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is the strongest grower and the most productive we have ever 

 had, and it is easily handled. We have had the best success 

 with it of all the tomatos we have ever raised. 



Col. Stevens: Do yoa discard the Acme? 



Mr. Allyn: We have a few to exhibit at fairs, but we have 

 discarded them. 



Mr. Elliot: I see you designate it as the Dwarf, and it is a 

 strong grower? 



Mr. Allen: Yes, it is a very strong grower. 



Mr. Elliot: Why do you call it the Dwarf Champion? 



Mr. Allyn : Well, it does not grow to any height, but bunches 

 out wonderfully. 



Mr. Elliot; How far apart do you plant them? 



Mr. Allyn: We plant them about four feet apart. 



Mr. Elliot: Have you ever practised training them on trel- 

 lises? 



Mr. Allyn: No, we want a tomato that we can handle with- 

 out any such trouble as that. That will do in a garden where 

 you are crowded for room, and where you want to get them up 

 and enjoy their beauty, but we like to have them exposed to 

 the sun and air, and ripen as soon as possible and with as little 

 trouble as possible. 



President Underwood: Have you ever tried raising them on 

 a trellis? 



Mr. Allyn: No, I never have. 



President Underwood : I will say that Mr. Doughty has had 

 wonderful success raising tomatoes on trellises. He will grow 

 as many tomatoes on half a dozen vines that way as any one I 

 ever saw will grow on fifty vines the other way. He gets them 

 very early, and they are certainly the finest tomatoes that I 

 have ever seen. 



Mrs. Jennie Stager: I had a little experience in that line. 

 For a great many years we have been troubled up our way 

 with our tomatoes rotting, and I thought, possibly, it was be- 

 cause they lay on the ground. For the last two years, I have 

 put them on a trellis and kept them trimmed, and this year I had 

 splendid tomatoes and no rotten ones. I got them in to the St. 

 Cloud market as soon as they did from here, and I had a large 

 and fine crop of tomatoes. 



Mr. Allyn: The secret of raising early tomatoes lies in pre- 

 serving the first blossoms. This Champion does not lie down 

 at all until it is loaded completely; then the vines will lie down, 

 but we have no trouble with the rot. If the first blossoms 



