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Polyehtylene Bags for Shipment and Storage of Small Lots of Seed

Polyethylene bags, of the type used for storing frozen foods, are getting increasing use for shipment of small lots of seed of species which cannot stand drying out. Polyethylene is unique among plastic films in allowing oxygen penetration while also being waterproof. It is light, tough, and flexible even when cold. During the past two years these bags have been sent to cooperators for shipment of sugar maple seed to this station from all over the range of the species. The plastic bags were taken out in the field for individual collections, and fastened with a rubber band or "Twistem". A numbered aluminum tag was enclosed in the bag to identify the lot. The bags were shipped enclosed in a clothbag or cardboard carton.


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Author(s): Howard B. Kriebel

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 22 (1955)