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SUMMARY TABLE. 



Showing the results of the experiments from Tables V to \TII 

 inclusive. 



To convert grams into ounces divide by 2S. 



Where no pruning or cutting back of the leaders was practiced the 

 one stem system gave the largest average weight of individual fruit, 

 as well as the smallest average number of fruit per plant. The 

 average weight of individual fruit per plant decreases from the single 

 stem to the normal in nearly uniform succession. On the other 

 hand, the smallest average weight of fruit per plant is shown by the 

 one stem system and this increases in the normal, two, four and three 

 stem plants in the order named. There were, however, not so many 

 four stem plants utilized since only one experiment was made with 

 them. The greatest average weight of individual fruit, as well as the 

 greatest weight per plant, however, was given by the three stem sys- 

 tem where the leader was headed in, whereas in the average number 

 of fruit per plant this system is lowest. There was only one experi- 

 ment in which heading in was practiced. On the whole there has 

 been a gain in the time of maturity of the fruit from pruning, and this 

 is most pronounced in the one stem plant. 



In general, however, these experiments show that if we wish to 

 obtain large fruit with a tolerably good number per plant the single 

 leader constitutes one of the best systems, with the two, three and 

 four shoot systems following in tolerably uniform succession. No 

 doubt the largest fruit and the greatest acceleration in maturity can be 

 obtained by heading in the leader. This, in our opinion, constitutes 



