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The following table gives the number of pods of each length 
produced by the average vine of each group, and the equivalent 
percentages for the same: 
Relation betiveen length and number of vanilla pods in average production per vine. 
Length of pods. 
Group 2. 
(74.8 pods per vine). 
Average 
number 
of pods 
per vine. 
Percent- 
age of 
total pro- 
duction. 
Group 4. 
(126.3 pods per vine). 
Average 
number 
of pods 
per vine. 
Percent- 
age of 
total pro- 
duction. 
Group 6. 
(202.3 pods per vine). 
Average 
number 
of pods 
per vine. 
Percent- 
age of 
total pro- 
duction. 
4 inches. 
4 inches. 
4H nches 
4| inches 
4f inches 
5 inches. 
5\ inches 
5| inches 
5f inches 
6 inches. 
6^ i nches 
6| inches 
6| i nches 
7 inches. 
7} inches 
7£ inches 
1\ inches 
8 inches. 
8i inches 
%\ inches 
8f inches 
9 inches . 
9^ inches 
9£ inches 
1.47 
.67 
.80 
1.33 
1.20 
2.47 
1.87 
2.53 
3.80 
3.40 
3.80 
5.07 
5.33 
7.60 
4.47 
6.53 
6.07 
5.67 
4.93 
3.07 
1.73 
.73 
.20 
.07 
1.07 
1.78 
1.60 
30 
50 
39 
10.16 
5.97 
8.73 
8.11 
7.58 
6.60 
4.10 
2.32 
.98 
.27 
.09 
2.42 
3.58 
2.42 
4.25 
4.58 
6.42 
5.50 
6.83 
7.67 
9.08 
9.00 
11.75 
9.67 
11.42 
6.50 
8.75 
6.42 
5.50 
2.58 
1.42 
.42 
1.91 
2.84 
1.91 
3.37 
3.63 
5.08 
4.36 
5.41 
6.07 
7.19 
7.13 
9.31 
7.66 
9.04 
5.15 
6.93 
5.08 
4.36 
2.05 
1.12 
.33 
.07 
10.87 
8.47 
6.93 
10.27 
9.67 
15.07 
14.33 
15.40 
15.60 
19.20 
12.93 
13.87 
12. 53 
13.00 
7.87 
6.53 
4.80 
2.20 
1.60 
.60 
.40 
.07 
.07 
5.37 
4.19 
3.43 
5.08 
4.78 
7.45 
7.09 
7.61 
7.71 
9.49 
6.39 
6.86 
6.20 
6.43 
3.89 
3.23 
2.37 
1.09 
.79 
.30 
.20 
.03 
In comparing the yield of the average plant of group 2 producing 
74.8 pods with that of group 4 producing 126.3 pods, it is seen that in 
every length shorter than 8 inches group 4 produced a greater number 
of pods than group 2, while of pods 8 inches and longer group 2 pro- 
duced a greater number than group 4. Of pods 8 inches in length or 
longer group 2 averaged per plant 16.4 pods as compared with 10 
pods for group 4. Where the number of pods of each length was 
reduced to terms of its equivalent percentage of the total for its 
respective group, it is seen that the percentage of pods of 7 inches and 
longer in group 2 exceeded that in group 4 for every length, while with 
a single exception the contrary was true for all lengths shorter than 7 
inches. 
In comparing group 4 with group 6, the average plant of the 
latter producing 202.3 pods, it is seen that group 6 surpassed group 4 
in number of pods for each length below 7J inches, while group 4 
surpassed group 6 for every length of 7 J inches and longer except in 
the single length in which group 4 produced nothing. Group 4 
averaged per plant a production of 25.17 pods 1\ inches in length or 
longer, as against 16.27 pods of corresponding length for group 6. 
The percentage of pods for each length above 6 inches in group 4 
exceeded that of the corresponding length in group 6 with the one 
