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Selection of plants. — From the nearly five hundred plants which 

 bad germinated in one day and which now were growing in two- 

 inch pots, sixty fine, healthy plants were selected for the test. 

 The size of the plants at this time may be seen by referring to 

 Plate VII, which is from a photograph of one of the plants after 

 it was knocked out of the i)ot and ready for transplanting. 

 Piuough plants for the test could not be found which were unifoim 

 in height so those which were selected were assigned to places 

 on the benches as follows: 



Twenty plants each G-^- inches high for single-stem training on 

 the north bench. 



Ten plants each 7 inches high for three-stem training on the 

 north bench. 



Explanation of Plate VIII. 



The number shows the location of the plant on the bench. On 

 account of their location Plants 1 and 02 were not included in 

 the experiment; Plant 2 was discarded because its roots found 

 their way under a partition into the soil of another part of the 

 bench, and Plants 11 and 31 were discarded on account of acci- 

 dental injury. 



Three-stem plants in pots, 14, 15, 27, 30, 31, 42, 43, 4G, 58 and 59. 



Three-stem plants not in pots, 12, 13, 10, 28, 29, 44, 45, 57, 00, 01. 



Single-stem plants in pots, 2, 3, 0, 7, 10, 11, 18, 19, 22, 23, 20, 

 34, 35, 38, 39, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55. 



Single-stem plants not in pots, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 

 32, 33, 30, 37, 40, 41, 48, 49, 52, 53, 50, 02. 



10 plants each G\ inches high ) for single-stem training on the 



10 plants each Oi^ inches high \ south bench. 



5 plants each 7| inches hi<.h ) for three-stem training on the 

 5 plants each 7^ inches high \ south bench. 



It will be observed that the plants for single-stem training on 

 the south bench averaged G|- inches, which is the height of each of 

 the single-stem plants assigned to^the north bench. The sequel did 

 not show that the slight differences in the height of the plants 

 when they were transplanted to the bench, made any perceptible 



