DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE 719 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



1. Plants allowed to grow unpruned and left lying on the ground. Tweuty-five 

 plants of each variety were used and these were planted 4 feet apart each way. 



(a) Sunnybrook Earliana 2 J lb. ripe. 



lOOi lb. green. 



103 lb. total. 



(&) Bonny Best " 62 lb. ripe. 



41 lb. green. 



103 lb. total. 



2. Plants were pruned to one steon and planted in rows 4 feet apart and plants 2 

 feet apart. 



(a) Plants tied to stakes 5 feet long and at least 1^ inches in diameter; side shoots 

 pinched out as they appeared, 25 plants of each variety. 



Sunnybrook Earliana 63J lb. green. 



Bonny Best 64J lb. green. 



(h) Plants tied to three stout wires, the first 15 inches from the ground, the second 



18 inches above the first, and the third 18 inches above the second; 25 plants of each 



variety. 



Sunnybrook Earliana • 21 lb. green. 



Bonny Best 31 J lb. green. 



(c) Plants tied to stakes and half foliage removed; 2'5 plants of each variety. 



Sunnybrook Earliana 15 lb. ripe. 



16 lb. green. 



17i lb. total. 



Bonny Best 1 i lb. ripe. 



15 lb. green. 



16i lb. total. 



(d) Plants tied to stakes and no foliage removed; 25 plants of each variety. 

 (Same result as "a.") 



3. Plants pruned to 2 stems and tied to stakes and wires ; 25 plants of each variety, 

 (a) Tied to stakes 5 feet long — 



Sunnybrook Earliana 11 lb. ripe. 



101 lb. green. 



112 lb. total. 

 Bonny Best 5C lb. green. 



(h) Tied to wires 4i feet high — 



Sunnybrook Earliana , 10 lb. ripe. 



63 lb. green. 



73 lb. total. 



Bonny Best ■ 3 lb. ripe. 



94 lb. green. 



97 lb. total. 



(c) Tied to stakes and half foliage removed — 



Sunnybrook Earliana 1 lb. ripe. 



14 lb. green. 



15 lb. total. 

 Bonny Best 29 lb. green. 



(d) Tied to stakes and no foliage removed. ^ (Same result as " a.") 



Nappan. 



