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TABLE IV. — Indivipual Variation. 









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Variety. 



V. No. 



fruits 



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3.96 



5.6 



Auo- 8 





20 



6.0U 



4.9 



" 4. 





13 



5.87 



7.0 



Aug. 1. 

 " 1. 





12 



5.23 



7.2 





24 



8.90 



5.8 







17 



5.70 



5.5 



'• 1. 





27 



3.36 



2.0 



July 25. 

 " 29. 





41 



4.82 



1.9 



lu no case were the results obtained from the duplicate lots 

 uniform. The variation in weight of individual fruits, and in the 

 time of ripening, varied but slightly : but the number and weight 

 of the product was very marked. 



Conclusion : Positive conclusions should never be drawn from 

 the results of a single season's work. 



4. Color : As noted in last year's report, many attempts have 

 been made to improve upon the color of the fruit of the tomato. 

 The cross between Golden Queen and Ignotum, grown in the col- 

 lege gardens last year, gave no indication of any influence of the 

 yellow parent ; but the second generation was decidedly variable, 

 about half of the plants bearing red fruits and the others yellow, 

 with no indication of the desired blush form. 



A selected strain of Golden Queen having a tendency to pro- 

 duce fruit with a blush cheek, is as yet only imperfectly fixed ; 

 but as grown in the house, this tendency is very nicely brought 

 out and the fruits are very attractive. 



A new variety to be introduced in 1893 by J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., of New York, as "liCmon Blush," is said to be a firmly fixed 

 variety of the type sought. This variety origicated with Mr. E. 

 S. Carman, editor of the Rural New Yorker. 



5. Crossing: Tomato growing in the high latitudes is often 

 unsatisfactory for the reason that but a very small proportion of 

 the fruit will mature before the plants are killed by frost. It is 

 therefore important that some variety be secured which shall per- 

 haps combine the size and quality of the better market sorts now 

 extant with the earliness and proliflcness of some of the smaller 



