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plants sprayed, while on plants purposely left untreated many diseased 

 fruits were noticed. The season being a remarkably dry one, the rot did 

 not do the usual amount of damage to the crop. The results seem to show 

 conclusively that the disease can be kept in check by the use of Bordeaux, 

 if treatment is begun early in the season. 



In the table below are given the time of ripening and the yield of a few 

 of the older and better sorts, and of the new varieties grown. Six plants 

 of each variety were grown. The yield is divided into three periods so 

 that the early productiveness, often an important point, can be noted. The 

 average weight of ripe fruit shows the comparative size of the different 

 varieties. In the last column is given the weight of green fruit remaining 

 on the plants at the time of killing by frost, October 13. 



TABLE OF VARIETIES OF TGMATO-EARLINESS AND YIELD. 



