Germination Periods.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 April 1913, Page 4

Germination Periods.

APPROXIMATE TIME TAKEN

We assume that tho seeds .are grown in the open borders, without any artificial assistance, but under favourable circumstances; much depends on the age of tho seed and the temperature of the ground in which it is planted.

AGRICULTURAL SEEDS.-Beau* 14 to 16 days; barley, 7 to' 14; carrot, 18 to 24; cloves, 7to 14; grasses, 7to 14; rye, 7to 14; oate, 9to 16; wheat, 9to 16; rape, 10 to 14; man-gel-wurzel, 20 to 30. VEGETABLE SEEDS.—Asparagus 20 to 30 days; broad beans, 12 to 16; French beans, 16 to 20; beet, 20 to 30; broccoli, 10 to 15; cauliflower, 10 to 15; cabbage, 7> to 10; carrot, 18 to 24; celery, 20 to 30; cress, 7 to 10; cucumber, 10 to 16; endive, 10 to 14; kohl rabi, 10 to 14; gourds and pumpkins, 10 to 20; leek, 15 to 30; lottuce, 10 to 14; melons, 10 to 14; mustard, 2 to 3; onion, 15 to 30; parsley, 10 to 20; peas, 20 to 30; pepper or capsicum, 10 to 16; potatoes, 10 to 30; Eadish, 10 to 14; rhubarb, 20 to 30; sea kale, 20 to | 30; spinach, 10 to 15; tomato, 8 to 20; turnips, 10 to 14; herbs, 16 to 30. FLOWER- SEEDS.—Aster, 10 to 18 days; auricula, 15 to 30;. balsam, 10 to 14; candytuft, 7to 10; Canterbury bell, 15 to 20; carnation, 20 to 30; chrysanthemum, 14 to 20; cockscomb, 7 to 14; convolvulus, 7 to 14; cowslip, 15 to 20; daisy, 15 to 20; egg plant, 10 to 14; everlasting flowers, 14 to 20; forget-me-not, 15 to 20; heartsease, 15 to 20; hollyhock, 15 to 20; jacobea, 15 to 20; larkspur, 10 to 20; lobelia, 20 to 30; lupins, 16 to 20; marigold (French), 10 to 14; marvel of Peru, 15 to 20; mignonette, 20 to 30; nasv*rtium, 10 to 14; passionflowers, 40 to 50; peas, sweet, 10 to 14; pink and picotee, 30 to 40; polyanthus, 15 to 20; poppy, 10 to 15; primrose, 15 to 20; rocket, 15 to 20; stock, 10 to 20; sunflower, 15 to 20; sweet alyssum, Lo to 20; sweet William, 20 to 30; violet, 20 to 30; Virginian stock, 7 to 10; coniferous seeds, 30 to 50; white thorn, 1 year; holly, 1 year; stones of cherry, peach, and plum, •50 to 80 days; pips of •apple, p»w, and quince, 30 to 60. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. Barley, 2$ to 2J bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, U bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; carrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 14 to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 lbs; do. for single-line fenc'ng, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnip-rooted oahbage), in transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold* .'urtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, lOlbs; rape or cole, 1 pkt.; :ye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye gra6B (if drilled, one fourth less), 2 to- 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; lures, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring 2 to 2} bushels; trifolium incarna'urn, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnp stubble, 41bs; wheat, 2J to 2\ bushels.

<:EEDS REQUIRED TO SOW GARDEN PLOTS.

Asparagus, bod of 15 yards square. !,' pt; beans, broad, per row of t3O Vet, 1£ pt; beet, row of 50 feet, .1 ■»; broccoli, per 4 square yards, i <;■/, ; brussels sprouts, per 4 6quare yards, } oz; cabbage, bed of 8 square yards, \ oz ; canrots, drill of, 120 feet, \\ oz; cauliflower, 4 square yards; oz; celery, 4 square yards, \ oz; endive, 4 square yards, J oz; kale, I square yards, \ oz; kidney beans, iow 80 feet, J pt; leek, 2 equare vards, \ oz; onions, 9 squa.re yards, I oz; parsley, row of 100 foot, 1 oz; Diu-snips, drill of 100 feet, lioz; peas "ow of 60 feet, 1 pt; potatoes, row of 80 feet, § pt; radishes, 4 square yards, 1 oz; Savoy, 4 square yards, oz; spinach, drill of 60 feet, 1 oz; 1 unrip, 6 square yards, 1 oz. TELLING THE WEATHER. The barometer rise 6 for southerly .vind (including from S.W: by. the -mth to th eeastward); for dry or V.ss wet weather, for less wind, or or more than one of these changes. Kxcept on a few occasions, when rain comes from th© southward with strong wind. A thermometer falls for change of '.vind toward any of the above direc- : ions. The barometer falls for northerly wind (including. from N.E. by the north to the westward); for wetwoatlier in winter, for strong wind (in simmer), or for more than one of these changes. Except on a few occasions, when moderate wind with mill comes from the southward. A thermometer rises for change of wind towards the north.