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-Vs tuud for stock, tomatoes should be of u value siuulagous 

 to ii|)|jles, as they are closely allied, the acid of each bein^- 

 iiialic. C\)ws will cat them ravenously, consuming nearly a 

 bushel of green ones at a meal. I have not seen much in- 

 crease in the flavor of milk when tomatoes are fed green, and 

 have never fed them ripe. As tomatoes Avill yield over a thous- 

 rind bushels to the acre, and are already on the ground, requir- 

 ing no shaking off, this comparative value is held worthy of a 

 test by experimenters. The large yellow sorts would [>ro1)a- 

 !>Iv be the best kinds to grovr, 



Tomato vineoar is lariiclv manufactured in !New Jcrsev, bv 

 a, patented process, but into which, it may be very safely as- 

 ^iumcd, sweetening in some form enters. It is said to l)e \cvy 

 profitable. 



Some hue and cry has been lately raised about the tendency 

 -of the use of the tomato to produce cancerous diseases. I 

 iuive as vet seen the name of no reputable physician connected 

 with this theory, and as the acid of this fruit is identical with 

 liiat of the apple, I presume the charge would be as reasona- 

 ble against one as the other. 



As regards the cultivation of the tomato, this is so generally 

 understood that hardly more than a remark is required under 

 this head. The tomato Avill not grow in the open air before 

 the ground has become Avarm, and all planting earlier than this 

 serves to but injure the plant. They are oftentimes started too 

 early in hot beds, and because o\ergrown, are spindling before 

 they can be transplanted out into the open air. I would not 

 advise to plant the seed under glass earlier than April 1st, nor 

 transplanted into the open ground earlier than ^lay 20th. 

 Those planted for an early croj) should be put in ground not 

 very rich. 



For the Committee — James J. H. (iregorv. 



(COUNTERPANES, &c. 



Tiic Committee on Counterpanes, Carpeting and Ivugs, re- 



