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rather than round. It is borne in large clusters. The fruit ripens 

 evenly, and the only objection to it is its small size. It is a little too 

 small for a fancy trade, in which respect the Sterling Castle, an ex- 

 cellent English variety, is also deficient. 



Perhaps the four best varieties for general midwinter forcing are 

 Lorillard and Combination (American), Frogmore and Holmes' 

 Supreme (English). Others of secondary excellence are Sterling 

 Castle (English), and Pepper (American). Both of these varieties 

 have given good results in late winter when the fruits were thinned 

 to the extent of removing about half of that which set under 

 favorable conditions. Other varieties of promise are Eclipse, 

 Spark's Earliana and Lester's Prolific. 



Fig. 8. — Size as a marketing factor. 



Enemies. 



Diseases — In the forcing of Tomatoes at Cornell Experiment Station, 

 there has been for several years exceptional freedom from disease. Last 

 winter, however, our floor beds were given a copious watering preced- 

 ing a week of cloudy cold weather, when it was impossible to ade- 

 quately ventilate or dry out the houses. This appears to have 

 brought on an obscure trouble which caused the yellowing and 

 spotting of the leaves, resulting finally in a decided check to the 

 plants. On the return of clear and warmer weather, the houses and 

 the soil lost a large amount of moisture and the plants recovered to a 

 certain extent, but were in poor condition to bear heavy crops. 

 Nothing in the way of bacterial or fungous growth could be discov- 



