1896.] 



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Tomatoes ( Essex Hybrid) . 



The tomato plants were started under glass and trans- 

 planted in the field 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 weight. 



Yield of Tomatoes (Pounds). 

 [Forty-two plants in each plat.] 



Yield of Green Tomatoes left October 1 ( Pounds) . 



Plat 1, 30 



Plat 2, 52 



Plats, 26 



Plat 4, 54 



Plat 5, 48 



Plate, 24 



Total 234 



