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Sea Kale fruits oval pods

Aug. 7th 11˚ 15 Pods silvery & bloom very easily rubbed off.— most of pods more or less gnawed or imperfect.— flower-peduncle with bloom.—

6 + 6 to be syringed & Aug 12 no difference many mouldy

Sept 5' 3 of the cleaned pods rotten, more or less & thrown away

― 9' 3 of the pods with bloom half rotten

― 12 If any difference the 3 remaining pods with bloom, look in a worse state than the remaining 3 cleaned ones

Aug 7. 11˚. 15. 4 3? & 4 3? to be dryed.

12 8˚ I think the cleaned a little more wrinkled. 13th do

(Also 2 in salt water & 2 in fresh.)

Aug. 14. The cleaned certainly more wrinkled.

― 19th I cut them all open & the green rather fleshy coat certainly rather drier of the cleaned pods

See other paper for another experiment on salt water

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Aug. 15. 8˚ 30' The 2 in salt water now yellowish (those in fresh water quite green) & now floating whilst those in f. w. are still sunk; therefore I suppose former have generated gas. 16 still yellow-brown, whilst those in f. w. quite green — thrown away

Aug 21. 11˚ 30' F cleaned 22 pods & left 18 with bloom on

24th The cleaned ones more wrinkled

25 do

27th I rather doubt about wrinkling — cut 2 open no difference in dryness

Sept 2d I cut open one of each cd perceive no difference

― 8' Cut all pods into twain

Of the cleaned 12 seeds were green & 9 yellow

Of those with bloom 12 green & 4 yellowish

(No difference to trust in)