1896.] 



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Tomatoes ( Essex Hybrid) . 



The tomato plants were started under glass and trans- 

 planted in the Held when from seven to eight inches high, 

 May 25. They were of a vigorous growth, and were placed 

 four feet apart each way. Each plat was planted with two 

 rows, each row containing twenty-one plants. They began 

 blooming June 5, and looked healthy at that time in all 

 plats, yet best in Plat 5. The yield of matured tomatoes in 

 case of plats 4 and 5 exceeded that of plats 3 and 6 by fully 

 one-third in weight. The total yield of the crop, on account 

 of more favorable weather of the past season, as compared 

 with that of 1894, exceeded the latter by more than one-half 

 of its w T ei2fht. 



Yield of Tomatoes (Pounds). 

 [Forty-two plants in each plat.] 



Date of Picking. 



Total. 



August 13, . 

 August 16, . 

 August 20, . 

 August 23, . 

 August 28, . 

 September 3, 

 September 11, 

 September 20, 

 September 25, 



75 

 567 

 877 

 718 

 577 

 986 

 524 

 S37 

 244 



Yield of Green Tomatoes left October 1 ( Pounds) 



Plat 1, 

 Plat 2, 

 Plat 3, 

 Plat 4, 

 Plat 5, 

 Plat ti, 



Total, 



50 

 52 



26 

 54 

 48 

 24 



234 



