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TABLK XVI. Percentage of germination ofcoflrroi subjected to various conditions of storage 



in different localities. 



[Germination of control sample: First test, 83.3 per cent; second test, 82 per cent.] 



Table XVI shows results very similar to those of Table XV, except 

 that the carrot was affected slightly more than the cabbage. There 

 was also a greater falling off in the case of the seeds kept in the bottles 

 in dry rooms and basements. The reason for this is not veiy clear. 

 Apparently it was due to some local conditions, inasmuch as it was 

 confined chiefly to the bottles kept at Mobile and Baton Rouge. The 

 average results of the germination tests of the seeds kept in packages 

 are quite low for the carrots. Seed from trade conditions germinated 

 37.31 per cent, from basements 37.67 per cent, and from dry rooms 

 53.83 per cent, with a loss in vitality of 54.5, 54.00, and 34.36 per 

 cent, respectively. Under similar conditions the cabbage lost in vital- 

 ity 43.56, 42.28, and 33.45 per cent, respectively. 



