Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1901 — Effect of Cold on Seeds. [ARTICLE]

Effect of Cold on Seeds.

Experiments with plant seeds subjected to extreme cold have shown that the power of germination Is not destroyed, but merely suspended by the cold. By the use of liquid air, seeds of barley, oats, squash, cucumbers, peas, sunflower and some other plants were recently kept for 110 hours at a cold of from IS3 degrees to 102 degrees centigrade. They were then carefully and slowly thawed for fifty hours. They were then planted and sprouted as well as If they had not been frozen. The experiments were made by Messrs. Browne, Escombe and Horan in London.