314 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



The score card was prepared by Dr. B. H. Groth, tomato 

 specialist, while at the New Jersey station. 



Tomato Score Cwrd 



Color (Order: Red, Pink, Yellow, LigMT,^"^^^ HomeUse Ca^^g 

 Size (Order: Large, Medium, Very 



Yellow) 15 15 10 



Large, Small) 15 20 15 



Earlineas 35 



Form (Order: Globular, Flat, Long) .. . 5 10 5 



Shipping Quality or Firmness 10 5 



Percentage of Flesh 5 10 20 



Number of Seed Cavities (Order: Many, 



4 or 5, 2 or 3) 3 8 10 



Core (Order: Green, White, No Core) .. 2 10 15 



Uniformity of Ripening 3 7 15 



Cracking of Skin 5 10 5 



Depression at Stem (Order: None, 



Shallow) Blossom End (Deep) 2 5 5 



Total 100 100 100 



HOME GARDEN RECORDS 



Keeping Accounts. — Success in gardening and farming 

 depends in a large measure upon the keeping of careful records. 

 These records should be simple and direct. There is little 

 need of a complex system of accounts. The success of any 

 system depends upon its simplicity. If much time or special 

 training is required for the keeping of records, they are less 

 likely to be properly attended to at the right time. For the 

 purpose of training in the matter of keeping records in garden 

 and farm work, something should be done along this line in 

 the school and home garden work. 



Special Value of Records. — The cost of producing any 

 crop cannot be accurately determined without knowing how 

 much was invested in seed fertilizer, and without knowing 

 how much labor was expended upon it in preparation of soil, 



