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THE PEANUT— THE UNPREDICTABLE LEGUME 



Table 25. — Results of Two Seed Treatment Tests with Machine-Shelled 

 Virginia Bunch Peanuts Conducted in the Field, North Carolina, 1942 



» The seed used in tests A and B were from different sources. The seed were composed of large and 

 medium sizes 



Improved Ceresan, Spergon and Arasan increased the emergence in all 

 cases. However, Yellow Cuprocide was no more effective than no treat- 

 ment in one test. The Arasan treatment of Virginia Bunch and Spanish 

 peanuts was effective on both hand-shelled and machine-shelled seed. 

 However, there was not much increase in the percentage of emergence 

 from imshelled Spanish variety treated with Arasan. 



Results from seed-treatment tests by the Virginia Experiment Sta- 

 tion during 1939-1945 showed that the stand of peanuts from machine- 



TaMe 26. — Results of One Representative Field Experiment Conducted to 



Determine Effects of Seed Treatment on Emergence of Peanuts Shelled 



BY Different Methods, North Carolina, 1942 



