Seed Tables. 77 



Quantity of Seed required to Sow an Acre, continued. 



Pumpkin . in hills 4 to 5 Ibs. 



Radish in drills 8 to 10 Ibs 



Sage " 8 to 10 Ibs 



Salsify " 8 to 10 Ibs. 



Spinach " 10 to 12 Ibs. 



Squash, Bush in hills 4 to 6 Ibs. 



Running . . " 3 to 4 Ibs. 



Tomato to transplant * Ib. 



Turnip in drills i to 2 Ibs. 



" broadcast 3 to 4 ibs. 



Grass (mixed lawn) 2 to 4 bu. 



2. Weight and Size of Garden Seeds. 



Adapted from Vilmorirfs tables. 



A litre is about if pints, and a gramme is i5f grains. 



Weight of a litre of Number of seeds 

 seeds in grammes. in i gramme. 



Angelica 150 170 



Anise 300 200 



Asparagus Bean (Dolichos sesqiu- 



pedalis, L.) 770 500 to 650 



Balm 550 2, ooo 



Basil 530 800 



Bean 625 to 850 75 to 800 in 100 g. 



Beet 250 50 



Bolage 480 65 



Borecole 700 300 



Broccoli 700 375 



Cabbage 700 300 



Caper 460 160 



Caraway 420 350 



Cardoon 630 25 



Carrot with the spines 240 700 



" without the spines 360 950 



Catmint 780 1,200 



