Geneseed Laboratories, Inc., wants to develop new strains of carrots from seeds bought for that purpose from two different suppliers. The company wants to develop a strain of miniature carrots for use in gourmet delicacies and also a strain of giant carrots for making canned carrot juice. The process involves cultivating carrots from seeds and using the seeds from subsequent generations of plants with the desirable characteristics until the characteristic becomes domi- nant. To determine which supplier's seeds should be used in the initial planting, Geneseed found that the mean length of carrots from seeds provided by supplier A is 5 inches with a standard deviation of 2. 3 inches, whereas the mean length of carrots from seeds provided by supplier B is 5. 2 inches with a standard deviation of 1. 2 inches. Which supplier's seeds are more likely to produce the desired results? Explain your reasoning. What characteristics other than size may be significant?