180 The Principles of Vegetable -Gardening 



was 7.43 inches. The rows of strawberries in plat B, as indicated 

 in the diagram, are fifty feet in length. This plat, except sixteen 

 rows at the extreme right end, was irrigated three times in 1894, 

 after the crop was harvested. During 1895 the plat, with the 

 exception of the sixteen rows, was irrigated May 25, June 10 and 

 June 22. The crop harvested from the three series is as 

 follows : 



"Twelve rows Warfield, four rows Wilson, well irrigated 

 throughout 1894 and 1895, yielded 561.3 boxes. 



"Twelve rows Warfield, four rows Wilson, well irrigated 

 throughout 1894 but not in 1895, yielded 111.6 boxes. 



"Twelve rows Warfield, four rows Wilson, never irrigated, 

 yielded 66.2 boxes. 



"Sixty rows of Fottler's Drumhead cabbage and forty rows 

 of Henderson's Early Snowball cauliflower were planted June 

 22 in plats of twenty rows. The rows were 4 rods long. The 

 ground was very dry at the time of setting, so a very shallow 

 furrow was run along each row and a stream of water for each 

 row was allowed to flow across the field for several hours. After 

 the ground had become sufficiently dry, the plants were set 3x3 

 feet; thorough cultivation was given and the field thoroughly 

 irrigated as often as needed, with the following results: 



Weight 



No. of Per cent per 100 



No. of salable of plants heads 



Cabbage plants plants headed LBS. 



20 rows irrigated . . 421 383 90.9 899 



20 rows not irrigated . 442 347 78.5 590 

 Cauliflower 



20 rows irrigated . . .435 347 79.7 492 



20 rows not irrigated . 361 235 65.09 306 



"Although irrigation was decidedly beneficial, there was not 

 as much difference as in other crops. Cabbage and cauliflower 

 are strong- rooted plants, and are able to draw water from 

 greater depths than many other plants. It is also possible that 

 the unirrigated plats received some benefit from seepage from 

 the irrigated plats, although separated by an alley of considerable 

 width." 



