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care to study results from the table. The horizontal lines repre- 
sent the comparative merchantable yields of the different varie- 
ties and are based on the figures given in the table. The yield 
per acre given at the right, which is necessarily only approxi- 
mately accurate, also represents the merchantable product, but 
the number of bushels is calculated on the exact yield secured 
from the different rows in order to reduce errors to the minimum. 
‘In the varieties in which the date of dying of the tops is not 
noted, the foliage continued green until the first hard frost, which 
occurred October 12. 
The different varieties were tested upon the table, so far as time 
permitted. 
