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with tomatoes, the spacing is more liberal than formerly. 

 However, experiments made by Waid at the Ohio Ex- 

 periment Station are favorable to close planting, as is 

 shown by the following tables : 



TABLE No. 1 



Table showing yield of cucumbers on raised bench 

 Distance Test 



Plot Sq. feet Yield to July 4 Total yield 



No. occupied Distance apart set Firsts Seconds Firsts Seconds 



No. No. No. No. 



1 114 Two by two feet 365 50 439 83 



2 114 Rows two feet 



Plants 1 ft. in rows 342 54 395 93 



3 114 Rows four feet 



Plants 1 ft. in rows 313 33 353 51 



TABLE No. 2 



Table showing yield of cucumbers on ground bed 

 Distance Test 



Waid, in the Market Growers' Journal, draws the fol- 

 lowing conclusions from the experiment : 



"A careful study of the accompanying tables will show that, so 

 far as this test is an indication of what may be expected, a larger 

 yield per square foot can be secured by spacing the rows two feet 

 apart than four feet when the plants are set one foot apart in the 

 rows. Also that single plants set two feet apart each way will give 

 a higher yield per square foot than any other distance of planting 

 tried in this test. The thicker plantings not only gave the greatest 

 total yield, but also gave the largest amount of early fruit. A com- 

 parison between the tables will show that the raised bench gave the 

 most early fruit, but the ground bed gave the largest total yield." 



When the A-form system of training (Fig. 113) is 

 followed, the plants are set from 10 inches to 18 inches 

 apart in the row, 12 inches to 14 inches being the most 

 common distances. The distance between the rows 



