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Perhaps the strongest point brought out in all of the plantings 

 recorded in this table is the great fluctuation in length of time 

 from planting until the product becomes serviceable for food. 

 Various reasons have been assigned for this. With the plantings 

 made the latter part of May in the college gardens the number 

 of days from planting till serviceable was very materially length- 

 ened for nearly all varieties. This is believed to be due to the 

 fact that after the few light showers in May there was a dry 

 period in June sufficient to check the growth of the plants just 

 before they began to flower. The plants remained in a seem- 

 ingly dormant condition for several days, when on the arrival of 

 the heavier showers they started into vigorous growth again. 

 While ordinarily dry weather has a tendency to hasten maturity, 

 it seems that in this case a general rule has been broken. 

 It is possible that some other reason may exist, but I have been 

 unable to discover it. 



Occasionally the plants will shoot all of the first flowers either 

 because of excessive moisture or disease, and this will materially 

 lengthen the time until the first pods become serviceable. 



PROJECT 6-A. WET SEASON 



In project 6-A an efl'ort was made to grow the two leading pole 

 varieties of kidney beans, the Kentucky Wonder and the South- 

 em Prolific, in a large plat on a market-garden scale. The soil 

 was first plowed and then worked into a mellow condition by 

 means of hoe and rake. Fj seed from the original plantings was 

 used, and the hills stood 50 by 70 centimeters apart with two 

 plants in a hill. The plan was to cultivate the plat once each 

 week with the garden cultivator, but the rains were often too 

 severe to permit this. 



While the plants in this project started fairly well, much 

 replanting was necessary owing to the bean maggot and other 

 causes, and the final outcome was that not more than 5 per cent 

 of the plants reached the podding stage. Scattered plants here 

 and there gave a fair production, but nothing approaching what 

 would be considered a market-garden yield. 



PROJECT 6-B. WET AND COOL SEASONS 



Project 6-B consisted of 25 square meters of Kentucky Wonder 

 pole beans planted in the college gardens. F_. seed harvested 

 from project 3 was used, and the planting was made on August 

 25, 1916. 



The object of this project was to give the Kentucky Wonder 

 a severe test during the time when the rains were heavy. The 



