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Group 3. The apple-shaped tomatoes. Fruit various in size or shape^ 



but in normal forms more 

 or less rounded on top, the 

 monstrous or overgrown 

 specimens developing a 

 scar-like line or ring on 

 the tip and the ends of the 

 fruit turning downwards. 

 The Acme tomato and the 

 Paragon may be taken as 

 types of this division. Fig- 

 ure 8, illustrating a fruit 

 of the Paragon, shows 

 about the typical form of 

 the fruit of this group. 



Fig. 8. 



* Fruit yellotv or yelloioish-tuhite. 



28. Green Gage. A small cherry-like sort, the fruits measuring about 

 one and one-fourth or one and one-half inches in diameter, mostly 

 spherical, sometimes slightly oblong. — College from Henderson. 



This sort and the three next are valuable only for home use, especially 

 in the making of pickles, etc. The foliage in this and some of 

 its immediate allies tends to become " curled " as in most of the 

 angular sorts. 



29. Large Yelloio. {Jaune ronde grosse.) Large and rounder than 

 the last, two inches in diameter Green Gage from Dickson, 

 mostly, and from Neumann are the same as this. — College from 

 Sibley, England, France, Prussia. 



30. Improved Large Yelloiv. Darker in color than the last (orange), 

 firmer, slightly angled. The fruits this year, raised from last 

 year's fruits, were not so much angled as were those grown last 

 year. Here, as in a few other casesi" there appears to be some 

 reversion towards the cherry type. Perhaps this should be 

 closely associated with Orangefield, No. 11. — College from 

 Thorburn. 



31. White Apple. {New White Apple. JVellis' Snotvhall. Ivory 

 Ball. Apfil weisser.) Fruit small and spherical, occasionally 

 somewhat irregular, an inch or inch and a half in diameter, 

 nearly white in color, soft, often two-celled. Valuable only as 

 a curiosity. — College from Thorburn and Nellis, Landreth, 

 Prussia. 



32. Golden Queen. A short remove from the Large Yellow, flattish, 

 reaching two and a half inches in diameter, and often becom- 

 ing slightly angular, bright yellow. Smaller than last year. — 

 College from Eawson. 



