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Potato Leaf, 



Trimmed 6 32 8.7 lbs. 4.4 lbs. 



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Golden Queen, 



Trimmed 4 31 8.7 " 4-5 " 



Not Trimmed 5 21 5.7 " 4,2 " 47.6 52.6 



Volunteer, 



Trimmed 6 31 10.7 " 5.4 " 



Not Trimmed 2 21 6.1 " 4.6 " 47.6 75.4 



Bay State, 



Trimmed 3 19 7- 1 " 6.0 " 



Not Trimmed 3 18 6.5 " 5.6 " 5.5 9.2 



6. Double flowers and irregular fruits. Double or monstrous 

 tomato flowers produce irregular or rough fruits, and it has been 

 said, that if the first flower which appears on any plant is double, 

 all the fruits of that plant will be irregular also, — in other words, 

 that the first flower indicates the character of the plant. Some 

 have even recommended that the plant be discarded if the first 

 flower is double. To determine this point, all the plants on a 

 large plat were watched as they were beginning to bloom. It 

 soon became apparent that this doubling is largely a varietal ten- 

 dency, some kinds having nearly all the first blossoms double, 

 while on others none could be found. In Mikado, Morning Star, 

 and a canner's variety from Salem County, New Jersey, the habit 

 was most marked. In those varieties in which most of the first 

 blossoms are double, the first fruit of the succeeding cluster was 

 double also ; and those varieties which are most given to the pro- 

 duction of such blossoms bear the greatest number of irregular 

 fruits, as a rule. But the first blossom is by no means an index 

 of the character of that plant ; and this is true whether the varie- 

 ty is one in which the habit is marked, or one which simply 

 chances to give an occasional double flower. It would be utterly 



