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etc. It has been recommended by some to sow corn 

 and peas together, with the idea of the corn pro- 

 viding a support for the peas and a corn crop to 

 come on later. The author has tried this without 

 success. Corn grows much slower than peas, and 

 the support part of the argument is nil. 



GOOD AND POOR SPECIMENS OF JUNO PEA. 



Germination. — \\^illiam Saunders^ reports an ex- 

 periment designed to show the vitality of different 

 seeds. The percentage of germination of peas with 

 seed five years old on different tests was 94, 95, 88, 



^ E. S. R., Vol. 14. 



