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10th could safely be counted upon as about the ripening period 

 of the outdoor crop in New Hampshire. Figuring the yield 

 per average plant for each variety to Aug. 10th, and then 

 taking the average of the whole, the yield figured 2 lbs., 6^2 oz. 

 per square foot. The average price which tomatoes have 

 brought between July 10th and Aug. 10th has been at least 7 

 cents per pound. Two pounds six and one-half ounces at 7 

 cents a pound equals nearly 16.8 cents, — the income from one 

 square foot. Multiplying this by the number of square feet 



Fig. 55. — Specimens of Tomatoes. 

 12. Early Acme. 21. Ignatum. 



'14. Beauty. 41. Fordbrook First. 



18. New Liberty Bell. 49. Bond's Early Minnesota. 



available for tomatoes, or 1,440 square feet, the area of our 

 center bed, we have a return of $241.92. 



In 1897 outdoor tomatoes did not ripen until Aug. 30th, 

 the season being very backward. In this case the same vines 

 were continued in bearing, and the average weight per plant 

 at this date was 5 pounds, — or 3^3 pounds per square foot. 

 The price remained 6 cents throughout this time, making a 

 rate of 20 cents per square foot, or $288 as compared with 

 $241.92, — the sales to Aug. 10th. The plants at the end of 

 this period averaged from 6 to 8 feet in height. Plants that 

 were not trained to a single stem and on benches averaged 



