AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



151 



The above table confirms the statement regarding the relative 

 quality of Rice's, Dunlap's and Atwood's seeds. The garden 

 seeds of Delano Moore, grown in Aroostook County, showed a 

 high germination per cent, and great vitality, but the timothy and 

 clover seeds were a little inferior to others tested, though good. 

 Those of Oscar Holloway and Parker & Wood did not include 

 garden seeds, but their seeds of forage plants were of excellent 

 quality. 



For the purpose of easy comparison we reprint the table show- 

 ing the result of work done in 1888. 



Comparative Results of Garden Seeds Germinated. 





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Dunning's 



Emerson's 



Ferry's 



Iowa Seed 



Dept 



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Lettuce 





99 





77 





1 



98 



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2 



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Turnip 





76 





29 





97 



1 



71 











Cabbaye.. . . 





69 





88 





92 



1 



73 



- 



- 



4 



80 



Parsnip .. .. 





44 





34 





49 



1 



70 











Celery 





27 



1 



02 





48 







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Onion 





74 





63 





95 



1 



67 











Beet 





63 





18 





77 



1 



76 



1 



60 







Carrot 



- 







.51 





48 



1 



60 







6 



66 



Tomato. ... 



- 



- 



- 



- 



- 



- 



- 





- 





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58 



To investigate the complaints from Aroostook County, seeds 

 were purchased from John Watson, Houlton, Me ; E. Merritt & 

 Sons, Houlton, Me. ; Chas. Wilson, Houlton, Me. ; A. H. Fogg 

 & Co., Houlton, Me. ; J. A. Miller, Houlton, Me. ; J. F. Hacker, 

 Fort Fairfield, Me. 



An examination of the general table Nos. 205 to 293 will show 

 that the most of the seeds sold in Aroostook are Commission 

 Seeds put up by various growers and dealers in and out of the 

 State. The question then is largely what seeds sold in Aroostook 

 are those of reliable growers, and what dealers handle them. 

 The tables show that the garden seeds of Ferry, Rice and Moore 

 have a high germinating power, that Dunlap's seeds are not 

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