TECHNICAL BULLETIN No. 1. 
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TABLE XX.—Tests of Old Seeds. 
Station 
Numb’r. 
Name. 
/ 
No. of days 
before first 
sprout. 
No. of days 
before last 
sprout. 
Vitality, 
per cent. 
B. 717 
Sunflower, Small Russian_ 
0 
0 
0 - 
B. 718 
Sunflower, Large Russian.. .. 
4 
8 
21 . 
B. 719 
Gourd, Southern___ 
10 
12 
20 . 
B. 720 
Pea, Garden.. 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 721 
Pea, Garden.. 
5 
5 
7. 
B. 722 
Bean, Large Lima... ... 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 723 
Bean, Marrowfat...... 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 727 
Soufoin____ 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 725 
Millet. Golden___ 
5 
5 
1 . 
B. 726 
Millet, Hungarian.. 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 727 
Clover, Mammoth__ 
4. 
4. 
1 . 
B. 728 
Timothy Grass... 
0 . 
0 . 
0 . 
B. 729 
Randall Grass.... 
5. 
7 
2 . 
B. 730 
Rye Grass, Italian_____ 
5. 
5 
1 . 
B. 731 
Meadow Foxtail... 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 732 
Johnson Grass.. 
6 
6 
1 . 
B. 733 
Castor Oil Bean ... 
4 
14 
5. 
B. 734 
Oats, Rust Proof ... . 
3 
17 
83. 
B. 735 
Oats. Black... 
4 
17 
71. 
B. 736 
Buckwheat, Silverhull ... _ 
0 
0 . 
0 . 
B. 737 
Rice .. .. 
4 
8 . 
13. 
B. 738 
Barley... 
3 
8 
14. 
B. 739 
Cotton... 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 740 
Wheat. Flint. ... 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 741 
Wheat. Fultz.... 
0 
0 
0 . 
B. 742 
Wheat, Caldwell’s Rust Proof 
0 
0 
0 . 
Discussion of Table XX.—The above samples of seeds were taken from a 
lot of seeds exhibited by the N. C. Agricultural Department at the State Exposi¬ 
tion of 1884, and subsequently at Northern fairs. The seeds were, therefore, six 
to seven years old. The series is too small to furnish trustworthy data as to the 
duration of vitality in the species of seeds tested, but the test tends to show that, 
with the exception of oats, six years is very near the extreme limit. The Station 
would be glad to receive samples of old seeds of known age for the purpose of 
enlarging the above series of tests. 
