DIVISION OF nORTICVLTURE 533 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FERTILIZER EXPERIMEXTS WITH TOMATOES IN THE 



GHEE^IIOJIHK— Continued. 



No. 5— 



Xitrate of soda 3qq 



Acid phosphate ." . .. 600 



-^ Total 900 



No. 6— 



Check, no fertilizers. 



Xo. 7— 



Nitrate of soda 300 



Sulphate of potash 150 



Acid phosphate 300 



Total 750 



No. S— 



Nitrate of soda 150 



Sulphate of potash 300 



Acid phosphate 600 



Total 1,050 



No. 9 — 



Nitrate of soda 300 



Sulphate of potash 3 00 



Acid phosphate 600 



Total ; 1,200 



Livingston's Globe tomato plants were planted 18 inches apart, and each plot 

 contained nine plants. 



The seed for these was sown on July 9. They were transplanted into 3-inch pots 

 on July 23, and shifted to 4:^-inch pots on August 9. They were set into the per- 

 manent bench on August 26. The firs.t ripe fruit was picked from plots Nos. 1, 2, 4, 

 8, and 9 on November 17; plots Nos. 5, 6, and 7 on November 24; and plot No. 3 on 

 November 27. The plants were lifted and weighed on the 24th January, 1914. The 

 yield from these plots is given in the following table : — 



Yield of Fruit per plot of 2 square yards. 



Yield 

 November. 



Yield 

 December. 



Yield 

 January. 



i Yield of green 

 fruit on plants 

 I Jan. 24. 



Total Yield 

 from plants. 



No. 1. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



7. 

 8. 

 9 



lb. 



1 

 2 



i 



2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



oz. 



10 

 10 

 12 



.5 

 1.3 

 14 



lb. 



5 



4 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 6 

 6 



9 



13 



2 



8 



4 



7 



13 



lb. 



2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 6 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 6 



oz. 



2 

 15 

 11 



9 



'7 



1.5 



6 



8 



lb. 



oz. 



13 



4 

 8 

 7 

 3 

 8 

 13 

 3 

 1 



lb. 



oz. 



As already stated, the plants were lifted, all earth shaken off and the plants 

 weighed from each plot. Notes were also taken as to the character of the foliage. 

 It had a noticeable unhealthy purplish colour, and in some cases had died, 

 the green matter disappearing from it with a consequent dryiiig up. The 

 different plants were measured and the average height of> the nine plants is given. 



Kentville. 



