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"The whole of the plot was weeded on April the 17th, May 12th, June v 

 8th, July 6th and August 16th. 



" The white variety started to grow first and soon forged ahead until 

 at one time it was twice the height of the green variety, but after the rains 

 came, the green variety soon beat the white, and whereas the green variety 

 grew in some instances to a height of between ten and eleven feet, the 

 white only reached a height of about five feet. The green variety at Hope 

 produces with similar treatment as that accorded to the white about double 

 the number of canes per root. 



" Five rows were planted nine inches between the plants in the rows 

 and eighteen inches between the rows, these were treated exactly as the 

 first five rows and no difference was visible. 



"Five rows were also planted, nine inches apart each way, but nc 

 manure was given them, they were watered and weeded exactly as the 

 others, with no apparent difference in the result. 



" Five rows were also planted, nine inches apart between the plants in 

 the row and eighteen inches between the rows, not manured, but watered 

 and weeded similar to the others, no difference was discernible in the 

 growths. 



e< Five rows were planted nine inches apart each way, neither manured 

 nor watered ; quite half of the plants died out, but the survivors as soon as 

 the rains set in, soon made up for their slow initial progress and caught 

 up the others. 



" Five rows were planted nine inches between the plants and eighteen 

 inches betweeu the rows, no manure, no water. Many of these plants died 

 oat as in the preceding plot, in fact the growth of the two lots was iden- 

 tical, the dying out of the plants was perhaps due more to their indifferent 

 quality than to the want of water. 



" The manure made no apparent difference, the water caused the plants 

 to start into growth quicker than those that received no water, but as soon 

 as rain fell those which had no artificial watering soon caught up those 

 which had. 



" The soil was good and was well ploughed up previous to planting the 

 Kamie. 



Plot No. 2. — Twenty rows of green Kamie were planted April 4th, with, 

 good strong plants, eighteen inches apart, thoroughly manured and irri- 

 gated. The balance of the plot was planted nine inches between the rows, 

 the latter being planted closer as they were poorer plants. These bad no 

 manure. The first twenty rows grew to an average height of five feet, six 

 inches, the remainder only reaching an average of four feet. Many of the 

 poorer plants died, the inferior growth aud the death of many ot the plants 

 is attributable more to the poor plants than the want of manure. 



" This plot was also watered twice a week up to the end of April, and 

 it received water also on May the 11th ; it was weeded on May 10th and 

 26th, June 11th, July 6th and August 16th. 



Plot No. 4. " Green Eamie only — Planted April 2nd with very fine 

 strong roots, in fact the best of the lot, and on the best piece of ground, . 

 planted eighteen inches apart each way with no manure. This was the 

 slowest of all the plots to start growing, but grew by far the most vigorously, 

 being at the time it was fit to ret of an average height of seven feet, some* 

 of the stems ultimately growing to between ten and eleven feet in height 

 and averaging fully twelve canes to a root. 



" Watered twice a week to end of April and on May 15th and July 6th. 



"Weeded May 25th, June 8th, July 4th and August 13th. 



Plot No. 1 — " Planted April 6th on poor stony land with the steepest 



