New York Agricultural Experoiext Station. 



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the bench, as has already been explained, and the plants of the 

 other lot were knocked out of the small pots at the time they 

 were transplanted to the benches. The eighteen plants in pots 

 averaged 3.33 inches high when they were benched and about a 

 month later, October 28th, they averaged 9.75 inches. The loca- 

 tion which they were given proved more favorable than that of 

 the corresponding plants not in pots. The plants not in pots 

 averaged 2..57 inches high when they were benched and 11.25 

 inches October 2Sth. Eecords are summarized in Table XIII for 

 the seventeen plants of each lot which were finally included in 

 the experiment. 



Table XIII. — Tpiref-stem Plants. Time of Eipexing First Fruits, 

 Average Number of Fruits Per Plant, Weight Per Fruit and 

 Yield Per Square Foot of Benxh. 



METHOD OF BENCHING. 



In pots 



Kot in pots 



p 



e 



.a 



s 



s 

 1^ 



17 

 17 







d — - 



tl —C 



a 



— "^ *-* 



s. i « 



^ i r 



l.'39.17 

 159.50 



" o 

 c ".a 



— j3 o 



11.97 

 11.52 



Second 'Rest Using Three-stem Plants. 



In arranging plants for the second test the plants in pots were 

 alternated with plants out of pots throughout the bench so that 

 the two classes of plants in this test are strictly comparable. 

 The method of selecting plants and the plan of treatment has 

 already been explained on page 251. The diagram, Plate VI, 

 shows the location of the plants on the south middle bench of 

 the tomato house. 



The six plants in pots which were included in this test aver- 

 aged 5.92 inches high December 12 when they were benched and 

 22.08 inches about a month later, January 14. The seven cor- 

 responding plants not in pots averaged 5.93 inches high when 

 they were benched and 20.29 inches January 14. From their 

 succeeding records the following table is derived: 



