Florida Agricultural Experiment Station


Fig. 16. Internal effect of the angular leaf spot disease.


loosely in a cloth bag and soak them for 10 minutes in a 1:1,000
solution of corrosive sublimate, rinse them in several changes of
fresh water, dry them and they are ready to plant. (See "Seed
Treatment," page 42, for details of this operation.)
 During the season of 1924 some valuable data were obtained
under field conditions concerning seed treatment and its effect.
The early season was cold and wet. The first plantings failed to
come up and rotted because of excessive moisture and cold. In
many instances it was necessary to make second and third plant-
ings to obtain a stand. Seed treatment was advocated and
generally practiced by a large number of the growers. Ninety
percent of all the seed of the first planting was carefully treated.
But as later plantings had to be made to obtain a stand in the
field, fewer growers treated their seed. As a result only 12 per-
cent of the third and fourth plantings weretreated. Many growers
blamed the treatment for the rotting of the seed but check plots,