. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 56 EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 351 The butternut squash, a variety belonging to the Moschata group, proved to be a very good yielder and of high quahty, but failed to keep as well as other varieties in storage. It appears useful for early winter use. A. F. Ye ACER, H. S. Clapp Treatment of Seeds with Hormones and Hormone-like Preparations Various advertisements and articles make claims for the advantages of hormone seed treatments and use on transplants. It seemed desirable to test some of these to gain first-hand information as to their growth in orde
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 56 EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 351 The butternut squash, a variety belonging to the Moschata group, proved to be a very good yielder and of high quahty, but failed to keep as well as other varieties in storage. It appears useful for early winter use. A. F. Ye ACER, H. S. Clapp Treatment of Seeds with Hormones and Hormone-like Preparations Various advertisements and articles make claims for the advantages of hormone seed treatments and use on transplants. It seemed desirable to test some of these to gain first-hand information as to their growth in order to answer inquiries of interested people. All of the commercial preparations for seeds were in dust form, being made up of hormones and, in some instances, vitamin B, mixed with talc powder. Some of the prepara- tions for transplants were in tablet form, to be dissolved in water before treating the roots. Commercial preparations test- ed were "; "Rootone," Thompson's "Pree-plant," Thompson's "Ree-root," "Trans- ; The last two were chiefly for treating transplanted seedlings. Along with these there were tested untreated seeds and seedlings for control, and seeds treated with dilute solu- tions of pure compounds such as naphthalene acetamide and levu- linic acid. The seeds tested were: kidney beans, lettuce, Swiss chard, radish, nasturtium, and potato seed tubers. Tomato seedlings w^ere treated with one preparation in comparison to controls treated with an ordinary starter solution made by dissolving com- mercial fertilizer in water. Results showed no advantage for any treatment. In one or two instances early growth was stimulated, especially with low concentrations of naphthalene acetamide, but the other plants subsequently caught up to them. The plants treated with starter solution outgrew those treated with "Transplantone," as shown in the photograph. Stuart Dunn. Fig. 4. Tomato seedings treated wi
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