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color. The flesh is solid but poor in quality. Some other yellow sorts 

 have larger fruits and are better in quality. 



Yellow Egyptian. — Plants of straggling growth and finely cut foliage. 

 Very productive, but the fruits are too small for a yellow sort when there 

 are varieties that have much larger tomatoes. 



The following sorts have been grown for two or more seasons: 



Acme. — The plants of this well-known variety were of healthy growth 

 and productive. The fruits are large, regular in form and of a popular 

 color. One of the best sorts for the general grower. 



Advance. — We have grown this variety for many seasons and have found 

 no better second early sort. The variety is very productive and while the 

 fruits are not large, they are very regular in form and even in ripening. This 

 season the variety was badly attacked by the fungus. 



Beanty, Ignoium, OpUmits and Perfection are among the best of the 

 large red fruited sorts. Beauty and Opiimus suffered more from fungous 

 attack than did Ignoium and Perfection. 



Dicarf Aristocrat seems preferable to Dwarf Champion on account of the 

 larger fruits and the earlier ripening of the bulk of the crop. The fruits, 

 however, are red and have not the dark purple color of Dicarf Champion. 



Earliest. — We have made a specialty of this variety for several seasons, 

 endeavoring to improve the size and regularity of the fruits without losing 

 anything in earliness. Plants were grown from a strain of seed selected 

 with special leference to early fruiting. Also an attempt will be made to 

 fix a more regular type of oblong and round fruiting sorts. By reference 

 to the table, it will be seen that the early strain produced earlier fruits, 

 but the tomatoes were smaller in size. Earliest has a place to a limited 

 extent, as a first ripening sort. The variety suffered more from Septoria 

 Lycopersici than any other sort in the field. Atlantic, Leader and Ruby 

 are much the same in form, but have larger fruits and are a few days later 

 in ripening. 



Potato-leaf Ignotwm. — Plants of strong growth though somewhat defoli- 

 ated by fungus. The fruits were larger, and earlier in ripening and the 

 plants more productive than either Ignotiim or Potato-leaf A very 

 desirable sort for the general grower. 



Terra Cotta. — A variety having a thin, velvety skin and flesh of a rich 

 red color and excellent in quality. A fine sort for home use. 



SUMMARY OF VAKIETIES. 



Vaughan's Earliest is one of the best early ripening sorts. Atlantic, 

 Leader, or Buhy closely follow Earliest in season and bear larger fruits. 



Advance is a most excellent early sort bearing smooth fruits. 



Potato-leaf I gnotum, Acme, Beauty, Ignotum, Perfection and Optimus 

 are excellent sorts for general crop. 



Golden Queen is one of the best yellow sorts. 



Miner and Ponderosa bear large fruits that are very solid and of good 

 quality, but late in ripening. 



