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pods became serviceable was sufficient to give it an acceptable 

 rank. The pods were fully a third larger than those secured 

 at the first planting and were well formed. The plants were 

 semidwarf, and the stems and leaves were thicker and sturdier 

 than even the very late varieties. 



Table XIII shows the data secured from this planting, with 

 a repetition of the yields made from the first planting. 



Table XIII. — Data for project 4- 



Variety. 



Planted. 



Service- 

 able. 



Maximum pods. 



Average pods. 



First 

 planting. 



Second 

 planting. 



First 

 planting. 



Second 

 planting. 



2 



2.6 



1.8 



1.6 



2.6 



2 



1.6 





Jan. 1 

 ...do .... 



Feb. 3 

 ...do.... 



2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 



1 



1.4 



1 



1 



1.6 



1.6 



1.3 







...do 



...do.... 

 Feb. 23 

 ...do.... 





Jan. 14 

 . .do .... 







...do.-.. 



Feb. 21 

 _..do .... 





...do .-.- 









While the data secured from these various plantings of peas 

 are in no sense conclusive — nor are they intended to be so — 

 they are suggestive of possibilities. 



In plant-breeding experiments and acclimatization trials a 

 certain variety of plants will turn out almost a complete failure 

 at the first planting and then burst forth with amazing success 

 from the plantings of the F, seed ; on the other hand, a success 

 at the first planting is not a guarantee of future successes. 

 No doubt the strong, vigorous plant at the first planting has many 

 advantages over the weaklings. The object of this paper was 

 not necessarily to find out whether or not peas would grow in 

 the tropics, for this problem has been conclusively solved for 

 the tropics of America, India, Ceylon, and other points of the 

 East Indies and also conclusively for the Philippines ; the object 

 was rather to discover if possible which types and varieties of 

 peas would respond most readily to the climatic conditions in 

 the Philippines and, as stated elsewhere, to secure foundation 

 stock for individual selection work. From more than twenty 

 varieties we have found five that are more or less promising, 

 which will be run in future cultures with the object of establish- 

 ing them in the Islands. These are the Stratagem, the Senator, 

 Horsford's Market Garden, the Large White Marrowfat, and 

 the Alderman. 



