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Synonyms. 
The Landreth’s First, Land., ’85, appeared the same as the Turkey 
Long Green of same source. 
The O. K. Perfect Pickling, Everitt, ’85, was not distinguisha- 
ble from the Peerless White Spine, Greg., °85. 
The White Japan, Greg., ’>5, also Till., °85, was the same as the 
Early White Japan, Thor., ’85. 
Experiment in pinching the terminal shoots. 
We repeated with the cucumber the experiment tried in 1884 with 
the melon; that of pinching off the ends of the runners when they 
had attained the length of two to three feet. The experiment was 
made on two rows of the White Spine variety each containing 52 
plants. The pinching was commenced July 22, and the vines were 
passed over at frequent intervals, and all shoots or branches pinched 
back as they attained the length noted, until growth ceased. ‘The 
cucumbers were gathered as fast as they became of pickle size, the 
first picking being made July 29, and the last Oct. 4; and the yield 
of each day was counted and weighed. We give the results in the 
following table, in which the yield for each week is given separately. 



Pinched Row. Unpinched Row. 
Number. Weight. Number. Weight. 
">> OH OF —L_—Ppav 
July 29to Aug. 4 incl.--..--. 429 Tlbs. 2,°,.02. 272 4Albs. 8% oz. 
UVES gi sed ease Bg er DAd het ey 196; Bs) tees 
é es 6 ce 18 oS la eee west 965 5 cé 3375 ce 808 5 6 94 cé 
ae 19 ce ce 95 oe cea 2 eek 485 6 ce 152 ce 371 6 (as 5-35 ae 
cB 26 TEV Septal ni sie eae 256 2 ‘* 14, * 192 3 * 0% ‘ 
Sy fai plen fata Raniiioae POS: Som & 188 sg Bees vaSebeaes 168....9,.266) Seon ance 
e 9g oe ce 15 Oe PAE SS 153 9 a3 1144 ce yy 8 ¢ 1142 ce 
ce 16 6c Ce 992 HS - TONEY een 68 2 6é 24 ce 62 1 sé 743 Ce 
ae 93 66 ce 99 a So ER 9() 0 ee 6z cé 58 1 “ec 1255 ce 
PAS SOO Gt ut me” ae te Sy pad atv Litas 97 8 4 oneme 
Total 2115 36 08 1901 36 154 
It appears from the table that during the first two weeks after the 
plants commenced bearing, the pinched vines gave the larger yield. 
Later however, the unpinched ones gave the larger yield. The totals 
show that there was no marked difference in the product of the two 
rows, the pinched one exceeding slightly in the number of pickles, 
and the unpinched one in weight. We could hardly expect that two 
rows similarly treated would give more nearly equal results, and 
hence we infer that in this experiment the pinching was not fol- 
lowed by any marked increase in yield. 
SQUASH. 
Seeds of the following list of squashes were planted in the garden 
May 27, in drills prepared as for the melon, twelve feet long, and 
seven feet apart, one drill to each name. The seeds were placed 
about two inches apart, and the plants thinned as_ they commenced 
running, to one foot apart. Circumstances proved very favorable to 
the growth of the vines, and long before the growing season had 
passed, the ground was densely covered with foliage, making it dif- 
ficult to trace the rows. . 

