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DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



SYNOPSIS OF CULTIVATED TOMATOES. 



Fig. 1. 



I. LYCOPBRSICUM PIMPINELLIFOLIUM Dunal, Solan. Syn. 3 (1816). 

 Solnnum pimpinellifolium Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. ii. 265. Solanum racemi- 

 gerum Vilmorin. Lycopersicum racemosum of gardens. Solanum race- 

 niflorum Vilmorin, PI. Pot. 560, not Dunal. Leaflets round-ovate, 

 obtuse, entire ; plants, more slender and more diffuse than in L. 

 esculentum. 



1. Currant, Fig. 1. {Rothe Johannisheerfruchten.) This a native 

 of Peru and Brazil. It has probably not been long in culti- 

 vation. It is evidently the Grape or Cluster tomato of Burr's 

 "Vegetables of America," 1863. The species has not yet been 

 modified by domestication. The fruits are clear, bright red, 

 somewhat larger than a very large currant, and are borne in 

 long, two-ranked clusters. The plant is very ornamental. If 

 trained upon a trellis, near a window, it would make one of the 

 most attractive screens. The whole aspect of the plant is 

 delicate. College from Thorburn, Prussia. 



