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It is of interest to note that Jersey Wakefield seems specially 

 susceptible to good treatment. In 1891 the ratio of the pot- 

 grown, plants to those grown in boxes was as 1.38 : 1.00, while the 

 present season, as will be seen from the table, the ratio is as 

 1.42:1,00. Plants of this variety which were set deeply have 

 almost invariably given better results than those set shallow, 

 while other varieties have given various results in different 

 years, though the same treatment was given. 



Conclusion: The results are contradictory to those obtained 

 in 1891, and indicate that pot-grown cabbage plants are earlier 

 and better than those grown in boxes. 



II. — Notes of Tomatoes. 



The number of varieties grown the past season was not so large 

 as in 1891, attention being given more particularly to methods of 

 culture. 



1. Effects of Early Setting : From our study of this subjecc 

 last season, we found that: "On a warm, sandy soil, the earliness 

 and productiveness of tomatoes were in direct ratio to the earliness 

 of setting in the field," and that "a chill is not as fatal to success 

 as is commonly supposed."* Accordingly, our principal setting 

 was made on June 1st this year — nearly two weeks earlier than 

 usual in this climate. 



To verify the conclusions reached last year, when only one 

 variety was used, three dozen plants of each of four varieties were 

 set apart and given the same treatment in every way while in the 

 house, all being transferred from the seed flats to 2-inch pots, 

 then to 3-iuch, and finally lo 4- inch pots. The season being 

 somewhat backward, the first lot was not put out until May 19. 

 The other two lots were put out June 1st and June 15, respec- 

 tively. 



The night following the first setting there was a slight frost 

 and the weather was cold and raw for a week following. As the 

 plants were taken directly from the hot house, without "harden- 

 ing off," the test was a severe one. 



Table III shows very clearly the results obtained from this trial. 



* Rep. Maine Exp. Sta. 1891, p. 91. 



