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to be set, grew much larger than those in normal fruit-bearing 

 condition and the stems were noticeably thicker and bore a 

 greater number of leaves which in themselves were different 

 in texture and lobation from the check plants. The flowers 

 were produced in great numbers and those plants that were 

 permitted to hold their blooms after the single mature fruit had 

 been removed were laden with many young "eggs' when frosts 

 put an end to the test. 



The following table shows some of the results obtained : 



o 

 Condition of test. ^ ^ 



S c 



I. "Black Snake" 

 upon "Round White." 



No fruits to plant 10 



One fruit to plant 10 



Check, unlimited fruitage. . . 8 



II. "Black Pekin" 

 upon "Long White." 



No fruits to plant 10 



One fruit to plant 10 



Check, unlimited fruitage ... 8 



It is seen that the average number of flowers upon "one- 

 fruited" plants was 60.4 but when all fruits were removed it 

 arose to 270.8 or a more than four-fold increase. When plants 

 are permitted to set fruits freely and they are not removed 

 at table maturity, the number of blooms is very small. In egg- 

 plants, at best the number of ordinary marketable fruits is small 

 and the influence of the presence of one fruit to seed maturity 

 is great upon the tendency to further productiveness. It is 

 shown by the table that the plants with no fruits weighed more 

 than those with one fruit and very much more than those with 

 a full crop. Furthermore, the single fruit produced upon a plant 

 under limitation weighed somewhat more than the average grown 

 upon the check plant. In both sets, the total weight was greatest 

 with the normal plants, due to the very large percentage of the 

 weight being made up of the fruits, that is, two or three times 

 the weight of the plants bearing them. 



Here as with the tomatoes there was no unusual size obtained 

 by the isolated fruits, they not exceeding the size of those at 

 times produced upon control plants. In the case of eggplants, 

 the number of fruits that a plant bears is few and therefore, 

 as might be expected, there was a difference in vigor of plant- 



