. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). * -76- the Mikado. By selecting seeds from plants bearing the greatest number of regular fruits, we have secured plants of this variety more regular in fruit than the commercial stocks. 2. The effect of heavy fertilizing. Our experiments last year* showed that the common notion that heavy manuring lessens productiveness of the tomato is open to doubt. Excessively manured soil gave nearly twice heavier yields than unfertilized soil and a third heavier tha
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). * -76- the Mikado. By selecting seeds from plants bearing the greatest number of regular fruits, we have secured plants of this variety more regular in fruit than the commercial stocks. 2. The effect of heavy fertilizing. Our experiments last year* showed that the common notion that heavy manuring lessens productiveness of the tomato is open to doubt. Excessively manured soil gave nearly twice heavier yields than unfertilized soil and a third heavier than nitrate of soda treatment. The test was repeated this year upon the same areas, as follows : I. Originally rich garden soil, 60x30 ft., received 5,460 lbs. of rotted stable manure in 1889 and 1,490 lbs. in 1890. Fifty plants of Ignotum were grown upon this plat this Fig. 1. Plat I.—Heavy Manuring. II. Adjoining plat I, but considerably poorer in quality—some of the surface soil having been removed in 1888—was treated to nitrate of soda in 1889. This year a space 30x36 ft. was selected, set to 24 plants of Ignotum, and treated broadcast with nitrate of soda as follows : 2 lbs., June 24 ; 2 lbs., July 18 ; 4 lbs., Aug. 5. III. An area of the same size as plat II and which bore a crop of tomatoes in 1889, without fertilizer, was this year treated broad- * Cf. Bulletin Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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