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1877 some seeds of the same variety of beans were purchased of James Vick. 

 They were planted in a drill, evenly mixed with seeds of the old stock. They 

 grew and looked alike, but the ilowers were inter-crossed by the aid of bees, 

 Seeds of this crop are termed ''crossed stock." On May 31, 1878, fifteen 

 seeds were planted in each of the eight rows. The plants from the "crossed 

 seeds" were generally much the largest, and, as will be seen, kept green the 

 longest. 



In ten days after planting, seeds of the old stock came up in each 



row as follows ". 4 



In ten days the crossed stock came up 12 



In 17 days the old stock came up 7 



In 17 days the crossed stock came up 12 



July 22.— The pods fit for cooking on each plant were as follows: 



Old stock 36 1 dead 7 13—57 



Crossed •' dead 41 41 



Old " 8 11—19 



Crossed " 6 22 34 17 70 



Old " 30 0—30 



Crossed " 41 37 21 31 130 



Old •' 2—2 



Crossed •• IG 29 30 26 2 103 



Total old stock 108 353 Crossed. 



August 9.— The pods fit for cooking or past that condition were as follows: 



Old stock 52 GO dead 43 45—200 



Crossed " dead 24 IG 51 83 174 



Old " 38 46 44 71 37—236 



Crossed " - 35 52 58 69 62 276 



Old " 39 34 30 47 87—237 



Crossed " 63 48 11 66 61 249 



Old " 38 46 54 33 39—210 



Crossed " 38 90 52 88 81 340 



Total old stock 883 1,048 Crossed. 



On or before September IG all were harvested. The pods on each plant numbered 

 as follows : 



Old stock 60 62 dead 45 39—206 



Crossed " dead 160 54 20 139 282 



Old " 45 48 6* 71 37—237 



Crossed " 36 145 91 72 51 395 



Old " 45 35 37 38 35t-190 



Crossed •' 103 68 55 128 75 429 



Old " 30 39 48 28 40—185 



Crossed " 136 159 58 172 128 653 



Old Stock 818 1.859 Crossed. 



*This plant contained a dead branch w'ith 21 immature pods. 

 tThis plant contained a dead branch with 52 immature pods. 



COMMENTS. 



On comparing the table for August 9 with that for September IC, it will be 

 seen that some plants of tlie old stock had lost part of their fruit. This was 

 on account of the decay of 101 pods. The table also shows tbat two branches 

 were broken and had died before maturing. These contained 73 pods. Adding 

 101 and 73 to 818, wo have 992 pods of the old against 1,859 of the crossed. 

 In harvesting, all those pods badly damaged were rejected. The beans of the 

 old stock weighed 29.77 ounces avoirdupois. The beans of the crossed stock 



