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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



Comparison of Seeds Tested. 

 During the years 1888, 1889 and 1890, we have tested seeds 

 grown and sold in the State, and also some of those sold iD Maine 

 on commission, which are grown in other states. The results have 

 been published in the Reports for these } 7 ears respectively, but for 

 the purpose of comparison we give below a resume of the larger 

 part of the work. The seeds tested were put up by the following 

 parties : Lewis Atwood, Winterport, Me. ; E. W. Burbank, Frye- 

 burg, Me. ; Edwin Chick & Co., Bangor, Me. ; Department Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. ; A. H. Dunlap & Sons, Nashua, N. 

 H. ; R. B. Dunning & Co., Bangor, Me. ; Thos. W. Emerson & 

 Co., Boston, Mass. ; D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. ; James 

 J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. ; Kendall & Whitney, Port- 

 land, Me. ; David Lanclreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. ; E. W. 

 Lyman, Springfield, Mass. ; Delano Moore, Presque Isle, Me. ; J. 

 B. Rice, Cambridge, N. Y. ; James M. Thorburn & Co., New 

 York, N. Y. 



Put up by 



Varieties 

 tested. 



Average % 

 sprouted. 



Put up by 



Lettuce. 



Varieties 

 tested. 



Average % 

 sprouted 



Lettuce. 









Atwood. 



2 



63 



Emerson. 



1 



10 



Chick. 



1 



99 



Ferry. 



2 



90 



Dept. Agr. 



2 



90 



Gregory. 



1 



100 



Dunlap. 



3 



83 



Lyman. 



1 







Dunning. 



1 



77 



Rice. 



3 



71 



Turnip . 







Turnip. 







Atwood. 



3 



73 



Ferry. 



5 



S3 



Burbank. 



1 



100 



Gregory. 



1 



98 



Chick. 



1 



76 



Lyman. 



1 



4 



Dunlap. 



3 



29 



Moore. 



1 



99 



Dunning. 



1 



29 



Rice. 



2 



73 



Emerson. 



1 



97 









Cabbage. 







Cabbage. 







Atwood. 



1 



48 



Emerson. 



1 



92 



Burbank. 



1 



89 



Ferry. 



4 



85 



Chick. 



1 



69 



Gregory. 



1 



46 



Dept. Agr. 



4 



80 



Lyman. 



1 



91 



Dunlap. 



3 



49 



Rice. 



3 



77 



Dunning. 



1 



88 









Parsnip. 







Parsnip. 







Atwood. 



2 



22 



Ferry. 



3 



55 



Burbank. 



1 



30 



Gregory. 



1 



35 



Chick. 



1 



44 



Lyman. 



1 







Dunlap. 



5 



36 



Moore. 



1 



82 



Dunning. 



1 



34 



Rice. 



2 



5S 



Emerson. 



1 



49 









