(under the class definition) Apparatus and processes for fostering growth beyond germination of plants in a nutrient environment and without soil.
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14, for structures adapted only for germinating seeds in water and without nutrient solution, usually provided with means for identifying the ear or batch whence the seeds came for the test.
79+, for structures adapted to hold either soil or inert powder, and to supply either plain water or nutrient solution thereto.
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435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology,
93, for patents relating to the sprouting of seeds for making malt.