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vegetative development, between the plants with no fruit and 

 those limited to one and always in favor of the former. 



The lower half of Plate XVIII shows a plant, upon the right, 

 that was grown without fruit, while the other was left for its 

 ordinary development and was much smaller than the one that 

 was de-flowered, from week to week, of its numerous blooms. 



BUSH BEANS. 



Two commercial varities of beans were used in this test, 

 namely, "Black Valentine" and "Davis Wax." The plants 

 were grown: I, (i) several in each of the fifteen hills, (2) singly 

 in fifteen hills for each kind ; and II, ( i ) with all the pods 

 left, (2) with only one pod left, and (3) with no pods left to 

 grow. 



The following table shows some of the results : 



'Black Valentine' 



Number 

 (45) of 

 plants. 



Several plants in hill. 



No pods to plant . . 40 



One pod to plant. . 38 



Unlimited fruitage 45 



One plant in hill. 



No pods to plant. . 5 



One pod to plant. . 5 



Unlimited fruitage. . 5 



"Davis Wax" (112) 



Several plants in hill. 



No pods to plant. . 21 



One pot to plant. . 17 



Unlimited fruitage. . 22 



One plant in hill. 



No pods to plant . . 5 



One pod to plant. . . 5 



Unlimited fruitage. . 5 



Average 



number of 



flowers. 



147 

 121 



212 

 130 



252 



160 



260 

 333 



Average 



weight 



of plant. 



.95 oz. 

 1.25 " 



.42 " 



6.3 

 2.5 

 1.2 



4.2 

 1.4 

 .45 



5. 



5.5 



1.5 



Average 

 number 

 of pods. 







1 



12 







1 



27 







1 



12 







1 



23 



Average 

 weight 

 of pod. 







.13 oz. 



.08 " 



.25 

 .09 



.36 

 .10 



.3 

 .11 



When the plants were permitted to form pods, the blooming 

 season was short and the number of flowers small (not counted). 



It is shown that when the plants were grouped in hills the out- 

 put of flowers per plant averaged 170, while the single plants 

 had 234 blooms: those with one pod left averaged 186; and with 

 no pods 218. All these groups of plants had the blooms re- 

 moved and counted through a period of two months and in fact 

 the plants formed few branches and leaves until beyond the 

 first frosts from which they were protected at night by covers. 



