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THE VITALITY AND GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 



Table XIII. — Percentcuje of (jcniunalion of peas subjected to various conditions of storage 



in different localities. 



[Germiuation of control sample: First test, 95.3 per cent; second test, 95. 7 per cent.] 



Place of storage. 



Lake Citv.Fla 



Do ." 



Auburn, Ala 



Do 



Mobile, Ala 



Do 



Baton Rouge, La 



Do 



San Juan, P. R 



-Do 



Wagoner, Ind. T 



Do 



Durham, N. H 



Do 



Ann Arbor, Mich 



Do 



Average percentage of ger- 

 mination. 



Average percentage of gain 

 or loss iu vitality. 



Order of 

 tests. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 days in 

 storage. 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



First... 

 Second 



(First... 

 [Second 



[First... 

 isecond 



129 

 234 



102 

 275 



140 

 262 



121 

 247 



131 



126 

 238 



147 

 251 



128 

 251 



128 

 251 



Percentage of germination. 



Trade condi- 

 tions. 



Envel- 

 opes. 



96 

 86 



93.3 

 97.9 



69.2 

 44 



94 



80 



94 

 98 



98 

 80 



98 

 94 



90 

 98 



91.56 



84.74 



3.92 

 11. 45 



Bottles. 



97.9 

 98 



94 

 94 



92 

 100 



92 



88 



100 

 98 



90 

 92 



94 

 98 



94 

 94 



94.24 

 95.25 



1.12 

 0.47 



Dry rooms. 



Envel- 

 opes. 



94 

 92 



87.8 

 90 



88 

 42 



94 

 70 



96 



100 

 94.7 



94 

 94 



93.4 

 80. 45 



1.99 

 15.94 



Bottles. 



94 

 92 



97.8 

 % 



96 

 % 



90 



98 



92 

 96 



98 

 96 



72 

 92 



91.41 

 95. 14 



4.08 

 0.58 



Basements. 



Envel- 

 opes. 



96 

 6 



93.9 

 86 



10.2 



90 

 



90 

 88 



94 

 98 



96 



86 



81.44 

 60.66 



14.55 

 36.62 



Bottles. 



98 

 98 



94 



98 



98 



98 

 98 



88 

 92 



98 

 90 



94 

 100 



95.43 

 96.28 



-t-0.14 

 -1-0.60 



The peas retained their vitality much better than the beans. How- 

 ever, the greatest loss in both peas and beans was in the envelopes at 

 Mobile and Baton Rouge. Some of the samples from the envelopes 

 germinated fully as well or even better than the control, but the gen- 

 eral averages of the second tests for all of the localities show a loss of 

 11.45 per cent in ''trade conditions," 15.91 per cent in "diy rooms," 

 and 3B.63 per cent in "basements." The beans under identical condi- 

 tions lost 29.59, 29.76, and 13.61 per cent, respectivel3^ 



The seeds kept in bottles deviated but very little from the standard 

 of the control. 



