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 SUMMARY. 



i. The tomato plant is quickly susceptible to careful selection. 



2. As elsewhere in the vegetable kingdom, the character of the 

 plant as a whole appears to have more hereditary influence than 

 the character of the individual fruit. 



3. Very heavy manuring does not lessen productiveness. 



4. Neither nitrate of soda nor muriate of potash alone are profit- 

 able tomato manures upon thin soil. 



5. Very early setting of stocky plants in the field, even in dark 

 and raw weather, augmented earliness and productiveness this 

 season. 



6. Seedlings gave far better results than cuttings. 



7. Trimming the plants lightly late in summer gave a greatly 

 increased yield. 



8. A double or monstrous flower upon a young plant is no indi- 

 cation that succeeding flowers upon the same plant will be 

 double, and produce irregular fruits. But varieties which habit- 

 ually bear double flowers are also the ones which habitually bear 

 irregular fruits. 



9. Cool and dark weather in early fall, and early fall frosts, are 

 the leading drawbacks to profitable tomato culture in the North. 

 To avoid these dangers as much as possible, plants must be start- 

 ed earl}' and forced rapidly. 



10. The essential general points in profitable tomato culture are 

 these : Careful selection and breeding ; early sowing ; frequent 

 or, at least, occasional transplanting to obtain stock}' plants ; rich 

 soil, well prepared and well tilled. 



11. There is evidence that varieties of tomatoes run out, even 

 under good culture. 



12. The best market tomatoes appear from our tests to be Ig- 

 notum, Favorite, Bay State, Atlantic, and perhaps Ruby among 

 the red, varieties ; Beauty, Mikado, and possibly Potato Leaf 

 among the pink or purple varieties ; Golden Queen among the 

 yellow sorts. 



13. Among the novelties, Ruby and Cheniin Market are most 



promising. 



L. H. BAILEY. 

 W. M. MUNSON. 



