (has-beens!).

7. With beans, records of sprouting are better done daily and maximum germination has often occurred within or by one week.

8. Upon completion of tests sprouts may be eaten, grown out or dumped.

9. With a calculator ascertain the % of viability. Divide the number of seeds sprouted by the number of seeds used for the test. Please take care with the interpretation of the decimal point. There is a big difference between 4% and 40%!!! Enter the % on the work sheet.

10. Write the % of viability and the month and year of the test on a small adhesive label, preferably in red, and affix to the bag containing the relevant seed lot.

Procedure for testing beans, corn, peas and cucurbits

Our experience with testing larger seeds in paper towels indicates that a more accurate % of viability can be gleaned from tests conducted in sand in pots. Perhaps this is due to an enzyme requirement on the part of these seeds. Experienced growers recommend that very hot water be poured over these seeds beforehand.

1. Collect Viability Testing box of equipment, seed lots to be tested and number of pots required.

2. Fill in the seed lot details - accession number, variety name and date of commencement of test on the work sheet.

3. Using a soft lead pencil write the accession number, variety name number of seeds and date of test on the white pot tags.

4. Set up the pots required with seed raising mix (not potting mix) and insert a pot tag into each. Sand mix level in the pot initially ought to fall about a centimetre below the rim.

5. Take the number of seeds to be tested and plant about a centimetre deep for melons, two centimetres deep for gourds, into the pots. Cover over with soil mix to fill the pot and water with a light sprinkling being sure that sand is wet.

6. The pots will for the most part require a gentle watering morning and afternoon. Be sure to place test pots in a place safe from cats, dogs, slugs, etc., and where they will receive at least 3 - 4 hours of sun.

7. Record the number of sprouts every seven days from commencement of test on the work sheet until maximum germination has occurred. Generally 2 - 3 weeks would see this out.

8.  Ascertain % of viability as already outlined, mark on the work sheet and on an adhesive label (with the month and year of test) and affix the label to the appropriate bags of seed lot.  

Posterity Sample Procedure

We keep a small sample of each viable lot of seeds for posterity in a fridge or freezer They will be used in the Seed Savers Trial Gardens. Also, especially with larger seeds, they will be a good comparitive reference for future returned lots.

1. Collect the seed lots from the last round of viability testing.

Sort the samples into two groups according to the percentage of viability. Generally, seed lots 50% viability and over will be used to take a sample from. 49% and lower viability seed lots will be sent out for regeneration.

The exception to this rule is for melons and gourds which rarely exhibit high viability percentages. For these, include seed lots with over 30% viability .

2. From each seed lot take 10% out of the contents where viability is 70% and 20% out of those from 50% to 69%. Place in a small plastic press-seal bag. Affix adhesive labelling with the same details as on the original bag's label, along with the percentage of viability, the month and year of the viability test written in red pen.

For corn and sunflowers the minimum number of plants required for true genetic representation is 100. Add more seed than this on a scale according to the sample's viability. For example, if the viability is 60%, then about 170 seeds would be needed to produce a plot of 100 plants.

3. Sort the posterity samples into Plant Groups such as beans, lettuce, flowers, spinaches, etc., and fill out an index card with the following information:-

BEANS POS. SAMPLE '09

#005            Kentucky Wonder                  Har. 2/09                 62%                 6/09

#1571C            Betty's Zebra                           Rec. 8/08                 89%                 6/09

#3427BA            Hyacinth                                             Rec. 11/08               58%                 6/09

4. Insert the samples and index into the appropriate sized PVC coated bag ensuring the index can be read through the front of the bag. Put in a press-seal bag of blue silica gel and a number of oxygen absorbers.

The bag of silica gel has to be visible from the back so we can see any colour change due to moisture absorption. For a PVC-coated bag with a lot of seed samples in it, use one of the bigger press-seal bags of silica gel and around five to seven sachets of oxygen absorbers. Generally though, posterity samples being small, a small PVC coated bag with the smaller press-seal bag of silica gel and around two to four sachets of oxygen absorbers will suffice.

