Notes On Tomatoes. 
BY M, J. HL^FFIXaTON. 
The work carried on with this fruit for the season of 1894, 
was of the nature of a variety test. Most of the new kinds 
offered in 1893 and 1894 were’tried by the side of the leading 
standard sorts. Only a few of the novelties tried were equal 
to such standard sorts as Beauty, Perfection, Acme, or 
Ignotum. The two varieties, Rose Bub, and Seedling ^so. 2, 
sent us for trial b)^ Hoover and Moore, of Antlers, Colorado, 
showed decided merit. 
Seeds of the varieties herein described were sown in flats 
in the forcing house on March 5th, and on March 27th, when 
about three inches high were transplanted to plant boxes, 
six by ten inches, partitioned off so that each box held six 
plants. On April 21st the plants were transferred to a house 
where the temperature was not so high as in the forcing 
