BULLETIN 1478, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
yields of the 1923 plantings were not recorded; consequently that 
phase of the study can not be presented. Field notes indicate that 
there was little difference in the crops resulting from the early and 
the late shelled seed. 
EXPERIMENTS IN 1924 
The work was continued for the season of 1924. During the crop 
season of 1923 stock of the same varieties and strains was grown at 
the Pee Dee station under uniform soil and cultural conditions. The 
material used was the same as that employed during previous years 
and came from the regular increase plots included in the selection 
work conducted under the cooperative plan. It was exceptional in 
that all stocks employed were of known history for several generations. 
Table 9. 
-Growing tests in 192 A of seven varieties of peanuts in which seed shelled 
on different dates was used 
Variety 
Date shelled 
Xumber of 
seeds 
planted 
Number of 
germina- 
tions 
June 22 
Xumber of 
germina- 
tions 
July 3 
Percentage 
ofrgennina- 
tion July 3 
Jumbo 
Virginia Bunch. 
Virginia Runner. 
African. 
Valencia 
Spanish 
Improved Spanish. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Mav 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
10. 1923 
10. 1924 
10. 1924 
10.1924 
10. 1S24 
10. 1924 
10. 1923 
10. 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10. 1924 
10. 1923 
10. 1924 
10. 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10. 1924 
10. 1923 
10. 1924 
10. 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10. 1923 
10. 1924 
10. 1924 
10. 1924 
10, 1924 
10.1921 
10, 1923 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10,1924 
10. 1923 
10. 1924 
10. 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
10, 1924 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
350 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
380 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
360 
260 
300 
360 
360 
360 
286 
246 
270 
278 
242 
269 
312 
305 
315 
330 
319 
252 
333 
319 
309 
325 
302 
288 
326 
336 
326 | 
332 
327 
289 
331 
325 
319 
324 
317 
994 
337 
348 
335 
341 
336 
355 
310 
321 
318 
330 
323 
271 
293 
257 
273 
278 
245 
270 
312 
305 
315 | 
332 
323 
233 
336 
319 
313 
325 
302 
283 
315 
312 
314 
332 
334 
283 
320 
319 
317 
323 
314 
293 
329 
340 
328 
; J5 
336 
3 ,3 
30 S 
314 
325 
00O 
325 
259 
81.38 
71.38 
75.83 
77.22 
63.05 
75.00 
S6.67 
84.72 
87.50 
92.22 
89.72 
64.72 
93.33 
88.61 
86.94 
90.27 
83. 88 
78.61 
87.50 
86.67 
87. 22 
92.22 
92.77 
78.61 
88. S9 
88.61 
83. 05 
89. 72 
87. 22 
81.38 
91.39 
94.44 
91.11 
93.05 
93.33 
95.27 
85.55 
87. 22 
90.27 
91.67 
90.27 
71.94 
The seed for the 1924 work was picked during the fall of 1923, 
shipped to Washington as before, and stored in the same ventilated 
storage room at the Arlington farm. The methods followed in han- 
dling the seed were similar in all respects to those employed during 
previous seasons. Early in December, 1923, sufficient seed for the 
entire experiment was removed to the building in Washington and 
stored in cans in the same room as in previous years. 
