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TABLE XIV. Percentage of germination of cabbage subjected to various condition^ of 



storage in different localities. 



[Germination of control sample: First test, 92.7 per cent; second test, 92.4 per cent.] 



Table XIV shows that the cabbage, like the peas, was injured to a 

 less degree at Mobile and Baton Rouge than the beans, but even the 

 cabbage seed kept in the paper packages in these cities were all but 

 killed. The average degree of injury, however, was greater in the 

 cabbage than in the beans. In a majority of cases there was more or 

 less deterioration in the case of this seed kept in the envelopes. Aside 

 from those already mentioned, the trade conditions at Durham, N. H., 

 and the basement at Lake City, Fla., should be expressly noted. 



The seeds kept in the bottles deviated but little from the control, 

 while those kept in paper packages germinated only 52.15, 61.50, 

 and 53.33 per cent for the trade conditions, dry room, and basement 

 equivalent to a loss in vitality of 43.56, 33.44, and 42.29 per cent, 

 respectively. 



