AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT SI ATI< >N. 



103 



As will be seen at a glance plants handled in pots were, in every 

 respect, superior to those from the boxes ; thus conurming results 

 obtained last year. In no case did the plants from boxes produce 

 heads equal to the best of those from pots. 



Conclusion : The practice of handling cabbage plants in pots 

 previous to setting in the field would seem to be warranted by the 

 results obtained during the past two seasons. 



2. Effects of Trimming : A test as to the value of the practice 

 of reducing the amount of foliage at time of setting was conducted 

 along the same lines as last season.* The results as shown by table 

 II are almost identical with those obtained in the previous trial. 



TABLE II. 

 EFFECTS OF TRIMMING. 











CO 





















A 

















A 



A 



7 



CO 



co 



m 





be 





■z 



| 



1 



+J 



- 



■C 



a 





'■£ 





oo 



CJ 



A 



03 



1 



'a 



co 

 ® 



co- 

 co 



CO 







Variety. 



o 



A 



A 



► 



4-1 

 O 



C © 



o 









5 



m 



CO 



00 



v 3 



SB 



CB-fci 





O 





a 



> 



co- 



+3 



S3 





fl 00 



5 3 



o 





a 



^ 



<D 



S 5 



a° 



**i 



o 





p 



co 



> 





5 £ 



s 



CO 







fc 



h4 



A 



<t 



fco 



b.s 



£3 



M 



"" 



Early Summer. 























9 



10.0 



4.0 



7.9 



4 



2 



1 



i.a* 



Sept. 1. 

 Sept. 1. 





s 



9.4 



3.1 



6.4 



2 



2 



1 



l.OO 



World Beater (Brill). 























7 



13.3 



6.9 



9.5 



1 







1 



l.OO 



Sept. 12. 



Not trimmed 



7 



14.7 



3.5 



9.5 



2 



1 



l 



l.OO 



Sept. 12. 



World Beater (Burpee). 























19 



15.7 



3.3 



99 











2 



l.OO 



Sept. 12. 





13 



16.0 



6.2 



11.1 



3 







1 



1.12 



Sept. 12. 





As will be observed, the results are almost negative. The first 

 variety, Early Summer, exactly reverses the result given last season, 

 when the ratio was as 1.00:1.23 in favor of plants not trimmed. 

 In case of World Beater (Brill) the ratio was neutral as in 1892. 

 The plants used in this test were from the same lot of seed as those 

 grown last year. The third variet}' gave results slightly in favor of 

 plants not trimmed. 



*Report Maine Experiment Station 1892, p. 60. 



