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The average per cent of vitality of the seeds was as follows : 

 Beets 77 Melon 80 Onion 80 Radish 86 



Cabbage 83 Cucumber 87 Parsnip 71 Squash 81 



Cauliflower 87 Lettuce 97 Pea 94 Tomato 90 



Celery 70 



One sample of lettuce contained 4.5 per cent and another 1.7 per 

 cent of impurities, mostly gravel and lumps of earth. In all other 

 cases the seeds were very free from impurities. 



In one instance a package of seed marked Champion of England 

 Pea, proved to be sweet corn ; but in no case was there any evidence 

 of an attempt on the part of the seedsman to sell seeds untrue to 

 name, and in nearly every instance, the strains were pure and free 

 from mixture. 



