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plants producing as high as forty pounds. The largest fruits some- 

 what exceeded twelve inches in circumference and weighed twelve 

 ounces. These were probably the Large Eed variety. Aside from 

 the Cherry and Plum tomatoes, the fruits of this group are among the 

 very earliest of tomatoes. The group is peculiar in the dwarf habit 

 of the plants and in the tendency of the leaves to " curl " or roll up 

 on the edges. This rolling of the foliage gives the plant a singular. 



I'IG. 5. 



wilted appearance. Fig. 5, the foliage of Tom Thumb, shows this 

 character. It should be studied in connection with Fig. 4, which 



represents the foliage of the Paragon 

 mostly characteristic of 

 the variety in this group, 

 and I have therefore 

 made some use of it in 

 the classification which 

 follows. The peculiar 

 angular character of the 

 typical fruits of this 

 group is well illustrated 

 in Fig. 6, the Early 

 Dwarf Eed. This illus- 

 tration should be com- 

 pared with that of the 

 Paragon, Fig. 8. 



The doarree of the " curl " is 



Fig. tj. 



