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as a curiosity. During the last twenty-five years a perplexing catalogue of 

 new varieties has been presented. Many of the varietal names current a few 

 years ago have become extinct, although it is probable that most of the 

 varieties which they represented are still grown under other names. The 

 following are some of the old names which do not appear in catalogues this 

 year and which we have not been able to secure: Giant Apple, Improved 

 Apple, Large Ked Oval Fruited, Mexican, Round Yellow, Seedless, White's 

 Extra Early, Funchal, Early York, Maupay's Superior, Mammoth Chihuahua, 

 Foard, Eureka, Chorlton's Prolific, Sim's Early Cluster, Grape Shot, How- 

 ard, Lyman's Mammoth Cluster, New Japanese, Fainted, Powell's, Red 

 Chief, Triumph, Jones's Early Hybrid, Standard Market, and Shipping. 



A. Cekasiforme. — Cherry tomatoes. Plant weak, requiring support if held 



from the ground; leaves ordinary; fruit small, (usually about -^ in. in 

 diameter), spherical, regular and two-celled. — Lycopersiciim cerasiforme 

 Dunal. 



2. Red Cherry. Desirable for pickles and preserves. The Kirscli 

 rotJie from Prussia gave us larger fruits than the plants from 

 American seeds, the fruits often measuring over an inch in 

 diameter. Cerise, from France, also averaged somewhat larger 

 and exhibited a greater tendency to become irregular. That is, 

 in the Old World, where these small sorts are more popular than 

 with us, the Red Cherry appears to have developed away from 

 its first form somewhat. — College from Henderson, Prussia, 

 France.* 



3. Yellow Cherry. Like the last except in color. Gelbe Kirsch 

 from Prussia averages twice larger than fruits from American 

 seeds, and the fruits have a greater tendency to become irregular. 

 — College from Thorburn, Prussia. 



B. Ptrifoeme. — Pear and Plum tomatoes. Plant nearly as in section A. 



(No. 5 has the foliage of section D); fruit more or less pear-shaped, 

 conspicuously pendant, two-celled. Lycopersicum pyriforme Dunal. 

 Attractive varieties, peculiar in shape, excellent for preserves, pickles, etc^ 



4. Pear. {Queen of Tomatoes of Dickson, Poire, 



of Vilmorin, Fear of Ferry and some others, 

 but not of Henderson and some other seeds- 

 men.) Fruit 1^ inches or less long, red, 

 very much contracted at the base. Fig. 2. 

 — England, France. 



5. NishU's Victoria. Fruit almost identical 

 with the last, but the leaves large and leaflets 

 few, as in the Mikado. An English variety, 

 said to have been grown from seeds of the 

 Hathaway, but this statement needs verifica- 

 tion. College from Nellis, England. 



Fig. 3 



6. Fig. ( Wonder of Italy. Rothe Birn). Much larger than the 



*The expressions, " College from Henderson," " College from Thorburn," etc., are meant to record 

 the fact that the seeds came from the seedsmen named last year (1886j and that the seed for this 

 year was grown from that stock in the college garden. Such expressions as " College from Hender- 

 8on and Thorburn " indicate that the seed was secured last year from both the seedsmen named. 



