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CHAPTER V 



SEED-TABLES 92-105 



Quantity of Seed required per Acre 92 



Hay and Pasture Seeds 94 



Permanent meadows, 94 Permanent pastures, 94 Number 



and weight of grass seed, and another estimate of quantity to sow, 



94 Examples of seed mixtures that would furnish 20,000,000 



grass seeds per acre, 95 Testing grass seed, 96. 

 Number of Tree- Seeds in a Pound . . . . . . 96 



Fruit trees, 96 Forest trees, 96. 

 Weights and Sizes of Seeds 97 



Seedmeu's customary weights per bushel, 97 Weight and size 



of garden seeds, 98. 

 Figures of Germination and Purity . . . ... . 100 



Testing seeds, 100 High average percentage of purity and of 



germination of high-grade seeds, 101 Average time required for 



garden seeds to germinate, 102. 

 Longevity of Seeds 102 



Vilmorin's tables, 102 Haberlandt's figures, 104 Vitality 



of seeds buried in soil, 104. 

 Average Yields of Garden Seed- Crops . , ... . 105 



CHAPTER VI 



PLANTING-TABLES 106-123 



Dates for Sowing or Setting Kitchen-Garden Vegetables in Differ- 

 ent Latitudes 106 



Lansing, Michigan, 106 Boston, 106 New York, 107 Nor- 

 folk, 107 Georgia, 108 Tender and hardy vegetables, 108. 



Date-Tables 109 



Vegetable-gardener's planting-table, 109 Usual planting dates 

 for field crops, 110 Flower-planting table, 116. 



Distance- Tables . ,119 



Usual distances apart for planting fruits, 119 Usual distances 

 apart for planting vegetables, 119 Orange trees, 119 Number 

 of plants required to set an acre of ground at given distances, 

 120 Quincunx planting, 123. 



Plan for a Home Garden . . . , * . . *s 12 3 



