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THE PEANUT— THE UNPREDICTABLE LEGUME 



North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Results. The results 

 from spacing tests with various varieties of peanuts conducted at the 

 Rocky Mount Station (6) are reported in tables 12 to 15, inclusive. Data 

 were obtained on both Virginia Bunch and Jumbo Runner peanuts 

 planted in 3-foot rows in hills 4, 8, 12 and 16 inches apart with one and 

 two plants per hill. Highest yields were obtained from 1929-1931 (table 

 12) where the Virginia Bunch variety was spaced 4 inches apart in the 



V'rginia Bunch 



Jumbo Runner 



a Rows 3 feet apart. 



drill with one plant per hill. Two plants per hill with hills either 8 inches 

 or 12 inches apart produced only slightly less peanuts than the 4-inch 

 spacing of this variety. Jumbo Runners produced highest yields when 

 spaced 12 inches apart in the drill with two plants per hill. 



In other tests conducted in 1929-1931 and 1936-37 at the same 

 location (table 13), approximately equal results were obtained from 

 spacings of two plants per hill 8 inches apart, one plant per hill 4 inches 

 apart, and two plants per hill spaced 12 inches apart. Wider spacing gave 

 much lower yields. 



