PLATE LVIII 



First-generation hybrids and parents used in 1912 experiments. The lower leaves of 

 some of these varieties had already matiired at the time the photographs were taken 

 and had been picked and placed in the bags attached to the pots. 



Fig. I. — Lagima com (pots 289-294), grown July 2 to September 26, 1912. Photo- 

 graphed on September 9, 1912. Water requirement, 295±6. 



Fig. 2. — Esperanza com (pots 301-304), grown June 12 to September 26, 1912. Pho- 

 tographed on September 7, 1912. Water requirement, 239±3. 



Fig. 3. — China com (pots 265-270), gro^\^l June 12 to September 26, 1912. Photo- 

 graphed on September 9, 1912. Water requirement 3i5±7. 



Fig. 4. — Hybrid China X Lagtma com (pots 271-276), grown June 12 to September 

 26,1912. Photographed on September 9, 1912. Water requirement 289 ±4. 



Fig. 5. — Hybrid China X Esperanza com (pots 259-264), grown June 12 to Septem- 

 ber 26, 1912. Photographed on September 7, 1912. Water requirement, 2So±2. 



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