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Coral Gem Bovquet. — The fruits are one inch long and \ inch in diameter. 

 The plants have finely cut foliage and are thickly set with the small fruits 

 making a very ornamental plant. This is tie sort usually grown for small 

 peppers. It is early and usually matures the fruits before frost comes. 



ElephanV s Trunk. — This variety bears long, large, irregular fruits that 

 usually do not ripen before frost. 



Golden Dawn. — The plants are productive and the fruits regular in form, 

 large and of a rich golden yellow color. A desirable yellow sort. 



Kaleidoscope. — The fruits are small, ridged and of little value. As an 

 ornamental plant, because of the constantly changing colors of the fruits 

 borne, it has a place. 



Large Bell — This is the sort usually grown for commercial purposes. 

 The fruits are 8 to 4 inches long and 2 to B inches in diameter, quite 

 smooth and regular in form and mild in flavor. The best sort for general 

 cultivation. 



Biihy King. — The fruits are much larger in size than the Large Bell, 

 but not so many are borne and the variety is later in ripening. 



TOMATOES. 



The seed was sown in the forcing-house, March 19. The seedlings were 

 transplanted April 4, and the plants set out in the field June 4. The plants 

 made a good growth early in the season but did not bear one-half the 

 usual crop of fruit. While this failure in crop may be due, in part, to the 

 frequent rains occurring when the fruits were setting, the greater loss was 

 caused by the fungus Septoria Lycopersici. This disease attacks the leaves 

 and stems, causing the foliage to dry up and drop off, thus stopping further 

 development of the fruit. The disease is new to this country and promises 

 to be very destructive to the tomato crop. Some varieties seem to be more 

 susceptible to attacks of the fungus than are others. It is probable that 

 Bordeaux mixture will be found a remedy. The damaging nature of the 

 disease was not known until late in the season and, although Bordeaux was 

 then applied, it did little to prevent the loss in crop. Next season, earlier 

 and more thorough treatment will be undertaken to control the disease. 



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

 number and weight of fruits produced on one plant to September 3, and in 

 the next column the total crop of ripe fruit borne on the same plant during 

 the season. The average weight of a single ripe fruit is given, also the 

 amount of green fruit on the plant when it was killed by frost (September 

 21). By dividing the crop into the two periods, the earliness of the varie- 

 ties is more readily determined and a better index of value given than if 

 the total crop produced was reported in one column. 



The (c) following the seedsman's name in the table indicates that the 

 variety has been grown one year at the Colli^ge and seed saved from that 

 planting for the present test. 



