810 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



CuLTUBAL Test of Tomatoes. 



Comparison of culture of two varieties: — Sunnybrook Strain of Earliana and Bonny 

 Best. 



The seed was sown in the hotbeds April 10, germination between the 15th and 17th 

 of the same month, pricked out, and planted to the open June 10. Twenty-five plants 

 of each variety were used in each of the following tests, planted 24 by 30 inches apart. 



1. Allowed to grow unpruned, lying on the ground. 



2. Pruned to one stem. 



2. Pruned to two stems. ^ 



(a) Tied to stakes, 

 (fe) Tied to wires. 



(c) Portion of foliage removed. 



(d) Foliage left entire. 



Variety. 



Bonny Best 



Bonnybrook Str. Earl- 



iiina 



Sunny Best 



Sunnybrook Str. Earl- 

 iana 



Bonny Best 



Sunnybrook Str. Earl- 

 iana 



Bonny Best 



Sunnybrook Str. Earl- 

 iana 



Bonny Best 



Sunnybrook Str. Earl- 

 iana 



Bonny Best 



Sunnybrook Str. Earl- 

 iana 



Bonny Best 



Sunnybrook Str. Earl- 

 iana 



How trained or Pruned. 



Pruned to 2 stems, on wires. 



« 2 " " 



1 stem 



foliage partly 

 removed — 



-1 M U 



■t U « 



2 stems on stakes. 



2 " 

 1 stem 



foliage partly 

 removed 



Unpruned allowed to grow on ground . 



Ready 

 for 

 use. 



Quality. 



Sept. 5 Medium. 



Oct. 14 



Aug. 28 Excellent 



IS 



7 

 10 



July 31 



" 31 



Aug. 7 



July 31 

 Sept. 5 



Oct. 14 



Poor. 



Size 



of 



Fruit. 



S.M. 

 S.M. 

 M.L. 



M.L. 

 M.L. 



M.L. 

 M.L. 



M.L. 



M.L. 



M.L. 

 M.L. 



M.L. 

 S.M. 



S.M. 



Weight 



in 

 pounds. 



12-0 



16 



21 



48 

 76-25 



82-25 

 24-50 



50-50 



76-50 



79-25 

 70 



86 

 3-5 



Various methods were tried in connection with ripening green tomatoes, and it 

 was found that better results were obtained from an experiment with the green fruit 

 left attached to the stems and placed in a moderately warm place. 



POTATOES. 



KIND OF SETS. 



Two types of potatoes were used throughout in these experiments to ascertain, if 

 possible, what influence the arrangement of the eyes and size of the sets might have 

 on the yield, one type having strong buds from seed end to base. 



Whole small potatoes of unmarketable size were planted in drills "0 inches apart 

 in the rows; 66 sets were used in each case. 



Lennoxville. 



