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with tomatoes, the spacing is more liberal than formerly. 
However, experiments made by Waid at the Ohio Ex- 
periment Station are favorable to close planting, as is 
shown by the following tables: 
Taste No. 1 
Table showing yield of cucumbers on raised bench 
Distance Test 
Plot Sq. feet Yield to July 4 Total yield 
No. occupied Distanceapartset Firsts Seconds Firsts econds 
oO. 0. 0. 0. 
1 114 Two by two feet 365 50 439 83 
2 114 Rows two feet 
Plants 1 ft. in rows 342 54 395 93 
3 114 Rows four feet 
Plants 1 ft. in rows 313 33 353 51 
Tas_e No. 2 
Table showing yield of cucumbers on ground bed 
Distance Test 
Plot Sq. feet . Yield to July 4 Total yield 
No. occupied Distance apart set heats Aecenas Hess Second ds 
0 
1 114 Rows two feet 
5 Plants 1 ft. in row 329 37 467 88 
2 114 Rows four feet 
Plants 1 ft.in rows 257 30 357 80 
Waid, in the Market Growers’ Journal, draws the fol- 
lowing conclusions from the experiment: 
“A careful study of the accompanying tables will show that. so 
far as this test is an indication of what may be expected, a larger 
yield per square foot can be secured by spacing the rows two feet 
apart than four feet when the plants are set one foot apart in the 
rows. Also that single plants set two feet apart each way will give 
a higher yield per square foot than any other distance of planting 
tried in this test. The thicker plantings not only gave the greatest 
total yield, but also gave the largest amount of early fruit. A com- 
parison between the tables will show that the raised bench gave the 
most early fruit, but the ground bed gave the largest total yield.” 
When the A-form system of training (Fig. 113) is 
followed, the plants are set from 10 inches to 18 inches 
apart in the row, 12 inches to 14 inches being the most 
common distances. The distance between the rows 
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