No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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The work with tomatoes follows the same general plan as that 

 with cabbage. When the plants are transplanted the last time, they 

 are planted in three-inch paper pots. These pots are cheap, easily 

 made and have given very satisfactory lesults. The slide shows the 

 tools used in making them as well as a well grown plant. When 

 plants are grown by this method, they may be transplanted without 

 suffering any severe shock because of broken roots, or unavoidable 

 moisture condition in the soil. The pots are also desirable for use 

 in starting melons and cucumbers. 



In the next slide we have a comparison of the yield and general 

 character of a test of 21 strains of Chalks Jewel tomato. 



TABLE II. SUMMARY OF TEST OF CHALK JEWEL TOMATO— 1910-1911 



From the table we see that there is considerable irregularity as 

 regards the general character of fruit and vine as well as the mixing 

 with other varieties and substitution or errors. Of the twenty-one 

 strains in the test it will be seen that two are of the variety other 

 than what was desired, while four others are mixed. 



Considering the yield of marketable fruit, we see that it varies 

 from 12. n to 19.6 tons per acre. Here again, we have a difference 

 of 6.7 tons per acre due to seed. 



As with the cabbage tests, the strains were grown under uni- 

 form conditions and the differences noted are apparently due to the 

 heredity of the particular strain in question to produce well. 



It is probable that some growers may find it desirable to grow 

 their own seed. Where this is done, care should be used in making 

 the selection of fruits. In making this selection, the character of 



