REPORT OF TEE HORTICULTURIST 



121 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TOil.VrOES— TWELVE BEST YIELDING VARIETIES, 1902. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 

 of 

 first ripo 

 fruit. 



1 Dominion Day July 30. 



2 Early Leader « 31 . 



3 Earliest of All Aug. G. 



4 Conqueror July 31. 



5 Maule's Earliest.. .. 



6 Tliorburn's Earliest. 



7 Canada Victor 



.£■£ 





Lbs. oz. 

 2 10 

 8 12 



8 Quicksure 



9 Bond's Early Minnesota 



10 Atlantic Prize.... 



11 Bright and Early 



12 Early Ruby 



4 

 2 



12 



2 8 



1 



2 12 





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 O tc 



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Lbs. oz. 



i:J7 G 



129 12 



115 14 

 113 



109 

 100 



105 4 



103 12 

 101 



101 15 



102 12 

 95 10 





Lbs. oz. 

 140 

 138 8 



118 

 IIG 



2 



109 12 

 108 



lOJ 8 



105 2 



104 8 



104 7 



103 12 



98 6 





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Lbs. 



28 

 27 



23 

 23 



21 

 21 

 21 



21 

 20 



20 

 20 

 19 



oz. 



11 



10 

 4 



15 



10 



2 



14 



14 

 12 

 11 



Remarks. 



Large, wrinkled, scarlet. 



Below medium, half wrinkled, 



scarlet. 

 Modiuui, half wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Medium, wrinkled to smooth, 



scarlet. 

 Large, wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Above medium, wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Medium, wrinkled to smooth, 



scarlet. 

 Medium, almost smooth, scarlet. 

 Below medium to medium, smooth 



purplish pink. 

 Medium, almost smooth, scarlet. 

 Below medium, smooth, scariet. 

 Medium, half wrinkled to smooth, 



scarlet. 



TOMATOES— SIX EARLIEST VARIETIES, 1902. 



Early Leader ! July 31 . 



Early Ruby. 



Dominion Day . . . 

 Atlantic Prize . . 

 Extra Early Red. 

 Spark's Earliana. 



29. 



30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 29. 



8 12 



2 12 



2 10 



2 8 



1 6 



G 



129 12 



95 10 



137 6 



101 15 



93 12 



138 



98 



140 



104 



95 



77 



Below medium, half wrinkled, 



scarlet. 

 Medium, half wrinkled to smooth, 



scarlet. 

 Large, wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Medium, almost smooth, scarlet. 

 Below medium, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium, smooth, scarlet. 



SIX BEST YIELDING WRINKLED VARIETIES — AVERAGE FOB FIVE YEARS OR MORE. 



TWELVE BEST YIELDING SMOOTH VARIETIES — AVERAGE FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE. 



1 Bright and Early 



2 Baltimore Prize Taker. . 



3 Bond's Early Minnesota 



4 Early Ruby 



5 Extia Early Advance 



6 Essex Hybrid 



7 Freedom 



8 Atlantic Prize 



9 Comrade 



10 Erinton's Best 



11 Liberty Bell 



12 Trophy 



Below medium, smooth, scarlet. 



Medium to above medium, smooth, pur[ilish 



pink. 

 Medium to below medium, smooth, purplish 



pink. 

 Medium, half WTinkled to smooth, scarlet. 

 Below medium, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium to above medium, smooth ]mrplish 



pink. 

 Medium to below medium, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium, almost smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium to below medium, smooth, scarlet. 

 Above medium to large, smooth, scarlet. 

 Large, smooth, scarlet. 

 Above medium to large, smooth, scarlet. 



