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deep red; flesh, a deep red of fine grain and good quality. Of the Earliest 

 type, but more even in size and regular in form. Valuable for extreme 

 earliness, good color, form and quality. Does not crack or rot and is a 

 very productive sort. 



Bright and Early, Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. Plant and plant 

 growth closely like Advance, though perhaps slightly more erect in habit. 

 Fruit exactly similar to Advance in form but will not average as large in 

 size; the color of the skin is more of a golden yellow, due to the larger size 

 and more numerous yellow dots on the surface. A few fruits were ripe 

 before those on Advance, but the general crop was later and the plants 

 were less productive. 



Daybreak, Dreer. Plants are not of strong growth, rather upright in 

 habit; foliage of Acme type, but the leaf stalk is larger, and marked by 

 having numerous small, pointed leaflets between larger ones. Fruit 

 closely of Ignotum type but the cell walls are thicker and the angles more 

 prominent. Not as productive as most sorts. 



Fortune, Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia. Plants of an upright habit 

 of growth, but so vigorous that they spread over a large amount of space. 

 Foliage of Acme type, but the leaflets are larger and more deeply cut. 

 Fruit closely resembles Ignotum in form and color, but has thicker flesh 

 walls and the skin is tougher. It is also later in ripening. 



Golden Jubilee, John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. Plant growth 

 low down, straggling; leaflets large and coarse. The fruits are large, round 

 or ovate, often somewhat angular; flesh walls thick; cells small and num^ 

 erous; color a bright yellow often with green streaks running from base to 

 apex, considerable green around base. Fruits are a deeper yellow and 

 flesh much more solid than Golden Queen. The plants are productive 

 and all the fruits are large, but are often scabby at apex and cracked 

 around base. 



Leader, James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N, Y. Plant of low, straggling 

 growth ; foliage, light green ; leaflets, small, close set, partly curled. Fruits 

 of fair size, quite irregular and angular. While the first ripening was not 

 so early as some others, the bulk of crop was ripe at an early date. Quite 

 closely of Earliest type of fruit, though scarcely so early, and tomatoes 

 are more angular, too much so to sell well in market. 



Miner, A. A. Miner, Luther, Mich. Plants of largest growth; foliage 

 of Potato Leaf type. Fruit closely resembles Turner Hybrid, though 

 scarcely so thick and the apex is more depressed. One of the most pro- 

 ductive sorts in the field, and the fruits will average larger in size than 

 Ponderosa though scarcely so regular. Flesh solid and of good quality. 

 An excellent tomato. 



Minnesota, Dreer. Plants of low, straggling growth; foliage of Ignotum 

 type, but the leaflets are smaller and slightly curled. Fruits closely 

 resemble those of Dwarf Champion, though the cell walls are more prom- 

 inent, making small angles. Flesh bright red and of good quality. The 

 variety is very productive and one of the best early ripening sorts, bearing 

 small to medium sized fruits. 



Novelty No. 22, D, Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia. Plants of strongest 

 growth; foliage closely like that of Acme, though the leaflets are farther 

 apart and the texture more papery. Fruit medium in size, spherical in 

 general outline, deep from base to apex, the color varies from purplish red 

 to bright red with golden dots; flesh of good color and quality. The 

 plants are very productive, and while many fruits are small the large crop 

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