336 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT. 
Germin- 
Years |No. of No. of ated 
age trials -eed Per ct. : 
Savoy Cabbage. ....... oak Sad ae srop dee aterer eens I 10 1000 02°: q 
2 8 800 86 4 
3 4 400 86 ; 
5 1 908 33 4 
6 2 200 43 3 
7 3 300 23 4 
8 2 200 6 4 
Io I 100 O | 
II 2 200 2220 
NO] LEC hay Seana oaalarg, Weta Oe pea ae. ar cig I 20 542 73 
2 16 595 76 
3 12 417 72 
4 2 100 63 
6 I 30 10 7 
10 3 67 6 
14 I 50 fo) 
IBC) NER 10 ip AM age ae a Me Ue a heen | DN oa I 19 1400 85 
2 32 2250 86 
3 15 1400 89 
4 II 1100 79 
5 II 1100 81 
6 2 200 96 
7 5 400 74 
8 12 950 7 
9 5 500 83 
10 II 600 75 
II 2 150 63 
iD 4 400 86 
ug! 3 300 44 
I4 4 300 74 
A UOGGELYEY foe hace vets toate anor b celal o.« cx apeies eeior eee ate I Bl 4100 88 
2 50 3400 04 
3 28 1900 04 
4 30 2150 79 
5 6 600 67 
6 3 300 58 
7 II 1000 56 
8 2 200 65 
12 2 100 49 
Some of the lessons that may be drawn from this investigation 
are as follows: The manner in which seed is kept is quite as im- 
portant a factor in determining its value as its age. Some plants 
are much more apt to give poor seeds than others. In raising 
certain crops it is hardly necessary to pay much attention to the 
securing of seeds which will grow, for practically all the seed on 
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