FORCING DWARF TOMATOES UNDER GLASS 



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usually by the time this one begins to lose its color many 

 other flowers have blossomed and these are pollinated by 

 the first one. 



Varieties a7id Yield. — Three varieties, viz. : Dwarf Cham- 

 pion, Golden Dwarf Champion, and Lacross Seedlings were 

 used in the experiment. It seems hardly necessary to go 

 into a detailed description of these fruits, as everyone is more 

 or less familiar with tiie dwarfs as a class and they all resemble 

 one another in their general behavior of growth. The Dwarf 

 Champion doubtless is as well known as any variety of tomato 

 grown. 



In order to compare their relative yields and to demonstrate 

 what can be accomplished in growing them, notes were taken 

 which are compiled in the following tables : 



TABLE I.— GENERAL AVERAGES OF VARIETIES. 



Variety. 



Average ! Average . Average 

 number j weight weight of 

 fruirs per fruit per individual 

 plant. fruits. 



plant. 



Dwarf Champion 



Golden Dwarf Champion. 

 Lacross Seedling 



28i 



195 



26 A 



lbs. 

 5.4 

 4.3 

 5.6 



ozs. 

 3.0 

 3.5 

 3.4 



As the dwarf tomatoes continue in bearing for a long time, 

 in order to show their yield at difterent times I have divided 

 the time into three periods as shown in Table II. 



TABLE II.— YIELD IN PERIODS. 



Variety. 



m 

 *^ 



0. 



O 



1st period. 



Weight 



fruit 



to 



May 1st. 



2d period. 3d period. 



Weight , Weight Total 



fruit fruit weight 



May 1 June 15 [ each 



to to variety. 

 June 15. Julv 15. 



Dwarf Champion 18 



Golden Dwarf Champion.. 

 Lacross Seedling 22 



General total 



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