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training was put on the bencli, then a group designed for three 

 stem training, then another group for single-stem training and 

 lastly a group of three-stem training. Half of the plants were 

 kept in the 2^-inch pots, and the earth was mounded over the 

 pots up to the seed leaves. The others were knocked out of the 

 pots and transplanted directly to the bench. First a plant not in 

 a pot was transplanted to the bench, then a plant in a pot was 

 placed on the bench, thus alternating the two classes till the 

 bench was filled. By this arrangement the differences in light 

 and temperature for the two classes of plants were not great 

 enough to materially ati'ect the results of the test. 



The plants were set in two rows, those in the front row com- 

 ing opposite the middle of the space between the plants in the 

 back row. Plants for single-stem training were put eighteen 

 inches apart; those designed for three-stem training were set 

 three feet apart. As this bench measured thirty-eight inches 

 wide inside measurement this made the area allotted to each sin- 

 gle-stem plant 2| square feet and that for each three-stem plant 

 45 square feet. 



Of the sixteen plants which were taken out of the pots and 

 transplanted to the bench, nine, averaging 5.94 inches in height, 

 were for single-stem training, and seven, averaging 5.93 inches 

 in height were for training to three stems. Thus it appears that 

 there was practically' no difference in the average height of the 

 two classes of plants when they were benched. The following 

 table summarizes their record. 



Table III.— Plants xot ix Pots. Time ok Kipenino First Fnuns, Averaqb 

 AVeight pek Pkcit. axd Yikli) peu Squahk Foot op Hkxoh IJooini.* 



• See foot note, p. 253. 

 t See note. Table I. ' 



