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 Plants 



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Egg-Plant. 



The plants were set in the usual manner, part of the 

 tract being treated with Nitrate of Soda at the rate of 475 

 pounds per acre to observe the practical value of the Ni- 

 trate for forcing. Before setting, the plants were given a 

 light application of Nitrate in solution. June ist 150 

 pounds were applied, on the tenth this was repeated, and on 

 June 22nd a third application was made. The Nitrated 

 plot produced marketable fruit July 5th, the non-Nitrated 

 plot did not reach the market until July 26th. The Ni- 

 trated plot produced per acre Jj,8g4 fruits, all of good quality; 

 the non-Nitrated plot produced only 8,"/ 12 fruits per acre. 



LETTUCE (Early.) 



750 lbs. Nitrate of Soda to the acre, in 5 applications. No Nitrate. 



Early Lettuce. 



The plants were started in the hot-house, and pricked 

 into cold frames, April 26th they were set in the field. 

 The Nitrate applications on the experiment plot were per 

 acre as follows : April 29th, 100 pounds; May 4th, 150 

 pounds; May 12th, 200 pounds; May i8th, 200 pounds; 

 May 23rd, 100 pounds; a total of 750 pounds per acre. 

 The Nitrated plot was first cut May 26th, and at this time 

 the non-Nitrated plot was just beginning to curl a few leaves 

 towards the heart for heading. Approximately, the Nitrated 

 plot produced per acre 1^724 dozen heads ^ and so early to the 



