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it had practically ruined the crop. This disease is probably due to a 

 microbe, and it is therefore doubtful if spraying will be effective. Pro- 

 fessor Halsted thinks that the same disease is one of the blights of the 

 potato. Infected vines should be gathered and burned in the fall, and as 

 a precautionary measure tomatoes or potatoes should not be grown upon 

 the same land for two or three years. 



18. Impressions of Varieties. — The Ignotum is still our best main 

 crop tomato. 



Among the new kinds, a variety called Nichol No. 5, sent us by A. M. 

 NiCHOL, Granville, Ohio, was the best. It is scarcely distinquishable from 

 Mikado in foliage and fruit, except that the fruit is more regular and 

 uniform in size. 



Plentiful (Perry & Co.). A good red tomato, from medium to large in 

 size, but inclined to crack about the stem. Appears to possess few super- 

 lative merits. An English variety. 



Telegraph {Salzer, 1891). A medium to small tomato, irregular, not 

 uniform in size and shape; cracks very badly. A weak grower. Worthless 

 with us. 



Picture Rock [Childs). A good, dark red, regular tomato, much like 

 the Volunteer, but apparently no improvement upon that variety. There 

 is a slight tendency upon some fruits to assume yellow markings, in bars 

 about the stem. 



Royal Red {Livingston). A good red tomato, showing a tendency to 

 angular fruits, like those in cultivation some years ago. It reminds one of 

 the Valencia Cluster, which was popular six and ten years ago. 



Belmont (Breck). A promising, regular, red tomato, uniform, early and 

 productive. 



The following table shows the earliness and yields of these varieties: 



Table XXIV. — Varieties. 



We tried no introductions this year which give promise of unusual 

 merits. In order to determine the character of the varieties now prized 

 in Germany, we sent to a leading seed firm there for the six best market 

 varieties of tomatoes. The varieties received were Paragon, King Hum- 

 bert, Yellow Plum, Earliest Dwarf, Monstrous Giant, and French Upright. 

 Of these, only the Paragon would be considered of any value in America 

 for market cultivation. The Earliest Dwarf and Monstrous Giant, which 

 are second best, represent the old angular sorts which we have long since 

 outgrown. A singular German variety is that shown in the accompany- 

 ing engraving, and which may be called the German Striped. It comes 

 to us under the name of Niedrictie Gestreifte, or " Low Striped." It 

 belongs to the old angular type of tomatoes. The ground color is a 

 deep clear red, and this is overlaid with splashes and bands of bright orange. 



