colored and more or less spindling. Undoubtedly i8 inch boxes are 

 greatly superior to lo inch pots since the amount of soil they will hold 

 is considerably greater. We are of the opinion that better plants can 

 be grown, and that larger yields and larger individual fruits can be 

 obtained from crops in beds and benches, where the root development 

 is not restricted, than in pols. Root restriction would seem, however, 

 to favor early maturity. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



The usual method of starting tomato plants is to sow the seed in 

 flats and when they reach the height of a few inches to trans- 

 plant into 2)2 or 3 inch pots. After remaining in these a short 

 time they may be shifted to 6 inch pots. When they are a foot or 

 more in height they are placed in the beds, or occasionally one other 

 transplanting from 6 inch pots into 10 inch pots takes place. In all 

 cases we have transplanted twice in pots and occasionally three times. 

 The last transfer before plainting in beds was into pots 10 inches in 

 diameter. There appears, however, to be some difference of opinion 

 as to the value of so many transplantings. 



L. H. Bailey* found that two transplantings in pots gave better 

 results than three transplantings in pots, but he states that much 

 depends upon conditions, etc., while R. L. Watts' found that tomatoes 

 not transplanted ripened earlier than transplanted ones. The yield, 

 however, was only one half that given by those transplanted. He also 

 found that one transplanting gave better results than two transplant- 

 ings. J. F. C. DuPre" found that transplanting once or twice before 

 putting in the field would make the plants stocky and increase the 

 number of roots, therefore giving them a better start. On the other 

 hand, J. Troop'' obtained slightly better yields on plants not trans- 

 planted than from those transplanted. The general consensus of 

 opinion is in favor of transplanting once or twice. In greenhouse 

 culture transplanting is often an advisable practice simply because of 

 saving in space and coal. 



* N. Y. (Cornell Univ.) .Vgr. Exp. Sta. Biil. No. 32. 



1. Tenn. Agr. E.xp. Sta., 5th Kpt., 1S92. 



2. So. Car. .Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. No. 16, 1S94. 



3. Ind. .^gr. Exp. Sta., i3tli Rpt.. iQoi. 



