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are more subject to disease than others, from various causes, and 

 a place is given for a record upon this point. 



It is not to be inferred that the several characterinics exclude 

 each other, but, contrariwise, they are often inter-dependent. 

 For example, under the fruit proper the size of "cells" is in- 

 versely as the amount of "flesh," so that a low mark for "cells" 

 is followed by a low one for "flesh," and vice versa. And while 

 few "seeds" is judged 5, the accompanying small seed-cavities 

 calls usually for a high score under "cells" and "flesh." Let the 

 reader take numbers 3 and 4 in the list. It is seen that "x\d- 

 vance" gets 30 points out of a possible 50 upon fruit, ard 29 

 for plant, or a total of 59 points, while "Arcadia," next to it, 

 has 42 for its fruit and the same number of points for plant, 

 giving a total of 84 out of a possible of 100 points for the per- 

 fect tomato. It is seen that "Advance" is much below suitable 

 size, and is below standard on "shape," "surface" and "color," 

 while the interior is inferior from its many large "cells" and con- 

 sequent thin "flesh" and abundant seediness. The fruits decayed 

 badly. The plant was weak in stem and foliage, r:nd yielded 

 almost nothing, losing fourteen points in "product." On the 

 other hand, the. "Arcadia" lost only a single point on "shape" 

 (lop-sided), "surface" (slightly grooved), "cells." "flesh," 

 "flavor," "seeds"- and "decay." It was up to the standard in 

 productiveness; that is, was among the highest in tl is season's 

 trials upon the grounds. 



The above score of points does not consider the time of matur- 

 ing of the crop; that is, whether the variety is "early," "medium" 

 or "late," as the seedsmen's catalogues state. So lorg as earli- 

 ness is a desirable quality the above rating, it may be clamied, 

 does injustice to those sorts that are bred for a quick turning of 

 a crop. In other words, had there been a place <^'Wcv for earli- 

 ness in the scheme, such varieties as "Earliana" would have 

 received a higher score than is now accorded them. Such a place 

 was not given in this test, because the scale of points here tenta- 

 tively adopted was for this set of varieties which, starting out 

 upon the same day (March 4th), has been treated alike so far as 

 jx>ssible, regardless of the time of fruiting. Some sorts pro- 

 duce a few fruits and those early, which might suit the trucker, 

 who, getting the cream of the market, clears his ground for 

 some other crop. The man with a garden and a score of tomato 

 plants desires a constant supply of fruit throughout the season. 

 For the up-to-date trucker, the "South Jersey" mav bring the 

 most money, but it might be a source of discomfort in the home 



