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a single plant upon September 7th, each showing the center well 

 broken up into small cavities. The seed was saved for distribu- 

 tion. The same cross, when bred to the "Magnerosa," gave 

 prolific plants, some pink-fruited and others red, thus offering two 

 styles of tomatoes as to color. A cross of the "Stone" with 

 "Earliana" bred to a cross of "Giant" upon "Globe" produced 

 some plants remarkable for their large smooth fruits. 



The "Dwarf Stone" Crosses. 



The "Dwarf Stone" was freely used because of its compact 

 form of plant and solid fruit and some of the results were partic- 

 ularly desirable. New types of plants may be obtained, that is. 

 the dwarf habit with various shapes and sizes of fruits that, 

 while novel, may not be profitable. Thus, the combination with 

 "Yellow Pear" gives a small, yellow-fruited dwarf plant that 

 may have its place in some gardens. 



The cross with "Enormous" last year attracted much attention 

 upon the grounds, but this season it did not do as well. One of 

 the best rows was the "Dwarf Stone-Ponderosa" cross in which 

 much desirable length in the fruit was shown. That they were 

 productive is evidenced by the statement in the record book that 

 forty-seven ripe pink, apple-shaped fruits were gathered from 

 a plant at one picking. It was not a dwarf, and seed was saved 

 for further testing. 



The most successful cross under this head, so far as the crop 

 for the present season is concerned, is that of "Dwarf Stone" 

 upon "Golden Queen," of which twenty plants were grown and by 

 discarding the dwarfs in the seed box only standards (with one 

 exception) were represented, and they were of fine vigor and sat- 

 isfactory productiveness. The fruits were somewhat above the 

 size desired by the market gardener — not a grave error, as it is 

 easier to reduce than to increase the fruit — and they were of a 

 bright ("cherry") red, smooth and, best of all, solid, with the 

 core well broken by small seed cavities. A photograph was se- 

 cured of some of the fruits, but not until the best of the crop had 

 been seeded for distribution. The "Dwarf Stone-Extra Early 

 Tree," contrary to the name, was too late. 



