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plants are vigorous and productive and as early market sorts are excelled by none 

 grown here. 



Dwarf Champion and La Crosse are similar, though La Crosse fruits will average 

 larger in size. 



Autocrat, Thorburn.— New. Appeal's identical with Ponderosa, though ripening 

 earlier. 



Golden Queen and Lemon Blush are quite similar, though Lemon Blush is earlier 

 and usually has more of light red around stem and apex. If a yellow-fruited sort is 

 desired, one of above would give satisfaction. 



Beauty, Imperial, and Northern Light are of Acme type and closely resemble that 

 well-liuown variety. 



Buckeye State, Cross No. 2, Ferris Wheel, aud Turner's Hybrid are of Acme color, 

 Imt differ slightly in form and in period of ripening from that variety. 



Vaughan's Earliest still holds its place as the best early-ripening sort. The fruits 

 are small and somewhat irregular in form. 



Of the smooth, rather small-fruiting, early sorts. Advance is one of the best. 



For an early-ripening sort, having fruits of good, marketable size, Early Ruby or 

 Atlantic Prize is recommended. 



For the general crop any of the following would give good satisfaction: Ignotum. 

 Beauty, Perfection, Acme, Optimus. 



AN EXPERIMENT IN IRRIGATION. 



Four rows of equal length, set with plants of the same variety, were used to test 

 different methods of applying water. 



Row No. 1 was watei*ed by having a row of two-inch tile placed at a depth of 

 eight inches beneath the surface and close to the row of plants. The hose was 

 placed in the opening at one end and the water allowed to distribute itself through 

 openings at the end of each tile close to the roots of the plants. 



Row No. 2 had a row of tile close to the plants, but the top of the tile was so 

 placed as to be even with the surface of the ground and water was allowed to flow 

 through the tile as in Row No. 1, but was applied near the surface. 



Row No. 3 had a furrow made close to the plants and water was thus applied at 

 the surface. After the water had soaked away the soil was replaced and the sur- 

 face leveled. 



Row No. 4 had no irrigation but was used as a check row. 



Water was applied the same number of times to rows 1, 2, and 3, and the hose 

 allowed to run the same length of time, about 750 barrels of water being used per 

 acre at each application. 



The table below shows the dates of picking and the amount gathered from each 

 row during the season. 



An examination of the table shows that row 1 gave a little better yield, though the 

 difference is but slight between the irrigated rows. 



The yield from row four is considerably less than from any other. 



The water was applied to the tomatoes at a very slight expense after the plant 

 was once in. If the plot had been much larger the expense of Avatering would have 

 been proportionately less. 



The experiments will be repeated the coming season. 



