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l)0])i)0(l grains of the two are scarcely distinguishable unless one looks 

 carefully for the pointed tip which, when the grain is fully exploded, 

 is lost from sight. The limited experience of a single season is not 

 sufficient to judgeaof the yield in the eastern climate, but both are 

 productive. The "Red Rice," while very attractive as ears in the 

 market, is objectionable in that the popped grains are strongly marked 

 with the hull, the red color of which does not disappear under the 

 influence of the fire while being popped. Again, so many of the ears 

 are white that a crop is a mixed one. Quite unlike the "Speckled," 

 the two kinds of grains are never found in our experience upon the 

 same ear. 



In Plate IV. the upjx^r portion, with black background, shows piles 

 of popped corn, each representing the kind that is given just below in 

 the ear and shelled, but the cream color of the "Queen's Golden" and 

 other details quickly noted in the specimens themselves are lost from 

 sight. 



EXPERIMENTS 'WITH TOMATOES. 



Old Varieties Grourn the Present Season. 



The following sorts of tomatoes were grown the present year from 

 seed obtained in the open market, the source of each variety being 

 indicated by the official contraction of the name of the seedhouse fur- 

 nishing it. These were grown chiefly for the sake of comparison with 

 the crosses that had been secured the previous year from plants grown 

 from the same packets, and therefore all of the seeds in this list were 

 l)urchased in the spring of 1904. It may be stated in passing that, 

 with one or two exceptions, the seeds produced plants of normal vigor. 

 A second reason for the growing of the old set was that a number of 

 much-desired crosses might be made the present season. Time was 

 not taken in making any study of the comparative value of the varie- 

 ties. They, however, did not vary essentially from the record of the 

 ])r<'vious year, excepting in that the yield was materially larger, due 

 to the season. No frost came this year to cut the vines until October 

 59th, which was nearly a month later than during the previous season. 



