EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 



497 



"Cherr>'," "Plum," "Peach" and "Pear," to say nothing of the 

 "Currant," which term is appHed to the allied s[>ecies Lycoper- 

 sicimi piinpincllifoliiiui Uunal. In other words, the ordinary 

 commercial tomatoes may be somewhat unsatisfactorily classified 

 under the five groups, very small (v. s.), small (s), medium 

 (m.), late (1.) and verv late (v. 1.). Among the first group 

 are: "Advance" (3), "Bright and Early" (14), "King Hum- 

 bert" (64) and "\Vonder" (141), while upon the opposite end 

 of the scale of sizes are: "Giant" (56), "Giant Climbing" (57) 

 and "Ponderosa" (103). The remaining three groups contain 

 larger numbers, as, for example, the "small" (s.) has over 

 twenty numbers, the leading sorts l^eing the "Aristocrat" (149) 

 and "Champion" (153) among the dwarfs, and "Aaiie" (2), 

 "Freedom" (54), "Ptizetaker" (158) and "Ouicksure" (no) 

 for the standards. Among those classed as "large" (1.) are 

 "Buckeve State" (17), "Crimson Cushion" (27), "Duke of 

 York" '(32), "Enormous" (43), "Santa Rosa" (117), "Tree" 

 (132) and "Dwarf Stone" (169). 



The group marked "medium" includes the majority of the 

 varieties in the list. These vary somewhat, and with a wider 

 kno\\ledge of them, could be divided into three sub-groups. Of 

 the most pupular sorts, it includes "Beauty" (8), "Perfection" 

 (99), "Favorite" (48), "Trophy" (136), "Atlantic Prize" (6), 

 "Golden Oueen" (144), "Mikado" (89), "Matchless" (79), 

 "Honor Bright" (59), "Paragon" (98), "Royal Red" (115) 

 and "jMagnus" (73). 



Popularity of Varieties of Tomatoes. 



From the Bulletin by Mr. Tracy, referred to under the popu- 

 larity of varieties of sweet corn, it is gathered that cf the many 

 kinds of tomatoes grown at the Experiment Grounds this season 

 the following are the most popular among the seedsmen and 

 by inference among the growers of tomatoes. 



Name. Times. 



Beauty, (8) 187 



Stone, (121) 186 



Champion, (15.3) « 182 



Perfection, (99) 17.3 



Favorite, Liv., (48) 162 



Acme, (1) 161 



Ponderosa, (103) 154 



Trophy, (136) 135 



Atlantic Prize, (6) 132 



Golden Queen, (144) 108 



Mikado, (89) 103 



Name. Times. 



Matchless (79) 86 



Honor Bright, (59) 81 



Paragon, (98) 80 



Buckeye State, (17) 76 



Royal Red, (115) 76 



Magnus. (73) 71 



Ignotum, (62) 70 



Imperial, (63) 69 



Aristocrat Dwarf, (149) 67 



Early Ruby. (42) 54 



Crimson Cushion, (26) 52 



