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SEED TRADE BUYERS GUIDE 
LONGEVITY OF FLOWER SEEDS 
Prepared by Bodger Seeds, Ltd., El Monte, California, 
and the Ransom Seed Laboratory, Los Angeles, California. 
KEY TO SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TABLE 
B—Seed placed between blotters. 
TB—Seed placed on top blotters. 
T—Seed placed between folds of paper towels. 
P —Seed placed on cotton, in petri dishes in 30° chamber for 7 hours and In 20° from 4 P. M. to 
9 A. M. daily. 
20-30 at 20° for 16 hours, and at 30° for 8 hours daily. 
*—More information needed before drawing final conclusions on best method of testing. 
13° C.—55° F. 20° C.—68° F. 30° C.—86° F. 
NAME OF FLOWER SEED 
Brachycome 
Coix 
Helianthus Double Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
lium Used 
Period of 
Approximate 
Approximate 
in 
Temperature 
Germination 
Longevity 
No. Seeds 
mination 
(Centigrade) 
(Days) 
(Years) 
Per Ounce 
,TB 
20 
14 
4 
200.000 
. .B 
20-30 
14-20 
3 
9,000 
TB 
20-30 
14 
4 
214,000 
. .B 
20-30 
10-14 
4 
60,000 
,TB 
20 
10-20 
4 
60,000 
,TB 
20-30 
6-10 
4-6 
30.000 
.TB 
20 
14 
1-2 
76,800 
.TB 
20 
21 
4-6 
41,900 
. .T 
20-30 
14-20 
3 
1,200 
,TB 
20 
28-40 
2 
40,100 
.TB 
20 
14 
2 
86 600 
..P 
13 
10-14 
3-4 
220,000 
. .P 
20-30 
30-50 
2 
17,600 
,TB 
20 
21 
2-3 
160,000 
.TB 
20 
14 
2 
12,000 
. .T 
20-30 
14-30 
1 
600 
.TB 
20 
8-12 
1-2 
12,000 
.TB 
20 
26 
2 
85,000 
. .T 
20-30 
14-40 
3-4 
400 
. .B 
20 
10-14 
6-6 
3,600 
. .P 
13 
6-10 
1-2 
41,200 
.TB 
20 
10-14 
2-3 
192,000 
.TB 
20 
10 
2 
29,600 
.TB 
20-30 
20 
6 
100 000 
.TB 
20 
10 
3^ 
160.000 
.TB 
20 
28-40 
2-3 
70,000 
.TB 
20 
12-14 
1-2 
67.900 
20-30 
14 
6-6 
4,000 
.TB 
20 
14 
2-3 
100,000 
.TB 
20-30 
14 
3 
126,000 
.TB 
20 
14 
2-3 
10,000 
20-30 
14 
3 
100 
.TB 
20 
10 
4-6 
16,000 
.TB 
20-30 
6-10 
4 
30,000 
. .B 
20-30 
20-30 
1-2 
2,600 
.TB 
20-30 
16 
3 
7,000 
20-30 
14-30 
1-2 
7,600 
.TB 
20-30 
15 
1-2 
8,000 
.TB 
20-30 
12-14 
1-2 
10,600 
.TB 
20 
14 
2-3 
20,000 
20 
20-30 
1-2 
50,000 
20 
11-18 
4-5 
10,000 
.TB 
20 
16 
3-4 
100,000 
,TB 
20 
14 
2-3 
100,000 
20-30 
10 
1 
4,460 
20-30 
21 
2 
400 
20-30 
14 
2-3 
120 
20-30 
14 
2 
116,000 
.TB 
20-30 
12-14 
1-2 
32 600 
20-30 
10-14 
4-6 
1.600 
.TB 
20 
21 
2 
12.000 
20-30 
10-14 
3-4 
6,600 
20-30 
14 
3,000 
20 
21 
4-6 
20 
10 
2-3 
5,300 
20-30 
10 
2-3 
3,000 
20-30 
16-21 
3-4 
2,000 
13 
15-21 
1 
10,000 
.TB 
20 
6-10 
4-5 
28,000 
20 
12-14 
2-3 
10,300 
.TB 
20-30 
16 
2 
200,000 
. .B 
20 
15-21 
1 
10,000 
20-30 
10 
4 
116 
.TB 
20-30 
14 
2 
107.600 
.TB 
20 
10 
2 
16.000 
. .P 
20-30 
7 
2-3 
6,300 
. .P 
20-30 
19 
3-4 
2,600 
.TB 
20 
19 
2-3 
173,800 
. .B 
20 
16-20 
4 
10,000 
20 
16-20 
2 
16,000 
. .B 
20 
16-21 
2 
39,700 
20 
30-40 
1 
6.200 
. .B 
20-30 
14 
1 
16,000 
.TB 
20-30 
21 
2 
7,000 
20 
10 
6-6 
110.400 
.TB 
20 
16 
3 
100,000 
. .B 
20-30 
16 
2-3 
6,800 
. .T 
20-30 
14 
3-4 
600 
. .T 
20-30 
14 
3-4 
160 
.TB 
20 
10-14 
2 
25,000 
.TB 
20 
10-14 
4 
36,000 
. .B 
20-30 
10-14 
2-3 
9,000 
. .T 
20-30 
10-14 
2-3 
700 
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