SELECTION OF PLANTS 



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the table, since the fadls are quite as well shown by- 

 stating the aggregate weight for periods of ten da}-s 

 each. The division into periods is made for the pur- 

 pose of showing comparative earliness. This could 

 be shown in a more marked degree by taking the first 

 and second cuttings alone, but they were too limited 

 in quantity to admit of conclusions being drawn from 

 them; hence they are included with the other cuttings 

 in the same period. 



PRODrCT FROM FIFTY PLANTS EACH, MALE AND FEMALE 



" This shows a gain of the male over the female 

 plants of sevent3'-six per cent, for the first period, and 

 a fracftion less than fifty per cent, for the whole season. 

 Reversing the standard of comparison, it will be seen 

 that the female plants fall below the male forty-three 

 per cent, for the first period, and a little more than 

 thirty-three per cent, in the total. In no case did the 

 female plants produce equally with the male. 



' ' If comparative earliness is determined by the date 

 of first cutting alone, there is no difference between 

 the male and female plants, since the first cutting was 

 made on both at the same date; but taking quantity 

 of produ(ft into consideration, which is the proper 



