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Yield and size of pods of 1917 crop of vanilla— 
GROUP 4. 
Continued. 
Plant No. 
Year of 
planting. 
Number 
of pods 
per plant. 
Fresh 
weight of 
pods per 
plant. 
Average 
fresh 
weight 
per pod. 
87 
1913 
1912 
1914 
1913 
1913 
1914 
1914 
1912 
1912 
1913 
1913 
1912 
33 
36 
52 
54 
96 
100 
100 
122 
127 
130 
243 
422 
Grams. 
611 
665 
716 
759 
1,282 
1,147 
1,401 
1.877 
1.893 
1,443 
2,793 
4,694 
Grams. 
18.5 
26 
18.5 
88 
13.8 
86 
14.1 
118 
13.4 
115 
11.5 
146 
14.0 
25 
15.4 
56 
14.9 
85 
11.1 
116 
11.5 
57 
11.1 
Total 
1,515 
126.3 
19,281 
1.607 
Average 
12.7 
GROUP 6. 
128 
1913 
1914 
1913 
1913 
1914 
1913 
1912 
1912 
1913 
1913 
1913 
1912 
1913 
1912 
1912 
11 
29 
65 
■ 69 
74 
94 
124 
127 
152 
222 
226 
312 
319 
500 
710 
188 
342 
881 
883 
881 
1,252 
1,853 
1,602 
1,471 
2,494 
2,137 
3,096 
3.256 
4,640 
5, 085 
17.1 
158 
11.8 
155 
13.6 
98 
12.8 
126 
11.9 
129 
13.3 
36 
14.9 
35 
12.6 
125 
9.7 
97 
11.2 
96 
9.5 
67 
9.9 
95 
10.2 
66 
9.3 
65 
7.2 
Total 
3,034 
202.3 
30,061 
2,004 
9.9 
In considering the average fresh weight per pod in no instance did 
that of a single plant in group 2 fall as low as the general average for 
group 4, or that of a single plant of group 4 fall as low as the general 
average for group 6. If from group 4, plants Nos. 87 and 26 might 
be excluded on account of the small number of pods produced (less 
than half the average for group 2) and from group 6 plant No. 128 
with only 11 pods, then with one exception every plant in group 2 
ranked ahead of the highest in either group 4 or 6. With one excep- 
tion the produce of every plant of group 2 averaged well in weight 
per pod, whereas in groups 4 and 6 the production of 130 pods and 
over, in some instances even less, was accompanied by a greatly 
reduced average weight per pod. With the production of an in- 
creased number of pods, as shown by the averages for the three 
groups, there resulted a decrease in weight per pod and consequently 
in value per pound, the larger pods being more valuable, but there 
was an increase in weight of the total production. 
The length of each pod was measured to a quarter of an inch. The 
average production of pods of each length for the three groups is 
shown in figure 4 by the distance on any horizontal between two 
verticals of the same group. 
