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Planting Sprouted Seed to Secure Farliness. 
We noted in 1884, that permitting the seed of peas to sprout be- 
fore planting indicated an advantage in the earliness of the first 
pods of about eight days. The past season we repeated this experi- 
ment. A quantity of Philadelphia peas were placed to sprout in 
moist sand on March 28. April 16, one row of the sprouted seed 
was planted, and adjoining one row of unsprouted seed taken from 
the same package as was the sprouted seed. | 
The sprouted seed commenced vegetating April 23, and the un- 
sprouted seed April 25. The plants from the sprouted seed bloomed 
May 25, and those from the unsprouted seed May 28, three days 
later. The earliest pods from the sprouted seed were of edible size 
June 13, and from the unsprouted June 17th, indicating a gain in 
this case of four days. ; 
Seeds Planted in Order from the Pods. 
In our last report we gave the result of an experiment in planting 
the seeds of Culverwell’s Telegraph pea in order from the pod; that 
is, we selected fifty pods containing eight seed each, and planted the 
seeds next the stem in all the pods in the first row, the second seeds 
from the stem in the second row, and so on to the last. We were 
unable to interpret the results, but have repeated the experiment in 
part the past season, taking the seeds from the yield of the experi- 
ment noted last year. Again the results are confusing and contra- 
dictory. It appears as if the position of the seeds in the pod has lit- 
tle if any influence upon the resultant plants. 
SPINACH. 
Seeds of the following list of Spinaches were planted in the gar- 
den April 25, in rows 21 inches apart and 12 feet long. The soil was 
prepared as noted for the beet, and was in excellent condition. 
We noted the following data : 



) heey hs ee g.| cs g .- 
So. (oes e| og |e] 85 (22 
Spinach. SS lpelsol So [Fel ca [Fs 
| bya | ots! f.2 | ee eee 
oy SSeS | utes = |x S| = Se 
eo. jasias Oe ees 
Bloomsdale - - - - - Vas aed Se May 31-|-36_|--5_|June 5_|_41_|June 18_|--54 
BloomsdaleSavoy.- pe ae TOL el BOs] e010) 9 o° |-Ol) 4 Les ie eee 
Henderson’s Norfolk Savoy- 
eaves al pl Ree 8 SOLE B6_fOb US, OBL] AD ee 
Long Standings: - ice. sess **> 311)-86_|18.) 8°. 184} .542\Fuby jibe ye 
Thick-Leaved (Hen.) ---------- “pols|.86_(1%.11 SAT bes) eee ee 
Thick-Leaved (Howcroft)__-_- OL 86.| 17-1 °° TTT OS eee er 
The ‘‘days fit for table use,” indicates the number of days between 
the time when the leaves were of fair edible size and when the 
flower stalks appeared. 
Synonyms. 
We were able to detect no difference between the Bloomsdale, 
Land.,’&85 ; the Bloomsdale Savoy, Howcroft, ’85, and Henderson’s 
Norfolk Savoy-Leaved, Hen., ’85. 


