336 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REpoRT. 
Germin- 
Years tNo. of No. of ated 
age trials :eed Per ct. 
Savoy. abbare 2s Ae at Se ee I 10 1000 92 
2 8 800 86 
3 4 400 86 
5 I 100 33 
6 2 200 43 
7 3 300 23 
8 2 200 6 
10 I 100 O 
II 2 200 0 
SUAS IN we arte Me ne (ener itn faa I 20 S425 ws 
2 16 505 76 
3 I2 417 72 
4 2 100 63 
6 I 30 10 
10 3 67 6 
14 I 50 O 
A OMe tix See eee ca ee oe er eee I 19 1400 85 
2 32 2250 86 
2 15 1400 89 
4 II II00 70 
5 II II00 81 
6 2 200 06 
7 5 400 74 
8 12 950 76 
9 5 500 83 
10 II 600 75 
II 2G 150 63 
12 4 400 86 
13 3 300 44 
14 4 300 74 
LOTT D Tho te ee ee a eee, eee I ye! 4100 88 
2 50 3400 04 
3 28 1900 04 
4 30 2150 79 
5 6 600 67 
6 3 300 58 
7 II 1000 56 
8 2 200 65 
12 2S aees eG) 49 
Some of the lessons that may be drawn from this inyestigation 
are as follows: The manner in which seed is kept is quite as im- 
portant a factor in determining its value as its age. Some plants 
are much more apt to give poor seeds than others. In raising 
certain crops it is hardly necessary to pay much attention to the 
securing of seeds which will grow, for practically all the seed on 
