REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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Tomatoes. 



Seven varieties of tomatoes were tested. The seed was sown in hot bed on April 

 19th and transplanted to the open ground June 23rd, the latter operation being delayed 

 on account of long continued dry weather. A noticeable feature of this test was the 

 increased yield from home grown seed, the difference in productiveness was quite marked 



all through the season. 



Name of Variety. 



Earliest of all 



Earliest of all 



Early Ruby 



Dwarf Champion 



Livingston's Aristocrat 



Ever-bearing 



Atlantic Prize 



First 

 ripe. 



Aug. 13. 



" 8 



" 20. 



" 28. 



" 31. 



" 13. 

 Sept. 8. 



Propor- 

 tion 

 ripened. 



§.... 



§.... 

 None 

 i.... 



Weight 

 of one 

 average 

 tomato. 



3 ounce 



H 



3 



3 

 1 

 3* 



Shape. 



Wrinkled, poor 



si a 



Fairly smooth 



Smooth, good shape 



Fairly smooth 



Plum shaped 



Fairly smooth 



Yield 



per 30 foot 



row. 



lbs. 



22 

 6 

 5 

 3 

 7 

 2 

 5 



oz. 



8 

 4 

 5 

 9 

 8 

 10 

 9 



From the foregoing tables it will be seen that the Earliest of All ranks first for 

 earliness, closely followed by Early Ruby, and on account of the much better shape of 

 the latter, it is preferable on early land. 



Everbearing ripened next in order, it has egg-shaped fruit, with a very thick skin 

 and poor flavour. 



Dwarf Champion is of fine appearance, but somewhat late. 



Atlantic Prize and Livingston's Aristocrat are good varieties, but too late for this 

 climate. 



Severe pruning when the fruit is well set is found to hasten ripening materially. 



Peas. 



Sunol. — This was the earliest variety tested this year, and is well worthy of notice, 

 small pods, a proline bearer and of good flavour. 



American Wonder. — This is the earliest of the wrinkled pease, dwarf and produc- 

 tive, a very desirable variety. 



Horsford's Market Garden. — One of the best second early peas tested, very prolific, 

 and bears its pods in pairs, flavour good. 



Prince of Wales. — A good late pea, large pods and excellent flavour, very prolific, 

 one of the best varieties tested. 



Juno. — The best late pea tested, flavour excellent. 



Blue Podded. — A novelty, which has nothing to recommend it. 



All sown in drills 4 feet apart on 24th April. 



8c— 21£ 



