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away. The Hathaway appears to be a direct cjevelopment of the 

 cherry or plum tomato, while the other is evidently a develop- 

 ment from the old Large Red. As compared with Essex, No. 

 46, Hathaway, is firmer, rounder, and has a greater tendency tO' 

 crack about the stem. — College from Henderson, Root, England, 

 France, Prussia (Hathaway), College from Gregory (New Red 

 Apple). 



48. Tilden. This variety, once so popular, appears to have run out. 

 As grown this year the fruits were very small, irregular and 

 worthless. Last year the fruits were somewhat larger, though 

 smaller than Hathaway. When first introduced, now many 

 years ago, if was a large tomato. In the tomato test at Chis- 

 wick, England, in 1867, Tilden was thought to be the same as 

 such large sorts as Red Valencia Cluster, Lester's Perfected and 

 New Giant Fiji Islands. Our stock may not be true. — College 

 from Gregory, Landreth. 



49. Advance. {Extra Early Advance). A small sort like the 

 Hathaway, but earlier, the plant lower and smaller, and the 

 fruit usually smaller (two inches or less in diamater). Hatha- 

 way from J. B. Root & Co. was evidently this variety, both in 

 habit of plant and earliness. (For statement of earliness see 

 synoptical Table). — College from Ford & Son, Burpee. 



50. Paragon. Fruit constant in size and shape, three to four inches 

 across and two inches deep, usually perfectly regular when ripe, 

 bright light red, firm, and good. One of the best for main, 

 crop. Fig. 8. — College from Henderson, Prussia. 



I cannot distinguish the following from Paragon: New Jersey (Lan- 

 dreth, Thorbum), Arlington (Gregory), Livingston's Perfection 

 (College from Henderson, France), Emery (College from Rawson),. 

 Autocrat (College from Sibley), Mayflower (College from Hender- 

 son, Root, Prussia), Scoville (College from A. D. Perry & Co.,. 

 Syracuse, N. Y., and from Perry again this year). 



51. Optimus. A regular, meaty fruit, much like a good strain of 

 ' Paragon; prolific. — D. M. Ferry & Co. 



52. Ignotum. Fruit large to very large, regular, in shape like a 

 large Paragon, exceedingly heavy and solid, keeping long. 

 This variety appeared among plants which came from Prussian 

 seeds bought for Eiformige Dauer. Other plants from the 

 same lot of seeds produced small, angular fruits, and these 

 plants I have taken to be the ones intended by the name 

 Eiformige Dauer (see No. 12), and I have given, provisionally,, 

 the name Ignotum to this other and better sort. This is the 

 best tomato which we grew this year. It may be an extra good 

 strain of Paragon. 



53. Puritan. Fruit large, solid, uniform, much like an extra fine 

 Paragon, only that it tends to become slightly angled. Very 

 fine. — Rawson. 



54. President Garfield. Fruits very large, much doubled and con- 

 torted. Shapeless and worthless. — France. 



*** Fruits pinlc or pink jnirple. 



55. Peach. Plants producing many upright branches when allowed 

 to fall upon the ground ; foliage fine ; fruit small and spherical 



