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N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION 



[Bulletin 174 



sent they should be put up securely in a single package and 

 forwarded either by parcel post or by express. Each sample 

 sent in should be marked as follows : 



Name and address of sender. 



Date of sending. Kind of seed. 



Brand name (if any), and number of package. 



Purity or germination test desired (one or both). 



Write a letter stating the number and kind of samples sent 

 so that their receipt may be promptly acknowledged. 



Address all samples and communications regarding the same 

 to F. W. Taylor, Experiment Station, Durham, N. H. 



STANDARDS 



The law does not attempt to fix any standards as to purity and 

 vitality, but for the information of those who may desire to 

 know what may be considered as "equitable standards" the 

 following table, offered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and based upon investigations made by that department, is 

 given. 



STANDARDS OF PURITY AND GERMINATION OF AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SEEDS. 



Seed. 

 Alfalfa, 

 Asparagus, 

 Barley, 

 Beans, 

 Beets, 



Purity 

 % 



98 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 



Blue grass, Canadian, 90 

 Blue grass, Kentucky, 90 



Brome, awnless, 90 



Buckwheat, 99 



Cabbage, 99 



Carrot, 95 



Cauliflower, 99 



Celery, 98 



Clover, alsike, 95 



Clover, crimson, 98 



Clover, red, 98 



Clover, white, 95 



Collard, 99 

 Corn, field or ensilage, 99 



Corn, sweet, 99 



Cowpea, 99 



Cucumber, 99 



Eggplant, 99 



Fescue, meadow, 95 



Lettuce, 99 



Germina- 

 tion % 



85—90 

 80—85 

 90—95 

 90—95 

 *150 

 45—50 

 45—50 

 75—80 

 90—95 

 90—95 

 80—85 

 80—85 

 60—65 

 75—80 

 85—90 

 85—90 

 75—80 

 90—95 

 90—95 

 85—90 

 85—90 

 85—90 

 75—80 

 85—90 

 85—90 



* Each beet fruit or "ball" is likely to contain from 2 to 7 seeds. One hundred balla 

 should yield at least 150 sprouts. 



