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EXPEh'IMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



these varieties, has proved, in tests here, for the past three years, an exceptionally 

 early variety and also one of the smoothest and handsomest of tomatoes. It seems to 

 be a variety that has been somewhat overlooked by many growers of early tomatoes. 

 Bonny Best, the other variety, is an excellent mid-early variety, and it is surprising 

 that it is so little grown by market gardeners. Its great feature is its smoothness, 

 shape, colour and quality, rendering it one of the most marketable and profitable of 

 tomatoes, lacking only in earliness. It is a fairly heavy yielder and should prove a good 

 canning tomato. 



Results of variety test in tomatoes, 1915. Best early varieties, based on yield of 

 first two weeks of season. Five plants used for each variety : — 



Variety. 



Sparks Earliana 



Earlibell 



Alacrity 



Burbflnk Early.. _ 



Sunnji-brook strain Earliana, 



Early June 



John Baer 



Northern Adirondack 



Number days 



from sowing 



to first ripe 



fruit. 



117 

 112 

 117 

 118 

 119 

 121 

 119 

 117 



Yield of 

 marketable 

 fruit first 

 two weeks. 



lb. oz. 



9-15 

 8-10 

 7-14 



7-7 

 6-15 

 6-2 

 5^ 



5-i 



Total yield 

 marketable 

 fruit. 



lb. oz. 



120-5 



103-4 



120-7 



95-3 



122 



98-9 



93-9 



107-2 



Total yield 



unmarketable 



fruit. 



lb. oz. 



26-7 



24-11 



34-5 



45-15 



28 



25-9 



62-12 



63-1 



Variety test of tomatoes 1915, arranged in order of total yield only. Five plants 

 of each variety used in test: — 



Variety. 



Earliana (LangdSn) 



I. X. L. Prolific 



Earliana Scarlet 



Sunnybrook Earliana 



Alacrity ■■ 



Earliest of All 



Prosperity 



Bonny Best 



Improved Earliana (Green) 



Northern Adirondack 



Earlibell 



Chalk Early Jewel 



Dobbie Earliest 



Early June 



Danish Export 



Burbank Early. 



Round Scarlet Skin XXX., 



John Baer 



Sparkling Dewdrop 



First and Best 



Crimson Cushion 



Extra Early Wealthy 



Dominion Day 



Jack Rose 



Blue Stem (King Edward). 



Livingston Globe 



Golden Ponderosa 



Number of 

 days. 



119 



117 

 119 

 119 

 117 

 116 

 122 

 119 

 119 

 117 

 112 

 119 

 117 

 121 

 114 

 118 

 117 

 119 

 116 

 122 

 119 

 119 

 119 

 117 

 119 

 122 

 122 



Yield ripe 



fruit first 



two weeks. 



Ib.-oz. 



6-14 



4-6 



3-15 



6-15 



7-14 



2-7 



9 

 4-9 

 2-13 

 5-4 

 8-10 

 1-6 

 2-9 

 6-2 

 2-14 

 7-7 

 3-7 

 5-4 

 2-2 



14 

 3-9 

 4-14 



3 

 1-1 



4 



9 



5 



Total yield 



marketable 



ripe fruit. 



Ib.-oz. 



154^ 



130-3 



112-9 



122-9 



120-7 



116-14 



110-8 



108-15 



107-12 



107-2 



103-4 



100-5 



98-13 



98-9 



98-5 



95-3 



93-14 



93-9 



89-15 



87-11 



86^ 



82-7 



78-7 



67-10 



65-10 



59-6 



40-9 



Total yield 



unmarketable 



and green fruit. 



Ib.-oz. 



22-6 

 52-10 

 20-i 

 28 



34-5 

 40-11 

 30-7 

 36-3 

 42-12 

 63-1 

 24-11 

 75-11 

 29-1 J 

 25-9 

 59-5 

 4.5-15 

 42-11 

 62-12 

 54-4 

 68-^ 

 32-12 

 31-1 

 76-11 

 44^ 

 126-8 

 88-8 

 60-12 



Ottaw.\. 



