Nampoothiri, K.U.K.Jacob MathewSukumaran, C.K.2014-09-222014-09-222007Reprint from preceeding " of the national symposium on plantation crops"http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5983The coconut varieties, West Coast Tall, Chowghat Dwarf Green, Laccadive Ordinary, Ganga-bondam, Strait Settlement Apricot, and Tall x Dwarf show variations in the number 6f days taken for germination from the date of harvest and in the optimum period of storage as indicated by the minimum number of days taken for germination. Though within variety variation exists in the W.C. Tall 85 per cent of the families conform to the general trend of the cultivar. S.S. Apricot is one which takes a noticeably less numbei of days for germination. The significance of the pattern of germination in taxonomic and genetical studies in the crop is indicated.enArticle