DATA FROM THE WINTER TOMATO MEETINGS 



Purdue — Dr. R. W. Samson. One of the best 

 pathologists in the business. One of his charts 

 showed comparative tomato yields and percent- 

 age of Anthracnose fruit rot with a number of 

 different sprays. Note the striking difference be- 

 tween 6 seven day, and 3 fourteen day tests: 



Anthracnose 

 7 days 14 days 7 days 14 days 

 Yields . T/A T/A % % 



Manzate 21.8 13.8 3 9 



Dithane 21:3 11.3 10 21 



Captan 20-0 12.0 5 22 



No spray 6.2 6.2 37 37 



If Late Blight appears in serious strength spray 

 at least once with Bordeaux mixture. 



Dr. E. C. Stevenson — As reported in the 1955 

 "The Canners' Wail." "One Wail a year. Aint 

 that enough?" 



The problem of evaluating tomato varieties ac- 

 curately is a complex one. Yield records are of 

 value, but there is more to the problem than that. 

 Much of the information must necessarily be 

 gotten by observation and personal impressions, 

 because it is not practical to run controlled tests 

 on all the factors needed to evaluate varieties 

 properly. Nine varieties that make up most of 

 the Indiana canning tomato acreage were grown 

 in ten-plant plots with five replications at three 

 locations. 



A summary of the yield results is present in 

 the following table: 



Variety Warren Kokomo, Mt. Summit, 



Ind. Yield Ind. Yield Ind. Yield 



T/A T/A T/A 



Brookston 15.5 19.6 15.9 



Rutgers x Pritchard Fo 14.8 18.4 14.3 



Kokomo ' 10.4 17.4 11.1 



Purdue 1361 11.5 21.3 11.8 



Rutgers 10.8 17.7 12.5 



Urbana 10.9 17.6 12.1 



Indark 9.8 19.0 10.3 



Stokescross No. 5,Fo 13.7 22.2 14.6 

 Improved 



Garden State 13.3 19.6 11.4 



"I want some F2's. Diversity is favorable." "The 

 most solid fruits were in Fo's." 



Dr. N. K. Ellis, Head, Dept. of Hort. "Inspec- 

 tion Problems." Grading is a more equitable 

 basis for barter. It guarantees a certain quality 

 to the purchaser. Everyone benefits by our grad- 

 ing system. Indiana has lost ground on tomatoes 

 for processing— 29,600 acres 1954 vs. 61,900 acres 

 10 year average 1943-52. 160 tomato inspectors 

 at that time; 45 in 1954. Indiana had 200 com- 

 panies packing tomatoes in the old days; 56 com- 

 panies in 1954. 



Roscoe Frazer and F. C Gaylord are the life 

 of the great Purdue Meeting. Each has a delight- 

 ful sense of humor and each knows a lot about 

 tomatoes. The ever present battle between them 

 is, direct seeding vs. transplants. 



Dr. Louis M. Sears, one of the great historians 

 of our country, addressed the Survivors Dinner. 

 For 17 years he has added wisdom and wit to 

 this fine gathering. "This evening is my Swan 

 Song. I have taken 50 years and I hope to grad- 

 uate in June. In these 50 years I have not had 

 a sabatical year. I shall live in Washington. 

 (Cosmos Club) This meeting is one of the bright 

 spots here. Tomatoes are in the ascendant. 



"Our destiny calls for leadership, but you 

 cannot buy affection with money. From 1922-29 

 a constant flow of U. S. dollars to Europe. We 

 were exhausting National resources, then came 

 the crash. 



"One hopeful sign is the change in our attitude 

 toward the St. Lawrence Seaway. What would 

 happen to Gary if the Messabi Range should 

 give out? But the Seaway will bring Laborador 

 ore to Gary. U.S. Steel does not mean to be 

 eclipsed by Bethlehem." 



Speaking of the atom — "The best hope of our 

 survival lies in a stand-off. If a rocket with a 

 hydrogen head can fly 5000 miles and land 

 within 10 miles of a target then look out, for 

 within a 40 mile circle all will be dead. 



"This is good-bye. How patient you have been. 

 How tolerant you have been. Thank you so very, 

 very much." 



Penn State Meeting: Excellent speakers. Nit- 

 tany Lion Inn is delightful. Temperature — 12 

 degrees. Penn State with 12,000 students is now 

 one of the great universities. Dr. Milton Eisen- 

 hower a great leader. 



Dr. Frank App, (honored at Syracuse as Vege- 

 table Man of the Year.) A splendid citizen. One 

 of the very smart men at Seabrook's. He made 

 by all means the finest contribution to the meet- 

 ing- His talk on soil management was a master- 

 piece. His ideas should be closely followed. Over 

 the past ten years he has vastly increased their 

 production and at the same time cut their fer- 

 tilizer cost drastically. 



App's great contribution has been the main- 

 tainance of the physical structure of the soil. 

 Seabrook's laboratory makes from 19 to 20,000 

 soil tests per year. These tests show just what 

 is needed. The combination of an August sown 

 cover crop, (15 lbs. Crimson Clover, 15 lbs. Rye- 

 grass), plus the fertilizing of the crop in the Fall 

 according to the soil test, is the real secret of 

 App's success. This combination serves as a 

 fertilizer factory throughout the winter. 



