Tomato Notes fob 1892. 



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Table XII, — Flat-grown v. Pot-geown Plants. 



The yieldi8, in the second double colimm of figures, are decidedly 

 in favor of pot-grown plants, especially in the later sowing. And 

 it may also be said, although the table does not show it, that the 

 pot-grown plants gave earlier fruits. 



8. Seedlings v. Cuttings, — In 1890, seedling tomato plants gave 

 twice as heavy yields as cuttings of equal age. In 1891, seedlings 

 gave earlier fruits, and with one variety — Lorillard — the yield 

 was also much greater from seedlings, while in the Ithaca it was 

 less. Secondary cuttings, that is, cuttings taken from the cutting 

 plants, gave much larger yields than their parents, but the crop 

 was much later. These experiments were repeated this year. The 

 stock from which aU the lots of this year came was one fine seed- 

 ling plant of unknown parentage, of the Peach type, which came 

 up in our forcing-houses. Late in winter, strong cuttings were 

 taken from the axillary shoots of tliis plant and were set out regu- 

 larly in our tomato house. In March, therefore, we had the one 

 old or parent plant, stUl m full vigor, which we shall call A, and 

 a small brood of cutting plants wliich we shall call collectively, B. 



March twenty-nine, twelve cuttings were taken from A, These 

 cuttings were three to four inches long, and comprised the entire 

 length of vigorous axillary shoots. At the same time, seeds wei-e 

 sown from fruits on the same plant. The two lots were there- 

 after treated as nearly alike as possible. They were set side by 

 dde ia the field June first. Their behavior was as follows: 



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