. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . r climate elsewhere are best to plant if they are properlyselected. Experience seems to show that seed grown in coldclimates generally produces an earlier crop than seed grown inwarm sections. Testing Seeds.—No matter how carefully our seeds mayhave been raised or who the person is from whom we receivedthem it may save much trouble and loss to test them beforesowing. This may be done by sowing them in a box of fineloam kept at a temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees. Thetemperature of an ordinary living ro
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . r climate elsewhere are best to plant if they are properlyselected. Experience seems to show that seed grown in coldclimates generally produces an earlier crop than seed grown inwarm sections. Testing Seeds.—No matter how carefully our seeds mayhave been raised or who the person is from whom we receivedthem it may save much trouble and loss to test them beforesowing. This may be done by sowing them in a box of fineloam kept at a temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees. Thetemperature of an ordinary living room is about right. Forthis purpose use a box about four inches deep and the size ola soap box; sow the seed in shallow drills and cover the bo5 V 56 VEGETABLE GARDENING. with grass to prevent rapid evaporation. One hundred seedshould be counted out just as they come, and be sown. By count-ing the seedlings the per cent of germination of the seed iseasily obtained. A Simple Germinating Apparatus.—A simple method of test-ing seed is as follows:—Take two plates and in one of therri. 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
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