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Variety tests in both sand and soil gave slightly better production 

 in the sand, averaging 6.6 of fruit per plant in sand and 5.9 pounds 

 in soil. Field station strains of Comet seemed best. Sunrise, Mar- 

 globe, Break-o-Day and field station of Blair Forcing and Lloyd 

 Forcing were also on trial, the latter two producing tomatoes uneven 

 in shape and too large for best market purposes in this section. 



A one-inch layer of peat mixed in the soil is equal to a three-inch 

 coating of well-rotted stable manure for the production of tomatoes 

 in ground beds, further in\'estigations showed. Sterilization of part 

 of the soil did not seem to affect growth or yield. {Miscellaneous 

 Income) 



Three-Vine Hills of Squash Yield Most 



Three-vine hills of Blue Hubbard squash outyielded two and one- 

 vine hills, according to results from J. R. Hepler. The yields were 

 respectively 33, 28 and 24 pounds per hill. The one-vine hills pro- 

 duced 12.8-pound fruits and the three-vine 11.3-pound fruits. {Mis- 

 cellaneous Inconie) 



May Plantings of Cabbage Do Best 



The largest Penn State strain Danish Ball-Head cabbage was ob- 

 tained from seed sown in March and transplanted May 12 and 28, but 

 man}' of these six to seven-pound heads split and only about 60 per 

 cent were marketable as compared with May 12 and 28 seedings trans- 

 planted July 2. The heads of the latter were 75 per cent marketable 

 although they a^^eraged only 3I/2 to 4 pounds in weight. The majority 

 of the plants seeded earlier than May 1 formed seed stalks, only a small 

 percentage of the heads being marketable. These trial plantings were 

 made by J. R. Hepler on five dates from March 31 to May 28 and the 

 tiansplanting in the field between June 1 and July 2. {Miscella- 

 neous Income) 



Phosphorus and Potash Compared 



Squash were planted in 1932 on the phosphorus plots in which 20 

 tons of manure per acre supplemented by 500, 1000, and 1500 pounds 

 acid phosphate, is tested in comparison with 40 tons of manure per 

 acre and with an application of 1000 pounds muriate of potash. In 

 this instance no significant results were noted, such differences in 

 yield as occurred being attributable to disease which varied somewhat 

 between the different plots. J. R. Hepler in charge. {Hatch Fund) 



Vegetable Strains are Compared 



In cooperation with the South Carolina Experiment Station, seed 

 of several vegetables has been grown in New Hampshire and South 

 Carolina for five years in order to compare differences in maturity. 

 The following results are reported by J. R. Hepler for the New Hamp- 

 shire strains: Australian hulless pop corn, no appreciable difference in 

 maturity; Emerald Gem melon, yield about 37 per cent greater and 

 individual melons about 27 per cent larger, with apparently earlier 

 maturity, 67 per cent reaching marketable stage by Sept. 18 as com- 

 pared with only 47 per cent for the southern strain; Early Bountiful 



