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We find that in the different varieties. of tomato the order of 
earliness is by no means to be depended upon. To illustrate this we 
present a list of the varieties grown in 1883 and 1884, arranged in 
their order of earliness, the number of days used being the time at 
which the first ten fruits were ripe. | 
1853. 1884. 
Renee ty ON Te 
2S Si 2 B 
hi eat en 
E : e 5 
oH o) 4 2) 
PUGHOMMMNICLOD aoe ook icse meses as 136 1 147 4 
Es cule Fe ola ages Pens 140 2 143 2 
cSt La eS RE IOS SR oa are ana 140 2 151 cs 
Hubbard’s Curled Leaf........... 140 2 144 3 
US) ee ae ar a 143. 4.8 139 1 
Pee ANI 550). 2 ks. cares ercid 143 3 139 1 
BORA C cc y thei es Paospb ee 3 143 3 143 2 
Reade’s Island Beauty............ 143 3 157 9 
(Se Rese ea re ee 147 4 148 5 
PIV GW. fe os eet ne tee» 147 4 147 4 
Dee 0 ibs oe reas nse ew bs 147 - 151 7 
New White Apple....... EONS 148 5 152 8 
(oo OL i EIR relia ae heaped (5. 5 150 6 
[USGn CaS 508 SRR ee aE age 159 6 150 6 
Red Valencia Cluster........... a as loo 6 152 8 
Livingston’s Favorite............. 162 7 150 6 
8 os eins wait a acoso « 164 8 151 7 
Lyman’s Mammoth Cluster....... 164 8 151 7 
rr RIERE COU IVY (ois nts Gig ais o's 5 o's 166 9 157 9 
eM tet S sy 2 ae see ec v's. 6 osele > ¥°0 169 10 152 8 
PONG PAIN, cas oe eevee oe 170 11 157 9 
DMNA ATCHOL oar ts ciate Sees vss 6 Rs ye ovtai © 150 6 
We have numbered the varieties of 1883 in order, giving the 
same number to the varieties that ripened the same day. It.appears | 
that these numbers transferred to their corresponding names in the 
list of 1884 are very far out of order. Thus the Orangetield ripened 
ten fruits in both 1883 and 1884, in one hundred and forty-three 
days. Reade’s Island Beauty, on the other hand, which in 1883 
ripened the same number in one hundred and forty-three days, re- 
quired one hundred and fifty-seven days, fourteen days more, to 
ripen ten fruits in 1884. The New Japanese requiring one hundred 
and eighty-seven days to ripen ten fruits in 1883, ripened the same 
~ number in 1884 in one hundred and fifty days, or thirty-seven days 
less. Had we taken the date of the first ripe fruit instead of the 
first ten fruits, the discrepancies would not have been less striking. 
