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the seeds that had been kept in sand wtt 

 better condition Uian those preserved in the ster 

 ilised redwood sawdust Those kept in charco 

 diifered little from the other lots. The ones it 

 cold storage liad suffered from blue mold roor 

 than the others, but both lots were in fai: 

 condition. 



All were planted on the same day in rows side 

 by side. The seeds that had been kept in oold 

 storage germinated at once, and in a wedc were 

 all practically aboi-e grotmd. seeds of the 



other lot, which had comr froiii the same trees, 

 did not cof «■ to gemimate for about six 



weeks. Yet i^.^ . in the season very little differ- 

 ence could be seen be t w e e u the two lota; on the 

 whole the oold storage se^k gave rather the 

 poorer growth. 



FuiTHKi Impbovsmknts of Mktuod 



An even better method of preserving the seed 

 was presently developed, and I was finally abl 

 to presen'e the stoneless seeds almost as securcl) 

 as if they had their original protectirc corcrinir 



My new method consists in washiiit? th 

 stoneless seeds in clear fresh water when first 

 removed from the fniit; immersing them f 

 few minutes in a weak sohition of "B ' \ 

 mixture" (sulphate of copper and limc.i 



