Seedsmen's customary weights per bushel of seeds (Edgar Brown)

Kind of Seed

Pounds per bushel

Kind of Seed

Pounds per bushel

Alfalfa........

60

Cowpea.......

56-60

Amber Cane..................

45-60

Crested dog's-tail . .

14-30

Bent-grass:

  

Fescue :

  

Creeping

10-20

Hard.......

12-16

Rhode Island ....

10-15

Meadow......

14-24

Bermuda-grass

24-36

Red.......

12-15

Bird'sfoot clover ....

60

Sheep's.....

12-16

Bitter vetch

  

Tall.......

14-24

Blue-grass:

60

Various leaved....

14-18

Canada

14-20

Flat pea.......

50-60

Kentucky

14-30

Flax.......

48-56

Texas

14

Hemp.........

40-60

Broad bean

50-60

Japan clover:

  

Brome, awnless

10-14

Hulled......

60

Broom corn......

45-60

Unhulled.....

18-25

Bur clover:

  

Johnson-grass ....

14-28

Hulled.......

60

Kafir.......

50-60

Unhulled......

8-10

Lentil..........

60

Spotted

60

Lupine, white ....

50-60

Castor Bean.....

46-60

Meadow foxtail ....

7-14

Clover:

  

Meadow-grass

  

Alsike

60

Fowl.......

11-14

Crimson......

60

Rough-stalked . . .

14-20

Egyptian......

60

Wood...........

14-24

Mammoth . . . .

60

Millet:

  

Red........

60

Barnyard..............

30-60

White.......

60

Broom corn ....

45-60

Weights and Sizes of Seeds — Continued

Kind of Seed

Pounds per bushel

Kind of Seed

Pounds per bushel

Millet—continued.

  

Rye-grass:

  

Common.......

48-50

English......

10-30

German....

48-50

Italian.............

14-25

Golden wonder.....

48-50

Sainfoin...............

14-32

Hungarian..........

48-50

Serradella

28-36

Pearl.......

48-56

Soybean ......

58-60

Milo........

50-60

Spelt.......

40-60

Oat-grass:

  

Sunflower..............

24-50

Tall........

10-14

Sweet clover:

  

Yellow.......

7-14

Hulled......

60

Orange cane..........

45-60

Unhulled.....

33

Orchard-grass.........

10-18

Sweet corn (according to variety).....

  

Pea:

  

36-56

Field.......

60

Sweet vernal, perennial .

6-15

Garden, smooth ....

60

Teosinte............

40-60

Garden, wrinkled . . .

56

Timothy...........

45

Peanut........

20-30

Velvet bean............

60

Rape, winter........

50-60

Vetch:

  

Red-top:

  

Hairy............

50-60

Chaff.......

10-14

Spring............

60

Fancy............

25-40

Water-grass, large .

14

Rescue-grass...............

12-28

Wild rice......

15-28

Rice............

43-45

Yellow trefoil ....

60

For legal weights of seeds, grains, fruits, and other products, see Chap. XXVII.

Weight and size of garden seeds (adapted from Vilmorin's tables)

 

Weight of a qt. of seeds in oz.

Number of seeds in 1 grain

Angelica

5.827

11.02

Anise.....

11.65

12.96

Asparagus bean (Dolichos sesquipedalis)

29.91

32.40 to 42.12 in 100 gr.

Balm...........

21.36

129.60

Basil.................

20.59

51.84

Bean...............

24.27 to 33.02

4.86 to 51.84 in 100 gr.

Beet...........

9.71

3.24

Borage ..........

18.65

4.21

Borecole..........

27.19

19.44

Broccoli......

27.19

24.30

Cabbage

27.19

19.44

Caper.......

17.87

10.37

Caraway......

16.31

22.68

Cardoon......

24.47

1.62

Carrot with the spines.....

9.32

45.36

Carrot without the spines ....

13.98

61.56