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SUMMARY. 



1. Frequent transplanting of the young plant, and good tillage, 

 are necessary to best results in tomato culture. 



2. Plants started under glass about ten weeks before transplant- 

 ing into field gave fruits from a week to ten days earlier than 

 those started two or three weeks later, while there was a much 

 o-reater difference when the plants wers started six weeks later. 

 Productiveness was greatly increased by the early planting. 



3. Liberal and even heavy manuring, during the present sea- 

 son, gave great increase in yield over no fertilizing, although the 

 common notion is quite to the contrary. Heavy manuring does 

 not appear, therefore, to produce vine at the expense of fruit. 



4. The tests indicate that poor soil may tend to render fruits 

 more angular. 



5. Varieties of tomatoes run out, and ten years may perhaps be 

 considered the average life of a variety. 



6. The particular points at present in demand in tomatoes are 

 these : regularity in shape, solidity, large size, productiveness of 



plant. 



7. The ideal tomato would probably conform closely to the fol- 

 lowing scale of points : Vigor of plant, 5 ; earliness, 10 ; color of 

 fruit, 5 ; solidity of fruit, 20 ; shape of fruit, 20 ; size, 10 ; flavor, 

 5 ; cooking qualities, 5 ; productiveness, 20. 



8. Solidity of fruit cannot be accurately measured either by 

 weight or keeping qualities. 



9. Cooking qualities appear to be largely individual rather than 

 varietal characteristics. 



10. The following varieties appear, from the season's work, to 

 be among the best market tomatoes : Ignotum, Beauty, Mikado, 

 Perfection, Favorite, Potato L,eaf. 



11. The followin-g recent introductions appear to possess merits 

 for market : Bay State, Atlantic, Brandy wine, Jubilee, Matchless, 

 and perhaps Lorillard, Prelude and Salzer. 



12. The following recent introductions are particularly valuable 

 for amateur cultivation : Dwarf Champion, L,orillard, Peach, Pre- 

 lude. 