5. Heat seal the bag of samples taking care to squeeze as much air out of the bag as possible the moment before sealing, and to ensure that the seam before and after sealing is not wrinkled. Air will leak back into the PVC coated bag through the wrinkling. Store in the buckets in the fridge.

Accessioning Procedures Manual

 This is the manual we put together when we were recieving seeds accessions. now it is up to local seed networks to handle seeds that you find in your area. each seed sample we enter in your books can be termed: accessions.  8500 seed samples were reciveved and redistributed Australia  wide so local adaptations would occur with  a few years of saving seeds in the same location. all the best with your seeds searches in your area.

Originally the granting of accession numbers to seed lots was done from hand written records. There are eight Accessions books with accessions entered in numerical sequence in order of receipt. There is also a Cross Reference book containing accession numbers granted to groups of plants such as tomatoes, flowers, squash, roots etc. We use these groups to classify and as a point of referral, instead of Family types for instance, because farmers and gardeners do.

A new accession received was granted the next available consecutive number in the Accessions book and details provided by the sender pertaining to that seed lot were recorded. The accession number, variety name, date received and postcode were then recorded into the group section eg. tomatoes of the Cross Reference book.

Where a seed lot was returned to the network that was a grow-out from seed that had been sourced from within the network, i.e., directly from the Bank or from a network member, then the quoted accession number of the parent seed lot was referred to and the details of the progeny provided by the sender were recorded against that entry.

At the end of Book Eight, accession numbers granted to seed lots were entered directly onto the data base. The following procedure is for accessioning onto the computer.

There are two kinds of accessions to be dealt with; new accessions and returns.

New Accessions are seed lots received where no accession number of the parent has been mentioned in the correspondence or marked on the seed lot.

Returns are seed lots received where the sender has clearly stated that these seeds are the progeny of a lot that has been grown out from an accessioned sample from within the network and that accession number has been quoted. They will have received the seeds either directly from the Bank or from another network member.

ACCESSIONS PRocedure

1. Collect the box of equipment marked Accessions from the Seed Bank containing - one Cross Reference and eight Accessions books

 - Master List of Plant Groups

 - used mailing-label sheets from the laser printer with adhesive strips left over at top and bottom of page

 - form letters of acknowledgement and envelopes

 - red and blue pens, scissors, press-seal plastic bags

 - glass screw top jar

 - PVC coated plastic, sealed "bulk" bags containing the seed lots with their notes, correspondence etc and are marked "TO BE ACC" with the month and year of receipt.

These PVC coated bags are air and moisture impermeable. The contents have been sealed up with silical gel crystals inside press-seal plastic bags, which, contrary to popular belief, are air and moisture permeable. This factor allows the silica gel to work to extract moisture from the seeds. The silical gel will have turned various shades of pink where moisture is present, being blue in its dry form. Also enclosed are sachets of "oxygen eaters" to create a vacuum which kills any eggs and or insects present in the seeds after a minimum of seven days. This is the quarantine process.

2. Cut open the PVC coated bag as close to the seal as possible to allow for maximum number of resealings i.e. re-use, and remove the contents. Place the silica gel bags and oxygen eater sachets in the glass jar provided to prevent their exposure to the air.

Working with one sender's seed lot/s at a time, inspect the lot/s for signs of insect activity, mould etc. Where seed sent is spoilt by these factors or is to be cleaned, refer to Deirdre. Place good seed lot/s in a clean press-seal plastic bag/s if not already presented that way and be sure to keep the relevant notes, letter etc together with it.

DO NOT MIX TOGETHER ANY SEED LOTS that haven't been sent in that way, even if of the same variety. One grower's variety may have been unwittingly crossed, or where a grower has sent in two samples of the same variety one sample may have been harvested too early or late and be of low viability.

