GEEMINATION OF PACKETED VEGETABLE SEEDS. 5 



The difTorence in average genniuation for diffciMMit firms is marked, 

 the highest being 81.5 per cent and the lowest 3C.5 per cent. Com- 

 paring the firms whose seeds were tested in each of four years, the 



y^ C D e r G H / -J h- L MNOPQRSr 



Fig. 1.— Curves showing average germination of box vegetable seeds put up bj- 11 firms in four succes- 

 sive years, and of mail-order seeds bought of 20 firms in one year. The letters at the top represent 

 firms from whom mail-order seeds were purchased, and the figures at the bottom represent firms put- 

 ting up box seeds. 



liighest is 73.7 per cent and the lowest is 36.5 per cent, the liighest 

 average being more tlian double the lowest average. 



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