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3. Precursor. — Plant a freer grower than iu No. 2, the leaflets 



less curled or often nearly plane; fruit averaging a little 

 larger, and darker colored. Evidently an improvement upon 

 the last. 

 Leaflets plane: 



4. Orangefield. (Dwarf Orangefield. Orangefield Dwarf Prolific.) 



Plant medium in size and growth: fruit small, strongly few 

 angled, nearly as long as broad (about one and a half inches 

 deep in ordinary specimens), yellowish-red, rather soft, often 

 two-celled. — Evidently a short remove from the cherry or 

 pear-shaped, rather from the Large Red. Said to be of Eng- 

 lish origin. Not desirable. At the Chiswick test it was 

 found that in the Orangefield " the fruits are very large and 

 corrugated or ribbed." That variety was surely not ours. It 

 was said to be identical with the Large Red Italian. 



5. Hundred Days. Strongly resembles Tom Thumb in fruit. 



Too small for its season. 



6. Conqueror. Fruit much broader (often four inches or more 



broad) than in the last, oblong, bright dark red, firm. Fruit 

 large and marketable for its season. A good sort. Said to 

 be a cross between the General Grant and the Keyes. Intro- 

 duced in 1874. 

 II. The Apple-Shaped Tomatoes. — Fruit various in size or shape, but 

 in normal forms more or less Tounded on top, the monstrous or 

 overgrown specimens developing a scar-like line or ring on the 

 top and the ends of the fruit turning downwards. The Apple to- 

 mato and the Paragon may be taken as types of this division. 

 Fruit red or yellowish-red : 



7. Boston Market (Fulton Market). Fruit flattened, in average 



specimens about three inches broad the longest way by an 

 inch and a half deep, somewhat cornered, bright clear red, 

 firm. A good variety. The fruit inclines to become double 

 and distorted. 



8. General Grant. Normally more regular than the Boston 



Market, but inclining to irregular forms. The two are evi- 

 dently not distinct. As figured and described at the time of 

 its introduction (about 1870), this variety was much more 

 regular in shape than at present. 



9. Alplia. Very inconstant in size and form, the better fruits 



resembling Boston Market, from which it is probably not dis- 

 tinct. Not desirable. 



10. The Cooh's Favorite. Another variety of the type of the last 

 four, difi:ering, apparently, only in its somewhat lighter color, 

 smaller size, and consequently more regular form. Origin- 

 ated in Burlington Co., New Jersey, some twenty years ago. 

 Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, as grown here this year, appear to be 

 but slight modifications of the same variety. If such is the 

 case, the name should be Boston Market, as that is the oldest. 



11. Neio York Market. (Large Red Smooth Round. Large 

 Red, not the original. Large Smooth. Round Red. Large 

 Smooth Red.) Fruit mostly large and regular, about four 



