Some Experiments With Tomatoes 153  
Of SEASON 0I' 1918 I  
` TABLE III. Effect of Stakins and Pruning. Yield d A ‘ I I ‘
UH- I a . V I I .
PRUNED TO .
for ‘ RUNNING TWO STEMS I l
· VARIETY AV€Fag° Average ‘ I
mil Market- C H “’€¥ght Market- C 1 weight ; ·
: is able “ S fguii ebie U15 f;>§i}c I   I
. ‘ · ! I
ulg #{___  ____f4_ ____#)W Ozs.   ‘ 1 ‘
1 1 1   V · I 2 2
of ZEQRUIZY     -.-.....-.....--...     I 459 64.9 . 13.6 6.36 ; I ‘
crmy es ....-........... . 2. 4. 9 50.4 10,8 4,65 1» ‘
It Chalk’s Jewel ..,....... 127.7 90. 4.82 46. 15.5 4.71   t
am Coreless .. .................... 111.7 33. 4.46 67,9 11,6 . 6,28 . II.
Crimson Cushion .... 116. 88.4 4.86 I 63.1 18.7 6.60 M .
Of - Dwarf Giant ........... ... 82.3 51.4 7.15 53.7 7.3 I 6.87 Z;
Earliana .. .................... 101.2 109. | 4.38 I 41.9 11. . I · 4.24   A
· , Earliana, 1_ · I
my Sunnybrook’s .. .... 105. 119.8 I 5.27   45.7 I 11.5 I 3.91   I
Early Detroit ......,...,. 142.1 74.2 4.58 68.9 13.5 5.17 E I
Early June .................. 106. 66.6 4.96 47,4 3, 4,68 , -   I " I
1at- Fordhook First ...... 103.2 95.1 · 4.04 48.9 15.9 4.62   ‘I
. Greater Baltimore 144.3 63.6 4.48 71.6 10.2 6.43 E
L, 111 Jenn Baer .................... 115.2 93.9 4.92 53.6 13.6 4.68 ,   "l
Magnus .. ...................... 109.2 -63. 4.51 60.1 10. 5.22    
Manyfold .. ................ 111.2 100.6 3.63 39.4 24.6 3.66     ,1
I .
 . Mississippi Girl ...... 134. 66.3 4.59 _ 67. 13.2 5.86 I V.
- My Maryland ............ 114.5 66.4 5.51 56. ‘12.3 I 5.67 -f
Ponderosa .. .... . ......... .. 110.9 96.8 5.68 59.3 18.1 9.67 I ‘ .
P1-oline IXL .............. 88.5 66.2 5.22 39.6 8.4 4.43 Ii lj
Prosperity .. .............. 87.6 77. 4.83 42.7 10.9 4.87 _·     Q1
Puritan Hill .............. 153.3 63.4 5.67 53.7 17.4 5.13` " ‘ ·*‘_·Z.. e
I Red Head ...................... _138.6 105.7 4.17 50.1 13. 4.35   I
Santa Rosa, ................ 124.5 85. 6.59 I 65. 16.6 8.12 I  
Shenandoah .. ............ 105.5 I 111.7 8.61 | 54.7 7.9 7.88 ’    
Stokes Stone ............ 126. 76.4 4.96 65.8 18.5 I 6.83 I·_·' ·_·· ?
Superb Salad ............ 322.7 13.5 1.99 47.5 1.6_ 1.80  " I
ulds Tenderloin .. .............. 87. 112. 7.48 I 49.6 14.3 I 7.93 ]"`_;_I
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— Average yield ’ _q£*-.
3 of per plant lbs .____..., 12,1 .............,........ . ..................... 5.5 ...................... . ..................... .   *71
JVGI, Estimated No. of J I   1  :.
plants per A ........... 1815 ...................... . ..................... 5445 ............. . ........ . ..................... .·' 
. Estimated yield I I I  M--,
OW11   · .
per A, market- · Z »_.· rrr
1 able, lbs. ..............   21,962 ...................... I ...................... 29,947.5 .....,..........,..... . _______,_,_________,_ ‘ g"?`Q"f·
. Sc e.
Per cent market- I   -.*1
nge- able __ _________,_,____,..,.,...... 60 ......_...........,... . ..._____.__,_.___,___ 80 _________________,4___ _ _____________________ ·,  
I A\'e1‘ag’e weight I  
>Wl[1l 1 frag.   .......... 3...;... Vh5.04 ......,....,._______,_ _ ________,__,_________ 5_5g  
I "" ""?—LH_`_ " · ZiE—Y"¢
Average increase of two stem over running, 7935.5 lbs. per acre, gl 
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_ Ep‘"ect of Przmmg and Staining 0n Yield. The records of I  
· · · . £<'Z¥1*
1918 substantiate those taken 1n 1916 and 1917, and show that I itvahtta;
1110 yield er acre 1S mereased by stakinrr and runin altho i I‘*'°€**Tf;
k . cs gv .  
· . . . e ‘ ,@!’{_f
the yield per plant 1S reduced CO11S1dG1`3lf)ly. The 1nc1·ease 111 I =1 Z=.
' ~ I >·°‘¥"I-I .
. 1*10ld was due to the fact that a larger number of plants per I  
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