3. Allocation of an accession number: To avoid duplication of (a) accession numbers and (b) alphabetical allocations of progeny returned, it is essential to firstly search computer records for the quoted accession number of a return in the correspondence and to also check the written accession books, as the process of transferring hand-written records onto the computer is incomplete.

For a new accession, search computer records for the last allocated accession number in order to grant the next number in sequence to the lot.

As the allocation of an alphabetical derivative to the quoted accession number for returned progeny is confusing some examples follow. 

SSN #005 Kentucky Wonder Bean

A return of the progeny has come in with the above quoted as the parent source.

If the records show both #005 and #005A, then the progeny of #005 sent in will have to be allocated #005B, C, or D etc depending on the last letter used. 

Where #005 is assumed to be #005A, the accession numbers following on of returns of the progeny will be #005B, #005C, #005D and so on. If there is no accession number #005A recorded, there won't be any progeny returned with this accession number quoted.

DO NOT THINK YOU CAN "TIDY UP" THE RECORDS BY CHANGING ALL THE GRANTED ALPHABETICAL DERIVATIVES. THE SENDERS OF THESE LOTS HAVE ALL BEEN ADVISED IN WRITING OF WHAT ACCESSION NUMBER AND LETTER THEIR LOT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED.

Where a return of progeny from #005A has come in the progeny will be #005AA, #005AB, or #005AC etc depending on which of the second letters has already been used. By the same token, a return of progeny from #005B will be granted #005BA, #005BB, or #005BC and so on accordingly.

We will proceed with allocating letters in this fashion until we arrive at #005 and any letter here, followed by Z. From this point we will be granting the returns of these lineages to the next available new consecutive accession number on the computer to be representative. eg. #005MZ's progeny may become #6740 with letters following for returns from exactly the same applied principle.

It may help to clarify by understanding that the point of granting accession numbers (and letters) in this way is to be able to trace the lineage and sources of particular varietal strains that may be valuable, by virtue of adaptations to disease or climate for example, where other lines/strains of the same variety have not done so.

4. Having determined the accession number for the seed lot in hand, write on the adhesive label from the used mailing-label sheets the following details: accession number, given variety name (eg Terry's bean may be re-named by us as Terry's hyacinth bean), month and year harvested or if unavailable month and year received, and if known whether it's an heirloom.

Label example

#005BF Kentucky Wonder Bean Har. 4/96 (or Rec. 2/97)

 Heirloom

Affix firmly and neatly to the bag. If the press-seal bag is only very small snip the label in two and affix. 

5. Fill out the details on the form letter of acknowledgement, address to the sender and pass on to Deirdre. Where very little information (or none), has been provided by the sender, use the form letter of acknowledgement which requests more information. Bear in mind most people provide scant detail and this form is only to be used for heirloom, rare or unusual seeds. I tend to focus on the network's regenerators for provision of greater detail.

6. In red pen record somewhere on the relevant correspondence, note, or even the envelope, the accession number granted, the given variety name, the day's date and whether an acknowledgement letter has been sent. We then have a written record of such should anything ever happen to our computer records.

7. On the data base, enter ALL information provided by the sender in the relevant fields. What may seem unimportant to you now could well be valuable details for reference and research later. Refer to the Master List of Groups where needed.

The Performance fields of History, Plant Description, Conditions and Performance, Taste and Usage and Resistance need to be thought about before entering detail. The reason for this is that the first two lines of each of these fields are going to be used at a later date to print out information on seed packet labels. Basically these two lines are to be a summary of details that are of interest to a gardener or farmer. The information in full can be entered after these first two lines in these fields.

8. On the data base enter details from any other correspondence marked "Acc. feed-back" that may included.

9. Be sure to bring to seed banker's attention all the accessioned seed lots to be put away in the Bank as well as the letters of acknowledgement to be posted out.

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