Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 763

T h e King a n d Queen'€™s Visit to Reading €”continued.

At Messrs. Sutton & Sons.

t a t o is lia b le , to g e th e r w ith u p -to -d a te co m m e r­
cia l va rieties, an d m a n y p h o to g r a p h s o f scien­
tific in terest.
T h e ir M a je stie s w ere m u ch in te re ste d in the
m a n y u se fu l fo rm s o f th e genus brassica , such
as cabbage , kale , savoy , brussels sprouts, broccoli e t c .,
all o f w h ich a re su p p osed t o h a v e a
co m m o n o rig in in th e w ild kale, a ty p e o f w h ich
was also sh ow n .
T h e e x tra o rd in a ry d e v e lo p m e n t of th e b e e t
a n d m a n g o ld fr o m th e w ild ty p e , sh ow in g th e
ra n g e fro m t h e g a rd e n fo rm s t o th e en orm ou s
r o o ts o f mangolds used as fo o d f o r cattle , t o ­
g e th e r w ith th e sugar beet f o r th e e x tra ctio n of
s u g a r, was o f sp ecial in terest.
M r. Arthur Sutton e x p la in e d th e m eth od s of
s e le c tio n and seed p ro d u c tio n , sh o w in g ty p e s of
ro o ts u sed as “ m o th e r r o o t s ” f o r th e p ro d u c­
t io n o f “ stock se e d ,” an d th e p la n ts w h ich a re
u sed f o r th e g r o w in g o f com m e rcia l seed.
T h e ir M a je stie s th e n e x a m in e d th e w ild p ea
f o u n d b y M r. Sutton g r o w in g w ild in Palestine ,
a v ery p rim itiv e ty p e , an d saw m o d e ls o f th e
p re se n t d a y va rie tie s, p o d s o f w h ich h a v e been
g r o w n u p t o 8 in ch es in len g th .
A la rg e co lle ctio n o f t h e seeds o f all k in d s o f
p ea s a n d b ean s s h o w in g th e v a ry in g co a t c o l­
o u r s p r o v e d o f co n sid e ra b le in terest, as also
d id specim en s a n d m o d e ls o f m a n y typ es o f
v e g e ta b le s, t o g e t h e r w ith th e ir re sp e ctiv e r

Whattihe Great Seed Firm is Doing for Food Production.

T h e M a rk e t P la ce w as p a ck e d w ith p eop le
w hen, a t n o o n , t h e K in g a n d Q u een visited
Messrs. Sutton a n d Son' s Seed Establishment.
T h e ir M a jesties w ere receiv ed a t t h e fr o n t
e n tra n c e o f th e p rem ises b y th e p ro p rie to rs , M r.
Arthur W . Sutton , M r. Leonard Sutton a n d M r.
Martin H . F . Sutton , a n d co n d u cte d t o th e
museum re c e p tio n ro o m , w h ere t h e v is ito rs ’
b o o k w as sig n e d a n d v a riou s p resen ta tion s
m ade.
A f t e r a fe w in t r o d u c to r y w ord s b y the senior
p a rtn e r o n t h e fo u n d in g a n d h is to r y o f t h e firm ,
a n d th e w ork c a r r ie d on , th eir M a je stie s in ­
s p e cte d th e v ery in te re s tin g c o lle ctio n o f ex ­
h ib its th e re a rra n g e d , w h ich com p rised t h e w ild
ty p e s o f sola n u m , th e b erries a n d seeds o f th e
p o ta to , w h ich p la y so im p o r ta n t a p a r t in th e
ra isin g o f new va rieties, p reserv ed specim en s
o f tu b e rs s h ow in g th e disea ses t o w h ich th e p o -

IV! r . Arthur Sutton s h o w i n g th e King some of Sutton's Seed Wonders .
[P h o to b y " Daily Graphic."

Demonstrating the Methods of Seed Testing to th e King .
P h o to s b y Marcus Adam s, F .R .P .S .

T h e Queen inspecting t h e scientific instrument used f or Seed Testing .