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Colorado Experiment Station 
Kind of 
Seed 
Seed 
Bed 
Temperature 
Fahrenheit 
Day for Making Germination 
Report 
Preliminary 
Final 
Peppers .. 
B 
68-75 
4 
10 
Pumpkins x . 
C 
68-75 
3 
6 
Radishes . 
B 
68 
3 
5 
Salsify . 
C 
68-75 
5 
10 
Spinach .. 
B 
68 
5 
10 
Squashes x . 
C 
68-75 
3 
6 
Sweet corn . 
C 
68-75 
3 
5 
Tomatoes . 
B 
68-75 
4 
10 
Turnips . 
B 
68 
3 
5 
Watermelon x . 
B 
68-75 
4 
6 
NOTE: 
B—Between blotting paper. 
TB—On top of blotting paper. 
BJ—Bell jar (these seeds may also be germinated in daylight germinator). 
C—Between folds of cloth. 
b—Soak six hours in water at room temperature before testing for garmina- 
tion. 
c—It is recommended that the germinaton of beet seed be confined to de¬ 
termining the percentage of balls which give sprouts. 
*—Germinate in soil when possible, 
x—Germinate in sand when possible. 
To make the germination test, first prepare the seed bed. If 
blotters are to be used, select blue or white blotting paper in strips 
about 6 inches by 12 inches and fold lengthwise once. When Canton 
flannel is used, for large seeds, the strips should be about 8 inches by 
32 inches and folded lengthwise twice. 
Fig. 5.—Use of dinner plate in making germination test. The blotter is dipped into 
water, laid on the plate, th^ seeds spread evenly over surface of blotter, 
and another dinner plate inverted over them, thus making a moist 
chamber. 
Next, immerse the blotters or cloths in water and after draining, 
place on an ordinary dinner plate (Figs. 5 and 6). It is advisable to 
run two tests of each lot. Count two lots of 100 seeds each, taking the 
