EXPERIMENT STATION EEPOKT. 485 



It is seen thiit fruits of the ''Thorburn Earliest" outnumhcred those 

 of any other variety, but they were of the smallest size. The '"^lagus" 

 stood next in fruit record, and the tomatoes ranked fourth in size, so 

 that this variety gave a greater yield in pounds of fruit than any other 

 sort. This variety has a somewhat upright vine, "potato-leaved," 

 some would say, and resembled much the "Dwarf Champion,"' but is 

 a much larger plant. The largest tomatoes were produced by "Pon- 

 -derosa," but it was only second in numl^er of fruits per plant. The 

 "Dwarf Champion" variety did poorly in this test, yielding only 

 twonfy-four fruits per plant, and these of the usual medium size. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BEANS. 



The first three belts of Plot I., Series Y., were planted June 1st 

 Avith alternating rows of "Green Flageolet" and "Saddle-back Wax" 

 beans; and on June 27th the same varieties were planted in belts 4, 

 5 and 6. While the stand of the "Saddle-back Wax" sort was good, 

 there were scarcely any plants of the "Green Flageolet" obtained from 

 either planting. With the few that appeared, about a dozen attempts 

 were made to cross-fertilize "Saddle-back Wax," only one of which 

 was successful. An average-sized "Wax" pod containing three black 

 beans was secured. 



Considerable leaf and pod-spot (CoUetotriclium) developed upon 

 Experiment Area beans this season. The product of a late fall plant- 

 ing "Saddle-back" and "Bountiful" varieties was much more severely 

 infested by disease than earlier crop. 



Experimenta -with Dwarf Liina Beans. 



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Lima beans have been grown upon the Experiment Area since 1896, 



when they were employed to test various fungicides for the diseases of 



this crop. The following season. Plot IV., Series III., was planted 



to three varieties of dwarf lima beans, nameh^ "Burpee," "Dreer" and 



''Henderson." For this crop the "Burpee" far exceeded the other 



varieties in marketable pods for the same area — i. e., producing 99 



pounds to 45 for the "Dreer" and 39 for "Henderson." By shelling 



the pods of each variety the ration of productiveness of seeds was 



-determined to be as 20, 9 and 8. respectively, for the three sorts. In 



