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England peas ranged from 1 to 1.31, the most of these being at 
the upper end of the series, 1.25 being an average for the lot, the 
best germinations coming a little higher, about 1.28. Here, as with 
the other seeds, there were many exceptions, sometimes a seed of 
lowest specific gravity giving a quite vigorous plant. In the case 
of the Swedish turnip, the seed of which varied from 1 to 1.18, 
those seeds which varied in specific gravity from I to 1.03 gave 
roots of an average weight of 9 ounces, those which varied from 
1.03 to 1.12 gave roots with an average weight of 19 ounces; while 
from those seeds in which the specific gravity ranged from 1.12 to 
1.18 the roots averaged 42 ounces. 7 
These are the most striking results secured. The investigator 
cautions us, however, in accepting them in their entirety since 
there were no seeds sifted and it might be that those seeds of 
greatest specific gravity were also the larger ones. It does not 
seem, however, that this should make any difference to the man 
who would desire to select seed in this fashion for planting, since 
if the results were secured it will be immaterial whether they came 
from selecting larger seed or selecting seed of a higher specific 
gravity. 
In the test of cauliflower seed the seeds were divided by the eye 
into small seed and large seed. The seed varied in specific gravity 
from I to 1.15, yet strange to say the small seed ranged from 
1.12 to 1.15 but the large seed, even though of lower specific 
gravity, averaged much larger heads. The test of cabbage seed 
indicated very clearly that “the percentage of germinations among 
very small seeds is low, also that such seeds as do germinate pro- 
duce small plants—the heaviest yielding plants were those from 
the large dark seed.” In the case of the egg-plant it was found 
that practically all of those seeds with a specific gravity less than 
water did not germinate while the remainder practically all germi- 
nated. As egg-plant seed is generally low in percentage of germi- 
nations the investigator recommends this as a means of getting 
rid of the poor seed. In the peppers, the seeds of which vary in 
color as well as in size, it was found that the large white seeds 
gave much the best results. With one exception, in which case the 
. plant grew from a medium white seed, every large fruit was froma 
large-sized white seed. Plants from dark seed were worthless, 
bearing in all cases small fruits and the plants themselves being 
feeble. The plants from brownish seed were somewhat better but 
not satisfactory. The small white seed produced plants which were 
very feeble and either failed to fruit at all or else produced small 
