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BULLETIN 1478, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
the arrangement being similar in all respects to that followed in 
previous years' work. Germination counts were made June 22 and 
July 3. Tables 9, 10, 11, and 12 give the results obtained. 
Table 12.— Yi 
eld in 
1924 of seven varieties of pean 
same dates 
uts from 
seed shelled on the 
Yield (pounds per aci 
e) from seed 
shelled — 
Variety 
Dec. 10, 
1923 
Jan. 10, 
1924 
Feb. 10, 
1924 
Mar. 10, 
1924 
Apr. 10, 
1924 
May 10, 
1924 
Jumbo : 
855 
855 
585 
675 
360 
9C0 
1.125 
990 
540 
855 
855 
495 
900 
1, 125 
472.5 
675.0 
990.0 
540.0 
472.5 
1, 080. 
1, 395. 
675.0 
832.5 
585.0 
450.0 
675.0 
922.5 
1, 125. 
765 
945 
855 
810 
540 
1, 035 
1,260 
765.0 
Virginia Runner... 
African 
890.0 
675.0 
630.0 
Spanish 
Improved Spanish. 
1. 12.5. 
1, 305. 
765 
822.8 
803.5 
752.1 
887. 1 
856s S 
The results of the 1924 tests are not so well defined as those of 
previous years and indicate some advantage for the freshly shelled 
seed. The yields and percentages of germination in 1924, however, 
are subject to some allowance, as the later plantings happened to be 
done on better land, and it is thought that the increase in yield was 
due to this circumstance and not to the later date of shelling. This 
belief is borne out by the fact that the germination of the earlier 
shellings was as good as that of the later ones. All through this work 
it was evidenced that the yield obtained was not entirely in direct 
proportion to the stand, as the dropping out of some of the plants 
seems to have given the others more space and a consequent increased 
yield. 
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 
The results of the three years' experiments (1922, 1923, and 1924) 
are summarized in Table 13. 
Table 13. — Average germination (per cent) and yield (pounds per acre) in 1922, 
1923, and 1924 of seven varieties of peanuts from seed shelled on different dates 
December 
Janmrv 
February 
March 
April 
May 
shelling 
shelling 
shelling 
shelling 
shelling 
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82.91 
990 
78.26 
956.2 
81.75 
900.0 
77.41 
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Virginia Bunch ; 88.89, 
Virginia Runner 94.16 
African 93-05 
Valencia 92. OS 
Spanish 63.16 
Improved Spanish 90,41 1,125 91.24 1,125 92.101,32 
855 90.97 
535 92.o3 
675 91.67 
360 93. 19 
900 95.55 
540 87. G7 1,125.0 72.24 1,001.2 86.62 1,530.0; 
855 85. 66 1. 372. 5 75. 02 1, 260. 85. 22 1, 395. 
855 86.211,035.0 77.76 622.5 78.67 978.5 
495 88.71 776.2 76.15 630.0 75.32 652.5 
900 91.96 877.5 86.62 911.2 87.26 900.0 
5.56 1,023.5 81.231.057.5 
78. 90 1. 260. 
65. 57 1.075.0 
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