CHARACTERISTICS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS
The 1934 Seed Trade Buyers' Guide and Directory, of America, gives characteristics of vegetable seeds which we think may be of interest to our readers. The figures, of course, are approximate; only,- as conditions of growth, harvest, and storage, and varieties'are likely to cause variation!
Average -, Average Average Duration of Average • Weight of Amount reGermination Geminating Number of' Quart of quired for lyear-old Power, in Seeds per Seed, in 100 feet of Vegetable. Seed. Years. Ounce. Ounces. Drill. Seans,'. Dwarf.-.... 90% 3 100 30 ■' lib Beet, Garden 80% . . 4 , 1,750 10 loz ESrussels. Sprouts . 85% .. 4 ' ' ' ■' 6,500 . 24 , . %oz :..'...,.. 85% 4 5,000 ■ -24 ' larrbt ......... 75% ' • 3- 14,000 ■ 12 ,' Vz<n cauliflower .• 75% 4. 14,000 24 '.' >4oz Celery ......... 80% . ■ 3 • ' 100,000. ', ■' 16 Woz lale 85% .4 . 7.500 24 '■ . y 4 oz -ieek 80% 2. . 8,000. IS ; Vioz -.ettucB 90% . 6. V 1B.O0O 14 • i^oz Jnion 80% ' 2 12,500 16 loz ?arsley ......... TO% ' 1 . - 17,500" - . 12 : %dz Parsnip ......'.. 75%' ■ > 1 2,800 ':' 10 %bz ■ ?eas '......,.... 90% .3 50 to 150 . 30 ■■■': lib tadish 00% . 4 . 3.(100 24 loz Spinach 80% 3 3,000 14 loz [omato' k ...-.....■ 85% ■ 3 . 7.500 ' 10. • Uoz turnip , 90% 4 10,000 24 , %oz
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 18
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197CHARACTERISTICS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 18
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