EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 251 



Early radishes- — Non Plus Ultra, French Breakfast, Wood Frame, Rapid 

 Forcing, and Long Bright Scarlet. 



Summer radishes — Chartier, Scarlet Short Top, Surprise, and White 

 Summer. 



Long Bright Scarlet — Vaughan. Not yet introduced. Tops medium 

 to large; root one inch diameter, tapering, length four to five inches; 

 color dark scarlet; flesh firm, excellent quality. The earliest long-rooted 

 variety grown. 



One-half Long Bright Scarlet — Vaughan. Not yet introduced. Tops 

 small; root three fourths to one inch diameter, two inches long, olive- 

 shaped, scarlet color. 



SQUASHES. 



Bay State — Greg. Eightto ten inches in diameter; six to eight inches 

 long; color green, shell and meat thick. At the apex is an irregular pro- 

 jection. A good fall and winter variety. 



Chestnut— Greg. Much like the Hubbard in form; shell white, hard; 

 flesh yellow, good. Not very productive with us this year. 



Cocoanut — Greg. Small, form round, conical; shell orange yellow with 

 green tips; flesh fine grained and of good quality. Vines very productive. 

 An excellent small squash for fall and winter use. 



Sibley — Greg. Medium size, length eight to ten inches, diameter eight 

 inches, tapering rapidly near apex; color pale green; flesh thick, dark 

 orange color. Good for late fall and winter use. A very promising 

 variety. 



Ford' Hook — Greg. An excellent winter variety for home use; too 

 small for market. 



Der Wing — Burpee. A small squash; skin creamy-yellow color, rough 

 and warty; flesh light, fibrous. 



TOMATOES. 



The tomatoes under test the past year included nearly all of the distinct 

 varieties from the previous year's collection, and such new sorts as we 

 could obtain. The old kinds were many of them worthless, but were 

 retained for purposes of comparison and illustration. 



The number of plants of a variety used in the test was six. The seed 

 was sown March 16, they were transplanted April 28, and placed in the 

 field June 6. The vines were supported upon a wire trellis similar in con- 

 struction to the one described in Bulletin 70. 



The season was so cool that the date of ripening was from three to four 

 weeks later than usual. As the fruits matured they were picked, counted, 

 and weighed. The following table gives the results obtained from some 

 of the newer and more valuable sorts upon six plants : 



The Earliest from Vaughan was the first to ripen, and was one of the 

 most productive varieties grown. It is medium in size, slightly angled or 

 ribbed, yellowish-red in color, and moderately firm. On account of its 

 extreme earliness, it is one of the most valuable sorts for early market 

 purposes that we have ever grown. 



Following it in a few days are Atlantic and Early Ruby; the former is 

 the larger and more regular, but the Early Ruby is slightly earlier, and is 

 more productive. Both are valuable sorts. 



