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Conclusion:

None of the 21 year old tomato 'Better Boy' seeds germinated.

Of the 13 year old tomato 'Giant Tree' seeds, 10 out of 25 (40%) untreated seeds germinated and 16 out of 25 (64%) treated seeds germinated. The average time to germination for the 10 untreated seeds that germinated was 22.7 days. The average time to germination for the first 10 treated seeds to germinate was 15.5 days. Thus, chloroform treatment increased the germination rate by 60% and decreased the average time to germination (of the seeds that germinated) by 32%.