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The Florists' Review 



June 4, 1914. 



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be attributed, not to environmental con- 

 ditions which are improved at consider- 

 able expense and which are of short 

 duration, but to heredity, a factor which 

 is more or less persistent and which acts 

 without expense. In view of this fact, 

 the importance of considering the factor 

 of variation should need no further am- 



Slification, " it is asserted by C. E. 

 [yers, who has tabulated the results. 

 It was in 1908 that the station insti- 

 tuted tests of cabbage and tomato seeds. 

 The results with cabbage were pub- 

 lished in 1912 and the figures on toma- 

 toes now are given out. The seed ob- 

 tained from each source is designated as 

 a strain, although it is quite likely that 

 in reality several seedsmen may have 

 had a common source of supply. Six 

 varieties were tested, for three years, 

 1909-11. Here is the result with one: 



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Earllana seed from: 



■^ OS 



41 " 

 CLi 



P 



H 



3.16 



3.13 



3.41 



4.46 



3.64 



3.63 



3.71 



2.71 



3.47 



1.77 



2.66 



3.69 



3.77 



4.32 



4.36 



3.21 



3.00 



3.85 



3.82 



2.90 



2.06 



3.52 



3.86 



2.53 



3.64 



2.45 



3.07 



3.09 





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ts 



O 



13.02 

 14.22 

 17.94 

 13.97 

 13.72 

 11.78 

 12.75 

 12.52 

 12.19 



9.21 

 13.70 

 14.95 

 12.16 

 11.24 

 15.72 

 10.36 

 10.19 

 13.84 

 11.37 

 11.27 

 11.26 

 10.02 

 10.82 



9.82 

 10.45 



9.75 

 11.59 

 12.34 



J. Bolglano & Son, Baltimore, Md.85 

 Francis Brill, Hempstead, N. Y...82 



H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111 80 



H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa 85 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit. Mich. 82 

 Griffith & Turner, Baltimore, Md..80 

 Peter Henderson, New York, N. Y.82 

 Holmes Seed Co., Harrisburg, Fa. 84 

 I>conard Seed Oo., Chicago, 111... 82 

 Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, 0.77 

 W. H. Maule, Philadelphia, Pa... 86 

 H. F. Micbell, Philadelphia, Pa... 81 



State College 87 



W. P. Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa... 82 

 Texas Seed & Floral Co., Dallas. . .81 

 J. M. Thorburn, New York, N. Y.81 

 Weeber & Don, New York, N. Y..83 

 T. W. Wood A Son, Richmond, Va.78 

 Moore & Simon, Philadelphia, Pa. 81 

 Jas. Vlck'8 Sons, Rochester, N. Y.78 

 W. C. Beckert, Pittsburgh, Pa... 83 

 Wm. Ewing, Montreal, Canada... 79 



Jos. Harris, Coldwater, N. Y 80 



W. W. Rawson, Boston, Mass 81 



W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa.80 



W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md 78 



C. C. Hulsart, Mattawan, N. J 82 



H. P. Langdon. Constable. N. Y..80 



By "corrected yield" Is meant the total yield 

 after having been corrected for apparent varia- 

 tions in the fertility of the soil. In the opinion 

 of the writer, tt most nearl]» expresses the yield- 

 ing property of the strain. 



A study of the record shows that the 

 variation in the size of the fruit was 

 quite pronounced in that it varied from 

 .22 to .29 pounds, while the percentage 

 of marketable fruit was fairly uni- 

 form. The variation in earliness is of 

 considerable interest. It will be seen 

 that the average yield to August 15 

 ranged from 1.77 to 4.46 tons, a differ- 

 ence of 2.69 tons per acre in favor of 

 the superior strain. The early matur- 

 ing strain also ranked fifth in corrected 

 yield and the field notes show that it 

 was otherwise desirable. It will also 

 be observed that the productiveness of 

 the various strains ranged from 9.21 to 

 17.94 tons, although in this case the 

 highest yielding strain was not very 

 desirable in character of fruit. 



Any seedsman who wants the full 

 data on the six varieties should write 

 to Pennsylvania State College Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, State College 

 P. O., Pa., for Bulletin No. 129, which 

 concludes: 



"In the study of the preceding pages, 

 the variations which have been noted 



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