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and the squashes larger, smoother, and more regular in form than the com- 

 mon Bush Scallop. Boston Marroio is a good fall and early winter squash. 

 Huhhard and Marblehead are among the best for winter use. Essex 

 Hybrid is a productive sort and the squashes are of good quality; by some 

 they are preferred to the Hubbard for fall and early winter use. Cocoanut 

 and Fordhook are strong growing varieties which are almost sure to bear 

 a large crop. The squashes are small, but of good quality. 



Delicata, recently introduced by Henderson, belongs to the above class. 

 The plants are strong growing and healthy. The squash is about six 

 inches long and three to four inches in diameter. It is of a rich, creamy 

 yellow color and the flesh is dry and of excellent quality. Matures the last 

 of September. Somewhat similar to Fordhook, but is less ridged and more 

 oval in form. 



TOMATOES. 



The seed was sown in the forcing house April 1. The plants were set 

 out June 6 and 7. The rows were six feet apart and the plants set four 

 feet apart in the rows. The trellis described in bulletin No. 57 was used 

 to support the vines. Ninety varieties or strains were grown. The table 

 given below shows the time of ripening and the yield of a few of the older 

 and better sorts, and of the new varieties grown. Six plants were set of 

 each variety. All the ripe tomatoes borne on these six plants were picked 

 and weighed. After the frost had killed the vines the green tomatoes were 

 also gathered and weighed. 



The variety which has given best satisfaction, as an early tomato, for 

 several season is Earliest, from Vaughan. The six plants supposed to be 

 Earliest in the experimental plot were not true, so that a comparison for 

 this year could not be made. Our field planted for general use contained 

 a large setting of Earliest, and here it was the first, by several days, to 

 ripen fruits. 



Advance, which is a little later than Earliest, but bears a smoother 

 fruit, shows up well as an early sort. 



Ignotum, Lorillard, and Optimus may be recommended as among the 

 best for the general crop. 



The following notes on some of the new varieties may be of interest: 



Royal Red. — Dreer. Careful comparison could note no differences in 

 plants or fruit from Ignotum, though Royal Red ripened fruits a week 

 earlier and the tomatoes averaged much smaller in size. 



Buckeye State. — Livingston. Plants are strong growing; fruit grows in 

 clusters, is round and of good size, color a uniform pinkish red; flesh solid 

 and walls thick. Free from rot and does not crack. Promising. 



Belmont. — Gregory. Plants are strong growing and spread but little. 

 Fruit round or somewhat oblong, many-celled and cell walls very thick, 

 few seeds in cells; color bright, light red, does not ripen well around stem. 



Terra Cotia. — Thorburn. This is one of the Rural New Yorker's cross- 

 bred tomatoes. The type is not fixed and the fruit varies greatly on the 

 different plants. The typical fruit is of medium size, nearly round, with 

 slight ridges or irregularities. It has very thin skin and the cells are 

 close to the outside and have thin outer walls. The center of the tomato 

 is solid and the flesh is bright red in color, juicy, and fine flavored. A 

 novelty in tomatoes and possessing many points of excellence. 



