74 



The Philippine Journal of Science 



Table II. — Varieties, in order of rank, considered worthy of the 

 first harvest. 



Variety.' 



Southern Prolific 



Henderson's Bush Lima . 



Kentucky Wonder 



Tepary.— - 



Mexican Pink. 



Canadian Wonder 



Lady Washing-ton ... 



Michigan White Wax 



Prolific Black Wax 



Southern Creaseback 



Extra Early Valentine .. 

 Long Yellow Six Weeks . 



Hodson's Green Pod .' 



Extra Early Refugee 



Rank. 



Average 

 pods. 



1 



23 



2 



13 



3 



20 



4 



51 



5 



17 



6 



14 



7 



15 



8 



20 



9 



21 



10 



19 



U 



14 



12 



7 



13 



4 



14 



5 



Weight 



of edible 



food per 



plant. 



Grams. 

 146 



Days 

 from 

 planting 

 till serv- 

 iceable. 



Days 



Green. 



Shell. 



Green. 



Dry. 



Green. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



• The Black Valentine, the Longfellow, the French Mohawk, the Dwarf Horticultural, the 

 Challenger Lima, and the King of the Garden Lima were almost complete failures. A very 

 few seeds were saved with which to continue the varieties in later projects. 



SUMMARY OF PROJECT 1 



1. The experiment showed that most of the kidney beans will 

 give a fair yield if the plantings are made during the cool season. 

 With the exception of the last three varieties listed in the table 

 above, the yields were practically equal to what is ordinarily 

 secured from the same varieties in the United States. ' 



2. In some cases there was a marked lessening of the ordinary 

 time from planting until a serviceable product could be secured, 

 while with other varieties the time was not materially changed. 



3. Some varieties proved themselves entirely unable to resist 

 the attacks of the leaf hopper and the bean maggot. Some 

 started out vigorously, but soon began to show signs of weak- 

 ness. A few varieties showed almost no effect of climatic con- 

 ditions. The varieties of Phaseolus lunatus were entirely 

 resistant to the bean maggot and leaf hopper. 



PROJECT 2. HOT SEASON 



The plantings of the second project were made in the college 

 gardens during March, 1916. The object of this project was to 

 discover what results could be secured by growing beans during 

 the dry season under irrigation. Fi seed from all of the original 

 varieties was used, and the soil was worked into a "quick" con- 

 dition as was done in project 1. The seed germinated well, and 



