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Ninety-four stocks of Tomatos, in eighty-eight varieties, were sent 

 in for trial. With a few exceptions sent in late, all were sown 

 on March 11, and grown under exactly similar conditions both inside 

 and outside. For the first time in many years, there was an attack 

 of Black Spot, which we attribute to too much manure, but it was 

 instructive and very interesting to note the varieties that were 

 attacked and those that were immune. Those with fruit free from 

 Black Spot were numbers 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 

 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 

 35. 36. 37> 38, 39. 40. 4*, 42, 43, 44> 45, 46, 47- 4$, 49. 50, 51, 52, 

 53, 54. 55, 56, 57> 59. 6o > 6 2, 64. 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 

 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88. 89, 91, 92, 93. Those with fruit attacked 

 were 1, 5, 58, 61, 63, 65, 70, 72, 75, 80, 87, 90. There was no sign 

 of Black Spot or any other disease on the outdoor plants. The 

 Committee examined both the indoor and outdoor plants. 



F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 



A.M. = Award of Merit. 



XXX = Highly Commended. 

 *i. Ai (Sutton). — Fruit medium, round, smooth, bright red; 

 free setter ; foliage and habit robust. Crop abundant, borne in 

 good trusses, ripe August 6. Outside crop poor and very late in 

 ripening. 



2. Abundance (Sutton). — Fruit small, flat, round, bright red, 

 smooth ; fairly good setter ; habit and foliage good ; crop poor, 

 ripe July 21. Outside crop fair, ripe August 25. 



3. Ailsa Craig (Balch), A.M. August 30, 1910. — Fruit of moderate 

 size, round, red, smooth ; free setter ; trusses carrying an average of 

 seven fruits ; crop good, ripe July 21. Foliage large, habit vigorous. 

 Outside crop heavy, ripe August 18. 



4. Aviator (Dickson and Robinson). — Fruit medium, flat round, 

 dull red, very smooth ; very free setter ; trusses heavily laden ; 

 crop excellent, ripe July 28. Habit sturdy and vigorous. Outside 

 crop very good, ripe August 18. 



5. Ayrshire (Balch), A.M. August 30, 1910.— Fruit large, 

 roundish, bright red, smooth ; free setter ; a very strong grower ; 

 crop fair, ripe July 28. Outside crop fairly good, ripe August 25. 



6. Best of All (Sutton). — Fruit large, flat round, bright red, smooth ; 

 free setter ; not a vigorous grower ; crop medium, ripe August 9. 

 Outside crop fair, ripe August 18. 



7. Blenheim Orange (Carter), A.M. September 20, 1892.— Fruit 

 01 medium size, flat round, pale orange tinged with deeper shades, 



* See footnote, vol. xxxviii. p. 549. 



