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* Column No. 2 refers to the Double Blossoms found ou the four 

 plants iu each plot. 



Column No. 3 gives the number of tomatoes which ripened up to 

 the time of the last picking October 2nd. 



Column No. 4 gives the number of green tomatoes at the last pick- 

 ing on October 2nd. 



Column No. 5 gives the size ; 1 indicating the smnllest ai>d 10 the 

 largest. 



Column No. 6 gives the form marked on the same scale; perfect 

 form being round, smooth and without ridges or deep grooves. 



Column No 7 gives the beauty according to color, smoothness of 

 skin, and the amount of cracks, or green centres. 



Column No. 8 refers to solidity, or the per cent, of the fleshy por- 

 tion ; 1 indicating a very large per cent, of seeds and i)ulp, while 

 10 is almost solid. 



Column No. 9 gives quality. This most difficult test was made 

 by several persons carefully testing specimens picked each week. 



Not less than five tests were made of eacli variety. 



Column No. 10 gives the order of ripening ; 1 indicating lateness, 

 while 10 is the earliest. 



EASTERN VS. WESTERN SEED SWEET CORN. 



At the suggestion of some of the seed growers and dealers of 

 Massachusetts, the following experiments were made to test the 

 comparative value of seed sweet corn grown in New England and 

 that grown in the Western States. 



All varieties were planted May 11th, 1889. The ears for analysis 

 were taken when the kernels were just passing from the milk, or in 

 the best condition for the table, and specimens were taken from 

 dui)licate plots for each test. 



Columns No. 1 and 2 give size of ear and kernel on the scale of 

 1 to 10, 1 indicating smallest, 10 the largest. The other headings 

 are sufficiently explanatory. 



*We wish growers of fruit and seeds to note the fact tliat the varieties producing the 

 most double flowers, were the most irregular in form. In every case they produced very 

 irregular fruit, and the more double the flower, the more imperfect the fruit. Tliisf.ict 

 was suggested to us by Mr. A. B. Howard, of Belchertown, Mass., the originator of the 

 Bay State Tomato, and will be of vast importance to the grower of choice fruit; for by 

 discarding those plants having double blossoms— and very few plants are set out in the 

 field until some blossoms open -much of the irregular fruit will be avoided. This fact 

 should also be borne in mind by seed growers, for by the careful selection of plants, much 

 waste may be saved, and a more perfect strain of seed obtained, than by the usual 

 method of setting out any and all plants, and then selecting the specimens of fruit. In the 

 latter case the seeds having been fertilized by the pollen of the double flowers, would be 

 more likely to produce plants with double flowers, than if they were fertilized by pollen 

 from single blossoms. 



