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TABLE XLIV. SUMMARY, VARIETY TEST OE REANS, PRESCOTT DRY-FARM 



Variety 



Yield per acre 



19K 



Tepary 



Bates' 



Lady Washington . . . 



Pink 



Bayou 



Lima 



Colorado Pinto 



Little's 



Burpee's Stringless. . . 



Black Wax 



Indian Yellow 



Aztec 



Red Hopi 



Hanson 



White Hopi 



Yellow Hopi 



Casa Grande 



Hopi Lima 



Valentine 



Howard Pinto 



Spotted Stringless. . . . 

 Yellow Casa Grande. 



Pounds 



237 

 742 

 275 

 105 



1913 



Pounds 

 1 



486 

 184 

 200 

 112 



184 



80 



4 



1 



48 



1914 



P oil nils 



368 

 282 

 490 

 120 

 240 



i74 

 28 

 64 

 80 



48 

 108 

 120 

 400 

 160 

 240 



60 

 160 



1915 



Average 



Pounds 



720 

 776 

 744 

 40 

 524 



812 

 248 



192 



512 

 336 

 424 

 216 



70 

 170 



Pounds 

 . 331 



571 

 423 

 116 

 292 



390 



119 



34 



40 



48 



120 

 310 

 228 

 412 

 188 

 240 



70 

 170 



60 

 160 



l_Destroyed by rabbits. 2— Immature. 3— Destroyed by prairie dogs. 4— De- 

 stroyed by fungus disease. 



performance of Bates', Lady Washington, and tepary beans being 



shown. 



To determine the most favorable date to plant beans, several 



TABLE XLV. BEANS ; TIME OF PLANTING TEST, PRESCOTT DRY-FARM 



Variety 



Date 

 planted 



1913 



Lady Washington 



Tepary 



1914 



Lady Washington 



1915 

 ■ Lady Washington 



5-10 

 6-10 

 6-20 

 5-16 

 6-20 

 8-4 



4-10 

 5-4 

 5-10 

 6-10 



5-19 

 5-10 

 6-10 



stand 



% 



80 

 70 

 90 

 85 



60 

 70 

 60 



85 

 80 

 50 



Date 

 harvested 



9-18 

 10-18 



9-18 

 10-8 

 10-10 



9-26 

 9-26 

 9-26 



11-2 

 11-2 

 11-2 



Size of 

 plot 



Acres 



Va 

 Va 



/8 



1/12 

 1/12 

 1/12 



Va 

 1/12 

 1/40 



Yield per 

 plot 



Pounds 



70 

 100 



18 

 213 



24 



12 

 13 

 17 



131 



62 



6 



Yiekl per 

 aero 



Pounds 



280 

 400 

 144 

 852 

 192 



144 

 156 

 204 



524 



744 

 240 



1— Did not mature, 2— Froze down. 



