DIVISION OF HORTICULTL'RE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



5. Plants 2x4 feet apart, trained to two sterna and tied to a stake 

 The results from these different methods of training follow. — 



Training Experiments with Bonny Best. 



How trained. 



2 by 4 feet, tied to stake 1 etem, one-half foliage re- 

 moved 



2 by 4 feet, 1 stem, tied to wire 



2 by 4 feet, 1 stem, tied to stake 



2 by 4 feet, 2 stems, tied to stake 



4 by 4 feet, on ground 



Yield of ripe fruit 



first two weeks, per 



100 sq. ft. 



Market- 

 able. 



lb. 



oz. 



12 

 15 



8 

 6 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



lb. 



oz. 



Total Yield ripe fruit 

 per 100 sq. ft. 



Market- 

 able. 



lb. oz. 



105 

 111 

 130 

 197 

 99 



4 



11 



15 



2 



9 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



lb. oz. 



4 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 41 



15 

 9 

 9 



14 

 4 



Earliana, Sunnyhrooh Strain. 



How trained. 



Yield of ripe fruit 



first two weeks, per 



100 sq. ft. 



Market- 

 able. 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



Total Yield ripe fruit 

 per 100 sq. ft. 



Market- 

 able. 



Unmarket- 

 able. 



2 by 4 feet apart, tied to stake, 1 stem , \ foliage re- 

 moved 



2 by 4 feet, apart, 1 stem, tied to stake 



2 by 4 feet, apart, 1 stem, tied to wire 



4 feet apart each way, on ground 



2 by 4 feet, apart, 2 stems, tied to stake 



lb. 



5 

 4 

 2 

 1 



oz. 



8 



4 



13 



13 



lb. oz. 



lb. 



96 

 87 

 97 

 95 

 122 



oz. 



9 

 10 



7 



12 

 14 



lb. 



2 



2 



1 

 23 

 11 



4 



1 



7 



12 



It will be noticed that in both cases the vines pruned to one stem, tied to a stake, 

 with one half the foliage removed, gave the greatest amount of early fruit. On the 

 other hand, the vines trained to two stems, in both cases, gave the greatest total yield 

 of fruit. 



The expense of staking and tying is not nearly as great as a grower would at first 

 think, and for a person growing early fruit for market, is offset by the increased yield 

 of early fruit. In addition, the fruit from the staked vines was better shaped, and 

 could be classed as a higher grade. Another feature is the increased number of 

 plants that can be grown per 100 square feet, thus increasing the yield per square foot 

 by this close planting. 



As- numerous inquiries are received by this Department, asking about pruning 

 tomatoes to a single stem, the following illustration will be of use to the uninitiated. 



GREEN PEAS. 



A comparison of the relative advantages of a succession of varieties of different seasons 

 with the same variety planted at intervals of a weeJc apart for four weeTcs. 



Four varieties of peas were used in the above experiment, viz. : Gradus, McLean 

 Advancer, Stratagem and Thos. Laxton. One hundred feet of each of the four varieties 

 was planted on the eighth day of May. Following this planting were three plantings 

 of Thos. Laxton made on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th of May. The object of this experi- 

 ment was to see whether or not the three varieties of different seasons, if all planted 

 the same d-ate, would give as good a continuation of green peas as the Thos. Laxton 

 if it were planted at intervals of a week apart for the four weeks. 



Ott.\wa. 



