EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 



375 



long; kernels broad, deep, of cream white color, tender and very sweet. 

 Its length of edible maturity is one strong point in its favor. 



Sugar, Early, is one of Vaughan's introductions for this year, and 

 appears to be nearly identical with First of All and Vermont Extra Early. 



Vermont Extra Early, Vaaghan. It grows strong stalks which aver- 

 age one good ear. The ears are a little larger and longer than those of 

 Cory, but they have a larger cob. The kernels are of good length, well 

 rounded, plump, juicy, and as sweet as any of the earlier sorts. It is 

 preferable to Red Cory. 



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The seed was sown in the forcing house March 19. When ready the 

 young plants were removed to boxes and set in the open ground May 27 

 and 28. The rows were five feet apart and the distance between the plants 

 in the row was four feet. The plants grew very luxuriantly and bore large 

 crops of fruit. The tomatoes were remarkably free from rot and no spray- 

 ing was required. 



In the table below will be found the date of first fruit ripening; the pro- 

 ductiveness of each sort, compared in percentage, taking varieties produc- 

 ing the largest crop at 100 per cent; the part of the whole crop ripe Sep- 

 tember 15, at which time a frost may usually be expected, and the average 

 weight of a single ripe fruit of each variety computed by weighing a large 

 number of tomatoes and averaging their weight. By taking the per cent 

 of productiveness with the part of the crop ripe September 15, and the 

 average weight of a fruit, a fair comparison of the several varieties may te 

 made. (C) in the table of seedsmen indicates that the variety has been 

 grown here at least one year and that the seed is of our own saving. 



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