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Table VI. — Data of project 5." 



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Variety. 



Kentucky Wonder 



French Mohawk 



Extra Early Refugee - _ 

 Extra Early Valentine. 

 Hodson's Green Pod ._. 



Canadian Wonder 



Mexican Pink 



Lady Washington 



Dwarf Horticultural—, 



Tepary 



Southern Prolific 



Michigan White Wax.. 

 Longfellow 



May 8 

 ...do .... 

 ..do..-. 

 ...do .... 

 -.do .... 

 ..do ---. 

 ..do __-. 

 ..do .... 

 ..do .... 

 ..do.... 

 ..do .... 

 May 21 

 .--do.... 



Flow- 

 ered. 



June 17 

 June 7 

 June 5 

 June 6 

 June 9 

 June 6 

 June 5 

 June 6 

 ...do .... 

 June 2 

 June 19 

 June 17 

 June 19 



June 28 

 June 21 

 June 18 

 June 15 

 June 20 

 June 18 

 June 17 

 June 19 

 June 18 



(") 

 June 30 

 June 24 

 July 1 



Maxi- 

 mum 

 pods. 



July 14 



July 15 



July 13 



July 12 



July 14 



July 13 



July 12 



July 11 



July 14 



Aver- 

 age 

 pode. 



July 18 

 July 20 

 July 15 



° In ranking the different varieties in project 5, the weight of pods was not recorded 

 because there was still no noticeable change in their size. In the tabulations of the data 

 for this project no weights were recorded, also for this same reason. The amount of edible 

 food material produced for each variety in the different projects will vary as the numbtfr 

 of pods. 



'' Plants shot their pods owing to rain. 



Table VII aims to show the results from the first plantings 

 made during each of the three seasons: the cool, the hot and 

 dry, and the wet. The original plantings were made during 

 the cool months, and the results secured from these plant- 

 ings are shown in the first columns. The plantings made during 

 the dry and wet seasons were duplicated, one series being run 

 in the college gardens and one series in my home garden. The 

 dry season plantings in the college gardens were irrigated and 

 cultivated regularly, while those run in the home garden were 

 not cultivated nor irrigated, but were thickly mulched with dry 

 cogon grass. As is shown in the table, the results secured from 

 the mulched cultures for nearly all of the varieties were excep- 

 tionally good, while the irrigated crops were a complete failure. 

 Of course, there were features other than heat or moisture that 

 entered in to cause the great difference in the results secured. 

 The soil in the home garden was richer, and although the bean 

 maggot and leaf hopper were present, they were not so numerous 

 as in the college gardens. But notwithstanding these factors, 

 there is a very decided balance on the side of the mulch. The 

 soil is always kept cool and moist, irrespective of how high the 

 temperature above the ground may be. A cool soil is a very 

 essential factor in growing crops during the hot season, and this 

 is not always possible where irrigation is used. 



