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Jubilee. {Childs' Golden Jubilee. Childs). — Large, bright yellow, 

 very prolific and perhaps the most regular of the American large yellow 

 sorts, although it becomes irregular lale in the season. It is very like, if 

 not identical with the Vr&nch Jauue grosse lisse (^Large smooth yellow). A 

 good sort. 



King oj the Earlies. (Johnson & Stokes). — A cornered variety of medium 

 size. A few fruits ripened very early, but the bulk of the crop came in with 

 the mid-season varieties. Evidently the same as some of the old varieties 

 of the Orangefield type. 



Lorillard. (John G. Gardner. Henderson). — Fruit medium in size, apple- 

 like, very regular, or rarely a little corrugated about the stem, firm and 

 handsome. It is productive, and^ the fruits are uniform. Aside from its 

 great uniformit}', it does not appear to possess superior merits for field market 

 culture. It is introduced as a forcing variety, however, and in this capacity 

 we are now growing it. 



Matchless. (Burpee). — Fruits large andfirm, a little inclined to be cornered 

 or angled but never becoming rough. I\Iuch like fine strains of the old 

 Trophy. Mid-season to late. A good variety. 



McCullom. {McCulloin's Hybrid. Vick.) — Fruits medium to under- 

 sized, angled or even wrinkled, second early. Appears to possess no supe- 

 riority for market. 



Peach. (Thorburn). — A distinct type of tomato, to be classed with the 

 cherry sorts {Lycopersicum csculentum var. cerasiforine). It has a peculiar 

 roughness of skin, which, with the shape, size, and purjale color, makes its 

 resemblance to a small early peach very close. It has a tendency to become 

 many-celled. The structure of the fruit recalls the oblong tomatoes, of 

 which the Criterion is the type. The flavor is very mild or even almost 

 sweet. The fruit is soft, yet in tests of keeping qualities it was found to re- 

 main sound remarkably long. Tiie foliage resembles that of tlie Cherry 

 tomato except that it is lighter in color. The vine has an upright tendency 

 of growth. An acquisition for amateur culture and as a curiosity. 



Prelude. (Vaughan). — Fruits small and handsome, uniform in size and 

 shape, regular or somewhat cornered, purplish. It is a short remove from 

 the cherry tomatoes. In shape and size the fruit suggests the old Hatha- 

 way. It is very early and very productive. May prove valuable for first 

 crop. 



Salzer. {Salzer's Earliest oJ All. Salzer). — Fruits small, uniform, 

 somewhat angular. One of the earliest varieties. The fruits were practi- 

 cally all ripe before frost. Very similar to various old sorts of the Hundred 

 Day type. May prove valuable for first crop. 



Shah. (Henderson). — A distinct variety, being the first yellow tomato 

 with foliage of the Mikado type. The fruits are too irregular to be valua- 

 ble, however. 



Volunteer. (Hallock. Thorburn. Burpee). — Fruits medium in size, 

 regular, uniform, and solid. It is a good and reliable variety, but possesses 

 no points of superiority over other similar sorts. 



