650 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 Tomatoes — Three- Year Average, 1913-15. Arranged in order of Total Yield. 



Variety. 



Sparks Earliana 



Alacrity 



Earliana Sunnybrook Strain 



Earliana Northern Grown 



I. X.L 



Selected Earliana 



XXX Earliest Round Scarlet Skin 



vSparks Earliana Selected 



Field Early June 



Earliest of All 



Prosperity 



Northern Adirondack No. 1 



Earliana 



Extra Early Wealthy 



Bonny Best 



Earliana 



Crimson Cushion 



Earlibell 



Improved Earliana (Green) 



Johnson Jack Rose 



Earlibell 



O halk Early Jewel 



Dobbie Earliest 



First and Best 



Chalk Early Jewel 



Dominion Day 



Chalk Early Jewel 



Blue Stem (King Edward) 



Livingston Globe 



Chalk Early Jewel 



Number 



days from 



sowing to 



first ripe 



fruit. 



123 

 123 

 125 

 124 

 122 

 123 

 124 

 125 

 124 

 123 

 126 

 125 

 130 

 124 

 123 

 133 

 129 

 121 

 128 

 129 

 120 

 125 

 123 

 132 

 128 

 131 

 124 

 128 

 130 

 129 



Yield first two weeks. 



Marketable 



Ib.-oz. 



8-9 



9- 



5-5 



4-13 



7-8 



3-11 



7-7 



6-14 



7-11 



5-3 



1-15 



6-9 



7-3 



7-14 



3-6 



3-6 



5-5 



6-8 



2-10 



3-11 



4-2 



2-4 



3- 



2- 



2-8 



3- 



1-11 



1- 



1-2 



1-6 



Unmar- 

 ketable. 



Ib.-oz. 



1-2 

 -10 



-5 

 -2 

 -2 

 -4 

 -2 

 -4 

 -1 

 -1 



-1 

 -2 

 -6 



Total yield. 



Marketable 



Ib.-oz. 



77-11 



75-4 



75-1 



73- 



72-14 



72-13 



67-3 



64-12 



63-9 



63- 



61-14 



61-5 



61-4 



58-3 



57-14 



58-14 



57-9 



56-9 



bb-A 



51-13 



52-13 



58-2 



48-14 



48-2 



47-15 



43-6 



40-5 



36-2 



33-14 



33- 



Unmar- 

 ketable. 



Ib.-oz. 



30-10 



35-6 



23-6 



29- 



33^ 



24-5 



18-13 



33-14 



19-15 



30^ 



27-5 



37-15 



20-9 



32-1 



28-15 



30-8 



28- 



33-7 



36-2 



46-14 



35-8 



48-5 



35-7 



52-13 



42-8 



45-13 



42-2 



61-9 



44-2 



51-8 



PRUNING AND STAKING TOMATOES. 



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Last year mention was made of the results obtained from pruning tomatoes to a 

 single stem and tying to stakes. It was pointed out that by following this practice, 

 fruit was obtained earlier, and also that there was a better quality of fruit. Experi- 

 ments this year prove the same to be true again. 



In the 1915 experiments, two varieties of tomatoes 25 plants of each were used, 

 viz. : Bonny Best and Earliana. The methods of training were as follows : — 



1. Plants four feet apart each way, lying on the ground, not pruned. 



2. Plants in rows four feet apart, with plants two feet apart in rows, 

 trained to a single stem and tied to a stake. 



3. Plants 2x4 feet apart, trained to a single stem and tied to a stake with 

 one-half the foliage removed. 



4. Plants 2x4 feet apart, trained to a single stem and tied to strands of 

 ■wire carried on posts. 



Ottawa. 



