1911. 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 



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SEED WORK, 1910. 



BY G. E. STONE. 



The seed work for I'JIO iucliulcs seed germination, separa- 

 tion and the testing for purity. The number of samples of seed 

 sent in for germination exceeded that of 1909, the total num- 

 ber being 296. This germination work seems to be on the in- 

 crease from year to year, and a great many more varieties of 

 seed are tested for germination than has been the case in the 

 past. Of the total number of samples sent in this year. 152 

 Avere miscelhnieous seeds, a trifle over 50 per cent, of the total 

 number. The number of samples of onion seed sent in was a 

 little less than in 1909, and tobacco averaged about the same. 

 The average germination of the tobacco seed, 95 per cent., was 

 slightly better than usual. The lowest germination of any sam- 

 ple of tobacco seed sent in was 89 per cent. On the whole, 

 onion seed last year did not seem to be up to the previous year's 

 standard, as the average germination of all samples was only 

 77.4 per cent., as against 82.2 per cent, in 1909. The germina- 

 tion of the tobacco seed, with a lowest percentage of 89, tends 

 to prove the theory that large seeds produce large plants ; there- 

 fore in succeeding years better crops are obtained, and, as a 

 result, better seed. 



Table 1. — Becords of Seed Germinai'wn, 1910. 



