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ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Botanical Investigations and Experiments, Seed Laboratory, 



Washington, D. C, Octobers, 1905. 



Final report of germination test of seed received September 22, 1905. 



Test 

 number. 



Sender' 

 mark. 



34605 

 34605 

 34607 

 34608 

 34609 

 34610 

 34611 

 34612 

 31613 

 34614 

 34615 

 34616 

 34617 

 34618 



13316 

 1 

 3 



Name of seed. 



Dura- 

 tion of 

 test in 



days. 



Germi- 

 nation, 

 per cent. 



Sweet corn, nonfumigated. 



Sweet corn, 2 hours, at 10 per cent. 

 Sweet corn, 3 hours, at 5 per cent. . 



Sorghum, nonfumigated 



Sorghum, 1 hour, at 7£ per cent 



Sorghum, 3 hours, at 5 per cent 



Beans, nonfumigated 



Beans, 1 hour, at ~k per cent 



Beans. 2 hours, at 10 per cent 



Beans, 3 hours, at 5 per cent 



Cotton, nonfumigated 



Cotton, 1 hour, at 7^ per cent 



Cotton, 2 hours, at 10 per cent 



Cotton, 3 hours, at 5 per cent 



94.5 



.0 





 75 











80. 

 12.5 



3.5 

 85 

 

 .5 







The actual value is the percentage of pure seed that will germinate. This is obtained by multi- 

 plying the percentage of pure seed by the percentage of total germination. 

 Remarks.— Exposed to SO? gas as above. 



E. Brown, 

 Botanist in Charge of Seed Laboratory. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Botanical Investigations and Experiments, Seed Laboratory, 



Washington, D. C, October 7, 1905. 



Report of germination test of beet seed received September 22, 1905. 



Test 

 number. 



Sender's 

 mark. 



28149 





28150 

 28151 



1 

 2 



Name of varietv. 



Beet, nonfumigated 



Beet, 1 hour, at 7| per cent. 

 Beet, 2 hours, at 10 per cent 



BIm 



days. 



balls. 



164. 5 

 

 



Per cent 



of balls 

 giving 

 sprouts. 



Remarks. — Exposed to S0. 2 gas as above noted. 



E. Brown, 

 Botanist in Charge of Seed Laboratory. 



