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that it was not practicable to count the pods on individual plants. 

 The experiment showed conclusively that the distance between 

 individual plants in the tropics should not be less than 1.25 meters 

 each way. 



The King of the Garden proved to be a better yielder than the 

 Challenger. The pods ranged from 10 to 12 centimeters in length 

 and from 2 to 2.5 centimeters in width. Practically every pod 

 contained four large uniform white beans, 2 centimeters wide, 

 2.25 centimeters long, and about 0.625 (five-eighths) centimeter 

 thick. The pods of the Challenger ranged about 8 centimeters 

 in length and 2.5 centimeters in width, but the bean was con- 

 siderably thicker than that of the King of the Garden. 



Nothing could be more discouraging than these Limas were 

 in the previous plantings. The few seeds that it was possible 

 to save at the first harvest brought forth very unexpected results, 

 and the general condition of the plants left little doubt that 

 both Limas were able to adapt themselves to tropical conditions. 



PROJECT 7. COOL SEASON 



Project 7 consisted of the plantings of all of the varieties 

 of kidney beans grown at the first planting, excepting those that 

 were run in special projects. F^ seed secured from the first 

 harvest was used, and all the plantings were made from October 

 15 to November 6, 1916. This season was very much the same 

 as that of October, November, and December, 1915, the time 

 when the first plantings were made. 



Project 7 was run in my home garden rather than in the college 

 gardens for the reason that the soil in the home garden is much 

 richer and mellower than that in any of the college gardens. It 

 was considered essential to give the Fj seed every opportunity to 

 show what it could do by being planted at exactly the same season 

 as were the original plantings. Those seeds that proved them- 

 selves too weak to come through with the best possible care 

 could be hardly expected to withstand a severer treatment. 



Unfortunately most of the varieties proved to be weaklings 

 from the beginning, and some of them were very disappointing. 

 Something was expected of the Extra Early Refugee and the 

 Long Yellow Six Weeks, yet they proved themselves unable to 

 endure the slightest adverse conditions. The French Mohawk, 

 the Dwarf Horticultural, the Extra Early Red Valentine, the 

 Hodson's Green Pod, and the Longfellow did not have so much 

 expected of them, and there was consequently little surprise at 

 the results secured. The Red Valentine, however, most unexpect- 

 edly gave a fair yield, and was the only one that reached the 



