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4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



The foregoing table shows that the Bordeaux-Bug Death mixture used iu the 

 manner described gave a net increase of $21.86 per acre in the value of the potato 

 crop, a difference in favour of this combination over ordinary Bordeaux mixture and 

 Paris green of $4.18. The cost of applying the different mixtures in this test is not 

 given in the table, as the expense of spraying small plots is larger proportionately than 

 it would be by the acre. The cost of applying the Bordeaux-Bug Death mixture was 

 greater than the Bordeaux mixture and Paris green on account of the extra spraying 

 on 'June 22, hence the difference in favour of the Bordeaux-mixture and Bug Death 

 is really less than the table indicates, the estimated cost per acre of applying the Bug 

 Death dry on June 22, being $1.10. The probable reason of the greater increase of 

 yield from the Bordeaux-Bug Death mixture is that the Bug Death adheres well to the 

 foliage and when applied with Bordeaux mixture would cause it to adhere better also. 



TOMATOES— TEST OF VAEIETIES- 



The season of 1904 was a very unfavourable one for tomatoes, owing to so much 

 cool, cloudy weather, and there was only about one-third of the usual crop. There 

 v.ere 62 varieties tested. The seed was sown in the hot-beds on March 31, and the 

 plants pricked out into strawberry boxes on May 2, and kept in a cold frame until 

 June 6, when they were planted in the opn air. They were planted four feet apart 

 each way, and five plants of each variety were used . The soil was a light sandy 

 loam which had been manured the previous season. The soil was kept cultivated until 

 the plants covered the ground. The Sparks' Earliana which has been among the best 

 early ripening kinds for the past four years, did not do quite so well this year, although 

 it is still considered the best early tomato tested, being smoother than other kinds. 

 If the Nolte's Earliest were a little smoother it would compare very favourably with 

 Sparks' Earliana, and this year has yielded much better. 



TOMATOES TWELVE BEST YIELDING VARIETIES, 1904. 



Name of Variety. 



Early Bird.. 



Nolte's Earliest . 



Democrat 



Turner's Hybrid 



Extra Early Red 



Acme 



Canada Victor 



Rosedale 



Thorbum's Long Keeper. 



Sparks' Earliana 



Bond's Early Minnesota. 

 Thorburn's Earliest 



o a, 



Aug. 4 



July 22 



Aug. Ij 



,.. 4j 



Julv 261 



Aug. 3 



July 26! 



., 26 1 



Aug. 4 



July 29 



„ 29 



Aug. 1 



Remarks. 



Below medium size, smooth, purplish pink. 

 Medium size, wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Medium size, wrinkled, purplish pink. 

 Large, smooth to slightly wrinkled, purplish 



pink. 

 Below medium size, smooth, scarlet. 

 Medium size, smooth, purplish pink. 

 Medium size, wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Medium size, scarlet. 

 Below medium size, regular, smooth, purplish 



pink. 

 Medium size, half wrinkled to smooth, scarlet. 

 Below medium size, smooth, purplish pink. 

 Medivim size, wrinkled, scarlet. 



TOMATOES SIX EARLIEST VARIETIES, 1904. 



Maule's Earliest 



Nolte's Earliest 



Early Leader 



Chalk's Early Jewel . 

 New Extra Early . . . 

 Conqueror I « 



^ledium size, wrinkled, scarlet. 



Below medium size, half wrinkled, scarlet. 

 Medium size, smooth, scarlet. 



3 14 [Medium size, wrinkled to smooth, scarlet. 



