DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



119 



Brig g 8 & Bro. 

 Seeds bought of this firm by a, friend and tested in 1881. 



Variety of Seed. 



Cabbage, Flat Dutch... 

 Lettuce, Earl)^ Curled.. 

 Onions, Yellow Danvers 



Mode of Testing. 



Damp paper. 



Temperature. 



65°— 75° 



70—75 



70—75 



Seeds 

 Tested. 



100 

 100 

 100 



Pc^rcent 

 Germi. 

 nated. 



27 

 4 

 3 



Joseph Harris. 



Seeds bouo^ht bv a friend of this firm and tested in 1881. 



Variety of Seeds. 



Cabbage, Imperial Brunswick... 



" Early York 



" Red Pickling 



'^ Short Stem 



Cauliflower, Welcherm 



" Large Lenornand... 

 Lettuce, Early Tennis Ball 



" "Cos" 



" The Deacon 



" Ice Cabbage 



Onions, Yellow Danvers 



" White Globe. 



Beans, Lima 



" Black Wax 



Cabbage, Red Pickling 



" Drumhead Savoy 



" Fotler'f- Drumhead 



" Earl V York 



" ShortStem 



Mode of Testing. 



Seeds bought at stoi'e in Lansing. 



Isaac TilUnfjhast. 

 Seeds bought by a friend of this firm and tested in 1881. 



Variety of Seeds. 



Cabbage, Flat Dutch 



Lettuce, Malta 



Onions, Yellow Danvers 



Radish, Early Scarlet 



Cabbage, Premium Flat Dutch 



Mode of Testing. 



Damp paper.. 



Porous saucers 

 In hot bed 



Per cent 

 Germi- 

 nated. 



45 

 36 

 84 

 4 

 50 



