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BULLETIN 78. 
was as nearly uniform in quality as possible to get. For 
two years the greater portion of it had been fallow, the 
remainder in bluegrass. No fertilizer was used. 
May 8th, two rows, (one of each variety,) 140 feet 
long were planted to the seed in open field. May 9th and 
10th ten rows, (five of each variety) were set with plants 
from the hotbed. They were to receive treatment as fol¬ 
lows: One row to be pruned while the plants were small; 
one after the plants were well advanced. The plants in 
another row were to be transplanted after growing some¬ 
time in the field. Two rows were to be grown according 
to usual practice as a check upon the results. The plants 
used in this work were of medium size, taken from the 
original bed; the kind of plants that are commonly set in 
this valley. May 28th, one row of each variety, was set 
with the same class of plants for a comparison of late 
planting. 
We thus had the following questions under considera¬ 
tion: 
1. Plants started in the open field, compared with plants set 
from the hotbed. 
2. The effect of early trimming. 
3. The effect of late trimming. 
4. The effect of transplanting after growing for a time in the 
field—whether or not it would retard growth and hasten ripening. 
5. Plants set late in May compared with those set early in the 
month. 
The early pruning was done June 19th, 28th and July 
9th. The late pruning was done August 9th and consist¬ 
ed of a shortening in of the side shoots and tops of the 
vines. 
The Perfection gave the first ripe fruit Augusc 9th, 
from one of the check rows. The first ripe fruit was taken 
from the Stone and from the check row August 24th. 
The plants of the Perfection, set in field May 28th, 
did not ripen fruit until September 3rd. The other plant¬ 
ings, except seed in the field, were yielding considerable 
fruit by the first of September. 
The following table gives the yield per hill of each 
row: 
Perfection. Stone. 
Lbs. per hill. 'Lbs. per hill. 
Seed in field. 2.6 1.5 
Early pruning. 3.9 3.1 
Late pruning. 4.4 3.3 
Field transplanting. 4.7 3.2 
Late setting. 3.0 1.4 
Check row. 4.2 2.7 
A yield of six tons per acre is represented by about 4.5 
lbs.per hill. 
