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Eeport of the Horticulturist of the 



Table IX — Sixgle-stem Plants. Time of Eipening First Fruits, Aver- 

 age Number of Fruits per Plant, Weight per Fruit and Yield per 

 Square Foot of Bench. 



Second Test Using Single-stem Plants. 



Plants were arranged on the south middle bench of the tomato 

 house December 12, 1805, for a second test. The plan of treat- 

 ment which was followed has already been given, see page 251. 

 The location of the plants on the bench may be seen by consulting 

 the diagram, Plate VI. Of the seventeen plants in this test which 

 were trained to single stem, eight were in pots and nine were 

 not in pots. In discussing Table IV, page 253, it was shown that 

 one of the plants in pots was very late in ripening its first fruits 

 and was very unproductive, yielding but few small fruits. In the 

 following table the first line, where the numbers are given in 

 parentheses, includes the record of this exceptional plant, while the 

 record in the following line excludes the record of this plant and 

 therefore gives a much better idea of the general character of this 

 lot of plants. 



Table X.— Si.xgle-stem Plants. Time of Ripening First Fruits, Aver- 

 age Number of Fruits per Plant, Weight per Fruit and Yield per 

 Square Foot of Bench. 



