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summer experiment of 1908. 



Seeds for the 1908 summer experiment were obtained during 

 the winter 1^07-1908 from self-fertilized plants of the Livingston 

 Stone and Dwarf Aristocrat and from cross-fertilized plants, 

 namely, Dwarf Aristocrat x Livingston Stone and Dwarf Arist'^- 

 crat X Hedrick — the first parent in all the crosses mentioned 

 being the maternal parent. Seeds were sown April 30, 1908, the 

 plants pricked out on May 15, and on June 2 one hundred 

 plants of each lot were set out in the garden. The plants were 

 arranged so that the conditions for each plant were as nearly 

 alike as field conditions will permit. All the plants matured ex- 

 cept one Dwarf Aristocrat x Livingston Stone, which was acci- 

 dentally destroyed. The following table gives the pounds of fruit 



Table I. — Yield of Tomatoes from Parent Varieties and from Fi 



Seedlings. 



