Tomato Notes for 1892. 



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TABLE I. 



Single v. Intermittent Fertilizings, to Frost. 



PLOTS — fifteen plants EACH. 



Single application. Three pounds 

 nitrate soda, June 20 



Four applications. Twelve ounces each, 

 June 20, June 28, July 11, July 27. . 



Four applications. Twelve ounces ea( h, 

 June 20, July 21, Ausrust 8, August 26. 



Check ; ^ 



Average 



weight of 



individual 



fruits. 



Ounces. 

 6.6 

 6.9 



6.9 



TABLE IL 



Single v. Intermittent Fertilizings, Total Crop. 



plots - FIFTEEN PLANTS EACH. 



1. Single application of three pounds 



nitrate soda, June 20 



2. Four applications of twelve ounces 



nitrate of soda, June 20, June 28, July 

 11, July 27 



3. Four applications of twelve ounces 



of nitrate of soda, June 20, July 21, 

 August 8, August 26 



4. Check 



Average 



weight of 



individual 



fruits. 



Ounces. 

 5.3 



5.1 



5.2 

 5.3 



The second column of figures gives the total yields. It will be 

 noticed that the best yields, in each table, are given by the single 

 fertilizing, and that between the intermittent fertilizings the one 

 which was completed first (No. 2) gives the better result. This 

 was tnie in both the yield before frost and in the total yield, but 

 it must be obseryed that in the total yield the differences between 

 the intermittent fertilizings and the single fertilizings are not so 

 great as in the yield to frost; that is, the intermittent fertilizings 

 were catching up, and would probably have surpassed the other 



