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secured from the first plantings with those grown under the same 

 conditions a year later and to compare the yields from a number 

 of new varieties with the yields of the old standard varieties. 

 The old varieties grown as checks on the original plantings were 

 the Tepary, the Extra Early Red Valentine, the Dwarf Horti- 

 cultural, the Michigan White Wax, and the Southern Creaseback. 

 The new varieties run were those that are considered good 

 yielders by American market gardeners. These were the Golden 

 Wax, the French String, the Improved Rustproof Golden Wax, 

 Morse's Stringless Green Pod, and Burger's Pole. 



All of the new varieties gave very satisfactory yields for first 

 plantings. There was little sign of disease of any kind, and the 

 plants made fully as vigorous growths as they would make in the 

 temperate zone. Table XI shows all data secured from this 

 project, together with the average production secured from the 

 first plantings of the five old varieties. 



Table XI, — Data for project 9. 



Golden Wax-- Nov. 17 



French String ...do 



Rustproof Wax ! _do 



Extra Early Red Val- ...do 



entine. 



Michigan White Wax do 



Stringless Green Pod do 



White Creasebrack do 



Dwarf Horticultural do 



Burger's Pole do 



Tepary ...do 



ine 





able. 



Dec. 



14 



Dec. 



25 



Dec. 



15 



Dec. 



26 



Dec. 



16 



Dec. 



27 



Dec. 



17 



Dec. 



25 



Dec. 



16 



Dec. 



24 



Dec. 



15 



Dec. 



25 



Dec. 



23 



Dec. 



30 



Dec. 



15 



Dec. 



24 



Dec. 



23 



Jan. 



4 



Dec. 



15 



Jan. 



21 



Maturity. 



Aver- Maxi- 

 age. I mum. 



Jan. 23 

 Jan. 24 

 Jan. 26 



Jan. 



24 



7 



Jan. 



28 



6 



..do 







9 



Jan. 



31 



17 



Feb. 



1 



8 



Feb. 



6 



12 



Jan. 



21 



21 



Aver- 

 age 

 first 



plant- 

 ing. 



Collec- 

 tion 

 No. 



6373 



6374 ' 



6375 I 

 6370 



6371 , 



6376 j 

 6379 I 



6377 ! 



6378 j 

 6372 



It is interesting to note that of the five old varieties run in 

 this project the Tepary and the Red Valentine gave yields twice 

 as great at the first plantings as were those secured in this pro- 

 ject, the Creaseback and the Horticultural gave almost the same 

 production, while the Michigan White Wax gave a yield that was 

 insignificant compared with the first. It would be difficult to 

 assign a reason for these differences in production, owing to the 

 fact that some varieties greatly increased their yields, while 

 others fell back. As stated elsewhere, these last plantings were 

 all made on the same land as were the first plantings and re- 

 ceived exactly the same treatment. The seasons were much the 



