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It is seen that the number of fruits ranged from to 406, ten were 

 below ten and six were over a hundred. Some showed marked earli- 

 ness and matured all their fruits, as Nos. 16 and 17, while others 

 were late as Nos. 7, 18 and 35. Plate II. shows variations in the 

 foliage and fruit of this lot of tomatoes. 



Plant No. 177 of the 1900 crop was from a seed of a red fruit re- 

 sulting from a cross of " Golden Sunrise " upon " Dwarf Champion," 

 with a record of only 27 fruits, all small and with the seeds ranging 

 from none to six to a fruit. This plant was remarkable for its great 

 size, standing above the surrounding plants. The flowers were of 

 unusually large size and added to the gigantic appearance of the 

 plant. 



Several of the seedlings from this plant were deformed and failed 

 to reach much size, and only five specimens were set in the field, with 

 the following results : 



Lot 177. Aug. 24. Sept. 21. Sept. 28. Oct 5. Oct. 25. Total ripe. Green. Total. Color. 



Plant 1 1 2 1 8 12 4 16 red. 



" 2 2 2 15 16 red. 



" 3 1 3 1 3 8 22 30 red. 



" 4 2 1 1 9 13 12 25 red. 



" 5 5 4 9 3 21 12 33 red. 



These fruits were of fair size and many of them had but few seeds. 

 The specimens photographed for Plate III. were from those that are 

 interesting, because of their comparative seedlessness. 



The plants all fruited late, there being only one fruit picked before 

 September 21st, and the yield in all cases was small, ranging from 6 

 to 33 fruits. The fruits were all red and of fair size, with a small 

 percentage of average seediness, and the plants were of the spreading 

 ' ' Sunrise ' ' type, although not large. 



Tomato Stock Plants. 



One-half of Plot III., Series III., was kept in tomatoes for the 

 eighth successive time, two rows to each belt, the "Golden Sunrise" 

 and "Dwarf Champion " alternating with five plants to a row. The 

 fifteen plants of "Sunrise" in fruitfulness ranged from 55 to 147, 

 with an average of 91, while the "Champions" ranged from 32 to 

 149, with an average of 61. 



As in former years the "Sunrise" is seen to be much the more 

 productive sort, but being yellow is inferior as a market fruit ; but 



