484 XEW JEESEY AGEICULTUEAL COLLEGE 



Xo. IT? was originalh' from a red fruit resulting from a cross of 

 "Golden Sunrise"' upon "Dwarf Champion"' in 1899. Concerning the 

 plant the following is quoted from the Eeport for 1900 (page 438) : 

 The plant (\o. 17 T) "was a giant in stems and foliage, standing 

 high above the surrounding plants. Its leaves combined the char- 

 acteristics of the two parents, and the flowers were of unsually large 

 size. The most remarkable point was the smallness of the fruits,, 

 being about an incli in diameter and two ounces or less in weight, 

 with seeds ranging from none to six for each fruit. There were 

 only twenty-seven fruits produced upon this plant, four of which 

 were green at the close of the season. The cross expressed by the 

 numbers 177 upon 177 (177/177) indicates a union of two plant& 

 from the same original parents, some of which were made. 



The most progress toward a seedless fruit seems to have been made 

 in case of a number of plants developed from the Xo. 177. Seeds of 

 third-generation fruits of this number were sown in the greenhouse 

 the past winter, and some of the seedlings were remarkable owing ta 

 their having three, and in one instance, four cotyledons. From these 

 seedlings a few small and almost seedless fruits were obtained and 

 from these came, for a late setting, the plants iu rows 5 to 10 in Plot 

 III, Several of these have produced more and larger fruits than their 

 parent plants and bore a very limited number of seeds. Specimens- 

 of these fruits are shown in Plate YI. The number of seeds in each 

 fruit ranged from five to fifty, while those of ordinary tomatoes is 

 among the hundreds. 



Tests of Varieties of Tomatoes. 



A portion of Plot lY., Series Y., was given to a test of several 

 varieties of tomatoes, some of them being classed as "Xovelties." Ta 

 the test was added the "Dwarf Champion"' and "Golden Sunrise" for 

 sake of comparison. The table below shows some of the results: 



Total No. Total No. 



Ripe Green Grand Arerage Rank 



Name of Variety. Fruits. Fruits. Total. per Plant, in Size. 



" Dwarf Champion " 103 20 123 24 8 



"Golden Sunrise" 232 36 268 53 5 



"Freedom" 374 47 421 84 6 



"Crimson Cushion"... 253 31 284 56 2 



"Chalk's Early" 312 19 331 66 7 



"Ponderosa" 209 33 247 49 1 



"Marvel" 431 31 462 52 3 



"Magmus" 428 62 490 98 4 



"Thorburn's Earliest" 528 60 588 117 9 



