XIII, A, 2 



Cocannouer: Imported Garden Legumes 



79 



SUBPROJECT 1. DRY SEASON 



At the time of planting of project 3 a subproject was run, 

 which consisted of the planting of 150 square meters of Tepary 

 beans. The plat was located in the college gardens and was 

 prepared by means of spading fork, rake, and hoe. The rows 

 were 70 centimeters apart, and the hills stood 50 centimeters 

 apart with two plants in a hill. The entire plat was cultivated 

 regularly once each week. 



The object of subproject 1 was to find out just what produc- 

 tion could be secured from Tepary beans grown on a commercial 

 scale during the time when there is little or no rain. The records 

 kept were only those directly related to yield. Promising indi- 

 vidual plants were marked, and a careful record was made of 

 the individual production of each of these. 



The results secured from this project were very interesting. 

 The plants remained green and continued to produce when even 

 the native beans were suffering for water. No doubt by working 

 with selected individuals the yield of these beans can be very 

 materially increased and the Tepary established as a very valu- 

 able dry-weather bean for the Philippines. Experiment has 

 shown that the plants will shoot practically all of their pods 

 during the rainy season, and those that do hang on mature 

 almost no seed. 



Very special precautions must be taken in carrying the Tepary 

 beans over from one season to another. Even the slightest mois- 

 ture will readily cause the beans to lose their vitality. The 

 Tepary is distinctly a dry-weather legume, and the seeds should 

 be dried and sealed during the dry months before the rains begin. 



Table V. — Showing the number of pods and the weight of ripe beans secured 



in subproject." 



' Plant 

 No. 



Pods. 



Ripe 

 beans. 



Plant 

 No. 



Pods. 



Ripe 

 beans. 



Plant 

 No. 



Pods. 



Ripe 

 beans. 



Plant 

 No. 



Pods. 



Ripe 1 

 beans. 







Grams. 







Grams. 







Grams, 







Grams:. 



1 



27 



J2.45 



6 



24 



15.11 



11 



23 



11.04 



16 



25 



10.80 



2 



25 



11.26 



7 



23 



11.12 



12 



29 



12.68 



17 



36 



18.62 



3 



25 



10.79 



8 



26 



11.00 



13 



27 



10.03 



18 



25 



11.20 



4 



28 



10.09 



9 



22 



10. 07 



14 



33 



16.34 



19 



31 



13.00 



1 ^ 



27 



11.04 



10 



24 



12.24 



16 



21 



11.16 



20 



28 



9.93 



" These yields are about two-thirds of what are secured from the Tepary in southern 

 California. 



PROJECT 4. WET SEASON 



Project 4 consisted of the plantings of sixteen varieties of 

 beans in the college gardens in a plat 15 meters wide and of 



