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GERMIlSrATION OF PA'CKETED VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Table V. — Comparison of the highest and lowest percentages of germination of box lettuce 



seed pocketed by eight frms. 



Table VI shows tlie highest and lowest i:>ercentages of germination 

 for mail-order lettuce seed purchased from 10 firms in 1911. It is 



Fig. 2. — Curves showing average germination of box vegetaijle seeds by kinds in four years for two 

 firms whoso seeds were most commonly found for sale. 



evident that the same firm in a given year sells different lots of the same 

 kind of seed, some lots being very high and others very low in vitality. 



Table VI. — Comparison of the highest and lowest percentages of germination of lettuce 



seed purchased from 10 mail-order houses. 



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