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The comparative results are condensed in the following table : 
; Planted = Planted 
April 21. May 12. 
Hdible. Edible. 
MeetOn BeATIIOST Of VAllcicsc-c oa debs. s eee. June 21 June 30 
MMM VACL SS 5. cai aig SMe chee aieia cvs sie. 0) oye! siall alae June 22 July 3 
Premoerson s Hirst of AMT ye iisiee cies aa's seis « June 22 July 1 
Preteeerun the WArly eos cic eo tcels teat ews de dees June 22 Jnly 1 
SPMOUDUPI SE. PITSL ANG Bests ....5 <2 ec See ese she is RU Cia ee Nid se 
Beers iten And Best. ii. cake es cs singe cls eee oe June 22 July 1 
Cleveland s: Hirst and Best...) 0... ee ee ee June 22. June 30 
MMI ee ChE oc Sse ciy Ay 50,0 oss hs ote vba ve June 22 June 30 
BpRCOEPE TSE OTOP. os's ws edin's co bis ve steve neces June 23 June 30 
ROI OUTKO. oes eS in e ebins eee ee bees June 23 June 30 
PERU PUNY whcrs se ees tan be wee CCAS IRS LAN June 23 June 30 
(NS 100 G5 ER i ane ns June 23. July 7 
piurey ea Hirstand Best. i... dies eee ce cele eee June 23. July 30 
MEET AI NY OUCGT 6. eek ete lasek wanes June 24 July 1 
NRE eee ei eS Sea ee nice sledelme ba tbc June 24 July 1 
eee OMIT COM Fs oo. sine duces og se ae June 24 July 5 
Pemaceiphia Hxtra’ Harlys oak iis eee eee we June 24 June 30 
We note that twenty-one days’ earlier planting was followed by an 
earlier edible maturity of from six to fourteen days in the different 
varieties. | 
Averaging the periods between and edible maturity in the two 
plantings, the order of earliness is as follows: Laxton’s Earliest of All 
had pods fit for the table in fifty-five days; Cleveland’s First and Best, 
and Hancock, in fifty-five and one-half days ; Henderson’s First of All, 
owing to the gréater distance between the plants. 
account for all the difference in prolificacy, for Day’s Early Sunrise, 
_Ferry’s Extra Early, Ferry’s First and Best, Carter’s First Crop, 
Daniel O’Rourke, Early Alpha and Sibley’s First and Best in fifty-six 
days; Philadelphia Extra Early in fifty-six and one-half days; Kent- 
ish Invicta, American Wonder and Blue Peter in fifty-seven days, 
Carter’s Premium Gem fifty-nine days, and Extra Karly Kent in fifty- 
nine and one-half days. ° 
In the yield of pods per plant we find a very striking difference be- 
tween the two plantings. Thirty-three varieties, of which the com- 
parative yields were noted, yielded ninety-four per cent, more in the 
second than in the first planting. Here too we find a lack of uni- 
formity which is perplexing. The Kentish Invicta, British Queen, 
Prize-Taker, Green Marrow, and White Marrowfat produced more than 
three times as many pods per plant in the second as in the first 
planting, while Day’s Early Sunrise and Veitch’s Perfection produced 
considerably less in the second than in the first. 
_ As the per cent of vegetation in the second planting was fifteen per 
cent smaller than in the first, we might expect a larger yield per plant, 
But this fails to 
with twenty per cent less’ vegetation in the second planting, yielded 
- about sixteen per cent fewér pods to the plant. 
In the number of peas in the pod, it appears that in twenty-four 
varieties it was larger in the second planting, while in ten it was 
smaller. The Prizetaker Green Marrow, which produced a much 
