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CHAPTER V 



PAOE8 



Seed-Tahles 92-106 



Quantity <\f Seed required per Acre ....... 92 



liny and Pasture Seeds 94 



rennaiii'iit meadows, 94 — Permanent pastures, 94 — Number 



and weight of grass seed, and another estimate of quantity to sow, 



94 — Examples of seed mixtures that would furnish 20,000,000 



grass seeds per acre, 95 — Testing grass seed, 96. 

 Numher of Tree-Seeds in a Pound 96 



Fruit trees, 96 — Forest trees, 96. 

 Weights and Sizes of Seeds 97 



Seedmen's customary weights per bushel, 97 — Weight and size 



of garden seeds, 98. 

 Figures of Germination and Purity ....... 100 



Testing seeds, 100 — High average percentage of purity and of 



germination of high-grade seeds, 101 — Average time required for 



garden seeds to germinate, 102. 

 Longevity of Seeds 102 



Vilmorin's tables, 102 — Haberlandt's figures, 104 — Vitality 



of seeds buried in soil, 104. 

 Average Yields of Garden Seed- Crops 105 



CHAPTER VI 



laxting-Tables 106-123 



Dates for Sowing or Setting Kitchen-Garden Vegetables in Differ- 

 ent Latitudes 106 



Lansing, Michigan, 106 — Boston, 106 — New York, 107 — Nor- 

 folk, 107 — Georgia, 108 — 'IVndor and hardy vegetables, 108. 



Date-Tahles 109 



Vegeta])le-gardener's planting-table, 109 — Usual planting dates 

 for field crops, 110 — Flower-planting table, 116. 



Distance -Tattles .119 



Usual distances apart for planting fruits, 119 — Usual distances 

 apart for planting vegetables, 119— Orange trees, 119 — Number 

 of plants reijuired to set an acre of ground at given distances, 

 120 — Quincunx planting, 12.'}. 



Flan for a Home Garden . . « 123 



