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Table II. — Plants int Pots. Time of Ripknivg First Fruits, Average 

 Weight pkr Fkuit, a.vd Yield Pf.r Squarr Foot of Bench. 



•See note. Table I. 



In this case, as in the one given above, the single-stem plants 

 eventually took the lead in the j'ield per square foot of the bench 

 area which they occupied, although at the time they were put on 

 the benches and for at least a month afterwards the three-stem 

 plants were the larger. These three-stem plants gave larger 

 sized fruits than did the corresponding single-stem plants. 



In tests which were made the following season, it was shown 

 that the north side-bench was a more favorable location for 

 tomatoes during the winter months than the south side-bench. 

 This is, no doubt, largely due to the fact that the purlin and the 

 eaves are rather wide, and shade the plants on the south bench 

 to a considerable extent. Since the single-stem plants in pots 

 were located on the south side-bench, while the corresponding 

 three-stem plants had the more favorable location on the north 

 side-bench and were larger plants at the time they were benched, 

 the fact that the single-stem plants gave the larger yield per 

 square foot is all the more significant. 



Second Test. 



Some Lorillard plants which had been started in flats and 

 transplanted to 2]-inch pots in a way similar to that described 

 under the first test, were set on the south middle-bench of the 

 tomato house December 12, 1805. The plan of arrangement is 

 shown in the diagram, Plate VI. The bench was prepared 

 by putting a layer of moss (sphagnum) over the bottom 

 and covering this with about 2^ inches of potting soil like that 

 used for the first test. First a group of plants for single stem- 



