
, Sa OP ie we ha ee >. ee 
PEW eae he tok ine PO 
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Per cent of those 
Per cent that grew that 
; Per cent survived survived 
Seed. grew. winter. winter. 
DRG cts eae ecie sce gee OD 29 35 
Peereeies .: mocha ic burs ely Saar Be 95 8 8 1-2 
ae. als ee 84. 94. 98 
We ns ce Se cl eee wes 94 1Qe +: 10 . 
0 Se Sai RI aie a etat ee 10 10 1-2 
ME ork ee ec. sae 96 15 15 
Ree ee cds Race. 96 15 15 
DUM ee ca cinct, A keer 91 23 24 
7 URI lag gal 82 1 Bie 
EBD as ee A Se eer ee 92 46 50 
ee eee oo Oe a gees 90 0 0 
The variation in the hardiness of the varieties will be at once seen 
and it will be further noted that the Clawson stands- pre-eminent, 
and yet why so many should perish under the favorable conditions 
of location it is difficult to say. It is quite possible that in the field, 
plants mutually protect each other to a certain extent. It will be 
further observed that in no one case did all the seeds of a. plantin 
grow, and yet in single heads all the seed formed plants in No. Fe 
109, G. 148 and J. 108. Although badly- shrivelled seeds in a 
number of germination trials showed a greater power of germination 
than did plump seeds, yet as will be observed, such shrivelled seeds 
show a deficient power to vegetate, as compared with the plumper 
kernels. 
The stooling of these plants varied considerably. Thus the series 
averaged in crop. 5 @ 
heads to a seed. 
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HOR DWDDDOVO 
SDOCORHOAOE 
Cy 
—" 
The series A and O represent the same varietv, the heads alike, 
but A. from astool of five heads, C from a stool of thirty-three heads, 
the five heads of each series taken from the one stool. Let us com- 
- pare the heads at harvest, and see whether the influence of the selec- 
- tion is apparent: ; 
Each figure in numerals represents the position of the seed in the 
head. 
