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As in 1889 the first fruits were obtained from the Earliest ( Vaughan), 

 which was six days ahead of Prelude, the next variety to ripen. The fruits 

 of the Earliest are more than one half heavier than those of Prelude, and 

 the plants are nearly five times as productive (up to Sept. 10.) The 

 Atlantic Prize ripened nine days after the Earliest and was the largest dis-, 

 tinctly early tomato grown this year, the average weight, up to Sept. 10, of 

 the ripe fruits, being five oiinces. 



In a graphic form below we show first, on the scale at the left, the aver- 

 age weight of the fruits of all the valuable varieties that ripened in 137 

 days or less; 2d, by the dark lines, the number of days to maturing fruit; 

 3d, the total weight of fruit produced before Sept. 10, shown by the light 

 lines. 



The second scale shows, by the black lines, the average weight of the 

 more productive varieties, and the total weight of fruits by the light lines; 

 in the latter case each space representing 100 units. 



TABLE XX-Earliness and Yield of Early Sorts. 



Advance 



Prelude . 



Earliest 



Keyes 



King of the Earliee 



Hathaway 



Atlantic 



Weight- 



1.78 

 1.83 

 2.92 

 2.96 

 3.08 

 3.88 

 4.8 



50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 



™ Earliness, in days. 



= Yield, weight of crop from two plants in ounces. 



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