. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . Figure 22.—Simple device for seed testing (open). place a folded cloth, woolen flannel is preferable, since it mustremain moist for a long time, but any cloth will do. The clothshould be free from dye stuffs since they may contain injuriouschemicals. Wet the cloth, pressing out the surplus water, leav-ing it very damp, but not soaked. Place the counted seeds be-tween its folds and mark plainly with a pencil on a piece ofpaper the number of seeds put in and the date. Then cover withthe second plate, as sho
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . Figure 22.—Simple device for seed testing (open). place a folded cloth, woolen flannel is preferable, since it mustremain moist for a long time, but any cloth will do. The clothshould be free from dye stuffs since they may contain injuriouschemicals. Wet the cloth, pressing out the surplus water, leav-ing it very damp, but not soaked. Place the counted seeds be-tween its folds and mark plainly with a pencil on a piece ofpaper the number of seeds put in and the date. Then cover withthe second plate, as shown in figure 23. Plenty of air will get in. Figure 23.—Simple device for seed testing (closed). between the plates, and the upper one will prevent temperature should average as recommended. Commonnewspaper or wrapping paper may take the place of the cloth,but requires much more attention. SEEDS AND SEED GROWING. 57 Sometimes seeds that barely germinate under the excep-tionally good conditions that exist in a sitting room or green-house will not grow readily when planted outdoors, so that intesting seeds it is very important to note the vigor of the that start strongly in the house may be safely planted attheir proper season outdoors, while those that start only weaksprouts indoors may be worthless for outdoor planting. An in-stance bearing on this occurred a few years ago at Chester,N. Y., where an onion grower planted seeds three years oldwhich germinated fairly well in his conservatory but failed togrow outdoors, while fresher onion seed sown at the same timegrew perfectly. The Curing and Stori
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