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tender, sweet and milky, but some of the ears are not well covered, due probably to 

 the condition of the weather at the time of setting. 



Lackey, obtained from Gregory, proved to be a small growing sort of poor quality. 

 The ears were short and poorly filled; kernels broad with a tough shell, and de- 

 ficient in richness. It was badly smutted, which is against it as a cropper. 



Maine, from J. C. Vaughan, grew much like White Cory, and was of about the 

 same quality. It is a good extra early sort, but not a true sugar corn. 



Mammoth, another variety from Vaughan, is one of the choice late standard 

 varieties. The ears are large and are well filled with juicy, sweet, deep set, tender, 

 cream white kernels. This variety should be in every garden, as it is a superior 

 late sort. 



Manhattan, from Thorburn, is a dwarf-growing variety which proved of no value, 

 as both ears and stalks Avere badly smutted. 



Maule XX, from Maule, has rather short stalks and closely resembles Concord, 

 but it produces good sized ears, of good quality, a few days earlier than that 

 variety. The kernels are very tender, plump and sweet and cover the entire cob. 

 It promises to be a good general cropper. 



Melrose, from Thorburn, is much like Maule XX, but is of inferior quality. 



Northrup, King »fe Co. XXXX, groAvs a medium sized stalk which produces ears 

 of high quality. They are very symmetrical in shape and are well covered with 

 large, broad kernels. The kernels are deep-set, very tender and rich in sugar. 



Old Colony, Vaughan, is a standard sort that needs no description and should al- 

 ways be found in a home or market garden, where a choice, prolific variety is 

 desired. 



Pennsylvania Rare Ripe, from Wood tt Sons, resembles common flint corn, and as 

 a table sort hardly finds a place among the numerous varieties of higher quality. 



Silver Coin, one of Livingston's specialties, has a very strong growing stalk, well 

 set with ears, which are of good size and well formed; kernels milk white, tender, 

 juicy and of rich, delicate flavor. A medium late variety. 



Telephone, Salzer, is a small variety much like Cory in size and quality. 



Triumph, Rawson, has long, slim ears; kernels are tender and of good size, but 

 they are not verj^ sweet. 



Washington Market, also from Rawson. is identical with Egyptian, as grown last 

 year. In quality it is among the best, and it should be more generally grown as a 

 late variety. 



No. 13, from U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, is a small variety that was badly affected 

 with smut. The ears are short and the kernels, which were badly mixed, were of 

 medium quality and fairly rich in sugar, but of no established type. 



White Cory is one of the best of the early sorts, while Hickox is among the varie- 

 ties largely grown by market gardeners and for canning or drying. The kernels are 

 of high quality, and shrink but little. 



TOMATOES. 



The seed was sown in the forcing house March 29. The seedlings were trans- 

 planted April 24, and the plants were set out in the field June 6. The rows were 

 six feet apart, and the plants four feet distant in the rows. 



In the table below will be found the date on which the first fruit ripened; the 

 number and weight of fruits produced on two plants to September 12, and in the 

 next column the total number of ripe fruit produced on the two plants during the 

 season. The average weight of a single fruit is also given. By dividing the crop 

 into two periods the earliness of the variety is more readily determined. 



The "c" folloAving the seedsman's name in the table indicates that the variety 

 has been grown one year at the college and seed saved for the present test: 



Among the recent introductions Avhich have not been previously described in our 

 bulletins are the following: 



Burbank. The foliage is of ordinary type, but smaller in size and closer in 

 growth. The fruits are borne in clusters as are the cherry sorts, and are round, 

 about one-half inch in diameter and bright red in color. The quality is very high. 

 It is a valuable small fruiting sort for preserving. 



Conference. The foliage and fruit are closely like Advance, but it is a week 

 later in ripening. The fruits are slightly larger in size than that variety and the 

 cell-walls are thicker. 



Dominion Day. The fruits are of good size, bright red in color and ripen evenly 

 without cracking. The form is somewhat irregular, but not enough so to injure its 

 selling qualities. This variety gave the largest amount of fruit for the early 

 market. A valuable early sort. 



