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Chicago Marrow. Mucli the shape of Hubbard; diameter, seven to nine 

 inches; dark orange-yellow color; flesh firm; valuable for earliness and 

 good keeping qualities. 



Ford Hook. Six to nine inches long; diameter at center, four to five 

 and one-half inches, tapering to base and apex, ridged; rich yellow color; 

 flesh same. A good variety for home use ; too small for market. 



Illiyiois Beauty. Ends are deep green, center yellow, ridged; flesh yel- 

 low, firm; seed cavity small; eight to ten inches long; three to four inches 

 at base, tapering. Prolific, but many of the squashes are too small for use. 



Cocozelle Bush. Grows in close bush form; vines vigorous, hardy; fruit 

 16 to 18 inches long; diameter, two inches at base, enlarging to five to six 

 inches at apex; round, slightly ridged; dark-green with lighter streaks. 

 Edible when small. 



Gem. Small ; good for summer or winter use. 



Strickler; Summer Crookneck. Excellent for early use. 



Vegetable Marrow. Fruit 10 to 12 inches long; diameter, six to seven 

 inches; nearly round; yellowish- white in color; productive. Not much 

 grown in this country. Excellent if used before it becomes hard. 



Warren. 12 to 14 inches in diameter; 10 to 12 inches long; dark 

 orange-yellow; shell hard, thick. At the apex is an irregular, white pro- 

 jection, which detracts from the appearance of the squash. A good keeper. 

 Probably a cross between Essex Hybrid and Turban. 



Pineapple. Attractive on account of pecidiar shape and creamy-white 

 color; a fall variety; productive. 



TOMATOES. 



The experimental planting of tomatoes included about 100 varieties. 

 The seeds were sown in boxes in the forcing-house on the 13th of March. 

 The seedlings were pricked out in thumb pots on the 9th of April, repotted 

 into three-inch on the 7th of May, and transplanted to the open ground 

 on the 14th of June. Twelve plants of each variety were used in the test, 

 each having a space five feet nine inches by four feet. The plants were 

 supported by a wire trellis made of six-inch fence boards driven into the 

 ground every eight feet, and with two lines of No. 12 galvanized wire on 

 each side, one and two feet from the ground. This furnished a space six 

 inches wide in which the plants could be trained. 



Fifteen varieties were used in an experiment to learn the effect of select- 

 ing the seeds of the first ripe fruits, on the earliness of the resulting crop, 

 half of the plants being grown from early selected seeds and the others 

 from the main crop. This is the third year that this experiment has been 

 tried. 



In the following table will be found the results of the test. The notes 

 were taken on the twelve plants grown, but the number and weight of 

 fruits were obtained from two plants of each variety, selected as showing 

 an average condition. 



Under the columns headed "September 10," are the number and weight 

 of the fruits obtained from the two plants up to that date ; this is designed 

 to show the value of the different sorts as early varieties. 



