232 Science of Plant Life 



PROBLEMS 



1. How much of the potato must be planted with each eye in order to get normal 

 growth? 



2. In what plants would it be profitable to select varieties for increased size of 

 the flower cluster? 



3. Why should field corn and sweet corn be widely separated when grown on the 

 same farm? 



4. What are the most important things to know about seed, when buying it 

 for the farm? 



5. In a row of radishes a few will develop bulbous roots before the others. 

 Would seed from these produce an earlier maturing crop than seed taken 

 at random from the row? 



6. In what plants would it be profitable to select for increased height of stem? 



