EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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VARIETY TESTS OF SWEET CORN. 



TOMATOES. 



One hundred and five varieties were sown in the forcing house April 1. 

 When the plants were two inches high they were reset in flats, plenty of 

 space being allowed for them to grow stout and stocky. The plot provided 

 for the tomato patch was a rather light sandy loam. It had previously 

 received a good dressing of well-composted stable manure. The ground 

 was thoroughly prepared and the plants were set out June 6-7. The rows 

 were five feet apart and the distance between the plants in the row was 

 four feet. 



A wire trellis, made by driving boards, six inches wide and about three 

 and one half feet long, firmly into the ground between every third or 

 fourth plant, and fastening two wires on each side of the board, one about 

 a foot and the other two feet from the ground, was provided. This trellis 

 is cheap, easily put up, and serves its purpose well in keeping the tomatoes 

 off the ground, promoting the growth and vigor of the plants, and exposing 

 more readily the fruit to the sunlight. It is, however, doubtful if it would 

 pay to trellis a large planting of tomatoes grown for market purposes. 

 The increased yield would scarcely pay for the extra labor and expense of 

 the trellis. 



TOMATO ROT. 



This troublesome disease often causes much loss to the tomato crop. 

 Last season, when the tomatoes had grown to the size of hickory nuts, the 

 plants were given a thorough spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Three 

 weeks later the application was repeated. Very little rot was found on the 



