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the best strains that had previously been selected from those varieties were tested in 

 plots of 100- plants to each. The following table gives a brief summary of the results 

 of this work : — 



It will be seen from the above results that the strains of Alacrity have matured 

 a greater proportion of their crop in the first two weeks than either of the other early 

 varieties under trial, and though a record was only kept of the yield for the first four 

 weeks, it will be seen that up to the end of this time the Alacrity strains yielded con- 

 siderably more per plant than the early selections of the other two recorded strains. 

 Plants of the four best strains of Alacrity were grown separately and a careful record 

 kept of the yield of each individual plant of these strains. It was found amongst 

 the plants chosen for this individual plant selection, that there were some that showed 

 a very marked tendency to produce a large, early crop, some individual plants yield- 

 ing as much as 17 pounds 7 ounces in the first four weeks of fruiting. 



In order that 9,n idea may be obtained of the methods employed in this indi- 

 vidual plant selection work, a table is given, containing the results of the individual 

 plant yields from one of the six strains grown during the past season, and the plants 

 selected from these strains for future breeding work are given: — 



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