Table VI, showing the results of pruning tomatoes (Lorillard) 

 grown in House No. 2. Two rows of vines 4 ft. apart, or a 

 total of 26 plants t,2 in. apart in the row. Harvested June 

 and July. 



No. of N'o. of Total Average .Average .Average 



-System phiiits. fruit. weiglit weight weight No. of 



of pruning gnus. gnus. per plant fruit per 



grnis. plant. 



In the preceding table are given the results of pruning to the two, 

 three and four stem system. The average weight of the individual 

 fruit was the greatest in the two stem and less on the three and four 

 stem plants. The average number of fruit per plant was the greatest 

 where there are four stems and smallest where there are two leaders. 

 There was practically no difference as regards early maturity of fruit 

 between the different systems of pruning. 



Table X'll, showing the results of pruning tomatoes (Lorillard)grown 

 inhouseNo. I. Harvested June and July. Plants 30 in. apart. 



In this table we have the results obtained from the one, two and 

 three stem system, and that produced by normal or unpruned plants. 

 'Jliis e.xperiment differs from the experiments in Table V in the three 

 shoot plants not having their leaders cutback. The total yield of the 

 normal plants was not so large as shown in V. The average weight 

 of the individual fruit is quite close here on all the pruned plants ; 

 that of the unpruned or normals l)eing very much lower. The aver- 

 age number of fruits per plant is highest in two and three stem plants 

 and smallest in the one stem and normal plants, in the average 

 weight of fruit per plant the two and three stem show the highest 



