9 Dec, 1907.] 



Seed Table. 



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SEED TABLE FOR SEEDSMEN, FARMERS, AND 

 MARKET GARDENERS.* 



Compiled by Alfred J. Ezvart, D. Sc, Ph. D., F.L.S., Government 

 Botanist and Professor of Botany at the Melbourne University. 



The following tables give data in regard to the seeds of the more 

 common culinary vegetables and farm seeds, and though taken mainly from 

 European sources should prove of value to Australian seeidsmeni, horticul- 

 turists, and farmers, as well as to the general public, until they can be 

 replaced or modified by data obtained under local conditions. The first 

 column gives the weight of a pint in ounces and the second the number 

 in I ounce. It is understood that in all cases the weights are approxi- 

 mate and will be affected by the ripeness of the seed and the amount of 

 moisture they contain. The size of the seed also varies greatly in many 

 varieties of the same plant (haricots, peas, &c.), or in the same form 

 under different conditions of cultivation. The term seed is used in the 

 technical sense, even where the commercial product is really a fruit 

 (celery, parsnip, beet, &c.) The third column gives the number of years 

 during which the percentage of seeds germinating remains more than half 

 what it was when first collected, provided that they are placed under 

 good keeping conditions (dry, cool, dark, well- aired). The fourth column 

 gives the longest time in vears during which any seeds remained capable 

 of germination. The sign f means that some of the seeds remained living 

 beyond the number of years given. 



data. 



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