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soil was prepared as well as practicable under existing condi- 

 tions, but it was not possible to work it into a mellow state be- 

 fore planting, owing to the excessive moisture. The plat received 

 little cultivation other than keeping down the weeds. 



This planting gave rather unexpected results. The average 

 number of pods produced per plant was fifteen, which is low for 

 this variety; yet taking into account the heavy rains and the 

 small amount of cultivation that it was possible to give, the 

 results were satisfactory. 



At the same time that this project was run there was also 

 planted a plat each of the Southern Prolific and Southern Crease- 

 back pole beans, but both of these varieties were unable to endure 

 the severe weather conditions and finally succumbed without 

 giving any production whatever. 



PROJECT 6-C. COOL SEASON 



Project 6-C consisted of a large plat each of the Southern 

 Prolific and Lady Washington pole beans and a small plat of 

 the Long Yellow Six Weeks bush beans, the first two varieties 

 planted on September 2, and the last planted on September 

 9, 1916. F. seed was used, and the hills stood 50 by 70 centi- 

 meters apart with one plant in the hill. 



The plat of Southern Prolific was more promising at the 

 outset than any planting of this variety previously made. The 

 plants were very uniform, and very few of them succumbed to 

 the ravages of the bean maggot. The vines were strong and 

 vigorous until podding time, when they began to show signs of 

 weakness. What at first promised to be a good production 

 turned out to be a very mediocre one. The plants ceased blos- 

 soming after producing the first pods. The maximum number 

 of pods secured from any one plant was twelve with an average 

 per plant of eight pods. This yield was very disappointing 

 and much below what would be expected of this variety. 



The Lady Washingtons were much inferior to the Southern 

 Prolifics. A few of the plants struggled along and produced 

 a few green pods, but a bacterial disease caused all of these 

 to drop before maturity, no ripe beans whatever being saved. 

 In some cases the plants died while still producing flowers and 

 pods for no apparent reason. The Lady Washington might be 

 well considered a complete failure in this project. 



The Long Yellow Six Weeks did surprisingly well. The plants 

 grew vigorously and gave a fair production. While the number 

 of pods produced was below what would be considered a good 

 yield, yet for this season it could not be considered unsatisfactory'. 



